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In reply to MikeGalos:Well, numbers are funny things. :: shrug ::If you go by numbers of iPhones, I think "mas
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In reply to Hypnotoad:And will have developers developing apps for it.
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Surprising ... well ... really ... very few.There is a pretty good Catalyst app in there though; Podcasts.It i
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In reply to Greg Green:While I don't feel I can lay it straight on the hands of marketing, Microsoft Mark
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In reply to MattHewitt:I think that's kinda humorous, as I'm hearing from several regular Apple-cent
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In reply to Maktaba:I adore Mikah.
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In reply to jimchamplin:There are certainly some people who want an Apple logo on all their stuff. They have t
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I ... really don't have words to speak to any point in the original post ... just ... wow.BUT...I actuall
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In reply to Chris_Kez:It also costs a lot to build an app.If a company is paying for it, there is a *very* sma
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In reply to miamimauler:You could also release too early, and have to recall everything because grains of sand
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In reply to reefer:The people who think a foldable display and the fragility it creates are reasons to buy thi
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In reply to SvenJ:And the keyboard can be shoved to the top of the bottom screen putting a virtual track pad b
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In reply to Attiq:'Android apps are garbage on anything except a phone screen' precisely so why is M
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In reply to RobertJasiek:Microsoft's Surface Go vision is productivity first (table-bound, keyboard and m
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In reply to sandeepm:If it's going to run Android apps I think it makes a whole lot more sense to just ha
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In reply to dannygt:After seeing this a bit, I kinda like the dual screen version instead of the folding displ
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In reply to codymesh:youtu.be/omyZvH7aMtgYup! This device is significantly more compelling than I had original
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In reply to RobertJasiek:Right. That's kinda what I meant.Surface Go goes away, Surface Pro X competes wi
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In reply to RobertJasiek:I think Surface Book might be a short-lived system. It looks like they might suggest
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Ok, images of the Neo look strange to me. Is that a hardware keyboard set on top of the bottom screen? So the
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Hmmm...going to have to see more about these things; but overall I do like a lot of what I see. I'm even
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In reply to FiveKRunn3r:I would imagine if there were a "Did you learn about this from MKBHD" checkbox on afte
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So, if one of these rubs up against an Apple Card in someone's pocket, does it cause a singularity? Or ju
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In reply to dontbeevil:No news about the lunch? Sounds delicious. I could really go for a sandwich. :D
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This reminds me of when people use to store all their files in the root of the C: drive in Windows/MS-DOS.Ugh!
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I like it, but the letters are a bit curvy for me.I'm a bit of a font snob though, and probably one with
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In reply to JG1170:Haha. Agreed. I showed my wife, she shook her head and said "No". Heh.
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In reply to dontbeevil:I care about different treatment when it's up to apple or someone else on this web
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In reply to MikeGalos:Agreed. It's insane to try to find proper cables if you want to charge or use a dis
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Ahh...if only I had about $15k of disposable income. :)Ah, wait, that's just the chair, I think. So...$20
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I'm very curious how that dock works out. I've considered trying one to get my new desktop happy wit
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In reply to remc86007:Yes, but a decent PC that can compete with that NUC is going to cost at least what that
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In reply to Sprtfan:Anecdotes are anecdotes. I got sick of supporting Windows in my family. Switched them off
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In reply to MikeGalos:The funny thing is that Chromebooks, if they take off with the general public, could act
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Greetings Again,Sorry about the long time without a post. Busy at work and had a few personal things kinda wip
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In reply to dontbeevil:Actually, the games they showed off already are well worth $4.99/month.And it helps bre
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In reply to Bob_Shutts:Yup. I fully expect after the parts arrive I’ll be lovingly caressing them on occasio
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In reply to jimchamplin:Yeah, I didn’t mention it in the parts lists. I’m reusing a couple components incl
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In reply to Bob_Shutts:All the parts are ordered, now I just need to wait for shipping and my son to come back
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In reply to bharris:We have at least one of those and we aren’t a huge enterprise. And it is a very importan
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In reply to AnOldAmigaUser:Agreed. There are more than a few legitimate complaints about Windows 10, but it re
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In reply to jimchamplin:There are a lot of stats suggesting that card is still an excellent card. But I’m te
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In reply to Bob_Shutts:Hey Bob, happy to!It isn’t going to be an amazing machine, but should be a solid 1440
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In reply to infloop:I didn’t verify the RAM. That is a parameterized filter so it is very possible they aren
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In reply to Waethorn:I have a *lot* to learn in this area. I fell down another rabbit hole. I investigated Fre
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UPDATE: I’ve taken a look at some of the new builds and everything is still as irritating as before. ;) You
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In reply to infloop:Gotcha. Appreciate the additional info. I’ve been out of the MS world for a while now (a
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In reply to madthinus:I’m interested in the early results of the new Ryzens. I’m even impressed with what
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In reply to Lordbaal:Touché. At this performance level, at 1440 (which is currently, at least IMO, the sweet
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In reply to Daekar:It does indeed look interesting. Where I’m at at the moment, after the initial stuff I’
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In reply to infloop:I am slowly moving in that direction of separating usage. I have a couple of the 8th gener
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In reply to wright_is:Appreciate the info on Hyper-V and ESXi. I have a tiny bit of experience with ESXi. We w
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In reply to infloop:Lately I’ve been getting quite disgruntled coding on a laptop. It is fine if you need a
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In reply to wright_is:That said, I have a Ryzen 1700 PC (first generation), which I bought for VM testing. It
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In reply to Greg Green:The battle between Nvidia’s “super” cards and the new Navi family is getting inte
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In reply to MartinusV2:I just read about AMD returning the warning shot across Nvidia’s bow. That is very in
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In reply to infloop:I have considered two separate systems but my home office is getting ridiculous. I have tw
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In reply to Waethorn:If I’m not impressed with the Navi cards, I’ll definitely be going with a “super”
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In reply to MartinusV2:I have been very tempted to give my card to my wife and ask her to change the PIN numbe
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In reply to ndragonawa_ii:Ugh! $20 difference makes it even tougher. (I wasn’t aware of MicroCenter, so than
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In reply to MartinusV2:I’ve heard of the persnickety RAM challenges, soo I appreciate the confirmation on th
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In reply to bharris:Yes. Agreed. I’m going to hold off on the actual purchase for at least a few weeks to se
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In reply to wright_is:This is excellent information, thank you.To be a bit more specific on my Linux usage, wh
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Paul (and others below) have covered my reasons, but the big one for me is initial device configuration. I hav
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Gaming Rig Upgrade Planning - I’m an Intel Guy, Should I Be?
Greetings ladies and gentlemen,
I'm planning an upgrade of my gaming rig and I’m trying to decide which direction to go with the CPU.
It is primarily for gaming, so I’m leaning heavier toward single-core performance than multicore. However, I would like to be able to use it for Dev (and maybe even drop Linux on it, though I’ve struggled the last few years dual booting on the bare metal and have leaned toward VMs/containers.
Anyway, all the benchmarks I read suggest Intel still wins the race in single core, but AMD toss more horses on the track for multicore performance.
I dont want to spend unreasonably, but cost isn’t a primary factor either...if there is a good trade off to justify added cost (for instance, I do have some brand leanings and will spend a bit more for quality / support).
Below are the two baseline builds I’m looking at. If I went with the AMD build I’d want a motherboard that supports a future upgrade to a 3000 series chip. (Assuming they are more expensive than I want to front for the baseline build.)
I have plans to add to the system in a few additional phases, but most of that doesn’t matter (for instance, the Intel build would quickly get a dedicated graphics card, but I can run it off my old 1070 for now; the AMD build would get a better cooler for additional overclocking, etc.) But these additions don’t really impact my main question here.
I’ve always loved Intel, but is the better multicore performance of Ryzen chips worth it? (I’d like a friendly, but lively discussion from those who own similar chips to what I’m looking at.)
