4:00 PM No it's the other way around. Settings sometimes sends you to Control Panel if you go deep enough.

Slowly but surely. Though Windows 10 was supposed to be the "last windows (version) you'll ever need" soon it changed to 11 and i bet there are rumors... (and i bet the "new" Settings won't be done by then) 

Is it me or...

5:35 Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu...

5:50 My laptop hinges indeed broke after about 6 months of continuous usage of up to 12 hours a day  and years of casual usage before that. I suspect they became brittle because of microwave radiation generated by the wi-fi.

An expertise can be performed in every laptop with failed hinges to asses the brittleness of plastic especially around the (internal) wi-fi antenna but i suspect everyone can do it by bending a piece of plastic of an already broken laptop to see it if breaks easily.

And laptops when in use (on your lap) are awfully close to sensitive areas or your body.