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Pulse SMS does this already and works great - it also doesn't need your carrier to be special in any way.
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I think one of the lessons of Fortnight is also one of the lessons of the Switch: graphics have gotten good en
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In reply to TrevorL:At first it had an error, but the troubleshooter fixed it. Not exactly sure what happened
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Neat WIndows 10 Trick - Don't Reinstall the OS
My motherboard crapped out on me recently and I had to get a new processor, RAM, and motherboard. I just finished putting it all together with my old SSD, HDD, GPU, etc, and I accidentally missed entering the BIOS on first ooot. To my utter shock, Windows did a bit of thinking, decided it needed to configure some devices for a minute, and then it booted up flawlessly. Everything is working beautifully. I didn't have to do a thing.
They might not have gotten everything right with Windows 10, but some of this stuff is just magical.
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I've been hoping to see SwiftKey in Windows for some time. This will be a good improvement for the tablet
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"Who uses Word anymore?" Really, guys? You really need to spend a bit more time talking with Microsoft'
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I'm not thrilled with the simplification of the ribbon - I have never had any trouble with the command de
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I hope this one is better. The old one was pretty bad, and a few of my podcasts were never available on it.
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In reply to paul-thurrott:There are things that will change, some that can change, and some that can't ch
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In reply to shawnwat:From what I understand, true 5G is going to be a city-only thing. The ranges on all the
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In reply to MartinusV2:It's exactly the same thing. There would have to be far more data centers than MWO
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In reply to paul-thurrott:Does 5G make electrons move faster? Because if it doesn't, the only way this wo
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These people are totally wrong unless internet speeds drastically increase, latency is magically eliminated, a
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In reply to Tim:There's journalism on Facebook?
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So... until this is built integrated into Cortana and is the same across Outlook.com and the other ways I acce
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In reply to UK User:So, that confirms my theory. In this context, portability means the ability to take conte
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In reply to gregsedwards:Actually, movies and music are the content that I most often find myself thankful I h
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In reply to UK User:So... I think maybe you misunderstood what "portable" meant in this context.
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It's amazing to me that people bought in to the non-portable ecosystems at all. We have a culture where
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So... Github wasn't making any money. I can see how this would benefit them. What does Microsoft get ou
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In reply to paul-thurrott:So... rather than add my ignorant opinion to the mix, I think a question is called f
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I don't understand why "playing music to a mobile device via OneDrive is a ridiculous option." If you al
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In reply to jhoff80:I've been using this since I heard about the changes to Google Play Music. It's
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In reply to DarkPilot:Try CloudPlayer on Android. Same kind of functionality with OneDrive, but works way bet
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In reply to Cdorf:Try CloudPlayer if you're on Android. Works with OneDrive like Groove, but it's b
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There is an Android app called CloudPlayer that will play your music files stored in OneDrive, Google Drive, a
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There they go again, making Samsung look like a bunch of geniuses. And people wonder why they own the Android
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In reply to paul-thurrott:You know, I see those adjectives thrown around, but I'm pretty sure they'r
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In reply to paul-thurrott:Oh, I'm not really talking about justifying it - I mean, some people have the i
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In reply to webguynj:That's pretty appalling. What is the 4G service like there? The only reasonably-pr
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In reply to ghostrider:Considering that, with Google, I am the product and with Microsoft I'm the custome
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I would say that the biggest boon to me and my usage patterns is OneDrive. It used to be a bit clunky, but th
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In reply to TheJoeFin:That's interesting. Literally nobody I know or work with uses the Google ecosystem
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Jesus, when do you find time to watch over $100 worth of subscriptions every month? We pay for nothing (OK th
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In reply to idgilbert:That's what I'm using at the moment too. So far I like it, and it's far
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In reply to JeffKirvin:They claim that your uploaded tracks won't be going away. We shall see.
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In reply to paul-thurrott:I was surprised that they did this. It was never a plausible lie.
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In reply to KingNerdTheThird:You can use the OneSync android client to mirror (or other operations) arbitrary
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In reply to harmjr:I miss that web client. It was well implemented, and I used it at work as well.
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In reply to Chris_Kez:I still use Groove on PC thanks to this functionality. I miss the web client, and I use
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In reply to JG1170:This. If I needed a half function OS, I would much rather have Android with a keyboard than
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In reply to PeteB:So... how is Windows user-hostile compared to a product the entire purpose of which is to lo
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I'm still struggling to see the point of these Chromebooks, I can't think of any reason anyone would
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In reply to Bats:Methinks you have no idea what you're talking about. My Microsoft-ized-and-running-like
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In reply to m_p_w_84:Fragmentation is being addressed via some programs implemented by Google in the last year
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Interesting that the duplicate software bothers everyone. It bothers ME, because I'm a picky SOB, but ev
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In reply to StevenLayton:Oswald.No.Because Thorondor and his brood were busy preening their feathers. 100ft w
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In reply to TFinch:Would LOVE to see that. Annoys the snot out of me to edit an mp3 tag and watch it upload t
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In reply to gregsedwards:I have the same kind of issues. If the desktop and other locations are always cloud-
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In reply to jrickel96:I would love to see statistics that prove what you say is true. I've been hoping f
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In reply to ReformedCtrlZ:It has a fingerprint reader.
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Wow. That DOES tick all the right boxes. Consider me impressed. Everyone else is going to have to step up t
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In reply to jimchamplin:I was wondering about that too. Most of the country music fans I know have modern sma
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*sigh* Yet another thing to uninstall when getting a new PC...
