Hardware Requirements
The latest Hardware Requirements coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Linux Lite 7.6 Revitalizes Old PCs with New Community Wiki and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Base
Linux Lite 7.6 rolled out on September 1, 2025, equipping aging hardware with a fresh set of apps, a redesigned community Wiki, and a rock-solid Ubuntu 24.04 LTS foundation. The timing is no...
StatCounter: Windows 11 Surges to 47.8% of Desktops as Windows 10 End Nears
Windows 11 now runs on 47.8% of the world’s desktop Windows PCs, according to StatCounter’s June 2025 data, putting Microsoft’s latest operating system neck-and-neck with Windows 10 for the...
Windows 10 Holdouts Get One-Year Lifeline: Consumer ESU Enrollment Details and Deadlines
The clock is ticking louder for Windows 10 users. Microsoft has set a hard deadline of October 14, 2025, for ordinary security patches, but it’s offering a narrowly scoped escape hatch: the...
Battlefield 6 PC Specs Unveiled: Three Performance Tiers, Mandatory TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot for Javelin Anti-Cheat
EA and DICE have published the final PC system requirements for Battlefield 6 ahead of its October 10 launch, and the numbers come with a sharp twist: to play the game at any tier, your rig must have...
Windows 10's October Deadline Sparks Linux Surge as Dublin-Made Zorin OS Steps Up
On October 14, 2025, Microsoft will pull the plug on free security updates for Windows 10, leaving hundreds of millions of computers exposed to cyber threats unless their owners take action. The...
Windows 10 End of Support: $30 Consumer ESU, Lenovo BIOS Failures, and the Urgent Migration Playbook
Microsoft has drawn a hard line: Windows 10 will stop receiving security updates on October 14, 2025, and for the first time, consumers can pay $30 to buy themselves an extra year of patches. The...
Lost Soul Aside’s PC Port Demands an RTX 4080-Series for Ray Tracing, but Delivers Native DualSense and DLSS 4
Lost Soul Aside’s PC version lands on August 29 with a feature set that’s as generous as it is punishing. Ultizero Games and Sony have confirmed native DualSense controller support, ray-traced...
Windows 10 Support Ends October 14: How to Secure Your Upgrade and See Through the AI Marketing Blitz
On October 14, 2025, Microsoft will extinguish security support for Windows 10, an operating system still powering an estimated hundreds of millions of PCs worldwide. After that date, no more...
Microsoft's Free Windows 10 Security Lifeline Requires a Microsoft Account and OneDrive Sync
Microsoft has quietly opened the door for consumers to get a free year of security updates for Windows 10 after its official end-of-support date—but there’s a catch: you’ll need to link your PC...
Microsoft Deploys Unavoidable Full-Screen Windows 10 EOL Banners After August Updates
Windows 10 users are facing an inescapable wave of full-screen upgrade banners following the August 2025 Patch Tuesday updates, as Microsoft escalates its end-of-life campaign with just weeks...
No More Android Apps on Windows 11 After March 5: Microsoft Abandons WSA Experiment
{ "title": "No More Android Apps on Windows 11 After March 5: Microsoft Abandons WSA Experiment", "content": "The news hit tech circles hard last year, and now the deadline is finally here: on...
Lawsuit Demands Microsoft Extend Free Windows 10 Security Patches Until Market Share Plummets
A California resident has filed a lawsuit demanding that Microsoft be forced to continue providing free security updates for Windows 10 long past the October 14, 2025 end‑of‑support date, arguing...