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The main program that controls your laptop is the operating system. It’s the computer’s brain, giving the laptop its personality and giving you, the human, a way to control the computer.

For nearly all PC laptops, the operating system is Microsoft Windows. This book is specific to Windows 10, which has been around since 2015. Given that most laptops last perhaps six years at the most, my guess is that all PC laptops today run Windows 10.

 There’s no special laptop version of Windows. The operating system offers features specific to laptops with touchscreens, but otherwise it’s the same Windows you would use and dislike on a desktop computer system.

 If you have an older laptop that runs a previous version of Windows, please back up your data and consider buying a new laptop at once!

 See Chapter 8 for more information on Windows.