Not if your CPU is a 7th generation Intel. With the Windows 10 end of life deadline looming I bought a $20 TPM 2.0 chip to see if that would be enough to meet the minimum requirements of Windows 11. My desktop is a Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard with an Intel Core i7-7700K. … Continue reading Can you buy a TPM 2.0 chip to meet Windows 11 requirements?
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Is the ARM 5G Surface a mobile device?
With a super power efficient chip, connectivity, and all of the requisite sensors the Surface Pro has the foundation to be a proper mobile device. So can I actually use it like a mobile device? I organized my phone tasks to the following categories and will rank them as the following compared to my iPhone … Continue reading Is the ARM 5G Surface a mobile device?
The best Windows QR Code app in 2024
Windows 11 is home to many great productivity apps, but if it's a QR Code app that you need, there's no doubt that there's plenty of options to choose from. Not all are created the same, though. Sometimes something as innocent as scanning a QR code for a website or a Wi-Fi password could mean … Continue reading The best Windows QR Code app in 2024
Does Windows 10 have OCR software?
Optical Character Recognition, or OCR for short, is a pretty nifty feature. Thanks to OCR, you can copy and turn whatever you see in an image on your PC into a piece of editable text. It could be a scan of receipt, something from an instructional video on YouTube, or something from a simple PDF … Continue reading Does Windows 10 have OCR software?
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