Microsoft's next-gen storage tech won't be locked to Windows 11 after all

Put down your pitchforks, fellow gaming geeks. Windows DirectStorage—the next-gen storage technology that powers the Xbox Series X’s blazing Velocity Storage system—will be coming to Windows 10 as well as Windows 11, Microsoft confirmed this weekend. That means the super-fast storage tech of tomorrow won’t be used as a stick to force gamers to Microsoft’s upcoming operating system, as many feared and Microsoft itself firmly implied.To read this article in full, please click here https://www.pcworld.com/article/3625456/microsoft-directstorage-windows-10-after-all.html#tk.rss_all

Created 4y | Jul 19, 2021, 2:20:27 PM


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