Intel - i5 (Phase 1, Baseline Build)
PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3MKVJ8
CPU: Intel - Core i5-9600K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor ($249.95 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H80i v2 70.69 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus - ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($231.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($97.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair - 100R ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $49.99)
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $79.99)
Case Fan: Corsair - CO-9050015-BLED 52.19 CFM 120 mm Fan (Purchased For $11.25)
Total: $926.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-05 05:13 EDT-0400
AMD Ryzen 7 (Phase 1, Baseline Build)
PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fVRXxG
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor ($269.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus - ROG Crosshair VII Hero (Wi-Fi) ATX AM4 Motherboard ($274.30 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($97.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus - GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB STRIX GAMING OC Video Card ($389.99 @ B&H)
Case: Corsair - 100R ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $49.99)
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $79.99)
Case Fan: Corsair - CO-9050015-BLED 52.19 CFM 120 mm Fan (Purchased For $11.25)
Total: $1283.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-05 05:14 EDT-0400
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In reply to paul-thurrott:Agreed, for the most part; though the keyboard shortcut improvements in 13 are impre
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In reply to jchampeau:I find it unlikely that the majority of today’s consumers use Quickbooks or anything r
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In reply to m_p_w_84:Also there have been fairly trustworthy rumors for several years suggesting that the new
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In reply to Lordbaal:Pistols at high noon... :)
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In reply to wright_is:In such cases, I usually recommend keeping the XP machine, remove it from the network or
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In reply to wright_is:Exactly. I've been arguing for nearly a decade, that Microsoft should relegate Win3
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In reply to hrlngrv:I figure a fair number of PC users use something other than Notepad or Word to edit plain
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In reply to hrlngrv:This isn't for me, and my wife is picky about this particular hobby app.I understand
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In reply to hrlngrv:OTOH, breaking Windows means work would be more likely to introduce non-MSFT OSe
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In reply to hrlngrv:I'll mention a knitting pattern editor last updated in 2003 which my wife still uses.
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In reply to hrlngrv:...are so many Win32 desktop software titles still selling..Are they? Please enlighten us.
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In reply to james.h.robinson:It seems like many people who post on forums like this have little experience wit
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In reply to wright_is:few have any clue what version of Android or iOS they use.Not knowing details doesn’t
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I don’t think the problem with people (in general with regard to Windows) becoming bored or unexpired about
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In reply to skane2600:Rewrite an entire IDE that has a counting half-life already? Naw, just bring out Fuscia
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In reply to James_Wilson:It isn't necessarily hard. It's time-consuming.Programmers are expensive. H
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But this is particularly strange for performance, since Apple and its fans routinely claim the iPhone outperfo
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In reply to BrianEricFord:Yeah. I felt bad for that engineer. It highlights the awkward-ness of text handling
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In reply to Ivan19997:At the moment, "mouse support" is an accessibility feature. So it isn't the kind of
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In reply to lvthunder:I didn't think it was the biggest news.I'll agree with this. But it does make
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In reply to Daekar:You misunderstand. Not having access to Google Play is a huge deal.Ah, gotcha. I can agree
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In reply to msorrentino:My Macintosh Performas, PowerPCs, and iPods would like to disagree with you. In fact,
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In reply to pecosbob04:So has msft ever faked a demo? I can think of one recent one they should have (ref. hol
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In reply to dontbe_evil:You got me, I'm not sure where you would have previously seen a feature for the a
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In reply to Daekar:Let's be honest, this is making a mountain out of a molehill.I'm a little confuse
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I've been running Canary since it was first offered and it's been extremely stable. Not a single cra
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In reply to Jeffsters:Yeah, well to be fair, they probably think the same thing about the "apple lovers" like
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In reply to skane2600:i.e. the platform where the big bucks are being made. The top ten apps on the iPhone are
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There is apparently a web API, so theoretically you can just pop up a WebView and run the authentication dance
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In reply to ghostrider:After all this time, iOS still looks like it was designed by children, for children.:DI
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In reply to Winner:I keep hearing this...is that really something so many people want to do?I have had a relat
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Except...I haven’t diff’d the old language and new language, but I’m pretty sure the “companies using
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In reply to skane2600:i.e. the platform where the big bucks are being made. The top ten apps on the iPhone are
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In reply to Brockman:"No 3rd party option, no choice". Except that in this case there are clear 3rd party opti
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Which part of the new trio (Music, Podcasts and TV) is responsible for iDevice management going forward?Saw th
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In reply to MikeGalos:Apparently you need to use cards designed for the MPX (Mac Pro eXpansion module) which a
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In reply to wright_is:Yup, again I don't know that stuff. My expertise is software development.Apparently
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In reply to MikeGalos:Easy, killer. Ten was just a number I picked because it is easily divisible in my head.
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In reply to MikeGalos:I said “demo area” not hands-on. I agree that it was a protected demo, possibly not
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In reply to ghostrider:I’d say it is aimed at high-end professionals in multiple industries. One of the larg
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In reply to MikeGalos:Yup, I’m not in the expertise area to estimate that. My cousin (a graphics professiona
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In reply to dontbe_evil:Sure. App Expose was on the Mac before it was brought to iPad OS. Did that help?
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In reply to MikeGalos:Yup, I’d like to see better port options on the consumer models. But I assume Apple ha
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In reply to skane2600:Too bad Apple offers no non-integrated Mac models between the Mac Mini and this Uber-Mac
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In reply to MikeGalos:Charging your multiple Apple devices on your AirPower charger?Well, to bring a little bi
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In reply to MikeGalos:I doubt your '69 Challenger pays for itself in its better fuel efficiency in runnin
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In reply to MikeGalos:And how many 1-person, 1-computer shops are there that bring in a million dollars and ca
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In reply to MikeGalos:It also has Thunderbolt 3 ports. And everyone would bitch and moan if they didn't h
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I'm looking forward to this, I need a system that can download content overnight to be ready to be watche
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In reply to skane2600:Yes, it's a developer tool. Developers can create another compile target to target
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In reply to dontbe_evil:I'm pretty sure if we're to believe this website, Huawei is the best. :p
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In reply to Bats:...because I know the fake news from the real news...Well, at least you're humble in you
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In reply to MikeGalos:Those who can't translate it or understand Paul's translation probably should
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Hmmm...so the Surface EdgeBook. :)Seriously, though... If Microsoft tossed Windows onto a Linux kernel, I’d
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In reply to wright_is:Agreed. When there are millions or billions on the line to make any sort of change, that
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In reply to wright_is:Our ERP solution has just finished the transition from UNIX to Windows.Congratulations.
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In reply to hrlngrv:To the extent #1 is shrinking, it'd be doing so very slowly. IT department inertia is
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In reply to hrlngrv:Depends on the precise definition of strong.I should probably have used the word "dom
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In reply to garumphul:Windows doesn't have to die for Azure to succeed... but on the other hand, if MS pu
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So far, so good.It doesn't make me want to replace Safari on my Mac or iOS devices, but it's definit
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In reply to wright_is:A lot of cloud services only come from one provider or the data is siloed.True. And that
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In reply to wright_is:Of course, with the advent of smartphones and tablets, some people don't need a PC
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In reply to longhorn:Workstation and gaming, that's what Windows is used for today.Agreed. I do think Win
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I don't think it's a matter of them not "liking" Windows. Windows is simply just not shiny and attra
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In reply to ghostrider:If you have architected things properly you aren’t dependent on any single “cloud
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In reply to wright_is:I actually think Apple is stretching their play with the rule that disallows external si
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In reply to MikeGalos:I think you’re going to have a rough time fitting this in your shirt pocket...