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So... they integrate the technology from this new acquisition into Cortana and use their new folks to continue
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In reply to david.thunderbird:Are there signs that YouTube will be going down the tubes? I mean, I know they
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In reply to JG1170:One day? Google has been abusing its power for years. How they haven't been torn apa
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In reply to dcdevito:Agreed. Amazon is doing the best they can, but they have to know that their early lead d
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And anyone who didn't see this coming hasn't been paying attention.... at least since Alexa launched
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In reply to Stooks:So... that sounds like a small liberal arts college. Nothing wrong with that, I have a rela
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In reply to dcdevito:Yeah, that bothered me. A small decrease in battery life, fine. But she said it was con
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In reply to Nicholas_Kathrein:I think part of that is because it has one huge redeeming feature: it's fre
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In reply to dcdevito:I've run Win32 apps on an 8" screen with equivalently-sized bluetooth keyboard with
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In reply to dcdevito:Ummm... maybe I missed it, but I don't think this device would be running 10S. So t
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So... I will express qualified agreement with some of Paul's ideas here, but with some worries/caveats in
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In reply to ghostrider:I have had one device with that eMMC storage. NEVER again. That was a truly miserable
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In reply to karma77police:This... this is too damn sensible by half. I have absolutely no idea why they think
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In reply to eeisner:I have been exploring other options that do cloud streaming because I was worried about th
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In reply to chriswong13:Google is almost as bad at branding as Microsoft.
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In reply to c.hucklebridge:We always buy used phones, so we're always a generation behind. Everything is
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In reply to wright_is:That's a fair assessment, and I'm sure that the Apple designers went through t
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So, I'm not in the market for a tablet (nor am I likely to be, given how much I'm enjoying my first
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A big blank space in an area that should be screen is a compromise. Period. Seriously, these companies are m
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In reply to VancouverNinja:That's fair, and I have used Bluetooth keyboard and mouse with a Windows table
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Doesn't this kind of consolidation creep out anyone else? It's not GOOD that all these companies are
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Does this come with a keyboard? Because if it doesn't, there is no point when so many capable touchscree
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In reply to chriscarstens:I advocate doing exactly as you say in almost everything... But speaking as a man wi
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Good idea, Paul. This is exactly the kind of thing that would be a great sweetener for Microsoft 365 Consumer
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I think gathering a pile of anecdotes from a support forum is probably not the best way to form an objective v
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The older I get and the more draconian the security theater gets, the less I want to fly. After our last expe
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This is the only complaint I have about OneDrive at the moment - in 5 years or so, at our current rate of grow
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Unless you're part of the group obsessed with the quantified-self I still struggle to see the point of we
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In reply to hrlngrv:Sounds like those are an excellent compliment to the Store apps since neither are availabl
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In reply to SherlockHolmes:Well, I am not sure about the developer experience, but I have almost completely sw
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I've installed the Store version of Office 365 on two different PCs and I prefer that experience. It'
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When my phone was off getting repaired we used an old one without a data plan, and used Skype instead of SMS.
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Nice bottle collection in the background.
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I think I would be excited about this if I didn't have a Switch taking my attention. It's nice to se
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In reply to PeteMiles:Completely disagree. The lack of a standard universal back button is one of the things
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Well done guys, I haven't laughed that hard in a while. Great job. :-)
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In reply to martinp17:That was a fantastic article. Thank you for sharing it!
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In reply to hrlngrv:Not sure why this got a downvote. Have an upvote for answering.
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In reply to Demileto:In this case, I don't see any reason why they would withhold their PWAs from the Sto
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In reply to nerdile:Oh, the usual people having a fit because something has changed.
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If Microsoft isn't already working on transitioning the Office web clients to this, they need to start pa
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In reply to Jeffery_Commaroto:I have no idea where this idea of tech companies creating utopia came from eithe
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Stuff like this puzzles me. They have to know this is crap, they're not idiots. Why bother?
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All of this kerfluffle sounds like a storm in a teacup to me. The UI as Paul explains it seems rational, if n
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I had no idea that 3.5 hours was so long for some people. Seriously, how did these people survive school?I gu
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If it's so easy, hopefully that will just be a checkbox that devs can select... it would be really nice t
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In reply to NT6.1:Huh. I tend to like that, especially on OLED screens. Guess it's a subjective thing.
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In reply to karma77police:I saw an analysis of UI responsiveness across a wide variety of platforms over the y
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In reply to Nicholas_Kathrein:Actually I'm a millennial... not that it means much. I'm also a pro-s
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In reply to JohnGalt1717:It's interesting that we observed the same event and came to totally opposite co
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In reply to aThingOrTwo:Not being a UI guru I don't find it immediately obvious what is wrong with the sc
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In reply to karma77police:I have a question... what did you hate before they released Windows 8?
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I might be the only one, but I really enjoyed the Day 1 Keynote. Yes, it was long, but there was good informa
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Well... this is the first build that I'm actually excited about. Almost all those changes will impact my
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In reply to dcdevito:Have an upvote for a good response. I don't know about how people will react as a wh
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In reply to Daishi:Gauss Rifles or PPCs?
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In reply to karma77police:I'm assuming you didn't watch the keynote yourself. There was cool stuff
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In reply to dcdevito:It was exciting and creepy as hell. An AI assistant POSING as a human is not what I cons
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In reply to PeteMiles:If they take away the ability to turn off the stupid icon backgrounds I'm going to
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I was really pleased to see the direction they took at the Build keynote even though it confirmed that Microso
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You know, I'm having a lot of trouble getting excited about Android anymore. All the crap they keep addi
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In reply to PeteB:If that were true, Microsoft would rule the world several times over and the iPhone would�
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Sure looks like a useful UI to me...
