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Ah, Minecraft. Depending on how you approach it, this wonderfully relaxing little game can either be a testament to bucolic paradises or a nightmarish industrial dystopia, and all that separates the two is a texture pack or two. Minecraft is host to a wide variety of creatures and species; no matter what you can imagine, … Read more
Read articleFor many people, Windows 3.0 (and its more popular successor, Windows 3.1) is a matter of the distant past. It existed in that strange time before people actually used computers en masse; computers were a hobbyist proposition first and foremost, and the general population either didn’t understand them or felt they didn’t have any use … Read more
Read articleWindows 95 is when Microsoft got serious. After years of enthusiast and hobbyist operating systems designed only for the computer faithful, Windows 95 was the first OS that could easily be used by ordinary, non-techie folk. The operating system is 26 years old today, and while it’s been discontinued for a very long time, we … Read more
Read articleAfter Windows 95, there was Windows 98. Microsoft’s operating system had conquered the world in its previous iteration, and now it was time for the Redmond tech giant to cement its lead and make itself the de facto king of the software world. Of course, that isn’t quite what happened, but Windows 98 was an … Read more
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Sony’s PlayStation 5 console has been out for around 10 months now, and it certainly feels like that time has flown. It seems like only yesterday we were struggling to place our orders and desperately hoping that websites would have stock of the console in any form…oh, right. Well, that might not have changed, but … Read more
Read articleAh, Windows Me. The middle child of the 90s Windows trilogy (although it wasn’t actually released in the 90s), Windows Me doesn’t have the greatest reputation. Its detractors see it as a buggy, unstable mess, while even those who didn’t mind it don’t have much positive to say about it. The system launched in 2000, … Read more
Read articleAfter Windows 7 proved to be hugely successful and popular amongst its user base, Microsoft thought it was time for a change. Windows 8 made a lot of overhauls to the basic functionality of Windows; it was largely designed around the touchscreen tablet experience and didn’t maintain a lot of the mainstays users had become … Read more
Read articleAfter the disaster that was Windows Vista, Microsoft course-corrected and released Windows 7. Despite being based on a similar aesthetic to Vista, Windows 7 was immediately more well-liked than its predecessor, featuring many of the improvements and changes that Windows users had clamoured for since Vista’s ill-fated debut. It’s fair to say that Windows 7 … Read more
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Working as a freelancer is fun and having a high-performance laptop plays a major part in allowing one to keep going. The amount of work you handle each day depends on the computer’s performance to a great extent. Right from memory and storage to graphics and processor, every single component must be powerful and reliable … Read more
Read articleSince the release of Grand Theft Auto V way back in 2013, people have been talking about what we can expect from a hypothetical Grand Theft Auto VI. Will it be set in Vice City? Will it feature multiple protagonists? Will it even have a single-player mode at all? These are all things we simply … Read more
Read articleThere are so many iconic elements in the James Bond franchise that it’s hard to list them all. Whether it’s the instantly recognisable John Barry-composed theme tune or the range of gadgets and vehicles Bond has access to, the James Bond movies have given us plenty to admire and obsess over. This is a sixty-year-old … Read more
Read articleWindows 11 might have arrived on the scene, but Windows 10 is still very much alive and well. It’s still far and away the most popular iteration of Windows, with most people still not having upgraded to 11, and for good reason; it was a safe move for Microsoft after the controversial reception “enjoyed” by … Read more
Read articleWindows Vista is a much-maligned operating system, and it’s not hard to see why. Vista was a resource hog, a constantly-crashing liability, and the OS on which many unpopular features (such as Games for Windows Live) originally debuted. Despite this, however, there are still some who would champion Vista and say it’s their favourite operating … Read more
Read articleWhilst Windows 11 has recently landed, this article takes a look at one of the best Microsoft past systems: Windows XP. After a couple of less successful releases, Microsoft launched Windows XP in October 2001. It was an immediate success; its widespread compatibility, excellent user interface, and support for all kinds of programs led to … Read more
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