monkeypics/Getty Images When you replace your old but still functional Windows PC with a shiny new model, you have several options for that gently used device. You can give it away to a friend or family member. You can donate it to a charitable organization like Goodwill (which partners with Dell Reconnect). You can even […] More
Business customers will need to pay dearly to stick with Windows 10. A license for the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program is sold as a subscription. For the first year, the cost is $61. For year two, the price doubles, and it doubles again for year three. That Microsoft blog post doesn’t do the math on those, probably because the total is uncomfortably high. A three-year ESU subscription will cost $61 + $122 + $244, for a total of $427 per PC.Also: How to upgrade your ‘incompatible’ Windows 10 PC to Windows 11The program closely resembles what Microsoft offered for Windows 7’s end-of-support date in 2020, although the Windows 10 price is 22% higher than the $350 total cost of that program, which started at $50 for year one.Don’t think you can game the system by jumping into the program after sitting out for a year or two. “ESUs are cumulative,” Microsoft said, and you can’t buy year two unless you’ve already paid for year one.Education customers are getting off much easier. The rules are the same, but the price for the first year is $1. It doubles to $2 in the second year and doubles again to $4 in the third and final year, for a grand total of … $7 per PC.Also: Yes, you can upgrade that old PC to Windows 11, even if Microsoft says no. These readers proved itAdministrators who want to get a head start can sign up for the first year of an ESU license as early as October 2024, one year before the actual end-of-support date.As was the case with Windows 7, Redmond really wants business customers to upgrade to Windows 11, which explains the high price tag. Microsoft’s April announcements talk just as much about what you don’t get with an ESU license as they do about the updates themselves. More
Kerry Wan/ZDNETAt the Meta Connect event earlier this week, Mark Zuckerberg showed off a host of new features on the company’s flagship Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses More
Jason Finn/Getty Images When organizations develop a new product, revamp their supply chains, or want more visibility into their operations, disrupting existing processes and systems to experiment can be daunting, risky, and costly. They can now mitigate these risks with a digital twin, which has emerged as a feasible solution due to the rise of […] More
Don’t miss this Sam’s Club membership to save big on everything from groceries to electronics. Sam’s Club/ZDNETA Sam’s Club membership will get you discounts on groceries, clothing, electronics, and just about everything else you might need. And right now, StackSocial is offering a deal that will get you a Sam’s Club membership for $15 for the year with auto-renew — down from the usual price of $50. That’s 70% off. But hurry, this deal will only last a couple of weeks before the price goes back up.Your Sam’s Club membership will work at nearly 600 US Sam’s Club locations. This deal is only open to new Sam’s Club members in the US, or those whose membership lapsed more than six months ago. The membership will expire one year from the activation date, and will automatically renew at the full price of $50 per year after that unless you cancel it. To cancel, you can visit SamsClub.com or a club or call 1-888-746-7726. To take advantage of this deal, you’ll redeem your unique code through the link above, and then sign up for the membership. Once you purchase your code, you must redeem it within 30 days. The limit is one membership per person, but you can buy an additional membership as a gift.I signed up for a similar deal for a Costco membership through StackSocial, and can confirm the process was easy, and I’d vouch for the deal. Don’t miss out on 70% off a Sam’s Club membership right now. Also: The best TV deals right now More
Meta has yet to publish a specs sheet for the Quest 3S, so we don’t know all the hardware’s finer details yet. That said, we do know it’ll be powered by the Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 chipset, just like the previous model. This should enable “fast load times, smooth performance, and high-definition graphics.”Inside the headset is a pair of Fresnel lenses with “3 position interaxial adjustment distances (IAD)”. Basically, this means the lenses give you crystal-clear image quality. Each half will output a resolution of 1,832 x 1,920 pixels per eye. The Meta Quest 2 has similar tech.Also: How to get started with Meta AI in Facebook, Instagram, and moreThe Quest 3S will have a 4,324mAh battery with a battery life of about 2.5 hours. The field of view is said to be 96 degrees horizontal and 90 degrees vertical. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg claimed that the Quest 3S will support spatial audio. At the time of this writing, we couldn’t find any additional information on the headset’s audio system. More
Score a Microsoft Office license now at a big discount. StackSocial Whether you’re setting up your new laptop or using a machine you’ve had for years, access to Microsoft Office is a necessity for many of us to get things done. Right now, you can buy a lifetime license to the 2019 version of Microsoft Office Professional […] More
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