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Well, as much as I believe everyone should drop as many Google services as possible because of their blatant p
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As long as they stick to their guns rather than changing course like an ADHD child at the tiller of a boat, th
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In reply to shameermulji:Amen. Those are terribly boring. "... and to follow up our opening program of virtu
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In reply to jr.flynn:That's interesting... I thought the keynote was relevant and interesting, especially
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Would love to see how well your workflows could translate to one of the more popular Linux flavors. As much a
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In reply to wright_is:This is one reason why I use Firefox along with Edge. I log into Ubuntu and all my shor
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In reply to mariusmuntensky:So... because I use Office and Outlook, I want my voice assistant, if I ever bothe
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In reply to Stooks:I have to disagree with you here. For IoT to become a viable market, the devices MUST achi
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So... maybe I'm in the minority, but I don't use Chrome. I use Edge when I can, and Firefox when I
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In reply to SvenJ:Shoot you're better off inhaling that stuff than the acrid poisonous cloud that comes f
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In reply to lordbaal1:Yes, but I don't believe it's technically a PWA, nor is that version available
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In reply to skane2600:Apologies, as a non-programmer I think I sometimes get things a bit mixed up. As you sa
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In reply to skane2600:I would expect that the code deployed to all machines would have small amounts of code r
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In reply to chrisrut:You would condemn the whole of every society based on the actions of a few? Ouch.
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In reply to hrlngrv:That's a really great point! Keyboard shortcuts in general would be a tragic loss fo
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In reply to skane2600:Have you been paying attention to anything about PWAs?
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In reply to Stooks:It boggles my mind that smart home stuff is getting built into homes at this incredibly ear
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2020 isn't that far away. What in the heck is going to change in my house and life that we collectively
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I heard a few weeks ago that we're finally dropping all our Windows 7 VMs and deploying actual Windows 10
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In reply to ecumenical:In general, you're correct. For the general population, I personally have not seen
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In reply to Tim:Great book. His other work is worth a look too!
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In reply to Tom Wilson:Tom,This is a typical response from a person who has not had weight problems thanks to
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In reply to ecumenical:In 1950 most of the dietary changes implemented in the second half of the 20th century
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I expect that the current web apps can be redone as PWAs and offer enhanced performance and functionality. If
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They're still making money at incomprehensible rates regardless of the competition and the capability of
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I just hope that they don't do away with the Groove app. It's really great to be able to access my
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In reply to Eric_Rasmussen:Upgraded to 18.04 yesterday. It's very like the previous release... Gnome desk
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I am generally pleased with Cortana on the occasions I have to call for her. I think it's interesting th
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In reply to vjvvh:There are many reasons not to commit 100% to any platform, especially one infamous for high
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If my experience with Linux lately is any indicator, I could switch to a Mac and not miss a beat as long as I
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That's the configuration I would've wanted had I been in the market for a 2-in-1.... I usually buy w
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Just found out about another person at work who is keto, and she has lost almost 100lbs while being able to st
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In reply to Jeffery_Commaroto:Thanks for the replies, guys!
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So... I guess the real question is, why would I run ChromeOS when I could just run my favorite flavor of Linux
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In reply to PincasX:Actually... I learned a lot of those "talking points" before I learned about keto. It
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I sense a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of users cried out in terror, and were suddenly silen
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In reply to hrlngrv:I agree. They're good enough for some things, but if I'm producing real documen
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In reply to starkover:I guess I can see where you're coming from. Most of the lights in our house just m
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I like Pocket Casts too, but this makes me nervous as heck. I wouldn't trust any of those entities furth
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In reply to PincasX:I'm guessing you've never read any of the scientific literature or respected gui
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If Paint3D doesn't sacrifice any functionality or usability on the original Paint (a pretty darn low bar,
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The comparison to scheduled TV is a poor one. There is literally no tradeoff to adopting an on-demand TV model
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In reply to starkover:So... this is going to come across as a little snarky, and I really apologize for that b
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In reply to Nicholas_Kathrein:Yeah, I never understood how inductive charging wasn't just obviously desir
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What is the title image for this article?
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In reply to dcdevito:Life doesn't happen in workflows... At least, not for me. Maybe if my life were more
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So... the image for this article is an excellent illustration of why absolutely none of this interests me at a
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In reply to dave0:I don't know for sure, but I would guess that the licensing fees from the record labels
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So they're the biggest fish in this expanding pond, but they're still losing money after all this ti
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With PWAs offering so much hope for Microsoft users, I would expect to see Microsoft itself taking a lead posi
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In reply to PincasX:Would you like to be more specific?
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I would go for Microsoft 365 consumer-version if they made it worth my while. It'd have to be something
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In reply to Tom Wilson:There is actually considerably more land capable of supporting various types of livesto
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I use Outlook 3 different ways: The full Office app, the web client, and Android. I love the full Office app.
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I think it's inaccurate to say that users don't WANT store apps, regardless of what they're wri
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In reply to JH_Radio:This is a perfect example. Does the average person need more capable hardware than this?