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In reply to skane2600:Agreed. Compared to any modern LLVM, the JVM is an utter dog. It has always been bad, bu
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In reply to skane2600:I brought up an app download. You suggested if an update doesn’t occur, no big deal, j
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In reply to skane2600:Reread Paul’s original comment you replied to. He said nothing about relative power. I
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In reply to skane2600:I didn’t bring up the app code. I specifically linked to an article about a 3rd party
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In reply to Jackwagon:I expect it would operate a lot like Gatekeeper on the Mac. Developers would be be allow
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In reply to skane2600:It isn’t the app code you have to worry about. It is the 3rd party downloader / autoup
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In reply to hrlngrv:Agreed. I don’t think you can assume anymore when Microsoft says “customers” that th
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In reply to skane2600:I’m not certain, but I’d wager with as hard as Google has been pushing Kotlin for An
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Hmmm. For some reason I was thinking they had changed (via Crustini) the need to drop into developer mode to e
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In reply to skane2600:Of course average users don't get excited about this stuff.It isn’t a zero cost.
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Most developers don’t make as much money on the App Store as you think. Especially with the collapsing of th
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In reply to obarthelemy:It isn’t unusual in the US for a family of 4-5 to pay $300-ish per month for contrac
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In reply to warren:Google may have been part of the problem. But I think it is more accurate to state Apple an
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In reply to skane2600:Seriously? PWAs are to Web Apps as a Windows program is to a DOS program? And a Windows
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In reply to pecosbob04:Are there Consevative Web Apps for non progressives? Asking for a friend.The only CWA i
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In reply to skane2600:Web tech is currently a cesspool of three-letter-acronyms and frameworks of the month. H
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In reply to skane2600:That article with the list is written decently. I’ve only heard of or used two of the
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In reply to Waethorn:Well, in this case there actually *is* an advantage to developers. IF, and it’s a big i
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In reply to JoePaulson:Except this essentially nullifies the “cross-platform” component of PWAs. Sure, Web
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In reply to JoePaulson:However, in this utopia where all apps are PWAs, desktop operating systems become highl
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In reply to dontbe_evil:Do they consider Surface Go “mobile”, or have they effectively distanced themselve
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In reply to A_lurker:Don’t forget Chrome OS. ;) I know many people here scoff at it, but make no mistakes. I
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I’m glad their mobile apps are doing well, but other than the 825 million Windows 10 devices (which is still
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In reply to Pbike908:Indeed. The chicken and the egg problem. Few Android apps scale well, so Google reminds d
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In reply to Stooks:Never said it has already happened. :: shrug ::It was mostly a joke anyway, but I don’t t
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In reply to wright_is:The 250% increase was the number of monthly users enabling Android apps on Chromebooks,
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This is awesome. Though I’m sad that TweakUI isn’t coming back...loved that little app.
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In reply to skane2600::(As a developer, I love the focus on development tools...Microsoft has always been grea
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Quite honestly, if anyone can pull off “The Year of the Linux Desktop” it is going to be Google with Chrom
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Interesting...their smartphone profits nearly folded in half...I’m here all week, folks. Try the veal!
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I’m becoming increasingly convinced that they should draw clean lines between Home and Pro (yes, I know it
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In reply to skane2600:I meant “iOS-first” in respect to the people who bought a Mac due to having owned an
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In reply to mattbg:I think it would be much more likely for them to build out web versions if they wish to tar
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Dear iTunes:Welcome to the Utilities folder. :)Much Love,Bootcamp Assistant App
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In reply to jc91:Doubtful. I expect all of this is a direct result of the “Marzipan” framework growing up
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In reply to warren:I don’t think most modern Mac users really care. And I expect the majority of current Mac
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Ugh. “Web 3”. :: shudder ::
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The one piece of this that is hugely compelling to me is “all content is downloadable”. I live in a rural
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In reply to Vladimir:There really isn’t much native (“win32”) software being developed for Windows anymo
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In reply to warren:Pretty sure they are just trying to set “no-hardware” expectations for the event next w
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In reply to feedtheshark:Screen Time shows me using my iPad 3-4 hours per day. It shows me using my iPhone 30m
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In reply to locust infested orchard inc:“Every time I see an iFad, I belch out some hideous profanity, which
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In reply to Ugur:“I'd much rather wait until the foldable devices become more affordable within a year
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In reply to locust infested orchard inc:“Here comes the most predictable, unoriginal comment, from yours tru
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In reply to skane2600:Sure. Don’t remember many Windows Phones that cost $3,500 though. So, maybe not a grea
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In reply to skane2600:Didn’t say it would be the same on all devices. I said the device would pull the appro
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In reply to locust infested orchard inc:Heh. I wish I could still find a supported Windows Phone to run an app
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In reply to wright_is:Most Americans are starting to realize the top-level of our government is mostly rich, C
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So.. I know there is a lot of negative press for the current iPhone cycle, but the XR, XS, and big XS (ugh...
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In reply to HellcatM:Why would Apple buy DuckDuckGo? This is simply the latter using an API toolkit developed
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I’m glad the iPhone won’t the most expensive phone again. At least until Sept 2019. Seriously though, look
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Woot! False sense of security for the win.
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In reply to Waethorn:So...in your professional (or is it personal) opinion...Which fact makes this person untr
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In reply to skane2600:However Bitbucket’s UI is pretty abysmal. And MS is improving GitHub by the week.
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In reply to Stooks:So just the other day my laptop (which is old and has approximately 30 minutes of available
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In reply to ghostrider:I know a metric crap-ton of people who prefer various brands across many industries. Bu
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Update: spoke to the local Apple store people and they said all standard return policies apply. Which is to sa
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:: sigh :: it sounds like in-app purchases are horrible (at least for the iOS version)That said, I love lemmin
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In reply to skane2600:There's no point in us exchanging anecdotal stories about people who love particula
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In reply to skane2600:Microsoft hasn’t even finished porting their own applications to the new UI paradigm y
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In reply to karma77police:And as a result we got shitty product called Windows 10...Woah! Woah...wait. Hold th
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In reply to skane2600:Again, those were a couple of examples. There are many others. But you’re not disprovi
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In reply to Wondering_Bard:Calling people idiots is always professional and proves you’re a much better web
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In reply to skane2600:In the software business one generally defines the “consumer space” as the software
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In reply to Truffles:I sometimes wonder what great ideas were never dreamed-up because of the lack of the lack
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In reply to skane2600:Perhaps. But not in the consumer space. Microsoft has most of the “productivity” too
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In reply to hrlngrv:Maybe UWP will finally catch on now that Windows 7 is nearing EOS and Windows 10 has caugh
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In reply to karma77police:While I wouldn’t say “rip off” is quite accurate, it does feel pretty pricey f
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In reply to solomonrex:Interesting. Most of the “kids” around here prefer consoles to PCs when they have t
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In reply to christian.hvid:There was a call out to Blazor in the article. And a couple other things. I figure
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In reply to skane2600:I never implied commonality, simply stated a *major* open source application that Micros
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In reply to karma77police:Yeah. I’m conflicted. On the one hand MS Dev Tools have almost always been top-not
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The most interesting part to me is .NET Standard on Mono. As Scott Hanselman says:Think about the .NET Standa
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In reply to MikeGalos:In any case you have to BUY a license. And that's an odd step to skip in discussing
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In reply to MikeGalos:You get a “activate Windows” watermark at the bottom right of the windows desktop wh
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In reply to wright_is:Yup. Spin it up if you need it, then tear it back down. It would be glorious. They could
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In reply to karma77police:Well, there are a whole lot of companies not building W32/W64 apps and you know it.
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In reply to Darekmeridian:Excellent point. Especially on hardware I only *think* I picked properly. ;)
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In reply to paul-thurrott:Sorry, didn’t search the site. Do you have a recommendation for any said books? Or
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I’d totally buy the hell out of said book.
