The “May Update” for Windows 10 was released this week and is now live, bringing the OS version up to 1903. Like other big Windows 10 releases, it is following a staggered rollout, so not everyone will be updating to it right away. Checking for updates manually may jump-start the process for some users, but… Read more »
Beta Breakers Hardware Lab Overview
In addition to our large and constantly-growing inventory of mobile devices, we also maintain an extensive array of physical Windows and Macintosh computers, as well as the components and peripherals to support them. While we do employ virtual machine images from time to time, the demands of hardware compatibility testing require physical components, so our… Read more »
BitLocker Encryption/Decryption Times
This is a bit of an odd topic, but it is something that has come up in our labs from time to time. We are sometimes called upon to test applications that support BitLocker encryption in Windows, and this inevitably comes with very long periods of watching an encryption (or decryption) progress bar as BitLocker… Read more »
QA Lab Hardware and Workstations
In the 20+ years that we have been providing software QA services, we’ve rarely had much demand for compatibility testing on workstations or business-focused systems. While we’ve done a test here and there over the years, our bread and butter (as far as hardware testing in concerned) has typically been consumer-focused systems. We’ve recently seen… Read more »