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MacLiam

Alpha Member Since Jun 2016

7 Posts
241 Comments
Upvotes 86%
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    Short review of the new Siri Remote for Apple TV
    By MacLiam, 1 year ago
    0 Replies
    Forum: Apple
    Category: Hardware
    MacLiam Apple Hardware 1 year ago 0 Replies
    Finally got offered the 1903 update
    By MacLiam, 3 years ago
    5 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Windows
    MacLiam Microsoft Windows 3 years ago 5 Replies
    Approve Comment — ??
    By MacLiam, 3 years ago
    2 Replies
    Forum: Community Feedback
    Category: Dev
    MacLiam Community Feedback Dev 3 years ago 2 Replies
    New Premium Pricing
    By MacLiam, 3 years ago
    13 Replies
    Forum: Premium
    Category: Uncategorized
    MacLiam Premium Uncategorized 3 years ago 13 Replies
    "Windows 10 Creators Update Has Shipped" Toast
    By MacLiam, 5 years ago
    2 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Windows
    MacLiam Microsoft Windows 5 years ago 2 Replies
    Surface Studio Teardown Report
    By MacLiam, 5 years ago
    3 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Hardware
    MacLiam Microsoft Hardware 5 years ago 3 Replies
    Surface Studio up and running
    By MacLiam, 5 years ago
    6 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Hardware
    MacLiam Microsoft Hardware 5 years ago 6 Replies

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    Typo in 'graph 4: OnePlus 10 Pro, not 12.

    Posted 1 month ago on High-End OnePlus 10 Pro Model Now Available in the U.S. – 3 Comments

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    I sympathize. I also recommend a white noise generator, or a noise conditioning app that you can use with ligh

    Posted 3 months ago on From the Editor’s Desk for Monday, May 9 – 12 Comments

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    OnePlus 9 Pro. I also carry a iPhone 8+ as a backup/crisis replacement.

    Posted 9 months ago on What We Use: Phones – Fall 2021 – 30 Comments

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    I suspect you will find that a lot of the OxygenOS 12 beta will involve adjustments to its interface as the in

    Posted 10 months ago on OxygenOS 12 Open Beta 1 is Now Available on OnePlus 9 Series – 1 Comments

    Forum Post

    Short review of the new Siri Remote for Apple TV

    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Not worse. In some minor regards, slightly better.

    I have deleted the rest of my original comments. When I first posted, I didn't realize Paul had reported on this unit a couple of days earlier.

    Posted 1 year ago on Short review of the new Siri Remote for Apple TV – 0 Comments

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    I am still interested in the concept, but the underpowered original has no appeal to me as a device at almost

    Posted 1 year ago on Surface Duo Drops to $999, Heads to the UK – 35 Comments

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    Just to be clear about docks, the original Surface Pro could be used with a clamp-on dock that held the scree

    Posted 1 year ago on Surface Pro (first gen) – 7 Comments

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    My Gen6 iPod Touch eventually got the screen discoloration disease, but still functioned. Then the battery swe

    Posted 1 year ago on What do people think about the iPod touch 7 (released last year) now? – 11 Comments

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    In reply to beckerrt:And get OnePlus or Oppo to build it, since Huawei seems to be out of the picture for good

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Pixel 5 Suffers From Alarming Build Quality Problem – 46 Comments

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    Same experiences here. Lots of childishly inept spam and phishing attempts at the rate of four to six a day, a

    Posted 1 year ago on Outlook.com email spam and phishing attempts is getting ridiculous. – 31 Comments

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    Looking forward to your review of th 8T, not that i"m in the market because I am still quite happy with the 8

    Posted 1 year ago on OnePlus Launches the OnePlus 8T – 13 Comments

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    The new Edge is good enough that I can see myself making it my default browser in coming months, but I have sp

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Details How the New Edge Has Become More Efficient – 25 Comments

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    Put this on my 8 Pro last night and like it a lot. There is a lot to experiment with and get to know here -- p

    Posted 1 year ago on OxygenOS 11 Open Beta Now Available on OnePlus 8 Series – 2 Comments

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    Whenever I have had slowdown problems, Event Viewer has been able to point me in the direction of issues that

    Posted 1 year ago on Troubleshooting Win10 performance issue – 11 Comments

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    At this point OnePlus is the brand I would look to first when a newer Android phone is needed. When my Nexus 6

    Posted 1 year ago on OnePlus FTW – 14 Comments

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    My Surface Pro (2017) -- aka the SP "5" -- and my new Surface Book 3 got a .NET framework update this aftern

    Posted 1 year ago on Surface Devices and Windows 10 2004 – 32 Comments

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    I'd like to raise your question to the next organizational level and ask why Satya Nadela, who obviously

    Posted 1 year ago on Even Microsoft is Still Trying to Figure Out Surface Duo (Premium) – 63 Comments

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    All of that sounds interesting, and I look forward to reading the coming articles. If you do requests, please

    Posted 2 years ago on (Re)Focus (Premium) – 46 Comments

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    In reply to studerje:And I too. Out of curiosity I created an Apple sign-in on the grounds that their service

    Posted 2 years ago on Adobe Releases Photoshop Camera – 8 Comments

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    Mehedi, congratulations! When you are running Microsoft 20-25 years from now, I hope you will remember not onl

    Posted 2 years ago on Moving Forward – 122 Comments

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    My 2017 Surface Pro ("SP5") is not yet deemed fit to receive the 2004 update, but at least I'm parked on

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Delivers May 2020 Update to Surface Pro 7, Laptop 3 – 11 Comments

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    When I installed the Release Preview version of 2004 on my main computer about a month ago, it froze intermitt

    Posted 2 years ago on Windows 10 Version 2004 is Now Available – 51 Comments

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    The Windows Update Troubleshooter has helped get me out of install problems in the past. It's not univers

    Posted 2 years ago on 1909 update for a Surface Pro 4 – 12 Comments

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    Thanks for the opportunity to participate!