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In reply to AnOldAmigaUser:But you just *know* it would be portrait orientation video. And that is the true ho
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Hmmmm. Interesting. I so want to love Edge. And for many reasons I do. But I still just get a bunch of random
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In reply to SupaPete:I actually agree that Microsoft needs to do what Apple did. The problem is that Apple has
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In reply to skane2600:”Old and busted” is my (somewhat jokey, reference to Men in Black) way of stating wh
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In reply to docmars:Agreed. The Touch Bar is a deterrent to me as well. I don't actively hate it, but it
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While I commended and welcomed WSL, I always thought it would have been a better idea to go the opposite way.
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In reply to truerock2:The main reason people purchase Windows is because it supports obsolete technology.I’m
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In reply to skane2600:None of the underlying architecture is customer facing. The effect for the customer is t
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In reply to PeterC:Interesting. It all depends on use-case I suppose. I find for my work a mid-level i5 is fin
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In reply to Dave:I have heard electronics prices are kinda insane at the moment. I thought they were bad in Am
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In reply to ghostrider:Yup. I get your perspective. I actually do think there is actual premium in the Surface
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In reply to paul-thurrott:Glad to hear. I am curious about this as well. I’m guessing there will be some hic
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In reply to remc86007:I assure you that millions of these things will be used to do simple, but CPU intensive
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In reply to NT6.1:Millions of people are soon to disagree with you. ;)
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In reply to skane2600:Stocks is kinda a running joke in the Apple community. But Apple absolutely loves that a
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In reply to Bob_Shutts:I have always liked the new keyboard. Even the first revision with shallower key throw
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In reply to Th4:macOS would be a terrible touch OS. The touch targets for Window widgets (maximize, minimize,
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In reply to Bats:Just bought my oldest son’s Christmas gifts yesterday. He wanted a phone upgrade. He wanted
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In reply to remc86007:Car metaphors are always a bit tricky. I get both of your points. I gather he’s still
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In reply to rob_segal:All solid points I agree with. Surface studio is drool-worthy. Indeed. I wouldn’t use
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In reply to MutualCore:Agreed here. I consider this a pretty brilliant idea. I just cant bring myself to pull
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In reply to jimchamplin:I hear you. I feel like I’m one in a very small minority who loved the potential of
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In reply to dcdevito:Heh. Yeah this is part of my problem. I’m coming off of having 2 personal laptops and 2
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What Does Surface Need for You to Buy In?
So, reading Beneath a Surface has gotten me very nastalgic for Windows 8/8.1.
I’m still one of the few that thinks Microsoft were actually onto something. I’m still a bit irritated it was massacred in the tech press. I agree that there were some systemic problems. But man...it was really a pretty nice first attempt at a touch-first conversion.
So, I’m sure there are many here who have and love various Surface lines. But for the rest of us, what is your major “sticking point” preventing you from pulling the trigger?
Mine:
Surface Go - currently overpriced for my perceived value (may not be actually true)
Surface Pro - probably the most likely to be useful for me, concern about reliability
Surface Laptop - kinda going out of my “laptop phase”, also alcantara
Surface Book - see “laptop phase” above, but otherwise this would probably be the winner
Surface Studio - currently overpriced for my perceived value, but tempted to get for my wife
I consider myself a good “target” customer for Surface as a premium brand. I honestly don’t mind paying “overpriced” margins for a product I love (or am at least confident in). But I’m just not quite there yet with Surface.
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Beneath a Surface...First Impressions
Ok, so sorry for the somewhat cheeky title. But I didn’t want to call this a review.
About a third of the way in and pretty fascinating so far. I never realized there was this much turmoil. And the .org chart, heh.
Highly recommended. I’m primarily an “Apple guy”, but I still enjoy stuff about MS. And the Surface has always triggered in me this odd...fascination.
Anyway, thanks for the book, Brad. I know there isn’t a lot of money in books nowadays, but I’m glad these stories get documented.
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In reply to shameermulji:I think it is the same thing. That transition was written a bit awkwardly. I think Br
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In reply to lvthunder:Agreed. There is no such thing as a cheap 4K touchscreen. The cheapest I’ve seen are a
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In reply to SupaPete:But. Wouldn’t being able to swap the computer core out be better than the current itera
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In reply to VancouverNinja:There an old saying "You gotta know when to hold'em, know when to fold them".
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In reply to shameermulji:More like a swappable iMac.Basically you can detach the “foot” of the Surface Stu
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When people think of the Pixel line, they don’t think of rock solid reliability and QA, and most people stil
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In reply to NT6.1:If the iPhone is doing so well, give us the numbers. :)Agreed. Some numbers would be amazing
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In reply to Jeffery_Commaroto:I wish it would just stop already. Every year we do this dance.Indeed. I’m alw
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In reply to NT6.1:Interesting how many people I see walking around with wireless earbuds. Most of them aren’
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In reply to jimchamplin:It will most likely passed downward to a mini-me. This is intended to be a productivit
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In reply to ChristopherCollins:The media creation tool is an excellent tip. Thank you!I probably have some old
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In reply to infloop:Yeah. I remember all the old OEM discounts you’d get if you bought Windows along with a
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Are people still trying to bend $1,000+ devices? Seems unwise.
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In reply to jimchamplin:Appreciate that tip, but it will be a new PC so it’ll need a new Windows license. It
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Best Way to Install Win10 on a New Desktop PC Build
So...ordered some parts for a Christmas desktop build.
It has been a while since I’ve built out a custom PC. Like over a decade.
I think i have most everything sorted except the modern age of installing operating systems. ;)
What is the best way to install Windows on a bare-bones system nowadays.
I had just planned on buying a Windows package from Newegg or whatever. But then I got thinking there is probably a much better way to do this.
So I had considered downloading an Insider Build ISO and dropping it on a USB key drive. I think most modern BIOS should have no issues booting a USB key.
And once it is up I should be able to log into my Windows Account and purchase the activation.
But I’m sure there are many people experienced with this here, so I’m open to better ideas.
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In reply to skborders:Markdown is (somewhat oddly) just a markup syntax. It is meant to remain human readable,
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In reply to findle:Most organizations do “agile” wrong.
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Simple solution. Give me Windows 10 for free and I’m happy to deal with as many ads as you wish to toss in t
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I had to go through this a couple times to get it right back when AFS came out. But to nitpick a bit...leaving
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In reply to wright_is:XCode will also not require too much processing power when writing code, it is when you
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This is exactly where I expected this new Air to fall. Good on “everyday tasks”. And decent on “Pro-ligh
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Bah. I had a folding phone a couple years ago: iPhone 6s Plus. :: drumroll, high-hat ::(seriously though, it i
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In reply to illrigger:You forgot to type “for me”. There are are plenty of people who can use it as a prod
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In reply to wright_is:Agreed. Likely software issues. Now the phones are “in the wild” Google can gather a
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Haha! Oops.
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In reply to Yaggs:I know a pen is technically precise but it just isn't the same as using a mouse for det
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In reply to karma77police:I was actually thinking while reading this, I wonder if they track the number of CPU
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In reply to VancouverNinja:Yet if that same phone could take on the form factor of a tablet seamlessly how wou
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In reply to chrishilton1:This "performance rot", has happened to every single iOS device I've ever used,
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In reply to VancouverNinja:when they launch their own superior next gen mobile solution the extinguish phase w
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In reply to Geoff:My daughter ended up getting a 'real' laptop as well, so she could use Office 365
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In reply to MikeGalos:Or. A clear case of wanting to protect their customer’s data from unscrupulous repair
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In reply to longhorn:Ahhhh Windows Live Mail. How I miss thee. :: sniffle ::It was the best personal mail clie
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In reply to jprestig:I just went through a major mail / calendar reorganization as well. The fam loves gmail /
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In reply to DocPaul:Except that with zero interest it isn’t a financial problem at all. (Inflation is irrele
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In reply to ivarh:Agreed. I’m good with a notch or a chin, but both just seems silly.
