Saturday - March 22nd, 2025
Microsoft has begun the public testing of its next update for Windows 10 which will be known as Windows 11. It is expected to reach general availability this “holiday season” which most likely means sometime between October and December. In this new series of blog posts about the upcoming operating system update, I plan to talk about what catches my eye in Windows 11 within these preview builds.
Read MoreThis week I share about my recent office reorganization and the resulting tech purge that it has resulted in as I start to clear out old technology and e-cycle it. We catch up on a slow week for Windows Insiders and discuss the potential release of the first 19H2 bits to testers. Then we discuss COMPUTEX and Microsoft’s interesting announcement about a modern operating system right in the middle of them sharing about new OEM hardware running Windows 10. Of course, spread throughout the show we talk about other things like the changes around the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) and why some believe it is dead, tons of updates around apps and services, plus tidbits about gaming, security, and social media. As always enjoy the show and thanks again for listening!
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I finally get to go hands on with Microsoft smallest Surface device – the Surface Go. I walk you through my initial time with the device through the out of box experience, operating system and firmware updates, and my thoughts about this devices place in my own work flow.
Read MoreA busy week begins with news about the end of support for Windows 10 Mobile and Windows 7 which is in December 2019 and January 2020 respectively. We had a new build in the Windows Insider program and it continues the trend over the last few builds of just tweaking the UI and putting some finishing touches on the next feature update for the OS. We have all kinds of other news related to Microsoft, apps, services, gaming, Office Insiders updates, and HoloLens 2. Be sure to stay tuned in from start to finish so you don’t miss any of the tidbits we discuss this week.
Read MoreWelcome to the first episode of 2019! We get back at it this week catching up on the latest build released for Windows Insiders, a closer look at Windows Sandbox in Windows 10 19H1, and Cortana being quieter during the OOBE. Then we run down a laundry list of app and service related updates, a few more end of year reflections from Microsoft, Windows 10 finally surpassing Windows 7 in market share at the end of 2018, and the countdown for the end of Lifecycle Support for Windows 7 in January 2020.
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