Tech Advisor

magazine Feb 01 2021 · Tech Advisor

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Every issue of PC Advisor is packed with the latest news, reviews and features plus comprehensive and impartial buying advice as well as easy-to-understand tutorials and workshops to help you to get the most from your PC. Whether you want to buy the best value equipment or make the most out of equipment you already own, PC Advisor delivers expert advice you can trust.

Windows Insider build 20246 removes features amid road map questions • Removing features is worrying some who think Microsoft might skip a 21H2 build entirely.

Why Microsoft has blocked hundreds of sites in Internet Explorer • Microsoft is ‘encouraging’ users to abandon Microsoft’s legacy browser and adopt Edge instead.

Windows patch allows you to kill Flash now before the Christmas deadline • Be advised, though, that installing the patch is a one-way street.

Intel says ‘Rocket Lake’ chips will offer double-digit performance boost • With Intel’s 7nm manufacturing problems, Rocket Lake could be the Intel chip you’ll be building a desktop PC around.

Microsoft Surface Laptop Go

Asus ZenBook Flip 13

OnePlus 8T

Google Pixel 5

Xbox Series X

10 Windows 10 tools you might not know about • Enthusiast-friendly power tools lurk in every corner of Windows 10. Let’s shine a light on some of the more obscure ones.

How Apple’s new M1 Macs could finally make Windows on Arm a reality • Apple’s clout could give Windows on Arm a much-needed boost in the software department.

Ask an expert: When should you replace a PC? • The choice between piecemeal upgrades vs a wholesale replacement boils down to your current and near-future needs.

Ask an expert: Do 7nm process nodes matter? • Do you really need to care if your chip was fabbed on a 7nm process? Human nature clouds the issue.

Ask an expert: Will we need 8-core, 16-thread CPUs for gaming soon? • It makes sense to wonder about the coming trends for game development.

Tech Advisor