Windows Weekly 898: It’s Notable When It Works

Mikah Sargent, Richard, and Paul discuss more from IFA, Patch Tuesday, Windows 11, the iPhone 16, Xbox, and much more.

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IFA part deux

Paul’s back from Berlin

• More perspective from industry insiders on where Intel, AMD and Qualcomm are at now

Why did Qualcomm launch lower-end Snapdragon X chips now?

Intel bails on 20A manufacturing process to focus on 18A – making lemonade

Intel lands a punch with Lunar Lake. Is it enough for a comeback?

Qualcomm has reportedly been trying to buy Intel’s chip design business for months

Lenovo launches new PCs with Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm chips – Photo gallery

Aside: Copilot+ PC-class PCs with AMD and Intel chips come with 24H2e

Windows 11

Patch Tuesday arrives – 22H2/23H2 and 24H2 all get updates – same as last month’s preview updates, of course

• Related: Microsoft still doesn’t list 24H2 in Windows 11 Update History on the Support sit

Related: Parallels Desktop 20 will benefit from Microsoft’s Prism emulator too

Related: Microsoft is updating Photos app in Windows 10 too

Semi-related: It’s not just macOS Sequoia, ChromeOS is copying Windows’s Snap feature too

Apple launches new devices but AI is not ready

• Apple launches iPhone 16 series without AI, plus new Apple Watch and AirPods 4 also without AI … and confirms next software updates, also without AI – AI is for later, sometimes much later
• This was a lackluster launch by any measure. But AI might make things more interesting in time
• Dashlane recommends skipping out on Apple Passwords

Microsoft 365, AI, more

Microsoft opens up Ignite 2024 registration

Windows App set to replace various RDP apps

Xbox

Sony tips PS5 Pro for a November 7 launch at $699

Xbox Game Pass Standard launches

Netflix allegedly saw 210 million game downloads

Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Lose the bookmarks, gain a (free) New tab page

I use something called Bonjourr, but Tabliss is nice enough that I’m considering switching.

Tip of the week #2: Amazon Prime Games has free games too

Everyone knows about the free games on Epic Games. But lookee here.

RunAs Radio this week: Microsoft 365 and PowerShell with Tony Redmond

https://runasradio.com/Shows/Show/949

Brown liquor pick of the week: Einar’s Great Skua Single Malt

https://www.einarsdistillery.com/whisky