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It's not just Macbooks that have cool features to enhance user convenience; Windows laptops also offer impressive functionalities that you might not have fully explored yet.
1. Exceptional Features of Slim Windows Laptops
Windows laptops always come with some incredibly cool features that you might not have discovered yet. Dark Mode or Dark Theme, for instance, is widely popular across various electronic devices, including smartphones, laptops, and tablets. This feature simply helps save battery power, extending user experience.
Dark Theme helps conserve battery power to enhance user experience
To activate Dark Mode on Windows, simply right-click, go to Personalization, then Color, and choose Dark under 'Choose your default app mode'. After completion, your system and most apps will switch to dark mode.
Multiple Desktops help optimize workspace on computers
On Windows laptops, simply select Task View on the TaskBar (located to the right of the search icon) and choose New Desktop.
Do Not Disturb
This familiar feature, long available on smartphones, is now integrated into laptop platforms. For Windows operating system, right-click on Start -> System -> Focus Assist to customize notifications for each app with Do Not Disturb mode. Then, go to the Action Center in the notification area and right-click on the notification icon to activate.
Focus Assist has long been a feature on smartphones but is now integrated into laptops
Resize and Unpin
Start Menu provides users with various features such as Weather Forecast, Email Feedback, etc. You can customize these features at the Start Menu to suit your needs.
If you want to display more favorite tiles, simply right-click on the tile icon and select Resize. Similarly, if you want to remove unnecessary tiles, select Unpin to remove them. If you're more interested in weather, press Windows + S to display weather information on the screen.
Customize Start Menu
This feature, integrated since Windows 10, is extremely useful as it allows users to customize the Start Menu in many different ways. From displaying recently added apps to frequently used apps, all these options can be toggled on/off according to your preference. Additionally, you can set the Start Menu to display in full-screen mode via the Use Start Full Screen option.
Thanks to this feature, redesigning a Start Menu according to your taste is no longer difficult; you can freely customize and arrange your favorite tiles!
This feature allows you to redesign a Start Menu according to your taste
Alternative to Start Menu
You may be familiar with a common action: right-clicking on the Start button to access the Power User Menu. However, perhaps this method is no longer optimal and instead, there's a more convenient way whenever you're in a hurry, that is using the Windows + X shortcut, and a shortcut menu will appear on the screen with many useful apps such as Command Prompt, Control Panel, Mobility Center, etc. You can use the Up/Down arrow keys to select these features.
Snap Windows
This is one of the impressive multitasking features that allows you to flexibly move open windows to various positions on the screen easily using the Windows + right/left arrow keys. Additionally, you can scroll through windows by clicking the mouse.
Speaking of multitasking features, here's a quick way to access pinned apps:
Windows + 1: Open the first app
Windows + 2: Open the second app or subsequent apps.
Cortana Search
Now on Windows operating system, there's also a virtual assistant similar to Siri or Google Now. Cortana is considered an excellent virtual assistant that can be activated by voice, this feature can almost do everything from singing a short song to setting reminders, moreover, you can customize Cortana's behavior as you wish.
Cortana is a virtual assistant similar to Siri or Google Now
