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PC Shipments Jump 9.4% in Q3 2025 as Windows 10 End of Life Drives Refresh Cycle
Global PC shipments surged 9.4% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2025, reaching approximately 75.8 million units as businesses and consumers accelerate hardware upgrades ahead of Windows 10's...
US PC Market Shifts as AI PCs Gain Traction Amid Overall Shipment Decline
The US PC market experienced a subtle contraction in the second quarter of 2025, with shipments declining 1.4% year-over-year to approximately 18.6 million units. This slight downturn comes despite...
Lenovo tops PC shipments but HP leads active Windows 10 devices
The PC market presents a fascinating paradox in 2024: Lenovo consistently tops global shipment rankings while HP maintains dominance in the Windows 10 installed base. This apparent contradiction...
Steam Sets January 2026 Deadline: 32-Bit Windows Support Ends, 0.01% of Players Affected
Valve has confirmed that the Steam client will stop receiving updates on 32-bit versions of Windows starting January 1, 2026, according to a report from Twisted Voxel citing the company. The move...
Windows 10's Sunset Fails to Spark US PC Sales Surge as Consumers Balk at AI PC Prices
The much-anticipated end-of-support deadline for Windows 10 is arriving October 14, 2025, but the typical consumer PC shopping frenzy that normally accompanies such milestones is missing. New data...
Windows 10’s October Death Sends Companies Scrambling for New PCs—Even as Overall Shipments Slip
U.S. PC shipments slid 1.4% year over year in the second quarter of 2025 to about 18.6 million units, according to new data from Canalys. But beneath that small decline, a powerful force is reshaping...
Windows 10’s October 2025 Deadline Is Firm: Here Are the Only 5 Ways to Stay Secure
Windows 10 will receive its final free security patches on October 14, 2025. When that date passes, any PC still running the operating system without a paid extension or a workaround will be...
Lawsuit Alleges Microsoft's Windows 10 Sunset Is a Ploy to Sell AI PCs, Demands Free Updates Until 10% Adoption
A California resident has filed a lawsuit aiming to block Microsoft from halting free security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, alleging the company is using the end-of-life deadline to...
Chicony Electronics Gears Up for 2H2025 Boom as Windows 10 Sunset Spurs PC Refresh
The end is near for Windows 10, and Taiwan’s Chicony Electronics is ready to turn a compulsory upgrade cycle into a major growth opportunity. With Microsoft pulling the plug on Windows 10 support...
The Future of Personal Computing: How Apple's Mac and Windows 11 Are Shaping the Market
The personal computing landscape is experiencing one of its most consequential shifts in decades, as Apple’s Mac platform surges against the historic dominance of Microsoft Windows. A confluence of...
The End of Windows 11 SE: Lessons from Microsoft's Education Edition and the Rise of Chrome OS
Just under four years after its understated debut, the chapter of Windows 11 SE—the edition crafted by Microsoft for low-cost PCs and the education sector—is closing, leaving teachers, IT admins,...
Preparing for the End of Windows 10 Support: Migration, Alternatives, and Sustainable Strategies
As the end of official support for Windows 10 draws near, the operating system landscape is experiencing a pronounced transitional phase, prompting users, enterprises, and the broader PC ecosystem to...