    Posted 2 years ago on [CLOSED] Microsoft’s Windows Weekly Giveaway: Surface Pro X, Pro 7, and Laptop 3 – 2573 Comments

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    To my mind, neither format is inferior. I find 16:9 preferable for writing and spreadsheets; 3:2 is better for

    Posted 2 years ago on 16:9 vs 3:2 – 24 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:Ah. I did not consider that possibility. But knowing the secret doesn't make me

    Posted 2 years ago on Take Our Reader Survey for a Chance to Win a $250 Amazon Gift Card – 23 Comments

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    So I actually filled this out and hit the NEXT button at the bottom of the form. That brought up a bright red

    Posted 2 years ago on Take Our Reader Survey for a Chance to Win a $250 Amazon Gift Card – 23 Comments

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    I have the 19030 watermark on my Insider machines. In fact,, it was the watermark on one of them that tipped m

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Releases Another 20H1 Build with No New Features – 9 Comments

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    Paul, if the H201 reboot issue annoys you enough not to wait for the next release, when an incorporated fix is

    Posted 2 years ago on First Ring Daily 701: Surface Changes – 3 Comments

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    This inconsistent 19H2 stuff just makes me crazy. I have four older/lesser machines in the insider program, th

    Posted 2 years ago on Windows 10 Gets a New 19H2 Build for Slow Ring – 4 Comments

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    In reply to Simard57:Sorry, intended to mention the battery but neglected to do so. The 7 Pro comes with a 400

    Posted 2 years ago on OnePlus 7 owners, are you happy? – 4 Comments

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    I have a 7 Pro with which I am pretty happy, but I won't suggest that you evaluate a 7 on my experience j

    Posted 2 years ago on OnePlus 7 owners, are you happy? – 4 Comments

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    In the eighth 'graph, the OnePlus phone is a 7 Pro, not Plus -- not that this really matters to people un

    Posted 2 years ago on Samsung Note 10+ Preview – 13 Comments

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    In reply to Scott8846:Clear and credible. Thanks.

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Has First Major Impact on Chrome – 50 Comments

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    I get the battery life advantage, which is less important to me than it probably is to others, but under this

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Has First Major Impact on Chrome – 50 Comments

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    Now we absolutely need -- or more accurately, a few would be amused to have available -- a Puppet Designer app

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Copied the iPhone’s Animoji and Made It More Accessible – 18 Comments

    Forum Post

    Finally got offered the 1903 update

    Four days after a cumulative update for 1809 took me to 17763.593, this morning the "you're not ready yet" notice was absent and 1903 was offered to me . This is for a first generation Surface Studio. I suppose the CU may have had something to do with it, but maybe not. Are other owners of Studios (or any other Surface device, for that matter) finding that after the latest CU they also can now update from 1809 to 1903?

    Posted 3 years ago on Finally got offered the 1903 update – 5 Comments

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    I'm interested, and at long last this might be the one. Thank you for a review that mixes proper enthusia

    Posted 3 years ago on OnePlus 7 Pro Review – 20 Comments

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    Nice to know, but I don't think it's enough under the circumstances to overcome my hesitation about

    Posted 3 years ago on Huawei Pledges to Keep Smartphones Updated – 14 Comments

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    I think there is room for evolution in the Kindle world, and I always look at the new-device announcements to

    Posted 3 years ago on New Kindle Oasis Offers Variable Display Warmth – 18 Comments

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    Before the late May release I put the 1903 Release Preview on both a Pro 5 (i.e., 2017) and a Book 2 without

    Posted 3 years ago on Surface Pro 2017 not ready for 1903 – 25 Comments

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    Has anyone checked with the Winkelvoss twins to see how they feel about this? Z might want to double his inves

    Posted 3 years ago on Facebook Targets Bitcoin with New Cryptocurrency – 32 Comments

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    I'm on board and paying attention for as many articles as you care to write in this series. Great idea.

    Posted 3 years ago on Programming Windows, the Series (Premium) – 67 Comments

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    In reply to UK User:Sorry to hear of your disappointment, but I think the word "Premium" by itself might have

    Posted 3 years ago on macOS Catalina Launches With New Apps, Project Catalyst, More – 19 Comments

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    I have to admit I am tempted, largely because of the camera and despite some of the shortcomings you identify.

    Posted 3 years ago on Huawei P30 Pro Review: Best. Smartphone. Camera. Ever. – 30 Comments

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    From posts to the Insider Forum, I conclude that KB4497936 was intended for installation not only on registere

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows tried to install an Insider Preview update on a production install – 3 Comments

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    In reply to mattijzz: You think incorrectly.

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Unveils Pride Surface Type Cover to Celebrate Pride Month – 30 Comments

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    In reply to sgbassett:I bought the Sony headphones in preference to Bose just before Microsoft announced their

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Cuts the Price of Surface Headphones by $100 – 38 Comments

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    OK, got my attention: When a self-confessed jaded reviewer shows signs of enthusiasm and appreciation for both

    Posted 3 years ago on OnePlus 7 Pro First Impressions – 13 Comments

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    Count me among the interested. I have a couple of post-retirement projects that pretty much require me to use

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 to Include a Linux Kernel for WSL – 62 Comments

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    In general, yeah: the Windows 10 experience could use some attention to its inconsistencies. But while it'

    Posted 3 years ago on Redmond, We Have a Consistency Problem (Premium) – 33 Comments

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    My Nexus 6P finally started throwing the spontaneous shutdown problems that others have complained about for y

    Posted 3 years ago on Revisiting the Google Pixel 3 XL – 28 Comments

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    I would give this a trial if I could find it in the store. The iTunes page you link to calls it a Preview. Is

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Fit Comes to iOS – 13 Comments

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    I just got an email from Edge Central inviting me to join the Edge Insider group. I did, downloaded and instal

    Posted 3 years ago on Anyone installed Chredge? – 31 Comments

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    I would have moved my old VAIO laptop from Win 7 to Win 10 at the outset if Microsoft had felt strongly enough

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft to Nag Windows 7 Users to Upgrade – 34 Comments

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    That sounds pretty impressive. I currently switch back and forth between an HP 8600 inkjet monster that I got

    Posted 3 years ago on HP OfficeJet Pro 9025 First Impressions – 24 Comments

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    In reply to shawk23:Even if it works well, it would work incompletely. As a GSM phone, the Mate 20 Pro can

    Posted 3 years ago on Huawei Mate 20 Pro Review – 35 Comments

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    Both the Kipman presentation and what I read afterwards have left me confused: Is the $3500 version a develope

    Posted 3 years ago on Hands-On with HoloLens 2 – 60 Comments

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    In reply to MixedFarmer75:If I recall correctly, in the last couple of updates there were no Slow Ring release

