Right for Microsoft to stop updates on old PCs
Microsoft doesn’t often deserve to be defended, but there’s nothing wrong with its decision to prevent computers without POPCNT running updated versions of Windows 11 (Issue 678, page 6). More or less every computer made in the past 15 years has got POPCNT. At some point it’s perfectly valid of Microsoft to draw a line and demand that computers must meet certain modern standards.
This isn’t progress for the sake of it. This is a balanced decision to make sure modern operating systems run smoothly and safely. It’s highly unlikely to lead to millions of machines being chucked into landfill.
Roger Shaw
Broadband firms must tell you total and average price
I’m cautiously optimistic that Ofcom will be firm enough to ban mid-contract price rises linked to inflation (Issue 678, page 7), but it needs
