A new Microsoft Surface Laptop Core i5 variant is available from the company’s store. The model looks like it may be the replacement for the older variant which had 4GB of RAM.

Why? We have two reasons to say that. First is the fact that the Microsoft Surface Laptop model with 4GB RAM is out of stock (except for one color). It was on sale not too long ago, for a discounted price of $799, which was a whopping $200 off of the regular price of $999.

People thought it was a good deal, but we think Microsoft had plans to empty their inventory, to make room for a new model of the laptop.

And secondly, the price of the new Microsoft Surface Laptop with 8GB of [...]

It is mid-2018, and you are still using Windows 7? With Microsoft’s aggressive stance to get users to upgrade to Windows 10, there are still many people out there, who refuse to budge.  But if you are one of the users, who has been holding out on upgrading over fear of issues and compatibility problems, we can tell you our top 10 reasons to upgrade to Windows 10.

We get the point, you like Windows 7 and 8.1, and don’t want to migrate to the new OS. But, Windows 10 is not as bad as you think.

1. Windows 10 is better optimized than older versions. Yes, you may not believe it but the OS is much faster than Windows 7 and [...]

Microsoft Answers support forums for Windows 7 and 8.1 have been discontinued officially. The Redmond company has made the announcement on its website, where the statement clearly states that the forums will no longer be supported by official staff.

You can still browse the forums, search for existing issues, etc. You can even create new posts, and the forums will still be moderated to ensure that the posts adhere to the rules. The fact that no official Microsoft Certified professional will answer your question or resolve your issue, is a bit unsettling. You now have to rely on volunteers, who may or may not be knowledgeable.

Let’s analyze the [...]

Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 has been officially announced today. But before you jump and ask for the download link, allow us to tell you there is none yet.

The last major version of Visual Studio, was released in March 2017, and Microsoft is following the 2-year release pattern it has been on since Visual Studio 2013, for the upcoming version.

What features are available in Microsoft Visual Studio 2019? Since the development platform has not been released yet, we do not know what features it will have. But, there were a few hints in the announcement post shared by the company.  Microsoft highlighted that improvements to the code quality is a priority, especially the [...]