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Though Windows 8 has received mixed reviews, it remains Microsoft’s latest operating system. If you own a Mac, and you want to use Windows, purchasing Windows 8 is likely the best option.

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In my quest to unlock a Windows 8.1 laptop whose password had grown legs recently, I ran up against a problem that’s disturbingly common. Windows 8.1 has a great factory reset feature that can nuke ...

There’s a time-tested ritual with PC owners. After a few months or years the performance starts to deteriorate and you pull out a Windows install disc and spend a full day re-installing the operating ...

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