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In reply to Minke:I had considered that. I figured that there were a few factors influencing that gamble: 1,
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While I think 64GB is pretty much the sweet spot for my actual needs (that would be all my documents + music s
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In reply to ErichK:Yes, I think that mental comparison is what really surprised me. Never in the past had I i
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I'm not really in a position to evaluate what should and shouldn't be eliminated - I seem to use a c
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The carriers in our area literally never pushed them. A few times over the years I walked in and had them giv
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In reply to wright_is:Patents, copyrights, and the rest must be defended, yes. They are treated largely like
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In reply to Nicholas_Kathrein:Except that in cases of infringement the value is not defined as the cost to pro
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In reply to Nicholas_Kathrein:Microsoft doesn't give two rat toots about the money. It's an absolut
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You know... I'm torn on this one. My initial response is to say "no, we've had enough mergers and m
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It amazes me that this is even a discussion. The guy BLATANTLY broke the law, and as Paul pointed out, Micros
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In reply to fuzzsdad:I just downloaded it for the first time this evening, and I agree... the Audible store ap
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In reply to longhorn:This one is a business machine. HP even makes a maintenance guide for it that shows how t
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It's not just here. This place is usually pretty good. There are users who seem to exist just to troll pe
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I haven't noticed a massive increase. I did get a few (2 or 3) unusual messages recently that I wouldn�
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In reply to Tiny:This sounds fantastic. If I wanted to see if the same kind of thing was available to me where
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Ah, THIS is why the PC market is slow!
As I age, I seem to become a bigger and bigger cheapskate. My latest money-saving exploit was to buy a refurbished laptop (my first laptop, believe it or not...) from Newegg when an insurmountable business need finally arose. I was absolutely staggered to see the prices. I was able to get a 5th-gen Core i5 with 8GB of RAM, 128GB SSD, 4 USB 3.0 ports, dual-band wifi, touchscreen, etc, all in an ultrabook format... for $200. I was completely gobsmacked. It even came with WIndows 10 Pro on it. The entire experience has been superlative.
I don't think I'll ever advise anyone to buy a new laptop again. This machine isn't a world-beater since it has integrated Intel graphics, but my God... it's got to be better than what most consumers have, and for a lot lot lot less. If I didn't play games, this machine would be everything I could possibly need. And it dual-boots Ubuntu without a hitch (this post typed from 17.10).
Have these kind of machines always been available at this price? I just... good gravy, I still can't get over what I was able to buy for so little. If this is pretty normal across the board, it would certainly explain why the PC market has slowed down... there is absolutely no reason to replace this 4+ year old machine.
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5nm? Really? Don't believe everything you read on the internet.
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In reply to jaboonday:This. I couldn't care less about their TV or video service. Faster shipping would
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In reply to ghostrider:You know, I don't agree with you 100% because a very good percentage of my time wi
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In reply to Chris_Kez:I couldn't have said it better.
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In reply to jwpear:So... based on the number of people I see running around with glued-together ultrabooks and
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So... this is actually really encouraging. Once time marches on long enough that Windows 7/8/8.1 start aging
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Audible is one of the best purchases I make every month, and one of the biggest ways in which I can truly say
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Google is continuing to be the most fickle company ever. They just announced yet another chat app, and now th
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In reply to Jeffery_Commaroto:You're not the only one! I use Play Music to play my personal MP3 library
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So... in what context is mobile broadband a significant part of Windows? I mean... who is going to pay for a
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I was going to suggest moving to Nine, but you're a step ahead of me. To me, the Outlook client on Androi
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In reply to lvthunder:From a certain perspective, he's not wrong. With some caveats, they managed to for
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So... do I have to actively seek out each podcast when I want it to play? Or will it automatically download a
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In reply to BMcDonald:Except many things I want they don't have, and I don't trust large corporation
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In reply to unkinected:Agree 100%. Does you no good if you're not a consumer of whatever they seem popul
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I think I must be the opposite of the target market for these services. I am so over the "radio" format that
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It seems like everyone is doing their damndest to start another Cold War. I lived through the tail end of the
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If Apple released iMessage for Android I would install it immediately. I'm so out of patience with Googl
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This might actually stimulate development of more mainstream Linux apps. Still holding out for a real OneDriv
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My goodness, this level of cutting back would make Windows actually fit on my old tablet - full Windows uses u
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This seems like a storm in a teacup. Your client is crazy for balking at this kind of requirement... it'
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I love my Switch. However, it's only a good console because Nintendo has stellar first-party games and h
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What Cross-Platform Microsoft Solutions Are Missing?
With the new Microsoft ambitious to "be where [their] customers are," it's been really comforting to see that I can jump from iOS to Mac to Android to PC and have a pretty positive experience on all three.
I realized the other week when I messed up my PC (overwrote the MBR... oops) and I used Linux Mint for work while I waited for an opportunity to fix things... the Linux experience is about the only place MS was lacking. I was able to do what I needed via the web client, but even though it was temporary I felt the lack of a OneDrive sync client keenly, and the web apps are no replacement for the real apps when you need to get down in the weeds.
What do you think they're missing? Is this all a moot point because they should be converting pretty much everything to a PWA from here on out?
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I don't really understand the complaining. Has Microsoft been a bit rudderless as they floundered around
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In reply to alissa914:This is one thing that is keeping me from trying to cobble together an Android laptop.
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In reply to JG1170:That's interesting. All the people I know have adopted mobile but even those with mini
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In reply to lvthunder:Have you seen the compensation package your average code-monkey gets nowadays? It'
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In reply to skane2600:I agree. It's an essential skill if you want to be a coder or otherwise create dig
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I used to have to do pretty frequent tech support for my family. Ever since Windows 10, the only time anyone
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I tried to get my wife and mother to use Skype. It delayed sending two or three messages by up to 8 hours - t
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Oh thank goodness. The two versions thing drove me nuts.
