Blogs from Wise Owl on Windows in Hardware/software

An update on Windows 11 after a month of use

Posted by Andy Brown on 18 November 2021

After using Windows 11 in anger on his laptop for a month now, Andy Brown takes a moment to sum up his impressions.

First impressions of Windows 11

Posted by Andy Brown on 28 October 2021

Windows 11 has a nice clean interface, a few minor new features like snapped layouts, and above all seems to run appreciably faster than Windows 10.

International Keyboard Short-Cut Day 2021 - 10 Windows key short-cuts

Posted by Andy Brown on 28 October 2021

To commemorate the rather dubious International Keyboard Short-Cut Day 2021 (the first Wednesday in November of each year, apparently), we offer the 10 Windows key short-cuts which will save you the most time.

Microsoft seem to be planning a big upgrade to Windows in the second half of 202

Posted by Andy Brown on 23 February 2021

There's a minor update to Windows due in Spring 2021, but a much bigger one in the offing in the second half of the year