Windows 10 will be free for Windows 7 and 8.1 users for one year

mcrosoft will be following in Apple's footsteps by offering its upcoming operating system for free for one year after launch. OS X users received a free update to OS X Yosemite last year and Microsoft promises to give away Windows 10 when it launches later this year.

So why is Microsoft doing this? Windows is less of a product now than it is a platform. What that means is that Windows has evolved into an operating system that attracts users with its ecosystem and services, rather than just features.

As more and more of our computing moves to the cloud, our needs for specific operating system has been negated. We do 90% of our computing inside a browser, which means you can use Mac, Linux or even ChromeOS and be happy. Microsoft knows this and wants to attract more users and developers by making Windows free.

Windows 10 will also be free across platforms, meaning your tablets and phones will get the update too. The operating system will also fulfill Microsoft's vision of having one operating system running across PCs, phones and tablets. This means apps created for Windows 10 will work across all other Windows 10 devices without problem.

Microsoft is expected to release Windows 10 in the middle of this year.

For more about Windows 10, check out our roundup of everything you need to know.

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how to Update my graphic card's drivers

A graphic card ise required when using heavy graphics functions such as playing video games etc. It may become necessary to update the graphics card of a computer if there are problems with playing video intensive applications or games. Updating the graphic card driver is one method to solve the problem. It is easy to find out the model of the graphics card installed through the hardware settings tab of the Windows operating system. For ATI and NVIDIA graphic cards, it is possible to download graphic cards device drivers for free from the ATI and NVIDIA official websites. 

Introduction

Looking for a better performing graphics card or your current one is not functioning properly? This article tells you how to upgrade your graphics card: 

Update driver for your Graphic Cards. 
The first and most important thing to do before making any update, is detecting the brand and models of your graphic cards. 

Detecting marks and models

There are many ways to collect this information. Below are two ways of detecting marks and models of your graphics card. 

Option 1

• Right click on your desktop and select Properties.
• In the Display Properties, select Settings > Advanced.

• Finally select Adapter

Option 2

• Right click on My Computer and select Manage.
• Then double click on Device Manager .
• In the open window, click on Display adapters.

Proceed with Update

• To proceed with the update of your graphics card, go to websites below :

ATI cards

• If your graphics card is an ATI, follow this link:

http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html

• Download the driver and run the new application for the automatic update to take place.

Nvidia cards

• If the your graphics card is a Nvidia, follow this link and download the driver :

http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

• One last thing; don't forget to have the latest DirectX version installed on your PC, in order to play the recent games.

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