Are you still using Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1? Windows 10 was released over four years ago, but you can still get with the times and get Microsoft’s latest OS it without paying a dime. A loophole continues to allow users to upgrade to Windows 10 for free nearly three years after their initial free upgrade offer.

Windows 10 was first released

Welcome to HotHardware’s PC Component Buyer’s Guide, where we help prospective system builders pick out just the right collection of components to build the rigs of their dreams — or at least the rig which makes the best use of your budget. We’ve picked out the best bang for the buck in processors, graphics cards, storage, and more in an…

This is a special year for us here at HotHardware. We are celebrating our 20th Anniversary! The first version of HotHardware went live in 1999 and we have been partying like it ever since! This year also happens to be the 20th Anniversary of Falcon Northwest’s Talon systems and it’s AMD’s 50th Anniversary too.

With all of these major milestones

AMD has had a resurgence in the consumer (and server) market with its Zen-based processors over the past few years. Kicking off with first-generation Ryzen/Ryzen Threadripper processors (Zen) in 2017, AMD followed up with their second-generation Zen+ based counterparts in 2018. During the summer, AMD launched the Zen 2 based Ryzen 3000 family

Mobile gamers who want to get a new gaming laptop need to be on the lookout at Acer.com. Acer is teasing a massive Black Friday discount on one of its high-end gaming notebooks: the Predator Triton 700. The laptop has a massive discount at $2,000 off the normal retail price.
Acer is playing coy with the exact timing of the sale. As of this

Google is looking for ways to entice shoppers to come to its online store and purchase plenty of loot on Black Friday. In keeping with this efforts, a message has reportedly gone out to some from the official Google Pixelbook address, and buried inside that email some users are finding promotional store credits. The email reads in part, “Your

Anyone looking to build up a new PC and wanting to do so with a higher-end AMD processor will want to check this deal out. For Black Friday, Amazon has a big discount on the second-generation Ryzen Threadripper 2950X processor. The normal retail price on the Threadripper 2950X is $899. Amazon, however, is offering the processor with a $229.01

This is one of the best times of the year to build or buy a new PC, whether it’s a desktop configuration or a banging laptop. That’s because Black Friday is in full swing. It’s a particularly strategic time to buy a premium system, as Black Friday discounts can take the sting out of their premium price tags. As such, you can hop over to Dell

Earlier this week, Xbox chief Phil Spencer ruffled a few feathers in the gaming world when he spoke his mind on the state of virtual reality (VR) for consoles. Spencer at the time lamented problems that he saw with VR technology, and stated his reasoning for not pursuing the technology with Microsoft’s upcoming Xbox Project Scarlett gaming

Good news, Galaxy S10 owners, the wait for Android 10 is finally over! While the latest version of Google’s mobile operating system was previously made available to certain Galaxy phone owners in beta, Samsung has begun pushing out finalized code. Depending on where you live, it may be ready now or it may take a few days.

The Android 10