The AnandTech Podcast: Episode 35 - Windows 10 and Skylake

AnandTech Podcast #35: The summer season has been busier than usual. Microsoft released Windows 10, it’s latest operating system, as a free upgrade to current Windows 7 and Windows 8 users, promising it to be the latest and greatest from Microsoft, but also why it might be the last full release of an operating system from them. Brett’s indepth review of Windows 10’s features is now available on the AnandTech website, with a link below.  Hot on the heels of Windows 10 was Intel’s launch of its new Skylake processor microarchitecture, which came in two desktop processors only to begin with. This was followed up by a more in-depth discussion of what Skylake actually does at Intel’s Developer Forum, and in this podcast we discuss what Skylake brings to the table as well as the performance and our interpretation of how Intel’s vision is set to develop in the coming years.

The AnandTech Podcast - Episode 35
Featuring

•  Dr Ian Cutress, Host, Senior Editor (@IanCutress)
•  Brett Howse, Editor for Laptops (@BrettHowse)

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Total Time:  1 hour 49 minutes 25 seconds

Outline mm:ss

0:00 - Intro
0:20 - Microsoft Windows 10 (http://anandtech.com/show/9543)
2:50 - Free Upgrade and install base
10:00 - Windows Media Center removed
13:30 - Windows 10 First Use, Start Menu
15:00 - Windows as a Service
21:00 - Universal Windows Apps and the Windows Store
25:20 - Privacy Concerns
30:00 - Family Safety
33:30 - WDDM 2.0 and DirectX 12
44:30 - Intel’s 6th Generation Processor, Skylake (http://anandtech.com/show/9483)
47:00 - Skylake performance compared to previous generations
53:10 - What processors were launched
55:00 - Gaming Performance
58:10 - Z170 Chipset
1:03:00 - USB 3.1 ports from chipset
1:04:30 - Windows 7 support with Z170
1:07:30 - DDR4 Support
1:12:40 - Gen 9 GPU, Media Capabilities (http://www.anandtech.com/show/9562/)
1:19:20 - Overclocking
1:25:25 - Skylake Packaging and thermal compound (http://www.anandtech.com/show/9505/)
1:27:30 - Overclocking and iGPU ramifications
1:30:30 - Architecture
1:39:10 - eDRAM changes
1:42:00 - Mobile Parts - Where are Skylake Y/U/H?
1:43:00 - Skylake Xeon Mobile
1:45:40 - Kaby Lake (http://www.anandtech.com/show/9447/)
1:49:25 - FIN