Since its debut in 2021, Windows 11 has grown both in market share and in functionality. The dominant desktop operating system for PCs now has built-in AI, along with a host of powerful features.
Below, we help you make the most of Windows 11 with helpful tutorials, breaking news and in-depth analysis.
Latest about Windows 11
Windows 11's built-in weather app, which is a web wrapper, hogs more than 1GB of RAM while idling
5x more memory consumption than macOS.
x64 port of Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a arrives
A developer has ported 1990's Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a to x64 so it can run natively on Windows 11 PC systems.
Best Laptops 2026: Our benchmarked picks for productivity, portability, and battery life
We test dozens of laptops a year for their performance, screen quality, and battery life, to find the best laptops right now across Windows, macOS, Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm notebooks.
Microsoft vows to make Windows 11 fly on 8GB RAM amid memory shortage
Windows 11 is about to go on a diet
Valve releases drivers, notes to make Windows work on Steam hardware, but refuses to support it
Why tho
RAM crisis provokes enthusiast to try Windows 11 on DDR1-era hardware
Enthusiast demos Microsoft’s newest OS running 'completely stable' on a Core 2 Quad Q6600, using a DDR1 motherboard, supported by an ATi Radeon HD 4650 AGP graphics card.
Microsoft extends free Windows 10 security updates for a second year
Microsoft has extended its free consumer Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) program by a year, pushing the cutoff for critical security patches to October 14th, 2027.
CPU Benchmarks and Hierarchy 2026: CPU Rankings
All of today's desktop CPU benchmarks compared, including Intel's 13th-Gen Core series and AMD's Ryzen Zen 4 and Threadripper.
