PC Pro

PC Pro is the UK’s number one IT monthly magazine and offers readers a healthy variety of tech news updates, tests, reviews, best buys and even bonus software in every issue. The editorial team are experts in their field and they’re dedicated to creating the most authoritative reviews and keeping you up to speed on the latest technology developments.

Never mind Windows 95, let’s time travel back to 1950

PC Pro needs your help! • Who will win this year’s PC Pro Excellence Awards? Only you can tell us, so please complete our survey so we can find out!

PC Pro • June 2025 Issue 369

Trump tariffs are “like Covid again” for PC firms • Huge uncertainty over supply chains will disrupt PC prices and stocks this year

Microsoft heads off CrowdStrike 2 • Quick Machine Recovery to avert Windows boot disasters

Britain’s full-fibre alternative Richard Tang, Zen • Zen Internet CEO Richard Tang wants to bring Britain’s disparate fibre networks together

FIBRE’S BIG BEASTS • Here are the UK’s major fibre providers that the smaller altnets are currently competing against

The A-List • The best products on the market, as picked by our editors

We live in way too interesting times • Whether it’s world leaders, customer support teams or Chromebooks, the world is conspiring to make my life interesting in all the wrong ways

Forget AI and robots: lockers are the future • Nicole has found the secret to productivity, and it has nothing to do with advanced technology. It’s all about one simple innovation in sending parcels

The Phoney War with Virgin Media • It’s 2025 and apparently I must have a landline I don’t want, along with a tiny lump of plastic and wires

Readers’ comments • Your views and feedback from email and the web

Star letter

Readers’ poll • To tie in with the 30th anniversary of Windows 95, we ask: which release of Windows is the most important in history?

30th ANNIVERSARY The inside story of Windows 95 • On its 30th anniversary, we retrace the development and inside stories of the operating system that changed the world

Windows 95’s border issues • Former Microsoft vice president Laura Butler tells PC Pro how a pixel almost broke Windows 95

The time zone snafu that sunk Poland • Speaking on the Dave’s Garage YouTube channel, Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen recalled an awkward problem with the Windows 95 clock

How we tested Windows 95 • Jon Honeyball fondly recalls testing early builds of Windows 95

Put that in your 3D pipes • Writing on Microsoft’s The Old New Thing blog, company veteran Raymond Chen recalls a screensaver complaint

Windows 95: The repairer’s perspective • PC Pro’s Lee Grant reflects on a back-breaking era for PC repairers

BIG TECH BURNOUT • Many tech firms demand their staff work long hours. Barry Collins examines the toll it’s taking on employee wellbeing

What’s it like to work 996?

WHICH HOME VOIP SERVICE IS BEST FOR YOU? • As Skype closes down and residential landlines switch to internet services, Nik Rawlinson picks the best VoIP providers for staying connected

Keeping your Skype number

How to use your VoIP landline

Calling emergency services

CPUs the latest generation • The processor industry moves quickly, and a lot can change between laptop or PC purchases. Darien Graham-Smith breaks down all the latest chips from the big three CPU firms – and shares what we know about what’s coming next

Scan 3XS Evolve Studio Pro • Equally at home in gaming and (most) 3D content creation tasks, this is an ideal jack of both trades

How we test

What our awards mean

Apple Mac Studio M4 Max and M3 Ultra • Macs are rarely bargains, but...