Birth of a standard: The Intel 8086 microprocessor turns 40 today

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

GameSir GK300 review: Wireless keyboard goodness, just not for gaming

Image
Say you want a keyboard that ticks every box: You want a full-sized beast, eye-catching backlit keys, an included wrist rest, multiple wireless options, and trendy mechanical keys. From big-name suppliers like Logitech, you’re looking at spending $150 to $200. Budget manufacturer GameSir will give you all of that for an impressively frugal 80 bucks.  Is the GK300 as good as keyboards twice its price? No. Franky, it’s not even particularly impressive for gaming, thanks to its use of clicky imitation Cherry Blue switches. But it’s a fantastic value if you want a full-sized wireless mech board with extra bells and whistles.  This review is part of our ongoing roundup of the best wireless keyboards . Go there for reviews of competing products and buying advice, including how we tested.   Michael Crider / IDG The key stems on the GK300 accommodate any Cherry-style keycaps, though the switches themselves are inferior Cherry knockoffs. To read this article in full, ple...
Read more

How to get the Windows 11 beta

Microsoft has released the first official builds of Windows 11. Here’s how to get Windows 11 and try it out for yourself. You’ll need two things: first, a PC that meets the minimum hardware specifications of Windows 11 . Second, you may need to join the Windows Insider program so that your PC can receive the first beta or Windows Insider builds of Windows 11. As of August 19, though, there’s a second way to receive a Windows 11 beta build: by downloading an .ISO file. (Remember, the Windows 11 beta is beta software. We’d advise that you do not run it on a primary/work PC without understanding that a bug could, in the worst case, render it inoperable.) To read this article in full, please click here from PCWorld https://ift.tt/3A7PNYE
Read more