Tag Archives: Windows 10

Windows 7: the end is nigh

Posted on December 10, 2022 by Scali

Windows 7, originally released on October 22, 2009. It’s had a good run of over 13 years so far. At its introduction, I wrote a somewhat cynical piece, given that people were so negative about Windows Vista, and so positive … Continue reading →

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Another adventure in downgrading: .NET 4.8 to .NET 4.6.2

Posted on November 12, 2022 by Scali

Over the past few days I’ve had some fun with a codebase again. Similar to the time when I tried to get my Direct3D engine running on very early CPUs and GPUs. Except that codebase was in C++, and this … Continue reading →

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The strong ARM

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Scali

I’ve done some posts on x86 vs ARM over the years, most recently on the new Microsoft Surface Pro X, which runs a ‘normal’ desktop version of Windows 10 on an ARM CPU, while also supporting x86 applications through emulation. … Continue reading →

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Windows and ARM: not over yet

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Scali

As you may recall, I was quite fond of the idea of ARM and x86 getting closer together, where on the one hand, Windows could run on ARM devices, and on the other hand, Intel was developing smaller x86-based SOCs … Continue reading →

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DirectX 12 is out, let’s review

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Scali

Well, DirectX 12 is launched, together with a new version of Windows (Windows 10) and an improved driver system (WDDM 2.0). Because, if you remember, we also had: Windows Vista + DirectX 10 + WDDM 1.0 Windows 7 + DirectX … Continue reading →

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