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Windows 11 Overtakes Windows 10 as Dominant Gaming Platform on Steam
Windows 11 has officially surpassed Windows 10 as the dominant gaming platform on Steam, marking a significant milestone in Microsoft's operating system transition. According to Valve's September...
Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Complete Migration Guide for IT Teams
With Microsoft's Windows 10 end of support deadline rapidly approaching in October 2025, organizations worldwide are facing one of the most significant IT migration challenges in recent history....
Windows 10 End of Life: Gaming Security Crisis Looms as Steam Survey Reveals Millions at Risk
The gaming community faces an unprecedented security crisis as Microsoft's Windows 10 end-of-life deadline approaches, with the latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey revealing that...
AMD Hits Record 41% CPU Share on Steam as Windows 11 Dominates Gaming PCs
The September Steam Hardware & Software Survey reveals a significant shift in the PC gaming landscape, with AMD reaching a new milestone of 41.31% CPU market share among Steam users while Windows...
Windows 11 Hits Record Steam Adoption as RTX 4060 Dominates Gaming GPUs
The latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey for September 2025 reveals significant shifts in the PC gaming landscape, with Windows 11 achieving unprecedented adoption rates among gamers while...
Windows 11's Market Share Rollercoaster: Why It Dipped in August and What You Should Do Before October 14
Windows 11's brief reign as the most-used desktop Windows version came to an abrupt halt in August 2025. After StatCounter data showed the new OS edging past Windows 10 in July, the latest figures...
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 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...
32GB RAM to Dethrone 16GB as Mainstream Gaming Standard by Year's End, Steam Survey Shows
Valve’s latest hardware snapshot has delivered an unmistakable verdict: the era of 16GB as the default gaming RAM is ending. Steam’s August 2025 survey, analyzed by multiple outlets including...
RTX 4060 Seizes GPU Crown on Steam as Windows 11 Dominance Grows and AMD’s Charge Stalls
Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 4060 has dethroned the RTX 3060 as the most popular discrete graphics card among Steam users, according to Valve’s August 2025 hardware survey, while Windows 11 adoption...
As Windows 10 Support Ends, Linux Distro WINUX Delivers a Windows 11-Like Experience on Aging Hardware
The final days of Windows 10 are upon us. Microsoft will pull the plug on security updates for the venerable operating system on October 14, 2025, leaving an estimated 240 million PCs that can’t...
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...