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In reply to wright_is:Agreed. This is actually *very* disappointing to me. I looked for a Pro upgrade license
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In reply to skane2600:In most cases where there's an overlap in functionality between the two, using the
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In reply to skane2600:IMO traditional operating systems have value today for all the same reasons they've
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In reply to djross95:Agreed. Windows has has come a long way in the past while. But working with both platform
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In reply to longhorn:Well, the rumor is that the new Mac Pro and display are coming soon (2019, I’d guess).
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In reply to skane2600:It has yet to be seen if there's any substantial user demand for iOS apps on MacOS
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Grats on the book, Sam. I preordered, can’t avoid a multilayer pun. I just can’t.
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In reply to dave0:This is excellent feedback, thanks! She adores her Note and though the screen is large for a
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In reply to MikeGalos:YOU are saying that others should watch what you like or not watch ANYTHING.I think you
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In reply to skane2600:Well. Yes. Perhaps “new school” and “old school” aren’t the best of terms. But
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In reply to Minke:I never said it was a bargain. All I said was that most people do it. Most people in America
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In reply to skane2600:There’s a lot of old animosity from the “old school” Mac users. Particularly those
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In reply to dstrauss:Touch is just another input method which works beautifully when you are scrolling, zoomin
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In reply to macguy59:Yup. I “try” android every few years to see if I am being stubborn and missing stuff.
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In reply to My Hell baby speaking:If I had to choose I would go for relevent mature content and the kids would
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In reply to dgarcia42:Agreed. Although they still do some slightly wonky things with the “recent” app orde
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In reply to Minke:I don’t think most people walk into a store and drop $1000 bucks on the table. Most people
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In reply to RobertJasiek:As a highly OCD individual (true OCD not just “yeah I don’t like the stapler on m
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In reply to Jeffsters:Agreed. And I also love how it will snipe an incoming two factor code from SMS and auto
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In reply to MikeGalos:Of course, other people aren't you and just as they shouldn't tell you that yo
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In reply to skborders:I could use an Ipad for all my personal computing, but without mouse support, I could no
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In reply to longhorn:If you can replace a PC with an iPad then you didn't need a PC in the first place bu
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I don’t think this is a huge problem. I’m actually glad they are enforcing stricter controls. There are pl
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In reply to Truffles:I just wonder if they've got a room full of hip 11 year olds making multi-billion do
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In reply to nbplopes:Yup. In fact I’m guessing it was somehow tied to accounts flagged with a certain condit
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Heh. Yeah. “Kids these days”. I’m constantly entertained when my 13 year old grumbles about the “stupi
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In reply to ecumenical:I think the problem with Surface laptop is that it is one of Microsoft’s attempts to
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I think they already explained it. They just did so in “marketing speak”. An internal experiment rolled ou
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In reply to SupaPete::: shrug ::Everyone keeps predicting the year Apple won’t sell enough iPhones to stay i
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In reply to locust infested orchard inc:Of course it's the same old spiel filled with disingenuous inform
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In reply to Jltuv:I haven’t ever tried grammarly so I’m not sure what it needs to work. I have tried PWA a
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What is your intended usage style for it (light / heavy productivity, consumption, etc)? What is your typical
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I’m pretty sure there was a giant slide at the end that broke all the pricing down. They also said the prici
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In reply to SupaPete:You do realize that in nearly every industry it is standard practice to sell new, expensi
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I’m old and grumpy. I like an ecosystem that works cleanly together. For me, Windows Phone was the start of
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There’s this thing called an App Store. And this other thing called Google. But it I can’t give much direc
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In reply to Jeffsters:It's iPhone Ten S and Ten S Max.Of course it is, but essentially no “normal” pe
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Ugh. The names. As “the kids” are fond of saying: I just can’t even.
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In reply to dontbe_evil:Heh. Yeah. This has been going on for years, but I agree Chrome is the worse offender.
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In reply to skane2600:Not sure if the existence of a plugin really qualifies as support in the way it's t
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In reply to MikeGalosIt's incredible that a device that's supposed to be network based wouldn't
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In reply to MikeGalos:Heh. So Apple never said they *couldn’t* do it. Just that FaceID is more magical (or w
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In reply to Winner:I get that it sounds gimmicky, but it is honestly very nice. I was always impressed when my
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That is somewhat interesting since an apparent Chinese leak over the weekend showed a several manufacturing mo
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If I’m understanding what they want to do, Safari has been going down this path for quite some time. Honestl
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In reply to Winner:Not to mention any form of “loyalty rewards” program. And there are many, many forms.
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In reply to ErichK:On the other hand, I don't recall a time when my $60 Android phone did that.That is in
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In reply to nbplopes:I want more performance and more modularity for the price that is all.The overall compute
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In reply to pecosbob04:People can’t seem to get over when Apple released the software patch that lowered CPU
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In reply to Andi:I never said it had anything to do with quality. I mentioned it in alignment with the “Appl
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In reply to Andi:If you don't buy Apple Care you get 700$ worth of bills for keyboard repairs, throttled
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In reply to Andi:Safe to say that any current Surface product is better than the current Apple equivalent. It&
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In reply to Andi:Uh huh. Might have.
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In reply to Andi:I normally only get AppleCare on business MacBooks. I’ve never had any problems with person
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In reply to locust infested orchard inc:I'll be more than welcome to gift Apple an 'A' for cust
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In reply to Stooks:Even the public beta has been great on my X (other than this upgrade pop up annoyance in th
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Sure. Sure. Quality problems. Want to remind us how many times you had to return your Pixel 2? ;)Maybe I’m j
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In reply to ErichK:It is definitely an enthusiast card at the moment. It will take the market a while to relea
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There seem to be a whole lot of new Chromebooks being released lately. :)I’m curious to the storage specs on
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In reply to karma77police:I’ve seen quite a lot of my extended (non-techie) family getting into Alexa. The k
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In reply to ivan19998:you can easily position cursor by using 3d touch on iphone or touch with two fingers in
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In reply to lvthunder:This is a good point too. One thing I’ve been trying to do is to see if I can handle m
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Agreed. I’ve been thinking through this on and off a bit throughout this year. I think I have decided on a
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In reply to Bdsrev:Nope. Totally not dangerous. Epic didn’t just have an exploit in their first android inst
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That Mashable article starts off poorly written and obviously biased against Google. It gets a bit wish-washy
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In reply to nbplopes:I’m leaning toward working heavy at the desk and lean when mobile too. I’ve just foun
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I also appreciate this post. I’ve been considering a surprise upgrade for my wife. She has always loved the
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As an American who is getting older I completely agree. Luckily I’m to the point where I have enough experie
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In reply to skane2600:Correct. Sorry I wasn’t very specific there. I simply meant until (unless) the server
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In reply to Jhambi:I don’t see them totally dumping Intel. They *could* but there are a lot of the “pro”
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In reply to longhorn:MacOS and ARM won't happen for the foreseeable future for the same reason. I’
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In reply to nbplopes:Agreed. Everyone is quite enthused with the laptop form factor, but it still contains a l
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In reply to Stooks:Yup. The lack of updates is simply a bit baffling to me. The only thing I can really think
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In reply to Stooks:I wish everyone good luck with their class action lawsuit. I didn’t actually search becau
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In reply to Stooks:So the updates to the Throttle book 2018 were great?For most people those are great updates
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In reply to SenorGravy:Ugh. I hate myself for buying into Apple’s bullshit.You really should resell that Mac
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In reply to Stooks:Windows 10 just feels snappier. MacOS does not feel slow but does not have the pep Windows
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I far prefer adding a Boot Camp partition and then activating the “boot camp” loader option for my Windows
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In reply to Stooks:The $1299 Macbook you are talking about goes away at the end of this year.Yup. And as menti
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In reply to Stooks:I see where you are going, but if you don’t care about the Touch Bar (and most people sho
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Yup, I’ve used a vertical mouse for years. They are amazing if you have certain forms of wrist strain or RSI
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In reply to karma77police:The great thing about the NUC Kits is that it’s just a hollow shell with no OS. Yo
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In reply to hrlngrv:Yeah, I figured my exact recollection was wrong. But my point was that the full screen sta
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In reply to James_Wilson:That being said - it did take away far too much control from the Windows user - so mu
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In reply to MutualCore:Personally, I think “karma” is running a fleet of Windows 10 machines and just like
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Ahhhhh...wistful thoughts of BeOS. I had one of the dual-boot Mac clones of the era in addition to my official
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While this kinda appears to be a “me too” play (obvious comparisons to Apple / Boot Camp), I can see them
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In reply to Chris_Kez:As I stated earlier, if Apple brought iOS to a laptop form factor I don’t think they w
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I don’t think so. In fact I think they are more wrong on the “no touch Macs” stance. That is more likely
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In reply to bbold:What about games like Hearthstone? I realize it is a bit deceptively hoggy of the graphics c
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In reply to Samr:Apple for all its faults will relatively cheaply repair its products way outside of warranty.
