Neowin News Feed for: Wintel

Intel's legendary i486 CPU gets unofficial Windows XP support, ISO too

Sayan Sen — Fri, 17 May 2024 15:16:02 +0000

There are plenty of smart people in the tech community. One of them managed to mod Windows XP such that it would run on the legendary Intel i486 processor that was released more than a decade ahead. Read more...

Windows 11 vs 10: Intel CPUs apparently sluggish, and it's worse without Microsoft's help

Sayan Sen — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 09:46:01 +0000

Intel's hybrid CPUs are apparently struggling with latency issues as they can often be sluggish despite being much faster on paper than older CPUs like 10th or 11th gen, according to a report. Read more...

Microsoft Teams video meetings now have a green screen feature but it's just for Intel PCs

John Callaham — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 18:46:01 +0000

The new feature is available in a public preview version, and lets Windows and Mac Microsoft Teams users to put in a green screen so any virtual background looks much better than normal. Read more...

Windows 11 performance overwhelms Linux on Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake-S Core i9-12900K PC

Sayan Sen — Sat, 13 Nov 2021 08:56:01 +0000

When Intel and Microsoft stated that the 12h Gen Alder Lake architecture is optimized for Windows 11, they probably didn't lie as suggested by benchmarks run on both platforms using a Core i9-12900K. Read more...

Microsoft seemingly trusts Intel Evo for Windows 11 PCs, no love for AMD Advantage

Sayan Sen — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 06:42:01 +0000

Microsoft has put up a simple buyer's guide for shoppers looking to buy Windows 11 PCs. In its recommendations, the company has mentioned Intel's Evo devices but AMD hasn't been brought up. Read more...

Xbox father Seamus Blackley says sorry, again, for ditching AMD in favor of Intel

Sayan Sen — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 07:48:01 +0000

20 years after the original Xbox launch, Seamus Blackley, one of the key heads in the project, has apologized to AMD once again for ditching its chips in favor of Intel's Pentium III CPUs. Read more...

Wintel Pro CX-W8 review: A mediocre $90 Windows 10 PC that costs a lot more than you think

Shreyas Gandhe — Mon, 16 May 2016 14:22:01 +0000

The Wintel Pro CX-W8 TV Box, or simply the Wintel Box, is an interesting device powered by an Intel Atom processor and capable of running Windows 10. But is it a good media center? Let's find out. Read more...

TechSpot: History of the Personal Computer, Part 4 - The mighty Wintel empire

Julio Franco — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 05:48:01 +0000

This is the fourth installment in a five part series, where we look at the history of the microprocessor and personal computing, from the invention of the transistor to modern day chips. Read more...

TechSpot: iMac vs. Windows All-in-Ones, Apple Tax or Not?

Julio Franco — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 22:50:57 +0000

Now we're taking a look at another area of the PC market that's experiencing healthy growth in recent times, comparing Apple's 27-inch iMac to all-in-one alternatives from the likes of Dell, HP and... Read more...

Mac on Wintel Will Mean Cheaper Laptops

Steven Parker — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 12:33:20 +0000

Bloomberg is the latest of the news outlets to jump on the latest as yet unconfirmed news that Apple will move to the x86 architecture, according to Jean-Louis Gassee who oversaw Apple's products and research-and-development... Read more...