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Releases Two New Windows 10 Insider Builds – 4 Comments

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    I think the role of the Surface Mini has been appropriated by the Surface Go, which has about the smallest dis

    Posted 3 years ago on Surface Mini resurrection? ;) – 21 Comments

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    In reply to TheJoeFin:Thanks. My HP Tablet is still troubled, getting to about 35% on the post-restart "Workin

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10’s Latest Build Brings Win32 App Support to Windows Mixed Reality – 15 Comments

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    In reply to TheJoeFin:Do you mean it fails at 48 percent of the Pre-restart "Installing..." level, or that aft

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10’s Latest Build Brings Win32 App Support to Windows Mixed Reality – 15 Comments

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    Wrong band on a dual-range router? If not, and assuming this is a Samsung issue, I'd look on a Samsung, A

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Home setup – 2 Comments

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    When 19H1 became available to Fast Ring Insiders, I put it on six different devices that I reserve for testing

    Posted 3 years ago on Unable to upgrade to latest 19H1 Fast Ring – 27 Comments

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    I just found 1809 waiting on my two-year-old Studio this morning. I am asked to schedule a time for installati

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 version 1809 Enters its Final Deployment Phase – 16 Comments

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    I remember when Intel was described as the company "where only the paranoid survive." For at least a couple of

    Posted 3 years ago on First Ring Daily 540: Surface Fight – 20 Comments

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    Good potential as a basic inker, but not ready for Prime Time -- at least running in a Firefox tab. Laggy, no

    Posted 3 years ago on Canvas PWA brings low-latency doodling to Chromebooks, Android, and desktop – 1 Comments

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    I have a 15-inch Book 2 that I updated to 1809 at the time of the original October release. I did not have at

    Posted 3 years ago on Upgrade Surface Book 2 to 1809? – 5 Comments

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    I like both! Or maybe the proper word is "tolerate."

    Posted 3 years ago on Surface Go 2 could take over the world – 33 Comments

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    I'd probably jump on this opportunity if I hadn't bought the comparable Sony noise cancellers about

    Posted 3 years ago on Surface Headphones Are Nearly $50 Off on Amazon – 11 Comments

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    I installed a Ring doorbell about six weeks ago. I find it adequate and of course better than no imaging doorb

    Posted 3 years ago on Doorbell – Nest or Ring – 14 Comments

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    I don't care if Apple's current standard for permissible warpage is 400 microns, or if that standard

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Continues to Defend Bent iPad Pro Design – 48 Comments

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    I never used it, so I don't really care if they deprecate it or not. One advantage of its complete depart

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Could Be Killing the My People Feature in Windows 10 – 23 Comments

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    I suspect they are hedging bets by looking at a some-of-each strategy rather than shifting to an all-software/

    Posted 3 years ago on Essential Buys Newton Mail Maker CloudMagic – 5 Comments

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    I submitted my name. We'll see what happens.While I have long preferred Firefox to Edge, I haven't b

    Posted 3 years ago on Tip: Join the Microsoft Edge Insider Program – 31 Comments

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    For some time now I have thought there might be a macOS device in my future, but I had never thought the MBA w

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple MacBook Air (2018) Review – 51 Comments

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    I agree completely with the "something special" feel of the Surface LT. It feels good to work on and looks goo

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Surface Laptop 2 Review – 23 Comments

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    Thanks for pointing this out. Rotational controls seem a little course, but the creator notes the app is in a

    Posted 3 years ago on The best PWA yet: Photopea, an impressive Photoshop clone – 3 Comments

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    In reply to jchampeau:I agree about the Studio: best computer I've ever used, all formats compared.

    Posted 3 years ago on prediction for the heavily redesigned Surface Pro "Carmel" – 25 Comments

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    Approve Comment -- ??

    When I posted a couple of times earlier today I saw for the first time an "Approve Comment" link in the upper right corner of my post after I clicked "submit." The post also had a never-seen-before red background. Is this for the use of moderators, or is it something I am supposed to click on to show I really want to post it? I did not approve my own comment, but the posts appeared in the forum thread anyway.


    I also noted a red tint/approve combo on a "SPAMMERS" post I made several months ago.


    If I misunderstand the "Dev" category, please move this to whatever section it belongs in.



    Posted 3 years ago on Approve Comment — ?? – 2 Comments

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    As is sometimes said in culturespace, if you don't understand the message you are not the target audience

    Posted 3 years ago on Facebook Just Cloned TikTok – 3 Comments

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    The company makes great phones. My Huawei-made Nexus 6P is still my Android device of choice despite many oppo

    Posted 3 years ago on Huawei Mate 20 First Impressions – 25 Comments

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    Amazon Prime members also get free shipping -- and, in my experience, faster delivery than Apple has provided.

    Posted 3 years ago on Amazon Partners With Apple to Directly Sell iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch – 23 Comments

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    I get the feeling Microsoft's silence reflects their honest but naive belief that at any moment they are

    Posted 3 years ago on And You Thought the 1809 Delay Didn’t Hurt Anyone – 88 Comments

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    Months late, I know, but we have now seen the Pro 6 and it doesn't have a bar. I'm kind of glad that

    Posted 3 years ago on prediction for the heavily redesigned Surface Pro "Carmel" – 25 Comments

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    I had an original Surface Book that I bought about six months after the model was released. I don't recal

    Posted 3 years ago on Surface Book stability in 2018 – 4 Comments

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    I feel your pain, or at least imagine it, because I would have felt the same pain if I hadn't decided abo

    Posted 3 years ago on First Ring Daily 493: Man Punches Self in Face, Sees no Improvement – 9 Comments

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    Is there any chance we could talk them into killing "Pixel" as well? As a device name, that has about as much

    Posted 3 years ago on Android: Going, Going, Gone (Premium) – 31 Comments

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    I thought I had seen vultures circling above this company, so I am happy to hear there are still signs of life

    Posted 3 years ago on Essential’s Next Phone Reportedly Different Than Any Other – 22 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:I partly agree but mostly don't. I lost some files that I really didn't want t

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Begins the “Re-release” of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update – 72 Comments

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    In reply to Skolvikings:Yes, Quicken prompted me for a backup every other time I opened it, and I always did s

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 October 2018 Update Users Start Reporting Early Issues – 110 Comments

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    I see potential here for some customers, but perhaps not for all. Like you, I will be waiting for the details.

