71: Windows 11 - Everything you need to know

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This week’s show is presented by Gareth Beavis, Editor in Chief of TechRadar and Sherri L Smith, Editor in Chief of Laptop Mag!

This week our guests are Daryl Baxter, Software & Downloads Writer at TechRadar, and Zac Bowden, Senior Editor at Windows Central, who joins us (remotely, of course) to talk about the last seven days in tech.

Show Headlines

00:00 Start

01:07 Pitching better names for Windows 11

04:01 People used to be excited for Windows

06:27 Owning a Microsoft Surface Table

10:11 Windows 7 parties

12:39 Can Windows 11 break the cycle?

15:52 Becoming IT Tech support for the family

20:01 Why is Windows 10 so broken?

22:27 Is copy and paste changing?

23:47 Windows 11 in preview

24:19 Windows 11 leak

26:37 Microsoft Teams integration

27:16 How did Skype fail?

28:29 Windows vs Mac

29:51 The new Microsoft Store

34:04 Beavle Trends

40:34 Sign off

Windows 11 has finally been revealed and this week we are chatting all about it. From our oldest, fondest Windows memories to Windows 8 tech support - we reminisce all about the history of Windows and break down some of the best features coming in the big new operating system update.

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Don’t forget to head over to TechRadar.com, LaptopMag.com and Tomsguide.com to read more.

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