Like manyotherpeople
aroundthe world,I’ve so far
resistedthe urgeto takeup
Microsofton its free Windows
10 offer. Instead,I’ve been
stickingwithWindows7, at
leaston the computerI use the
most.I haveactuallyinstalled
it on my Macbookin Boot
Camp,becauseI hardlyever
use Windowson it.
I also havea slightlybroken
mediacentrePC kickingabout
that I mightupgrade(if I can
get it working),but that’s only
becauseit currentlyhas
Windows8 on it. To be fair, it
did showa performance
improvement,comparedto
Windows7, but I just couldn’t
standthe tiledinterfaceat all.
Of course,Windows10 is a
far moresensibleOS than8, so
what’s stoppingme from
embracingit? Put simply, bugs.
I knowI’m goingto upgrade
eventually, but I’d ratherwait
untilas manyproblemshave
beenidentifiedand
eliminatedas soonas possible.
And havingheardaboutsome
of the difficultiespeoplehave
beenhavingwiththis new
software,I havea suspicion
I’m goingto end up havingto
do a freshinstallationrather
thanan upgrade.
And that,as I’m sure you’ll
agree,is a job alwaysbest left
for anotherday...Editor
Anth
ony
March
April
E
-sportscameto Londonin March with
the officialopeningof the UK’s first
dedicatede-sportsarena,the Gfinity
Arena.The purpose-builtarena would
havecost a fair bit of investment,but that’s
somethingthat Bill Gatescouldhandleeasily. Bill,
you see, was announcedas the richestmanin the
worldbyForbesmagazine.For the 16thtime.His
net worth?It’s aroundthe $79bnmark.Yikes.
Applegetsits first mentionof the yearly
round-upthis monthwiththe announcement
of the long-awaitedAppleWatch, probably
mostnotablefor havinga particulardesignthat
wouldcostyou £13,500if you wantedto buy it.
Otherbig productannouncementsfor the month
includedBlackBerry’s Leapphone,notablefor
provingthatBlackBerry(at thattime)had refused
to givein to callsfor a return to its physical
keyboard roots.In othernews:the NationalGallerybannedselfie
sticks,the BBCproudlyannouncedits Micro Bits
initiative– providingschoolswithcodingdevicesas
part of its MakeIt Digitalproject– and March would
havealso beenthe 20thanniversaryof Microsoft
Bob.Bless.Finally, March meansBAFTA and,despite
a lot of complaintsaboutthe gamefrom players
themselves,Destinywonthe Best Gamegong.T
he worldsaid
goodbyeto cloud
gamingservice
OnLivein Aprilas the
companysold a bunchof patents
to Sony. Whilethe shutdown
wasn’t a hugesurprise,given
that OnLivewasn’t exactlya rip-
roaringsuccessin the first place,
it was nonethelessa pity that the
servicebit the dust.Overat EE, the company
issuedits PowerBar portable
chargerto customers,which
wasa lovelythought– until
it wasforced to recall a batch
of themafterreportsof them
exploding.EE wasalsothe first
operatorto launchWiFi Free
Callingfor the iPhonein April,
providingmobileaccessevenin
areas of poormobilecoverage.A US judgeruledthat divorce
paperscouldbe sent by Facebook,
a notebookthat usedto belong
to AlanTuring sold at auction
for overa milliondollars,and a
coupleof mengot into an actual
fistfightoverwhetherAndroid
is betterthanApple.Microsoft
probablythinksit’s the best,
though,thanksto the reveal of
HoloLensat its BUILDconference.I
f you’re lookingfor carefullyconsidered
analysisof all the hot topicsanddebates
of the pastyear...you’re in the wrong
place,frankly.
If howeveryou wantto read all about
mammothsystembuilds,strangearrestsfromacross the pondandthe oddbit of actualhard-
core technology-basednewsitems,thenwe
maybe of somehelp.
Yes, it’s the annualMicro MartReviewof the
Year! *cuedrumroll, applauseanda faintair
of embarrassmentall round...