    Posted 3 years ago on Surface All Access: Love the Idea, Need Details (Premium) – 13 Comments

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    In reply to jprestig:Thanks, good advice. Since posting I have thought of additional steps I can take that wil

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 October 2018 Update Users Start Reporting Early Issues – 110 Comments

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    Bad news here. I updated my main machine (a Studio) yesterday morning, and when I opened Quicken a little late

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 October 2018 Update Users Start Reporting Early Issues – 110 Comments

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    If I didn't have a completely satisfactory upper-level Book 2 already but needed to fill the niche, I

    Posted 3 years ago on Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme First Impressions – 44 Comments

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    Not here yet either. I checked the store to see if an update was available there, but the only new thing on th

    Posted 3 years ago on Sticky Notes 3 is Now Rolling Out on Windows 10 – 8 Comments

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    Apple TV has provided the Mothership with tons of user preference data. If Tim and company see an underserved

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Says No to Sex and Violence for Its Streaming Service – 56 Comments

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    So a guy pushing 50 takes stock, recognizes that abrasiveness and anger are not necessarily the sharpest tools

    Posted 3 years ago on Linus Torvalds Apologizes for Being a Jerk – 88 Comments

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    Nice on-the-fly cost/benefit evaluation: Thank you both. But for people like me (older, poor eyes) the overrid

    Posted 3 years ago on First Ring Daily 475: Apple Keynote Hangover Edition – 6 Comments

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    For "immersive" in the first sentence, read "even more intrusive" from the device owner's POV.I get it th

    Posted 3 years ago on YouTube Tests Vertical Video Ads – 5 Comments

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    When I heard the Max would have a base price of $1099, I figured the 512G version would go for $1499. I'm

    Posted 3 years ago on Lost in the Keynote, Apple Raises Prices on iPhone and Watch – 87 Comments

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    From 17134.254 to 17134.285

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Release Patch Tuesday Updates for Windows 10 – 8 Comments

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    I think I recall that the Icon was Verizon's version of the 930, which had a 5" screen. Another one of yo

    Posted 3 years ago on Giving up Lumia Icon – Phone recommendations – 36 Comments

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    Dose "Your Phone" mean "Any of Your phones" pr "Just one of your phones?" I get it that my recent iPhone would

    Posted 3 years ago on Hands-On with Your Phone for Windows 10, Take 2 – 46 Comments

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    Me again, two hours later. The Help Desk got back to me in what I consider record time. Question answered, pro

    Posted 3 years ago on New Premium Pricing – 12 Comments

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    Thanks for redirecting me. Will do.

    Posted 3 years ago on New Premium Pricing – 12 Comments

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    New Premium Pricing

    I just took the $42 renewal offer until 9/2019 but don't understand why the actual cost was $54 and pennies. I don't mind paying the unexpected $12 since the total is still $10 less than the expected renewal would have been in October, but I'm just confused by the arithmetic. I think I saw a $0.38 credit mentioned as well, but I didn't do a screen cap before I went to the cart and paid.


    I know you said in a recent FRD that pricing for the Premium subscription were being adjusted, but that the changes were in abeyance pending some fixes to the billing calculation. There may have been an explanation that I simply missed, but it feels to me that something may still be wrong.


    Not angry or bothered about this, just don't understand.

    Posted 3 years ago on New Premium Pricing – 12 Comments

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    I saw this notification (like others, first time ever for this specific type of message) on a Book 1 that is n

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Mistakenly Sends Out Insider Update Notification to Windows 10 Users – 19 Comments

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    As soon as they let this loose for the Fast Ring insiders who are still getting the final versions of 1809, I

    Posted 3 years ago on Sticky Notes 3 for Windows 10 Launches With Cross-Device Syncing, Dark Theme, More – 25 Comments

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    Let me again mention the gigantic problem of ascertainment bias. The AdDuplex community in no way represents

    Posted 3 years ago on Surface Go Appears to Be Off to a Slow Start – 44 Comments

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    So even though I was a Day One buyer of the Go and am finding it extremely useful at levels appropriate to its

    Posted 3 years ago on Take Our First Survey for a Chance to Win a Surface Go – 41 Comments

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    Brad, I see that your Surface Book has been replaced by the Go as your executive module (or whatever you call

    Posted 3 years ago on First Ring Daily Live: Can Windows 10 Get to a Billion? – 8 Comments

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    I think you are going to need Windows Pro to get a Command Window or Powershell. Even if you can open a Comman

    Posted 3 years ago on The Surface Go Review – 86 Comments

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    https://petri.com/surface-go-reviewSometimes you have to look afield.

    Posted 3 years ago on The Surface Go Review – 86 Comments

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    I've had mine for a day short of two weeks and share your positive impressions in just about every regard

    Posted 3 years ago on The Surface Go Review – 86 Comments

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    I didn't notice the FW update during the setup process, but there was a Cumulative update that took me fr

    Posted 4 years ago on Surface Go Got a Day One Firmware Update – 42 Comments

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    I have no fundamental disagreement here, but some users are predominantly spec-sensitive and some are size-and

    Posted 4 years ago on Surface Go Got a Day One Firmware Update – 42 Comments

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    Well, I bought one (the 8/128 version) in the first hour the store was open, and after messing around configur

    Posted 4 years ago on First Ring Daily 450: Surface Go Forth – 9 Comments

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    If I get one, which strikes me as slightly more likely than not, it will replace my current iPad as a chairsid

    Posted 4 years ago on What will you be using Surface Go for? – 14 Comments

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    Whiteboard has become one of my most-used apps. I'm not a member of any teams, but the ability to use mul

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Brings Whiteboard to iOS and Web, Coming to Android in the Future – 3 Comments

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    I may get one of these just because I want a Windows tablet that isn't as big as the Surface Pro. The eig

    Posted 4 years ago on The New Surface … Go or No Go? (Premium) – 43 Comments

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    Thank you for this. I am considering a new mattress and have been wondering about the Casper ever since I lear

    Posted 4 years ago on Casper Mattress Mini-Review – 26 Comments

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    The world's 3 billion or however many phones are like the largest horde of lemmings ever to exist heading

    Posted 4 years ago on Andromeduh? (Premium) – 66 Comments

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    The Apple Maps version of my neighborhood is so ludicrous that if they want me to go out and walk it with my i

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    Nothing yet on the Studio, but I have seen long lists of driver and firmware updates on Book 2, Surface Pro an

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    No errors with FF61 on Thurott.com (or any other website) here. I wish you success in solving your problem.

