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briantlewis

Member Since Mar 2018

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    They've done this for years. Often times it's a set of headphones in lieu of gift cards.

    Posted 1 week ago on Apple Launches Back to School Sale – 5 Comments

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    I don't get some of the movements of features. Some simply add friction, like removing "Task Manager" from the

    Posted 2 months ago on Windows 11 is Not Ready for Business (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    Hi Paul, take a look at "silence unknown callers" in Settings > Phone. That should do it. I'd like Apple to

    Posted 4 months ago on Where the iPhone Falls Short (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    Apple somehow manages to release updates universally at the same time. I can't fathom why Google cannot, espec

    Posted 6 months ago on Where is the December Update for the Pixel 6 Series? – 36 Comments

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    This is a super interesting development. Back in the 90's I was a certified Apple tech. Mac's aren't any more

    Posted 7 months ago on Apple to Open iPhone to Self-Repair in 2022 – 26 Comments

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    Google is bad at hardware. The Pixel line has so much promise and it's delivered every year with a dealbreaker

    Posted 7 months ago on Google Issues Partial Fix for Pixel 6 Fingerprint Sensor Issues – 47 Comments

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    Epic can pound sand. They threw their iOS users under the bus for this stunt. User hostile. Not really sure ho

    Posted 9 months ago on Epic Wins Big in Case Against Apple – 104 Comments

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    After this long, that’s sad.

    Posted 1 year ago on Here Are the Specifications for the Snapdragon Developer Kit – 87 Comments

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    A lot of it is probably end of the year change freezes.

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Hasn’t Updated Any Of Its iOS Apps In A Month – 21 Comments

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    I have been very happy with the cadence with software updates (especially viewed through the prism of the PPC

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Mac Mini (M1): The Morning After – 59 Comments

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    The best place to charge IMO is MadTree. Not a supercharger, but 60 or so amps.In reply to brad-sams:

    Posted 1 year ago on Going Electric: 1500 Miles Later (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    Took two road trips from Cincinnati to Newport News Virginia in a coworker's model 3 LR. The only time th

    Posted 1 year ago on Going Electric: 1500 Miles Later (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    I'm thus far impressed with the speed people are optimizing for the M1. As a survivor of the PPC/Intel tr

    Posted 1 year ago on Adobe Brings Premiere Pro to M1 Macs – 7 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:A warranty alone does not guarantee service. One of my work laptops is a Dell Precision

    Posted 1 year ago on Impact of the M1 chip on Windows and PCs – 156 Comments

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    Having received an M1 mini to replace my i5 version you're not going to be disappointed. Chrome is so fas

    Posted 1 year ago on Hands-On with Windows 10 on ARM x64 Emulation – 81 Comments

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    iOS 14 has been so so so much better than 13.

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Updates Almost All of its Software Platforms – 23 Comments

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    My wallet is going to be so sad.

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Bogarts Xbox Series X|S Day for Mac Event – 46 Comments

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    I had squeaking when I'd adjust the left earbud, but not the right. After walking through the symptoms th

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Has an AirPods Pro Problem – 20 Comments

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    IMO iOS 7 was far worse. Fewer and larger patches. For better or worse, the rapid fire patches have been prett

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Has Another Huge Quality Problem (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    Doesn't really matter though. The Surface Pro X isn't really useful without x64 app support.

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft’s Surface Pro X Is the Most Repairable Surface Ever – 7 Comments

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    In reply to Winner:https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209110Apple cannot decrypt iMessage messages.

    Posted 2 years ago on iMessage for Android – 35 Comments

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    What's damning about this is an iPhone 11 Pro scores 155.

    Posted 2 years ago on A Surface Pro X Benchmark – 11 Comments

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    I was at the gym listening to my Sony WF-1000XM3 headphones when the announcement came down. Without hesitatio

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Announces AirPods Pro – 43 Comments

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    For me, they're better earbuds for the gym than AirPods because they have noise cancelling and isolation

    Posted 2 years ago on Hands-On with Samsung Galaxy Buds – 23 Comments

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    At some point google either needs to care about their hardware and software quality or get out of handsets.

    Posted 2 years ago on Where the Google Pixel 3a Falls Short – 40 Comments

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    I find the 90hz refresh rate curious. Android has big problems maintaining a consistent framerate anyway. I wo

    Posted 2 years ago on More Pixel 4 Leaks Reveal ‘Smooth Display’, Upgraded Cameras – 10 Comments

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    The 3 series really must not be selling, otherwise why knife them by teasing the 4?

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Teases the Pixel 4 – 24 Comments

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    At this stage, Apple looks to be the only honest manufacturer. Say what you will about their prices, their spe

    Posted 3 years ago on OnePlus Finds Itself in Another Camera Zoom Kerfuffle (Updated) – 15 Comments

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    It needs an i3 and at 8GB of memory to be practical with windows. That it was shipped with less is a huge vect

    Posted 3 years ago on So many Surface Go breakups… – 17 Comments

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    Surface Pro with USB-C all around. Inevitable or a booze induced haze?

    Posted 3 years ago on [CLOSED] Ask Paul for this Friday (May 10) and a note about travel – 18 Comments

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    Google Play Music is largely a disappointment. You get YouTube Red as part of the deal, so that's good. Y

    Posted 3 years ago on Google’s Music Streaming Services Surpass 15 Million Users – 16 Comments

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    For me, AirPods sound great and for very well. They need some isolation though, especially in the gym I freque

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Powerbeats Pro Available for Preorder This Friday, Available a Week Later – 10 Comments

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    I'm hoping that Zach from JerryRigEverything does a durability test. The mohs picks will probably kill it

    Posted 3 years ago on Breaking, Literally: Samsung Has a Fold Problem – 36 Comments

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    Sounds a lot like the iPhone 5C.

