'Windows update still works on this machine and even installed the Patch Tuesday,' says Twitter user 'Carlos S.M.,' who managed to install the OS on the old Intel chip. When he's not battling bugs and ...

AMD has led the 64-bit desktop processor field up to now with the Athlon 64 -- although there is, as yet, no shipping 64-bit Windows operating system, which is necessary to make the most of a 64-bit ...

Amid Microsoft’s statements that Windows 11 was made for newer machines, creative users continue to prove that you can run Microsoft’s latest operating system on most computers. This time, a Twitter ...

The big picture: Microsoft's shiny new OS has had a mixed reception, not helped by the fact that users considering updating/trying out the OS on their relatively recent PCs were put off by a stringent ...

New operating systems always arrive with some interesting quirks, and when one gets released with as many restrictions as Windows 11, you know things are going to get interesting. Windows 11 was ...

Most would agree that Windows 11 has some super-strict hardware requirements that Microsoft has enforced. The base requirements seem pretty reasonable, but it's the additional need for technologies ...

Microsoft said Tuesday that it, together with Intel, PC makers and retailers, will spend $1 billion promoting Windows XP, the software giant's upcoming operating system. Microsoft and Intel alone will ...

Chipmaker Intel will bring out a new, faster version of the Pentium 4 for desktops next week, and other PC performance improvements are on the horizon. Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News ...

Well, I'm about to build a new PC and need some processor advice.<BR><BR>Looking around Newegg, I was surprised to find that Pentium 4's are cheaper than Athlons for straight GHz comparison. Now, I'm ...