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In reply to the_sl0th:I was wondering about this too. If I hadn’t read this and a relative or friend asked m
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I don’t care if t is repairable or upgradable, as long as Microsoft is willing to replace it if it breaks (n
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Seems pretty solid. I don’t mind paying extra for that build quality feel. Maybe I’m a snob, but I just do
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:: grabs some popcorn ::I’m going to try to limit myself to a single post on this one. Another data point th
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In reply to VancouverNinja:Bottom line - we can agree to disagree ;-)Something we agree on! ;)Seriously though
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In reply to VancouverNinja:I am surprised how you can try and claim people don't like the leading consume
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In reply to skane2600:So Linux apps like LibreOffice can be installed on a Chromebook "out of the box" without
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In reply to VancouverNinja:This is Chromebooks only viable channel and it is about to lose it.I disagree. I th
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I’m not too surprised Macs we’re down. I’m actually impressed they weren’t down more. With the new qua
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In reply to skane2600:I know. It was a cheap shot over the bow. I find myself hilarious. ;)Honestly I feel Win
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In reply to hrlngrv:Rhetoric. Though for some here it's as unloved as Chrome OS.Touche. I don’t really
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In reply to VancouverNinja:I never hear people say they do not like Windows.Interesting. I hear it all the tim
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In reply to VancouverNinja:Well then.the last thing I would recommend is a crappy OS like Chrome. Windows 10 i
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In reply to skane2600:An old computer lying idle isn't going to start installing updates as part of the b
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In reply to VancouverNinja:I would get the fanboy posts if this was a new platform but after EIGHT years. Give
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In reply to VancouverNinja:Windows will still be the dominate PC OS when Chromebooks are gone.We agree, but I
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In reply to skane2600:The theoretical pattern I'm questioning is success always leads to success.Ah, gotc
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In reply to karma77police:Haha. OkWell. As mentioned my experience with Libre office is twofold.The stuff in m
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In reply to VancouverNinja:Consumers actually like windows, and it is a better user experience than a Chromebo
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In reply to skane2600:Your argument that Chromebooks will succeed because Google's Android has succeeded,
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In reply to karma77police:You got that all wrong.Ok, so... I think we might have to agree to disagree. Linux i
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In reply to karma77police:Again. I would not recommend Linux to the same crowd I’d recommend a Chromebook to
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In reply to truerock2:Your son is obviously not the target market for a Chromebook. ;)
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In reply to VancouverNinja:Why would someone buy a Chromebook for the same price as a system that can do more?
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In reply to HellcatM:Over exaggerate issues that only happen to a handful of people who do dumb things like do
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In reply to Jeffery_Commaroto:This is an excellent summary. I had forgotten about Crostini. It’s the one to
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Excellent. Even with Active Hours set properly, I have been interrupted by forced reboots at least three morni
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In reply to zybch:Meh. You can “game” fine on a Mac. No one buys a Mac as a gaming machine. But it plenty
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Well, to pick a few nits, it’s pretty unlikely most users would have encountered these bugs. It only happene
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If performance is reasonable, I plan on getting one (with pen) for my wife. She’s a digital artist but didn
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In reply to jaboonday:Agreed. I do kinda live in the boonies, and only have access to horrible DSL. However, I
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In reply to Chris_Kez:but I think the larger point is that Apple has sacrificed a lot of stuff in the name of
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In reply to PanamaVet:In order to get to the $6k range, he would have had to upgrade the SSD to the 4TB option
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In reply to dontbe_evil:no surprise, but apple fans like to be milked from their beloved company, so why apple
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In reply to MikeGalos:It is my understanding that the cases are incompatible. I guess they could have made a v
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The fix is incompetent at best, which is likely why Apple isn’t officially acknowledging the existence of th
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In reply to skane2600:I've little knowledge in that area. It has been over a decade since I’ve written
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In reply to skane2600:Yes. If you want to do JavaScript as a profession those frameworks will come into play.
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In reply to skane2600:Should I assume that the Linux VM running in the cloud is something you pay for?Yes. You
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In reply to skane2600:You can do pretty basic stuff without a CLI, such as writing a traditional site with HTM
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Caret is probably your best bet if you don’t want to go the Crouton route (which requires developer mode and
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In reply to skane2600:Thanks for the tip, but I get 70s flashbacks when I open a console :)Sorry to be the bea
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In reply to jimchamplin:Agreed. For certain tasks / workloads it’s nice to just know you have full power, ex
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$1500 ouch. At least we can stop talking about the iPhone X being overpriced drivel soon. That said...if it’
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I don’t think a tower would fit the “surface” brand. There’s really no Surface on a tower. I don’t s
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Hmmm. I actually quite like this.
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In reply to hrlngrv:I don’t necessarily disagree. My point is simply: most people use desktop / laptop machi
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In reply to Robert_Wade:"It needs a new way of doing things". But what does that mean?I have no idea. If I did
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In reply to hrlngrv:Implication from differences in IDC and Gartner figures is that Chromebooks produced more
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In reply to Sprtfan:Not exactly sure what that means but makes me think that Surface Pro and HP Envy x2 t
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I also enjoyed this article. Sometimes software can be like a love letter to the world. I often try to describ
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In reply to karma77police:Wow! I certainly hope they didn’t. That’s not a comfortable place to stow a CPU.
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In reply to hrlngrv:I have no interest in using TurboTax on phonesI have no interest in TurboTax. However. Wha
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In reply to Ugur:Meh. I’m a developer too. Don’t care to argue benchmarks, etc. You said something in your
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I think you can pretty much assume Apple’s convinced the second generation keyboard should primarily fix the
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In reply to MikeGalos:(Literally what a non-techy employee of mine once told me while explaining why she could
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In reply to Ugur:There are quite a lot of assumptions in this post. But I’ll just disagree with the main one
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In reply to warren:... long list of potential “problems” ...Most people don’t care about upgrading parts
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In reply to truerock2:I disagree. In the mid-90s I developed a floorplan design tool that ran in Internet Expl
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In reply to Orin:I'm surprised I didn't see this question asked: How will this work without mouse su
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Heh. I’ve been around the Internet long enough not to take anything in comment boards personally. I’m pret
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In reply to Waethorn:There are no killer business apps for iPad.Meh. There could be. That is the thing about s
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In reply to paul-thurrott:I think Surface is important even if it doesn’t make significant profit on its own
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In reply to EZAB:UWP is not the future, PWA is. Say it with me:PWAs aren’t magical unicorn horn dust. T
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In reply to PeterC:MS will undoubtedly return to mobile in a variety of ways apart from their iOS and android
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In reply to paul-thurrott:Sound like a definite contender for a Christmas present.
