Extreme focus in the GUI system on performance -- high resolution, high frame rate, very low latency, and parallel renderings. As an OS, you're not really doing most of that, you're counting on ...

If you were born in the 1970s and early 1980s I need you to summon your 10-year-old self to the computer. Go ahead. I’ll wait. All here? Cool. Welcome to the future. So hey guys I know you have some ...

We’ve had something of an anniversary of late, and it’s one that will no doubt elicit a variety of reactions from our community. It’s now 25 years ago that Windows 95 was launched, the operating ...

Over the last couple of years, home labs have become a lot more accessible to consumers. On the hardware front, you’ve got everything from budget-friendly mini-PCs capable of running most DIY projects ...

An operating system is the essential software that's needed to run your computer's suite of software. Everything from video ...

In context: The early 1990s were tumultuous years for the home computer operating system market. Major corporations were vying for dominance in the emerging GUI-based paradigm, with Microsoft poised ...

A great 10-minute video has been put together documenting the upgrade process from Microsoft’s first Windows 1 version right up to their latest Windows 7. This video showcases the evolution that has ...

Yesterday, we spent some time with Terminal commands that tweak the Finder in different ways. Today, we’ll look at some commands you can issue in the Terminal to mess around with the user interface.