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    My grandmother used to make a recipe that she called "clean out the refrigerator soup." When I read yesterday

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    Well, I put iOS 12 on an older iPad mini with retina display, an original iPad Pro (9.7"), and a sacrificial i

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:I think he refers to the deafening silence from Redmond in response to this article.

    Posted 4 years ago on A New Theory About Surface and USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 (Premium) – 43 Comments

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    Actually, I can see MS seeding the new version to developers later this year on the QT, and then taking the th

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    Nice to hear some casual and dispassionate back and forth about the newer iPhones. When my HP x3 started glitc

    Posted 4 years ago on First Ring Daily 429: Codename Soup – 2 Comments

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    I sense some market potential here, but I don't know that this will be an every-household-needs-one kind

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    Appreciate the continuing articles on this topic. Can you remind me what you use -- and at what cost -- for la

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    I don't care about the notch and don't even care how many lenses a phone may sport if the camera sys

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    Add the OnePlus 6 to the list and I'm there. Project Fi is the main reason I have not yet replaced my Nex

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    Looks like these got pushed to my SP with Insider Build 17677 a couple of days ago. They are all dated 2 Nov 2

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    Kind of feels to me that some time ago Rubin designed a phone that he firmly believed would be the cat's

    Posted 4 years ago on Essentially Gone: Not Even Andy Rubin Can Build an Android Company – 70 Comments

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    Paul, do we know yet if Andromeda is a single device or a class of similar devices? Most of what we have seen

    Posted 4 years ago on Andromeda Dreams and Awakenings (Premium) – 41 Comments

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    Yeah, you're right. I have a 2017 Pro as well, but I usually have it mounted in one of the old Pro 3 dock

    Posted 4 years ago on Surface dock and 1803 – 7 Comments

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    Much is positive about this. If I happened to be looking for a new laptop, there's a good chance this wou

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    I don't really know how Edge functions under the skin but agree it doesn't matter. I use it occasion

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    If a standalone version comes out at a reasonable or even modestly unreasonable price in the next couple of ye

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft’s Building the Next-Gen HoloLens in Broad Daylight – 29 Comments

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    I also am glad to see this inexpensive entry-level Surface. I hope they sell millions.The hinge swivel will c

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    These all seem like reasonable additions to 1803 in the march toward 1809. I wasn't in the Skip Ahead pro

    Posted 4 years ago on Hands-On with Redstone 5: The Early Days – 36 Comments

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    I didn't see this one offered through WU, which happens when your device is running Insider builds, but I

    Posted 4 years ago on Surface Laptop Also Updated for Windows 10 Version 1803 – 7 Comments

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    Taught me a new term. Thank you. Guess I need to hang out more with website designers.

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft to Fix Windows 10 Version 1803 Freezing Issue – 100 Comments

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    Addendum: for reasons I do not understand, my last attempt at installing on the HP8 before the 1803 build was

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows 10 1803: Manual update, wait for Windows Update or clean install? – 20 Comments

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    I have one device (an old HP Stream 8 tablet) that needs special handling. It was getting insider builds witho

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    I appreciate the detail, because it helps me think better of an individual whom I knew only from his over-rehe

    Posted 4 years ago on Terry (Premium) – 126 Comments

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    Yeah, bad self labeling. They should probably try to sell the sizzle, not the steak.I know I'm not the ta

    Posted 4 years ago on Snap Isn’t Giving up on Hardware – 7 Comments

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    Since my Nexus 6P is inching closer to the point where I will be forced to replace it, I guess I should consid

    Posted 4 years ago on Thinking About the Samsung Galaxy S9 (Premium) – 31 Comments

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    I'm not sure my perception is completely justified, but to my mind Microsoft is a slow-fix company. Yes,

    Posted 4 years ago on Google Reveals Another Microsoft Vulnerability Before Its Fixed – 96 Comments

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    I was interested when they were announced, but I didn't buy one when they were advertising them because t

    Posted 4 years ago on 5 Years Later: How Microsoft Originally Marketed Surface Pro – 32 Comments

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    Even though my Nexus 6P is still going strong, I know it is on the edge of being an older phone and will at so

    Posted 4 years ago on Huawei Mate 10 Pro First Impressions – 40 Comments

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    If this thing fails as a product, so be it, but I hope it fails slowly enough that I can pick up two or three

    Posted 4 years ago on The Andromeda Strain (Premium) – 100 Comments

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    So that ran about 20 minutes long, but I didn't really mind because of the entertainment value. I do rema

    Posted 4 years ago on First Ring Daily Live: CES Hangover – 5 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:I understand, and I assure you I don't think of this as just a diet. I am a dia

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    I went straight to a keto diet the day I read your first article because if something like that works, why wou

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    The laptop is the only Surface model I have never had a real desire to own. I agree it is beautifully designed

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Surface Laptop Review: When the Heart Rules the Mind – 101 Comments

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    Thanks for writing. I hadn't heard of the Keto Dudes, but will look them up since i had already moved pre

    Posted 4 years ago on Health Hacking: Diet and Nutrition (Premium) – 108 Comments

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    In reply to bleeman:Well, that was simple. Thank you.

    Posted 4 years ago on Surface Studio Updated for Windows Mixed Reality – 5 Comments

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    Phone: Outlook, the resident browser (Edge/Chrome/Safari depending on mobe), device controllers like Alexa, Ha

    Posted 4 years ago on What Apps do you use every day? – 22 Comments

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    This kind of article is one of the best things about this site: quick exchanges and observations on a variety

    Posted 4 years ago on Ask Paul: December 1 (Premium) – 28 Comments

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    Both these "new" driver updates for a device I own appear to have been installed days or even weeks ago. This

    Posted 4 years ago on Surface Studio Updated for Windows Mixed Reality – 5 Comments

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    I'm expecting to have to replace my Nexus 6P before the end of 2018, and this one would be at the top of

    Posted 4 years ago on OnePlus 5T: The Morning After – 37 Comments

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    I trust Surface devices to be intriguing and appealing in their design -- and occasionally antagonizing in use