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In reply to karma77police:Of course it's better, you use it. You have no objective evidence to point to
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Just installed it in Chrome on my work PC, thanks for the tip. By what standard are you evaluating the effica
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So... isn't this an old thing? I mean, why are they letting autoplay videos start and download automatic
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Yeah... good for them. I'm still not going to use Facebook. May their datacenters fall prey to unlikely
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OneDrive is what I use for everything, and 99% of the time the experience is good. I had an issue with the ph
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In reply to Polycrastinator:I have ALWAYS hated the Office Upload Center. It's appalling. It causes all
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In reply to PracticalEdd:I was under the impression that with the new rollout of file versioning, all files we
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In reply to arunphilip:I have Office 365 Home for two reasons: My wife wants (demands) to have the same softwa
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In reply to Albatross:I picked up Nine after I heard it recommended either on Windows Weekly or All About Andr
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Part of me feels like this whole speaker thing is going to be a flash in the pan. I know everyone is convince
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Do we know if this will be enabled if you only have the Microsoft Launcher installed, or do you need the stand
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If you're ditching the built in apps nobody needs or wants, Edge is as good a place as any to put them. E
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Paul and Mahedi, I would like to see an article on the Microsoft experience on Chromebooks, particularly for t
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My old Android phones got performance rot, but my newer ones haven't. The first thing I do is disable and
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These features sound like just the ticket! They are ALL things that I can immediately think of instances wher
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So... if there was one thing I would change about the new Galaxy phones it's the damn curved screen. It&
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So... the gist of this article to me is, "Windows isn't going anywhere anytime soon, and might even impro
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In reply to hrlngrv:That's precisely the point. Linux is even a choice for you because of the broad comp
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In reply to rmlounsbury:Lol, I hope so. That will happen right after Tesla turns a profit. :-) Right now I can
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In reply to hrlngrv:Yes, but at home I have been able to make my own choices for decades. I'll be damned
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So... we're declaring the era of the personal computer to be at an end, and going reluctantly to bow to o
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Won't this render low and mid-tier Macs more or less toys compared to Intel machines in the same price ra
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You stopped using a phone case?Damn, and I thought you wanted to SAVE money by using the Pixel/Fi combination.
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Depressing to imagine that Windows would be so deprecated when the other options for prosumers are so terrible
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Wow! With the exception of wondering where this data comes from and how reliable it is, I have no reservation
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So... let's be honest here. The notch is undesirable. It indisputably interferes with the functionality
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In reply to lvthunder:Ok, I agree with that idea... But then you have to spend even more money on other device
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No keyboard. Why would you buy this for school?
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Office 365, Spinrite, Games on Steam and Nintendo Switch, Paint.NET, Carbonite, Nine (Android), Arcus (Android
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Why in the hell would they want a tablet device without a keyboard for education? Who is making these purchas
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In reply to skane2600:Eh, I have no idea about other people. I have a desktop PC that DOES do everything I wa
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In reply to Stooks:So... I considered that but there are a few things in the way. 1 - Apple. Enough said. 2
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Been using Edge pretty much everywhere and loving it, but there are two things that I'm missing: Ad block
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Glad to hear of the new angle at which you'll be approaching the tests, since it reflects how I would be
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I respectfully disagree. The default Facebook privacy settings are appalling, and that IS their fault, just l
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Two questions for Paul: Has performance and responsiveness improved with the Fall Creator's Update?Do the
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Hmmmm... well, a bit disappointing but not surprising. We will hope the situation improves soon. Yet another
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In reply to ezraward:This is what I want to know. I have an Intel tablet that I tried to use like I use a pho
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Paint.net!Glad to hear the battery testing is going well. After the Win32 test, I am REALLY interested in how
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I think it's interesting that the prices on ALL of the products in this category are so high, because to
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In reply to Waethorn:We can only hope. I'm still trying to figure out why Google hasn't been broken
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In reply to Payton:I couldn't have said it better.
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This is like a wet dream for a Technocracy ruling class that seems determined to stamp out any meaningful inte
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In reply to MikeCerm:Well certainly... for now. But there is always next year and the year after, things won&
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In reply to Stooks:So, according to that article it would functionally be the same for me, then. Fingerprint
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Leaving aside the weight placed in our personal evaluations on the quality of the camera as a piece of the ove
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This is the most interesting technology story to me this year. Everyone is going into transports of ecstasy o
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So... this is something that I haven't seen written about yet, but the functional comparison between the
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Wait? People are still surprised by this? They're covered in glass, front and back. It's a beauti
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In reply to Jim_Lewis:I would DEFINITELY like some confirmation of Accubattery's claim. I've been u
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Why? With all the other games out there to play, why this one? It's so utterly generic and uninterestin
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In reply to Stooks:Eh, forget TouchWiz, just put the Microsoft launcher on it and move on. I haven't use
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In reply to obarthelemy:Honestly, that value judgement varies by person. To me, in my life situation and fina
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I don't actually have an opinion about which of the pictures look better, but I will say that there appea
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In reply to karma77police:I agree. There is so much STUFF published that it is completely devalued. With very
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Darn. That is sounding like a kick-butt service. I'm really glad to see MS firing on all cylinders on a
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In reply to karma77police:So... you must use an iPhone with the default Apple productivity apps then? Or are
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You really have to wonder who is driving the boat over there sometimes.
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Pulse SMS does this, it's what I use.
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In reply to karma77police:To be honest, you personally don't need any solutions from Microsoft. What are
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I have to say, at first I was bamboozled by this move to Chromebooks, given how limited they are. I mean, what
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In reply to sgtaylor5:I keep on hearing about this slowness as Androids age, but I haven't experienced it
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In reply to maethorechannen:This blue-light-suppression is also present on the Galaxy S phones as well. I bel
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In reply to paul-thurrott:Oh, I get that people have different preferences. I've even admired my mother&
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Given the quality of the Samsung handsets, it continues to boggle my mind that those in higher income brackets
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In reply to karma77police:As usual, your well-informed reply contributes materially to the conversation. Clea
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This has not happened to me yet, but only because I didn't back up our video collection in OneDrive with
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Or you could just... you know, not use Snapchat. All of these algorithm feeds are nothing but ways to put you
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So... Did anyone else see this coming as soon as they saw the renders? Because it's a no brainer.
