
Where Windows 10 does have the whip hand, in theory at least, is that it will also run on mobile phones, tablets andĮven the cheap and tiny single circuit board computers like the Raspberry Pi Model B. Typically frugal system requirements list of just 1GB of RAM, a 16GB hard disk, DirectX9-compatible graphics, and at least 800×600 resolution display. In fact, we can’t imagine many currently working x86 computers can’t at least install Windows 10 – and that includes your Mac, of course. Windows 10 UK release date, price and features but the story is similar with Windows 10: it’ll likely work just fine on any system that can run on Windows 8 and Windows 7. You can find out more about Windows 10 from our colleagues at PC Advisor in their story As a result both Mac OS X El Capitan and Windows 10 are able to run on lots of existing computers.Įl Capitan will run on Macs that are coming up to a decade old, provided they can run 64-bit softwareįind out if your Mac can run OS X 10.11 at


Hardware continues to get more powerful but in our modern age software grows less resource-hungry – or is at least as resource-hungry as the previous version. OS X 10.11 El Capitan vs Windows 10 comparison: Availability Even Minesweeper comes with in-app purchases in Windows 10. To make matters worse, if you update from Win 7 or 8 then you might have to purchase certain apps like Windows DVD Player because Windows Media Player has been deprecated in Win10. If a home user want to buy Windows 10 on DVD or USB stick then they’ll need to heft overĪround £80 for the Home version, and nearer £200 for the Pro version. In the Windows world systems builders will still have to pay to license Windows 10 for new PCs and laptops, and corporate users will still need to hand over cash for the Enterprise release of Windows 10. It really wants users on the latest version if at all possible. Will end on 29 July 2016, although it’s possible that Microsoft may offer amnesty to stragglers in the future. Microsoft offered free updates to Windows 10 for a year, and that’s almost up now: in theory, free updates