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In reply to paul-thurrott:Hey Paul, the more I look at it, I’m thinking this might be great for my wife. She
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In reply to dsharp75:The sheer gall!Yeah! Curse those jerks for making products people all over the world love
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In reply to warren:Given the flexibility of the OS and the massive Windows developer base out there...0_oYou
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Awesome. Perfect for my iPad. Would be great for the Surface Go as well.
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I like this. I think it is a pretty solid entry for those who don’t want (or don’t like) an iPad. I want t
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In reply to Robert_Wade:Agreed. Over $1000. Heck the new Surface devices are plain tablets and rumored to be i
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In reply to MikeGalos:My read on the “new Mac Pro” is the convergence of two mistakes: * they misread the
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In reply to PeterC:But IMO microsoft will need to “create” the new windows to kick start a new business ch
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In reply to Bdsrev:That wasn't real Windows. People want to run Chrome and iTunes, or even Firefox.I’m
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In reply to skane2600:Woohoo! An idealized Surface sandwich. Mmmmmm yum.
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In reply to FalseAgent:It will (might) only revolutionize app development.So far, the only thing I’ve seen t
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The main reason PWAs are being slowly implemented is because they just don’t live up to the hype for most ap
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In reply to karma77police:Actually, when it comes to PWAs, I actually agree. The cake is a lie, folks. It has
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In reply to karma77police:You know running Windows 10 in a VM is going to reduce its performance. ;)
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This could be a good time to use “Finally”. :)I'm guessing this doesn’t hurt Samsung that much, I t
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Here’s the thing: Digital health is important. Focusing on the real world is important. And more i
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Well, heck...maybe they can announce it alongside Apple announcing AirPower is “finally” for sale. :)It is
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In reply to ROBERTMEPPEL:My 6 core D500 is by far, the best performing, and most quiet, desktop I have ever us
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In reply to MikeGalos:An item that hasn't actually been answered is whether Apple users who get the "free
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I have to admit Huawei is looking better and better. I just am not a fan of that pop up web cam. But I don’t
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In reply to zybch:Apple's MO is:1 - Ignore the problemHmmm...ok.2 - When their help forums start seeing a
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In reply to Chris_Hedlund:Why does the title of this article need to say 'Finally'? I read it as a b
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In reply to jdmp10:I’ve been running all developer betas on my primary devices since they dropped. I wouldn&
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In reply to ErichK:Thanks for the feedback. My phone may still be an entry-level Android, and I'm okay wi
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In reply to Andi:They want to bring something that can justify a price premium. :: shrug ::I will spend a
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In reply to Daekar:My guess is that they want it placement agnostic. And that isn’t easy. Wireless chargers
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In reply to SvenJ:Everyone figured later that year, not early the next year...Then “everyone” figured
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In reply to Stooks:Meh. It doesn’t need to be a PWA, though I’m a bit confused why it isn’t. It would ma
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In reply to HellcatM:you know next apple will steal the rounded off screen like the Samsung Galaxy series.Ugh.
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I’m a bit confused then. I get that the “rewritten” part is inaccurate, but most of those apps are writt
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In reply to karma77police:Btw. this is not going to work because it has lot of assumptions.All of which can be
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In reply to hrlngrv:I know I can do everything I need to do with a Chromebook and Citrix with the sole excepti
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In reply to skane2600:I was speaking more to familiarity than to technical acumen. People, in general, are com
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In reply to Michael_Goff::)It is a thing of beauty, no?
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In reply to Shumayal:The original Xbox One was heavily criticized for supporting TV and a Kinect that nobody w
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In reply to Robert_Wade:I just don't see any value whatsoever in a "folding screen" that can be carried i
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I can’t help but think it would be a natural to have some XBox Scarlet tie-in as well. I realize they are go
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In reply to karma77police:Woah, wait a minute. You don’t like it? I have to admit I’m a little surprised h
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There isn’t enough information yet to know what “notarized” means yet. Apple’s example is basically th
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In reply to Stooks:heck I even use Pages and Numbers from time to timeScreenshots, or it didn’t happen. :p
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In reply to karma77police:I’m pretty sure you are missing the point of this article. :)The number of people
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In reply to VancouverNinja:Chrome OS has had 7 years under 1% market share. It is one of the worst OSs possibl
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In reply to Chris_Hedlund:Windows will be irrelevant...It will be, and it will happen sooner than most people
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Oh no! Not disappointed critics!
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In reply to AnOldAmigaUser:It is the ads themselves. An ad on TV or radio will not bork my TV, or radio; it is
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In reply to macguy59:When has MS projected humility ?I distinctly remember Satya getting up onstage at /build
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In reply to BlackForestHam:Agreed. I’ve been on the fence about trying the premium subscription since the ch
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In reply to Dick_O_Rosary:How long do you think it will take for the developer of a successful iOS to Mac port
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I’ll just leave this here for anyone interested:www.wired.com/story/wwdc-2018-federighi-ios-apps-on-macos/Fo
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In reply to offTheRecord:I care less about the processor and RAM. My main concern is SSD. I know I’m a bit u
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In reply to PincasX:Well, except this story really isn’t right. I guess it is kinda right. I appreciate Paul
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In reply to karma77police:this means just allowing iOS apps running on Mac OSI’m still pretty sure it isn’
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In reply to James_Wilson:Bit like desktop bridge on Windows.This is my understanding as well. There’s some s
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In reply to warren:I agree. Not much to see this year. But dark mode makes me a happy developer. I’m certain
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In reply to skane2600:Nope. Notepad is a text editor. But it you also can’t use Notepad as a platform to hos
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In reply to karma77police:The end goal for Microsoft is to buy control over Linux and there are couple reasons
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In reply to Stooks:This is not different from Microsoft or others.It is actually very similar to some of the s
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The really interesting part here to me is the CEO shakeup, and Chris being a MS Technical Fellow. I wonder the
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In reply to skane2600:It is absolutely a developer platform. A *lot* of development workflows use Github as th
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blog.github.com/2018-06-04-github-microsoft/Apparently the “talks” were very short. ;)
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It makes no sense to buy a chromebook at that price when you can have a full Windows 10 system.Which will do w
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In reply to skane2600:I've always found it ironic that GitHub is a centralized location to store software
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In reply to paul-thurrott:I bet they get it there.I do too. They own both sides of the equation. If they don
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Initial guess, streaming WWDC (and other events) without a macOS or iOS device.
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Heh. I love that everything has a notch. Honestly, the notch *would* bug me if I hadn’t become so enamored w
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In reply to karma77police:Back when I was a kid, we walked to school miles, uphill, in the snow, both directio
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In reply to rtodd_us:Does IOS have any parental controls?Rumor has it Apple should be jumping on the Digital H
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I would imagine the PWA is a perfect replacement for the native apps then.It should gulp up all the photos fro
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Arg, feeling the wounds of having to lay my Zune to rest all over again. ;)Seriously though, I still miss my Z
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In reply to hrlngrv:“Visual Studio Code uses a lot more resources than Notepad++.”Yes. Essentially I meant
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In reply to skane2600:Wasn’t talking about young people. Most young people seem to handle most anything you
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In reply to skane2600:At the very least it is good for those who use iOS and have purchased books from Microso
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:: sigh ::These are getting interesting. Did they say anything about the SSD sizes?