    Posted 3 years ago on New Pixel 3 Lite Leak Reveals More Details – 28 Comments

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    Looking forward for one of these for an upcoming trip to Germany.

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Now Sells Smart Battery Cases for iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR – 26 Comments

    comment
    I don't know what you're after here. Every year suppliers make noise and every year they're tak

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Finally Speaks About iPhone Sales Woes – 35 Comments

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    Wait... Corel is still around?Man, 2018 just won't let up.

    Posted 3 years ago on Report: Corel to Acquire Parallels – 37 Comments

    comment
    Every year with the component supplier reports. Every. Year. And they're wrong. Every. Year.

    Posted 3 years ago on More Evidence Emerges of Soft iPhone Sales – 44 Comments

    comment
    Pretty amazing if you remember the $740 million loss With Gil. Months, if not weeks, from going away.

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Hits Another One Out of the Park – 25 Comments

    comment
    Today was a good day for this. GameStop was doubling your credit for an old Xbox One from $100 - $200 when buy

    Posted 3 years ago on Buy Red Dead Redemption 2, Save $100 on Any Xbox Bundle – 5 Comments

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    "Well... End of the line..."What a way to start.

    Posted 3 years ago on My Original Half-Life 2 Review from 2004/2005 – 22 Comments

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    The XL2 destroyed the Pixel brand. Google should have watched how Samsung handled the Note 7 fracas or how App

    Posted 3 years ago on Oops, Google Did It Again (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    The screen on my Pixel 2XL is just so terrible. Ruins the entire package.In reply to wolters:

    Posted 3 years ago on Note 9 First Impressions – 27 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:It's what makes the dearth of Surface Pro updates so weird.

    Posted 3 years ago on Surface Laptops in the wild – 8 Comments

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    Just go back to an iPhone, or deal with the cruft in a Samsung and get a Note 9. The Pixel 2XL is trash. Even

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Pixel 2 XL, Replaced. Again (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    I'm interested to see if the touch on the upgrade timeline for Android 9.

    Posted 3 years ago on Here’s (Almost) Everything You Need to Know About the Galaxy Note 9 – 5 Comments

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    The 2XL is just not good enough from a software point of view to get past the bad hardware and lack of general

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Pixel 2 XL, Round Three (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    It's going to be interesting to see if Samsung updates the Note to Android P quickly. Since 8, they'

    Posted 3 years ago on Samsung Teases Galaxy Note 9’s Bigger Battery Ahead of Launch – 8 Comments

    comment
    "The fix is incompetent at best"Really?

    Posted 3 years ago on Internal Apple Documentation Confirms MacBook Pro Keyboard Fix – 22 Comments

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    I have the 2017 version and have never had a problem with the keyboard.

    Posted 3 years ago on Here’s Apple’s Lousy Attempt At Fixing the Keyboard on New MacBook Pros – 61 Comments

    comment
    Now that Apple has finally gone 8th gen, what's the line on the Surface Pro and Surface Book making a jum

    Posted 3 years ago on Ask Paul for this Friday (July 13) – 38 Comments

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    No-go. Need an 8th generation i5/i7 Intel update and LTE .

    Posted 3 years ago on The New Surface … Go or No Go? (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    The Pixel 2XL is pretty much a disaster. So much potential, shoddily executed.

    Posted 4 years ago on The Pixel 2 XL’s oleophobic coating is terrible – 6 Comments

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    You can't customize the entire experience. I hear this a lot about Android and while it is true you can t

    Posted 4 years ago on The Microsoft Launcher Challenge (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    It's awesome you had no problems. https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/forum/surfpro4-surfdrivers/

    Posted 4 years ago on Latest Surface Pro Updated to Improve Reliability – 22 Comments

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    In reply to dvdwnd:The absolute worst part of the SP4 was the one time, ONE TIME, they fixed all the wake from

    Posted 4 years ago on Latest Surface Pro Updated to Improve Reliability – 22 Comments

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    Thr surface pro is what happens when you nail the hardware and let the software ruin the whole brand.I want an

    Posted 4 years ago on Latest Surface Pro Updated to Improve Reliability – 22 Comments

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    More likely to bend != going to bend. Anecdotal as it is, I had a 6 back in the day. Handed it down to my wife

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Knew the iPhone 6 Would Bend – 7 Comments

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    It needs a refresh button.

    Posted 4 years ago on Twitter PWA Picks Up Night Mode, More – 9 Comments

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    Edge serves the purpose that IE did for prior versions, a vehicle for installing Chrome.

    Posted 4 years ago on What is Microsoft Edge? What Should it Be? (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    I’ll be doing a clean install once the ISO show up on MSDN.

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

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    It sure would be nice for a Surface Pro 5 with current processors and USB-C to show up. Any idea if/when this

    Posted 4 years ago on Ask Paul for this Friday (April 13) – 16 Comments

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    I’m on work Pixel XL2 #2. First had the issue where the screen flashes when you lock it and it wakes up. Rep

    Posted 4 years ago on Google Pixel 2 XL, Round Two – 38 Comments

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