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Given my needs out of my secondary devices, I am looking forward to seeing how well the lower cost ARM devices
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So... the whole reason to embrace these alternative platforms is to save money by not paying for the content y
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I'm doing keto right along with you, Paul, and I can't thank you enough for pointing us to Carl and
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I find myself in the rare position of applauding Apple here. Not only is the software feature under debate her
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I actually look at this as a big deal. If Cortana is the only cross-platform, cross-provider assistant, that&
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I'm excited about ARM, but the "always connected" angle is NOT how I would market it. Nobody, not even m
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No wireless charging? Bummer. That and waterproofing are game breakers for me.
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Been using Edge for Android since the preview started. It's a fine browser, and has replaced my others in
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50 second load times? Good Lord...
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In reply to PeteB:Incorrect. You've left out the Switch, which is the first hardware that should accompan
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They would have to seriously mess up consecutive updates. But I have a good deal more patience. If we ever dit
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In reply to jrickel96:Wow. I knew Google was slimy, but that's pretty bad.
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So... I'm not sure I'm taking away the same thing from the Bloomberg quote as Paul is. To me, "redu
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So... why would I use Google for this again? If you're going to insert evil middlemen into your transact
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Why would you get a wireless mouse if your use pattern would permit you to use a wired one? That makes no sens
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I'm enjoying Edge and the new official version of Arrow. Sad to give up SquareHome 2 for a more Android-l
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In reply to RonH:Outlook has always been weird about contacts. Someone else will have to help you with that on
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What's the hate for 16:9 screens? They were fine for years, what changed?
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In reply to karma77police:Does Apple pay you to write this drivel?
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Downloaded last night. Pretty good, not ready to leave preview though. Slow at the moment, and no extensions.
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In reply to JG1170:You know, I see people claim this, but I have trouble believing anyone gives a damn about t
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Where does this idea that Microsoft makes no money on Surface come from? Everyone at the company where I work
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In reply to karma77police:Apple IS stuck in the past with MacOS. iOS is irrelevant in this discussion, Windows
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In reply to karma77police:You know, no matter how much you hate it, Windows 7 is old and well be left behind.
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In reply to Daniel_D:I disagree. I've been looking forward to this since the launch of Windows 10.
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Been hoping for this since Windows 10 came out. Will switch as soon as practical! One of the premium folks was
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In reply to Orin:It would be great to see that functionality come to Spotify. I would probably get a family p
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To be honest, I'm OK with this. They never tried to make Groove Music Pass competitive, and this is bette
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In reply to SvenJ:What this translates to me is "Google Fi is great for people who don't use much data."
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In reply to Tom_O:I'm sitting at around 550GB right now, but that number is climbing all the time. Every
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In reply to jhoff80:You shouldn't, I agree. But damn, One Sync is so powerful, I gave up using the offici
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Censorship by another name. The fact checkers aren't anyone I would trust with a puppy, let alone journal
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Isn't one reason that Microsoft is focusing on other things the fact that Windows is far more mature and
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In reply to Angusmatheson:I have had Galaxies for 4 years now, and now that Samsung has gone with those stupid
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If I had a budget of $1000, I'd split it 50/50. That would get you a midrange phone and a lower midrange
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In reply to Nicholas_Kathrein:I'm not a fanboy - I'll be perfectly happy to bitch about monopoly no
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More and more reasons to drop Google like the dangerous hot potato that it is. Don't use their services,
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In reply to glenn8878:Yes, the censorship train is working up a good head of steam now... Very worrisome.
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This situation creates a degree of fear for the future in me. A world where I have to choose between Apple, Go
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I'm really pleased to see the GPU stats appear, that's one less utility I'll need to have insta
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I really want to drop Google and use Groove, but they make it really hard. No ability to download to SD cards
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In reply to Stooks:I stopped listening to that show because I couldn't take the politics and willful igno
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I want to want this phone. But the screen, Samsung, the screen! Why with the curves? Are you TRYING to drive m
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In reply to wshwe:Let's say he values a free society that isn't dominated by monopolies.
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In reply to Chris_Kez:Couldn't have put it better myself. I'm surprised that any person who is vague
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I'm starting to wonder if people realize how trivial journalistic computing needs are for work. I have do
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In reply to xxxdevxxx:This. I don't know why everyone fails to see the significance of this. As Chrome wa
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In reply to yaddamaster:$50 a year for a client that looks so barebones because... wait for it... it IS so bar
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In reply to jimchamplin:I think you'll find that the Office team is doing a great deal more than twiddlin
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I'm sorry, it boggles my mind that Paul doesn't like Outlook 2016. Every time I use the email clien
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In reply to SvenJ:I felt this way too. I'm sure Google's algorithms are good, but I never derived a
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In reply to paul-thurrott:I would say that at the present moment, 10S is ready for more than half the people I
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In reply to joeaxberg:You know what happens in households without someone to make informed IT decisions? They
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In reply to FalseAgent:LOL. You win my internet browsing for this morning.I really don't understand this
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Oh my god. FINALLY!!!Of course, I already bought Nine, but better late than never. My wife will be pleased.
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I never thought the Apple TV remote was bad. Seemed intuitive and easy every time I've used one. I still
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In reply to Jules_Wombat:Pro is no heavier than 10S. It will run fine if 10S does.
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If I didn't build my PCs, I would definitely consider this. I like having current computing hardware and
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In reply to BoItmanLives:To each their own. To me, this attitude is unfathomable.
