Windows Weekly 953: The Casting of Frank Stallone

Leo, Richard, and Paul discuss 25H2, the local account drama, coming improvements to OneDrive, OpenAI, the Game Pass Ultimate price hike drama, Xbox, and much more.

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Windows 11

25H2 is out. Or … is it? (New segment: This week in no one has 25H2 yet)

New Dev and Beta builds enforce MSA at first sign-in

Apps

AI

OpenAI inks a major deal with AMD too

ChatGPT is now a platform with support for third-party apps

Perplexity Comet now free to all with usage limits

Xbox and gaming

Hand-wringing over Xbox reaches all-time high with Game Pass Ultimate price hike

  • How bad is it?
  • And what can Xbox do to reassure fans?

Microsoft: Just kidding on Game Pass Ultimate price hike, but only in certain countries

Microsoft: No, we have not cancelled the next-gen Xbox console

Hands-on with the Legion Go 2

  • Windows can work as a mobile gaming platform
  • Just not right now

New Game Pass titles across PC, console, and cloud for early October a bit later than usual

Report: Free, ad-supported Xbox Cloud Gaming tier is on the way

Total victory for Epic Games in Epic v. Google, Google must open up Play Store this month

Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Upgrade to Windows 11 on unsupported hardware

I’m updating the Field Guide for 25H2, which will be an all-new addition. This is chance to re-evaluate workarounds, especially given the news above. This one still works: You can easily upgrade any Windows 10 or 11 PC, supported or not, using the 25H2 ISO and the D:\setup.exe /product server command line.

App pick of the week: Opera Neon

This one is truly impressive, even in early access. You have to pay to use it, but this is the first AI browser I actually trust.

RunAs Radio this week: Managing for Failure with Amy Norris

https://runasradio.com/Shows/Show/1005

Brown liquor pick of the week: Weller 12

https://www.buffalotracedistillery.com/our-brands/w-l-weller/w-l-weller-12-year.html

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