    Posted 4 years ago on Can We Trust Surface? (Premium) – 18 Comments

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    I picked up a 15" Book 2 at the local MS store Monday afternoon -- so much for the patience I pledged in other

    Posted 4 years ago on Surface Book 2’s First Firmware Update Brings Stability Improvements – 5 Comments

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    I can't let "short and sordid" go by without objecting. I have over the last five years -- really, that c

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft promises fixes for several long-standing Surface problems – 3 Comments

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    Everywhere I go today I run into people singing the praises of the Surface Book 2, and after several hours my

    Posted 4 years ago on First Ring Daily: All Things Surface Book 2 – 3 Comments

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    The missing features just create expectations for next year's revision. As they say in entertainment, "Al

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Surface Book 2 First Impressions – 28 Comments

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    Well, the package came today and I am sort of 50/50 on this device, which absolutely will not pair with Fire T

    Posted 4 years ago on Paul’s Tech Makeover: Some Closure At Last (Premium) – 37 Comments

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    Good to see you here. I enjoyed your articles at MSPU.

    Posted 4 years ago on Hello world – 25 Comments

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    There is no question about the attractiveness of this model, but from a utilitarian viewpoint I don't und

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Surface Laptop Second Impressions – 32 Comments

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    I have been enjoying your series on residential "adaptive reuse," to use a City Planning term usually applied

    Posted 4 years ago on Paul’s Tech Makeover: Some Closure At Last (Premium) – 37 Comments

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    I carry a gene for novelty seeking and early adoption, so I am constitutionally powerless to resist this kind

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft’s Andromeda: A Folio of the Future – 97 Comments

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    That is not the worst short side on a rectangular device I have ever seen, but opportunities were missed to ma

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple, You’re Designing It Wrong (Premium) – 31 Comments

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    The serious corporate response is appreciated, the two year warranty is brilliant, and the fix descriptions ar

    Posted 4 years ago on Google Moves Decisively to Avoid a Pixelgate (Premium) – 28 Comments

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    Wisdom of the ages, page 1: You never get a second chance to make a first impression. The company is not neces

    Posted 4 years ago on Essential Phone Gets a Permanent $200 Price Cut – 10 Comments

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    That's a bad article-top image, by the way. I first saw it as someone dropping a Surface into a beat-up t

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Updates Several Surface Devices – 14 Comments

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    Nothing on my 2017 Pro. Nothing on my Book. This replicates my last experience with driver update announcement

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Updates Several Surface Devices – 14 Comments

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    Nice. But I bet for most users the clipboard will usually stay attached to the base on the larger model. A 15-

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Announces Surface Book 2 – 28 Comments

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    I have been watching your enthusiasm for these ThinkPad transformers grow over the months, and I understand wh

    Posted 4 years ago on Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga (2017) OLED Review: Portable Perfection – 79 Comments

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    I just don't understand Microsoft's timetable and policies for firmware and driver updates. Several

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Issues Reliability Updates for Surface Book, Pro 4 – 16 Comments

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    That aqua tint is nice, but not nice enough to make me set aside the accessories I already have in order to do

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Unveils New Surface Accessories – 15 Comments

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    Thanks. That certainly opened the door for me.

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Releases iOS 11.01 to Fix Exchange Bug – 16 Comments

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    I have a mix of keyboards and mice, and I usually pick the one that's appropriate to my work environment

    Posted 4 years ago on What keyboard & mouse does everyone use? – 28 Comments

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    OK, I'm interested and even hopeful. I don't doubt that something will be available for 1803 impleme

    Posted 4 years ago on PWAs are Coming to Windows Store in Windows 10 Version 1803 – 35 Comments

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    Maybe they are counting device-day usage on a monthly basis, a model under which a machine that hits edge at l

    Posted 4 years ago on 330 Million Microsoft Edge Users? – 95 Comments

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    I'm not a big fan of facial recognition, but Win Hello is a lot better today than it was at the time of i

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple’s Risky Bet To Change User Behavior (Premium) – 43 Comments

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    As a premium member I have also been annoyed by the webinar ad, but it's a problem that would disappear i

    Posted 4 years ago on Pop Up Ad – 14 Comments

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    This feels like the kind of situation where you can argue the facts square or argue them round depending on wh

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows Phone: The Final Insult (Premium) – 53 Comments

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    No specific tests come to mind, but peaking broadly -- Jump if Negative. My status as an Old Retired Guy who

    Posted 4 years ago on What would make you leave Windows? – 83 Comments

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    The Surface Pro really is an adequate to moderately good desktop at heart, so if you just give it a full keybo

    Posted 4 years ago on Living with Windows 10 S: The Desktop and the Book – 31 Comments

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    Haven't had the update offer on my 6P yet, but am hopeful for sometime today. The last beta release worke

    Posted 4 years ago on Android 8.0 Oreo is Now Available on Devices That Enrolled in Beta – 10 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Is it possible there is a usage bias here? That Surface users are in the aggregate s

    Posted 4 years ago on Here’s What Microsoft is Saying Internally About Surface Quality and Reliability – 121 Comments

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    In reply to Elindalyne:Ah, I see. "All must have prizes." It's nice to be recognized, I guess. But I migh

    Posted 5 years ago on "Windows 10 Creators Update Has Shipped" Toast – 2 Comments

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    "Windows 10 Creators Update Has Shipped" Toast

    Moments ago (about 2:15 PM Pacific Daylight Time) I got a toast notification that read, “Windows 10 Creators Update Has Shipped.” When I clicked on it, I was taken to Feedback Hub. Search reveals no post there with that title, and I am not sure what is noteworthy about such a notification anyway. The original CU has been available since early April, and it’s about a month too early for the Fall CU to go into release.

    Anybody know what this is about? Are we just looking at another untimely button push from Microsoft?