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In reply to Win74ever:So you don't want stuff to sync between your PCs? I was shocked at how little pers
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I setup all my family members with a non-MSA admin account, and then have them actively use a MSA account to s
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If they have more than 2GB of memory, the Asus and Dell machines sound like just the ticket for many people
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In reply to SvenJ:Well said. Most of Paul's complaints seem to stem from lack of ingenuity and ability to
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After reading through the comments, I'm shocked at what an appalling mess this all is. I don't want
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Sounds like a rational suggestion to me.
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In reply to JaviAl:Interesting. I couldn't wait to get my hands on Windows 10 for precisely those reason
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In reply to karma77police:This. I don't understand how people have surrendered control of their media so
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In reply to karma77police:As soon as it's released on the store I'll be removing the Win32 version f
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In reply to Bats:I'll agree about everything except dictation. It's going to have to improve A LOT
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In reply to skane2600:I agree. I think we can say that "...most of the activities we used to do on a PC are o
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I'm kind of surprised that Paul doesn't use more multitasking features. When I'm stuck using a
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In reply to karma77police:I still do this. While everyone I know talks about how they're locked in to one
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In reply to Stooks:I can see where you are coming from. I have plenty of experience with big expensive 4K sets
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Wow, I had no idea that people went through so much trouble participate in legacy media now. We have a 720p T
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So... I guess I am in the minority in that playlists are something I never ever bother with. Because this serv
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In reply to Darmok N Jalad:Yes, I remember that. She might've chosen to project (or actually had) a vapi
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This is the first wearable I can actually see myself buying and wearing. Very interesting. Will watch with i
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In reply to paul-thurrott:You know the scary thing? They're so brainwashed that they're not pretend
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In reply to PincasX:You, uh, you do know that using the bimbo stereotype in a negative way is a direct acknowl
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In reply to PincasX:I don't think you actually understood what Paul meant by "what's wrong with Amer
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In reply to Win74ever:The person who believes males and white people can't be discriminated against obvio
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Been looking forward to shared libraries. It looks like they won't let you share with more than one pers
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It's funny how some things never change. Typing on a touchscreen is still just as awful an experience to
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In reply to PincasX:I was thankful to have an Android phone just for Flash compatibility back when it mattered
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Paul... you're starting to confuse me, man. What makes you think that they aren't trying to reduce
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In reply to Rob_Wade:You want push notifications from the WSJ?I have all kinds of notifications from my UWP ap
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I agree, Paul. I don't understand why any publisher would have any app in the first place. That's w
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In reply to fanchettes:Thank God for Ginger. The world is a better place because of her.
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In reply to anchovylover:This is completely inexplicable to me. The only thing Edge lacks that normal people
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In reply to hrlngrv:I can't speculate on enterprise use of 10S, that's for those with far more IT ex
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In reply to offTheRecord:I disagree. I would assert that their text search is more or less the same, but the
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I disagree with your definition of "mainstream," Paul, and therefore with the assertion of your last sentence.
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Sounds like a laptop I would enjoy as a supplement to my desktop. Don't understand the hate, personally.
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In reply to aussienick:Bummer, I have a cheap tablet that I really don't want to put any Win32 apps on, b
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I love my arc mouse. Fantastic design, and really draws peoples' attention when I use it out in the wild
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Paul,I gather from the article that these are the 32-bit versions of the applications, and that you don't
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I love how collaborative companies are when they're trying hard to compete. Sony hasn't sold me a c
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In reply to Stooks:Control, and not being beholden to another company. Once they give up control of the car sy
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The really neat thing about this generation of consoles is that we're sort of reaching peak resolution fo
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Wow. Does this mean I'd be able to play the original Halo and Knights of the Old Republic? That's
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In reply to hometoy:Linux just isn't on anyone's gaming radar. Yes, it's important for scienti
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Hmmm... you know, I've sat out on this game, but I really love my Switch and I'm almost done with Br
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I didn't realize that it was actually illegal to emulate an instruction set without licensing it. Guess
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Carbonite is a great way to back things up, unlimited storage and access from web clients and apps on phones.
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In reply to scribz:Wait... Safari can't download files? Really? How in the... You know, every time I th
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If they're going to sue Microsoft they need to sue Apple and Google as well. They're going to be cr
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Thank God, I have been wanting this for... Well, since I installed this app!
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In reply to BarretBlake:You know, this is exactly what I was thinking, but I wasn't confident enough in m
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So... why is this change necessary? I mean, was there something wrong with the previous design style? How ha
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I would love to see this if they let me pay for more than 1TB of space. In fact, I'm going to need more t
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Lots of ignorant armchair quarterbacking in the comments for this one, I see. There are a lot of people make j
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I install ad-blocking for everyone who relies on me for tech support, and they uniformly are over the moon for
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I would love to use Skype, I really would. I just can't get my family to ditch SMS. It's killing m
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So... I get the excitement about Windows on ARM, but the eSIM thing just boggles my mind. Do they think we�
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In reply to Richard Orme:Waterproof and wireless charging are requirements for any future purchase of mine. I
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I want more details, but the more I look at this the more I like it, especially since I won't be buying a
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In reply to mjw149:Yes, as if we needed more confirmation, here is yet another illustration that competition i
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I'm really looking forward to seeing the price points and performance for the compute cards. Would be hi
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Titanium CAN be harder than aluminum, and some aluminum alloys are harder than others. Both metals can be qui
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Nice to see fixes keep rolling out. I don't understand the hate people have for updates - they're s
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In reply to PeteB:Sounds like you need Linux, mate. No other modern OS is going to offer what you want... Not
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In reply to PeteB:I have a cheap Windows tablet that I use instead of a laptop. And I use it almost exclusive
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I will add this to my list of languages to learn. I would love to see Chinese (either dominant version) too.I
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If this thing is responsive, will work with multiple Microsoft accounts, and has good voice recognition, it wi
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I have really enjoyed de-Googling my S7, and the result has been an improved experience. I've still got t
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In reply to scribz:One of the many reasons I use very few of their services, and don't get excited about
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In reply to Bats:Wow, that's some serious bitterness there. Based on my reading, the Android experience
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In reply to RobertJasiek:I cannot imagine that most people doing everyday tasks need more than 4GB. I want mo
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In reply to Paul Thurrott:That's interesting. I've never understood why we needed 3:2 screens, or 1
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Is it just me, or is the obsession with thin hardware just unhealthy at this point? People said that the Surfa
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Cheap W10 Tablets at MicrosoftStore.com
I got an email notifying me that some tablets that were formerly $150 are now $69 at the Microsoft Store website.
