Ask Paul: December 14 (Premium)

Happy Friday! With the holidays bearing down on us again, here's another week-ending edition of Ask Paul.
Next Xbox Elite Controller v2?
Suberungoer asks:
Have you heard any more about the Xbox Elite Wireless Controller 2? My original is in tatters.
Only that it's happening. Every time an Xbox or industry event goes by with no mention of this, it's confusing. This is so overdue.

And my own Elite controller is likewise in tatters. Come on, Microsoft. Here's my $150 already.
All I want for Christmas is ...
StevenLayton asks:
What is on Paul Thurrott's letter to Santa?
I'm happy to say that I have (for the most part) convinced my wife, immediate family, extended family, and close circle of friends to stop buying presents for everyone each Christmas. Not entirely, of course; we're doing a White Elephant-type thing with our PA relatives this year, for example. This is easier when the kids get older, but I've always felt that all this gift-buying was wrong-headed.

More to the point, I literally don't need anything, by which I mean "any thing." I have plenty of things. Too many things, really. Way too many.

Privately with my wife, we've determined that we do a lot together, including international and domestic travel, and that these experiences are what matters and where we should spend money. We will buy each other small items for the stockings this year (mostly because my daughter was horrified when we literally bought each other nothing a few years back).
Note-taking
simont asks:
What are your requirements for "Paul's Perfect Note Taking Software?"
Honestly, I'm not sure. I guess it's evolving. If I extrapolate what I did with writing, which was to move from Microsoft Word to a much simpler Markdown-based text editor, it may be something much simpler than what I'm now using.

I'm not trying to be evasive here, sorry. But I'm actively thinking about and researching this. And I will be speaking to the OneNote team about this as well.
Interviews
christian.hvid asks:
This might be more of a request than a question, but here goes. One of the things that sets you apart as a blogger and tech writer is that you actually know a lot of the people behind the names, particularly at Microsoft. This adds more depth to your opinion pieces, and it's honestly a lot more fun to read a scathing takedown of Steven Sinofsky than a review of some random HP laptop (although the latter is probably more useful). Anyway, I would love to see you write a series of portraits or short biographies of various luminaries that you know personally (and I demand that you begin with our common hero Anders Hejlsberg).
This is an excellent idea. I'm vaguely plotting a campus visit (see the above question). I will see what I can pull together.
ARM going mainstream in the PC market
jimchamplin asks:
If ARM is to have a place in the PC world, I'm of the belief that beefier systems will be needed. Compact desktops, all-in-ones, perhaps even workstations. A...