    Posted 5 years ago on "Windows 10 Creators Update Has Shipped" Toast – 2 Comments

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    Not a developer, but glad to see Microsoft incorporating stuff like this that may help those who are.With a ba

    Posted 5 years ago on Windows Subsystem for Linux is Out of Beta – 15 Comments

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    Informative review. If I had not bought a new mid-range SP (i7, but middling RAM and storage) for knockabout c

    Posted 5 years ago on HP Spectre x2 (2017) Review – 27 Comments

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    I appreciate your detailed reports on the new aspects of the Microsoft universe, so I'm looking forward t

    Posted 5 years ago on Living with Windows 10 S: The Series – 48 Comments

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    I'm all in favor of testing and evaluation, and I'm a registered Insider, but I probably wouldn'

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft, It’s Time to Open Up Windows 10 S to Insiders (Premium) – 50 Comments

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    In reply to Delmont: Don't know about Dells of any era, but this is the kind of thing cheap tablets of a

    Posted 5 years ago on Windows as a Disservice (Premium) – 60 Comments

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    I expect to be replacing a Nexus 6P later this year, and this would be a contender if Google is willing to let

    Posted 5 years ago on Leak Suggests a Real Nokia Flagship is Coming Soon – 23 Comments

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    The new driver must have been silently installed overnight along with the new Fast Ring 16241 update. It'

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft Issues Fix for New Surface Pro – 9 Comments

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    These security patch updates are never explicitly installed on any of my devices registered with the Insiders

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft Updates the Shipping Versions of Windows 10 – 67 Comments

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    Nice enough unit, but not enough better or more attractive to make me regret putting down the plastic for a Su

    Posted 5 years ago on HP Spectre x2 (2017) First Impressions: More Pro Than Surface Pro – 52 Comments

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    Already re-upped. It wasn't a hard decision. Feel free to use a few of my bucks to try to lure Jason Ward

    Posted 5 years ago on Who’s renewing? – 47 Comments

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    I hit 10 recently, but that included a couple of deceased or now unused devices that I flushed in order to res

    Posted 5 years ago on 10 device limit – 1 Comments

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    I like the symbolism here, but even back in the day a Nokia phone like the N80 transformer with Zeiss optics a

    Posted 5 years ago on HMD is Bringing ZEISS Imaging Back to Nokia – 12 Comments

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    The oddest thing about this update is that it floated into two eligible Insider-RP mobiles as soon as it was r

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft Updates the Shipping Versions of Windows 10, Again – 61 Comments

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    I will take your advice and wait. I am usually quick to jump on public betas of any OS, but I will let others

    Posted 5 years ago on Apple Ships a Public Beta of iOS 11 – 28 Comments

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    I love the implications of the "infliction point" typo in Slide 5. Surely the AdDuplex team can't think t

    Posted 5 years ago on Windows 10 Device Usage: New Surface Devices Hit the Charts – 9 Comments

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    16226 installed without problems on the Studio but there were major difficulties on the Book, which is now stu

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft Delivers Another Blockbuster Windows 10 Insider Preview Build – 25 Comments

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    I registered my vote on this question over the weekend when I picked up a Pro. The laptop is a beautiful devic

    Posted 5 years ago on Surface Laptop vs. Surface Pro: Which is Better? – 57 Comments

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    Band 1 is in a drawer somplace, a little the worse for wear but still functional. Band 2 is on my wrist every

    Posted 5 years ago on Who has still got their Microsoft Bands? – 25 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:Ah, got it. Thank you.

    Posted 5 years ago on First Impressions: Apple Pencil and New Surface Pen Compared – 39 Comments

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    UPS tracking says my new pen is on the truck for delivery today. It's my understanding that it will not f

    Posted 5 years ago on First Impressions: Apple Pencil and New Surface Pen Compared – 39 Comments

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    XboXcorpioX 10S NE1 would observe just about every standard of the Microsoft Lamenaming Protocol while provid

    Posted 5 years ago on Xbox Project Scorpio Expectations? I Have a Few – 35 Comments

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    Several months ago I picked up the smaller iPad Pro and a Pencil. I have made only the most rudimentary use of

    Posted 5 years ago on Apple iPad Pro (2017) Preview – 46 Comments

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    The features I know it doesn't have don't kill my interest in it, so even though I have questions ab

    Posted 5 years ago on Essential? Maybe So – 73 Comments

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    I have been mostly happy with a Nexus 6P since the day it was released -- best Android phone (and best support

    Posted 5 years ago on Confirmed: OnePlus 5 is Coming This Summer – 14 Comments

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    OK, I sort of get your point, but MS has introduced a number of Grand New Strategies in the past that haven�

    Posted 5 years ago on Surface Laptop is Microsoft’s Most Important Surface Release Ever – 203 Comments

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    I can't find a reference confirming a backlit keyboard, but the f1 and f2 keys in the best photo I can fi

    Posted 5 years ago on Surface Laptop: The Fine Print – 78 Comments

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    Attractive device, to be sure, but I don't see myself buying one just to have it when a couple of somewha

    Posted 5 years ago on A Closer Look at Surface Laptop Configurations – 38 Comments

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    Those dates reflect the two-year and three-year minimum support guarantees that Google offers for OS and Secur

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    Do we know if the same driver updates will be offered to SB and SP4 ownes who have moved on from the CU and ar

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    My 950XL was offered 15204 as soon as I powered it up, but my little-used 930 (it's mostly just a new-rel

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    In reply to JCerna:I was an early adopter and love mine. Let me reassure you about airflow: it is hard to make

    Posted 5 years ago on Learning To Walk With The Surface Studio – 48 Comments

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    In reply to ChristopherCollins:Concur. The performance base isn't enough by itself to make me buy an enti

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft Surface Book with Performance Base Review – 39 Comments

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    I like the idea of the extra power available with the Performance Base, but I won't replace my original SB jus

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft Surface Book with Performance Base: Gaming First Impressions – 6 Comments

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    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft’s Windows 7 Problem Isn’t Going Away – 91 Comments

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    In reply to johnbaxter: Indeed it does; there are many. [IMG]http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk176/DCW1000/

    Posted 5 years ago on Surface Studio and Surface Pro 4 Receive Firmware Updates (Updated) – 14 Comments

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    My Band 2 is still working (well, my second Band 2, since Microsoft replaced the first one when the GPS rolled

    Posted 5 years ago on Good replacement for Band 2? – 11 Comments

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    On the Studio, the firmware update was accompanied by a number of driver updates as well. Alas, I did not make

    Posted 5 years ago on Surface Studio and Surface Pro 4 Receive Firmware Updates (Updated) – 14 Comments

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    No problems on 930, 950XL or HP x3. I did have major problems with the 15007 for PC update on a Surface Studio

    Posted 5 years ago on Insider Mobile build. SO SO SO BAD – 19 Comments

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    Mixed results: my 930, 950 and x3 updated without a hitch, so the mobile flavor of 15007 looks OK so far. The