https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/NuVision-TM800W610L-Signature-Edition-Tablet/productID.5078216000?icid=PC_r10_c01_mod-F_MothersDay_QF9-00792_04302017
They're low spec'd, but I got one anyway - I don't have a laptop and I'm going to need something bigger than my phone for a conference coming up.
Should be good enough for daily tasks, especially if you keep it clean.
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In reply to Bats:I think you're pounding on Paul a bit unnecessarily hard. The iPad was only a game chan
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In reply to Luka Radunovic:I use UWP apps where I can. When they bring Office to the Store, I'll uninsta
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You know, the more I think about it, the more I can see myself using Windows 10S on a daily driver machine tha
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In reply to anchovylover:People keep saying that, but honestly I can't see it being a big deal for the no
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Looks like a nice aspirational device. I'm sure all of Microsoft's partner companies will fill in t
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Touchscreen? Tell me the price, tell me the hardware, and tell me I can easily upgrade it to full Windows when
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Don't care about Chrome, but I use too many peripherals, rely on too many Win32 utilities for playing mus
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Seems some people are quite grumpy considering that they haven't actually announced anything yet. Save t
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I was a Switch doubter when it came out. When I read the reviews I was a doubter. When I was gifted one by m
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I'm not sure in what universe a yearly phone upgrade cycle is becoming the norm, but it sure as heck isn&
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I'm a relatively loyal Samsung customer (have enjoyed my last two Galaxies), but I don't get the obs
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Nobody bought the S8 for Bixby. I agree with Paul, this is a non-issue to 99% of the population. All voice a
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Microsoft is the only major tech company that I would trust enough to put this in my home. I will NEVER buy a
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I use both Google and Microsoft products, but if you asked me which company I trusted more, I would definitely
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In reply to norwayyyxxx:I do what I imagine Paul does: use Google Photos for active photo browsing and search,
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Yeah, you couldn't be more right. I have almost dropped Outlook entirely so many times I can't coun
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I hope for AMD's success. I would love to see them kick Intel down the road and master ARM-level efficie
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So... maybe I'm part of the great unwashed masses now, but I'm really not seeing the big deal here.
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I can see this being popular in the enterprise if we ever get meaningful apps in the store.
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I want very badly for this to work. I hope the carriers play ball without too much fuss.
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Look like I'm going to need to watch Petri more religiously. I love MJ's work on ZDNet, it's t
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In reply to hrlngrv:
I'd say the comparison isn't valid. Everyone uses apps. The only people I know that use C
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Gotta love a world where 22GB = Infinity, and it's acceptable to advertise it as such. $80/month?
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I'd settle for being able to add and edit a contact via Outlook on Android. Seriously, basic stuff first
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Good Lord, I pity the children that have to grow up bent over 11" laptop screens. Better start investing
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OMG Microsoft, please listen to Paul. Just take his last paragraph and do it. No no, don't ask que
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Companies are going to be slow to switch because Windows 10 is such a big change compared to Windows 7.
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I moved all my contacts over from Gmail to Outlook a few years ago - all my calendar, contacts, email, everyth
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My only complaint about OneNote is that the interfaces on the various platforms don't have exactly the same fe
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My wife is going to love this if the downloadable selection is good, and be really frustrated if it's only rea
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So... my question is, why is Apple abandoning so many product categories? My understanding was that the
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Interesting. I've never seen any ads in Windows 10, I'll try to keep my eyes open.
I don't understand the Edge
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I want to know why this service is being neglected. I can accept that it is, but tell me why so if MS is
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1) The Apple book is symbolic of incredible arrogance. I can't think of any other company that would rel
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I like Google Play Music, but I can't think of a way of serving music that is less in step with what I want ou
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I agree with Paul on about half of the things he says, but that doesn't mean that I don't derive any insight f
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As much as Chromebooks send shivers of dread down my spine, this is good for Microsoft. They're sticking to th
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Oh Office Lens.
Your lovely image processing.
Your graceful integration with services I use.
Your easy UI.
And
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I'm sorry to hear that the Pixel didn't measure up to your hopes, Paul. I'll take your word for it, sinc
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In reply to Robert_Ameeti:
That's how it was done for years, and that's how it's still done on the desktop. It
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I think the lesson here is that laptops have gotten too darn small. The transition to a new type of port shoul
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I'm hoping that if Microsoft ever jumps in this space, they will learn from this mistake.
Right now, all of th
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So... my wife was watching the video of their event with me, and her comments were:
Why is the keyboard so tin
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Very cool technology that is designed to meet a use scenario I have never had any interest in. I wish th
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In reply to michaelmartinez:
Shoot, Thurrott-Sams 2016. They're bound to be better than the two jokers w
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I understand that half the technology press is buying this kind of device, but I don't know very many people w