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15007 for PC and Mobile – 39 Comments

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    Thanks for the informative review with its mix of deserved praise and recognition of remaining weaknesses. I h

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    A couple of thoughts. I would argue that if the iPhone is the source of virtually all of a company's profit, t

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    In reply to Elindalyne: Concur. The AdDuplex percentages cannot possibly be as reliable as numbers derived fro

    Posted 5 years ago on Math is Hard: A Surface Story (Updated) – 22 Comments

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    It remains unclear to me whether AdDuplex attempts to correct for sampling error or even recognizes that it mi

    Posted 5 years ago on Windows Device Stats for December Looks at Windows 10 Mobile and Surface – 45 Comments

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    This release installed on a Surface Book with no problems other than unexpectedly slow progress, but an old Su

    Posted 5 years ago on Windows 10 Fast ring 14986 was this actually tested at all? – 17 Comments

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    In reply to jimchamplin: I don't see yours, Jim.  :D

    Posted 5 years ago on Alpha Member # Disappeared? – 18 Comments

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    I can't seem to edit my earlier post, but yes -- based on the iFixit autopsy it appears that one can indeed re

    Posted 5 years ago on Is the Surface Studio upgradable? – 8 Comments

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    Surface Studio Teardown Report

    In case you haven't yet found it on your own, the IFIXIT team have opened up a Surface Studio to show what lies inside the base and behind the screen.

    https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Microsoft+Surface+Studio+Teardown/74448

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    I don't see that problem on this website, but on other sites Firefox sometimes stacked screen components in od

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    Not upgradeable, according to MS. "Unfortunately, Microsoft said that you won’t be able to take the Surf

    Posted 5 years ago on Is the Surface Studio upgradable? – 8 Comments

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    In reply to illegaloperation: The drive is identified by a single reference: ST2000LM 003 HN-M201RAD, so yes -

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    Surface Studio up and running

    FedEx dropped it off mid-day and I have been going through the update and transfer motions for the last five hours. First impressions — A+. This feels like the best computer I have ever had, which is what I previously said about the Surface Book much earlier this year.

    I still haven’t had a chance to play seriously with the “creative” side of things, but some quick experiments with inking and screen annotation are fast, fluid and a pleasure to experience.

    I toyed with the idea of recording the unboxing experience, but decided I didn’t have the patience. Somebody with experience in that kind of presentation will be along eventually to show what the package looks like and how everything is packed away. The packaging design and execution are extremely nice — nicer than they need to be, in fact, and I have to believe that a greater-than-tiny chunk of the purchase price goes to defray the cost of the boxes in which they send it to you. Even the outer shipping  carton is a cleverly folded huge piece of corrugated cardboard that with a couple of tape cuts falls open like a blooming lotus to let you easily remove the somewhat smaller and much more elegant container for the machine itself.

    The Studio came with 14393.187 installed, and after initial setup I quickly updated and ended up with 14393.447 — that’s right, 447, not 448. I’m pretty sure I will go Fast Ring on this thing in the near future, but I will try to be patient and not rush immediately into an available version of the Creators Update. System updates installed today also included a WD driver and some security updates. Defender shipped with definitions from last May, but today’s update brought it current pretty quickly.

    The screen is great — sharp, bright, and with roughly four times the area of a Surface Book screen. After a few months of working on an ultrawide extension monitor the proportions feel a little retro, but there is no denying that there is a lot of real estate to fill up with whatever kind of work anyone would want to do.

    The mouse feels a little better engineered and more precise than other MS mice I have owned. The rectilinear keyboard is compact and a pleasure to use, but I splurged on the ergonomic keyboard as well and expect to be doing most of my keyboard work on that one as time goes by. There has proved to be a bit of a learning curve for the forefingers, what with the few oversize keys in the middle of the divided keyfield.

    I haven’t tried out the Dial yet, but in the process of pairing it to the Studio I saw that it is called the “Wheel” in Settings section that lets you control it. I am shocked, shocked to learn that Microsoft appears to be not firmly in control of all aspects of its naming processes.

    Moving into this machine is like moving into a new and larger apartment or house, so there is still a lot of organizing and preparation to get through before I really start using it for the stuff it is designed to do best. But that may start to happen over the weekend, and I will report back as the experience unfolds.

    Any disappointments or unwelcome surprises? Maybe a small one. The swinging screen is completely gear driven, so you can’t put it at a custom height and custom angle at the same time; the higher you position it, the more vertical it gets; the lower you position it, the more it leans back. I suppose you could get a piece of one-by oak to go under the front or back of the base to adjust the screen position a little, but I’m not sure I’m upset enough by the limited flexibility of the geometry to want to bother.

    Liking it a lot so far.

     

    EDITED A DAY LATER TO ADD: Still moving in and getting organized, but taking moments to mess around with photograph editors, bit and vector drawing programs, musical performance and manipulation apps (I have a ROLI Seaboard Rise that I am trying to come to terms with) and so forth.

    Just for grins i ran some overall benchmarks that might interest others. I compared the Studio (i7/980 GPU) to my older Surface book (slower i7 with the optional GPU); this is NOT the new Book with the augmented base.

    Antutu v 6: Book, 254376; Studio 493588 (these are the results of second runs; first runs were each about 10% lower)

    Passmark v 9: Book, 2336.8, 61st percentile; Studio, 4925.0, 94th percentile (these were also second runs with first runs also about 10% lower)

    After further mouse use, I think I prefer an old Logitech M510 to the Surface Mouse. The Logitech mouse has an exaggerated Coke bottle shape that my fingers like on either hand; that mouse also has some additional buttons that are useful for paging forward and back in a browser. The Surface mouse isn’t bad; it just feels a little basic and blob-like in the hand. As a thing, though, its design minimalism makes it nice to look at as a tool in the Surface universe. A nice feature of the Surface Mouse and Dial is the magnetic battery cover on the bottom of the device. Simple to operate and you can’t bust off or damage any little plastic ears.

    Speaking of magnets, I found out that the vertical edges of the screen have multiple magnets that let one stash the pen on either side in one of several different positions. That is a thoughtful design touch that should pay off in reduced irritation for a lot of graphics professionals.

    There are other Thurrott devotees who ordered a Studio early on and should have it by now; please chime in with your thoughts about this machine.

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