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In reply to VancouverNinja:“At least MS is doing things based on customer's needs and that is a heck of
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In reply to Jhambi:I want a Cortana powered airlock. :)
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In reply to unkinected:A high end gaming laptop will set you back much farther than this will. And I think thi
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In reply to paul-thurrott:I think there is still simply far to much momentum in Windows for it to die soon. Ev
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In reply to TEAMSWITCHER:I only expect new laptops if they have the keyboard corrected, and I’m not 100% sur
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In reply to obarthelemy:I would hate to have to flip my phone up-side down to use the front camera. Upside-dow
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In reply to MikeGalos:“Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t sto
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In reply to skane2600:“I just don't understand some people's enthusiasm for running complex softwa
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In reply to skane2600:Agreed. I haven’t spent extensive time trying to debug with Edge, but I’m now curiou
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In reply to paul-thurrott:“Don't personalize this. I use Google Chrome because it's the best brows
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In reply to Jules_Wombat:Visual Studio is still the best IDE available, especially if working with MS language
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In reply to VancouverNinja:“I don't follow your point. We are discussing a new form factor that ma
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In reply to DrPRW:I’m curious about this as well. Family likes the GPM plan. I like it too, Google’s algor
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In reply to RR:“If they get a device that can do both their work and their media consumption, and it saves t
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In reply to skane2600:“I image these same people saying "I keep hearing about this thing people call a web b
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In reply to VancouverNinja:”How many iPad users have Windows PC's? How many would love to have access t
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In reply to RM:I would expect they are using a different implementation of the Offline Storage APIs. All the o
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In reply to Waethorn:Heh. I have to agree. And I’m sorry but this article just makes me laugh. Offline Stora
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Embrace the notch. EMBRACE IT!!!
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In reply to MikeGalos:Dammit, now I totally want my next iPhone to be “South Seas Sapphire”.
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In reply to Jhambi:“But "collaboration" can be done with a laptop in a conference room with a whiteboard/pro
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In reply to ghostrider:“The demo's look cool, but the Surface Hub has a tiny, tiny potential audience.
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In reply to warren:“Sure, Win32 will go away someday.... like, 15-20 years from now.”If you subtract 10 ye
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I don’t have any of those problems with my iPhone. ;) But all tech has problems. They are extremely complex
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I’m glad that they addressed this. This makes me more confident to spring for a Surface Pro. I'd like t
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I think Microsoft is currently a Windows shop doing Linux-y things ... on its way to a Linux shop killing Wind
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In reply to Andi:“A Snow Leopard focus is needed for macos for your statement to ring true.”meh. My Mac ne
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In reply to offTheRecord:“Which you won't, of course.”hahahaha, so true. ... I’m crying because it
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In reply to FalseAgent:I expect that a well-written web page that were saved as an icon to the phone’s “ho
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PWAs are the next best solution. I guarantee you Microsoft wouldn’t be pushing them as heavily if they had a
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I’ve always been if the opinion that “who made whom” arguments are always silly. If everyone wins, who c
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In reply to ck:Agreed. I keep hearing this Windows 10 performance sucks thing, but performance has increased a
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In reply to MikeGalos:“Every item listed in the article is quite valid and a serious warning sign”I disagr
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It is humorous, because that is exactly how I feel when I use Windows. Even though I like Windows 10 there are
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In reply to Stooks:“Because people are constantly asking Alexa questions about Office documents?”You mean
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In reply to MikeGalos:I get what you are saying. What I’m saying is if I spend 5 years with a $20,000 (maxed
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In reply to jimchamplin:“Why waste space in the machine with a redundant part? That would be stupid.”
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In reply to karlinhigh:“Who wants to live in a world where we need to figure out which color traffic light m
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In reply to Stooks:Yes, Apple, in fact tailors their introductory keynotes to consumers / press. And hold an a
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I realize you probably don’t want to spend money on apps you may not use, yet I like Marked 2. It is, essen
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In reply to jimchamplin:“Hilariously enough...... The same is true of Windows! While the appearance of Windo
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In reply to hrlngrv:I believe the root bug was an unintended consequence of coding the security for the iMac P
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Hahaha. I love the ongoing doom and gloom articles. I’ll give you #6. That said I have decided I love my iPh
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In reply to skane2600:“...but to suggest that "normal" people don't use Windows is embarrassingly ridic
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In reply to Jack_Smith:"HP Chromebook 13 G1 - 13.3" - Core m5 6Y57"Hmmm. Mid-hundreds price range and overall
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In reply to Jack_Smith:“Agree. We do have five more high end Chromebooks in development to compete with the
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In reply to ebraiter:“At this rate, maybe one of them will take over Windows in say 120 years.”While MS is
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In reply to FalseAgent:Agreed. I’m enamored with the new iOS functionality. That saud, this is great. I do a
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Well...hell. This makes my pending web dev device upgrade more interesting. Now the hardware just needs to get
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Around here it was even worse. I was disappointed when I was actively discouraged from buying a Windows Phone
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In reply to thisisdonovan:As much as I love my iPhone X, I’m also surprised. I didn’t expect it would outs
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In reply to NT6.1:“And based on this post and the fail iPhone X is”I think you might want to re-read the a
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In reply to skane2600:“Customers chose iPhone X more than any other iPhone each week in the March quarter, j
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In reply to karma77police:“Desktop usage is really high and it is in billions.”I strongly believe that the
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In reply to VancouverNinja:“I believe if Andromeda is real, and a great device, Android mobile pho
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In reply to MikeGalos:“The problem is that without expandability in the iMac Pro they have to pay NOW for ne
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In reply to cayo:I love my Apple devices, but they are certainly overpriced. So are the premium offerings from
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I agree that this probably isn’t much of a foreshadow. Im guessing it was largely not worth trimming Windows
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In reply to jimchamplin:I love discussions about Linux. Everyone loves and hates different things. I know it
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In reply to jimchamplin:“Now if I can only get my games running in WINE...”It largely depends on which gam
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In reply to Bats:“Apple? Seriously Apple? Apple is ridiculously boring.”See...the thing is...as I continue
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In reply to SRRLX1986:I think it would pretty much be guaranteed to basically be an A-series processor. I can
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In reply to MikeGalos:“Buy it now at whatever price Apple asks since you've got no choice.”The people
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In reply to paul-thurrott:“Meaning, as the poster here suggests, that Google's Docs/etc. are very much
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In reply to VancouverNinja:“It is why no one buys them.”I would imagine someone is buying them. Most compa
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In reply to AMRooke:“not real work”Remember the term “real work” is subjective. :: shrug ::
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In reply to Rob_Wade:“I despise Google and Apple, so I refuse to use devices based on their products.”Gods
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In reply to MikeGalos:Most of the ones that need the power have bought an iMac Pro or are cursing a newer MacB
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In reply to NT6.1:There are still quite a few. And for some Pro workflows it is superior in nearly every way t
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In reply to Daekar:“Won't this render low and mid-tier Macs more or less toys compared to Intel machine
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In reply to Jeremy_Petzold:Look guys. I like Linux too. But trust me when I say that most people will hate it
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In reply to Waethorn:Linux is a very poor substitute for Windows. It has never been viable for widespread cons
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But how? No one will buy it if it has a notch, right?
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In reply to skane2600:I’m guessing you won’t be giving voice commands to your computer for an hour straigh
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In reply to Winner:You can swipe up during the unlock and it clears for you. But I generally don’t since I w
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In reply to skane2600:“Of course your iPad doesn't achieve it's power savings by compromising the
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In reply to karma77police:“Honestly, Industry especially Gaming industry is ready to jump ship from Windows
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In reply to skane2600:Humans talk. A LOT. We do. I used to talk almost non-stop for 8 to 10 hour shifts doing
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In reply to Winner:I pull my phone out of my pocket with any finger positioning that makes sense in the given
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Is there such thing as a polite chuckle? :)
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This is excellent.
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In reply to skane2600:“I commented because digiguy seemed to imply that karma was the spokesperson for "Desk
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In reply to karma77police:“It is bullshit of basically mvc web application wrapped giving you feeling of bei
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In reply to skane2600:“1) How do we really want it to work - exactly the same on all systems, or follow the
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In reply to SherlockHolmes:There are 10 types of people: those who love web apps and those who love native app
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In reply to paul-thurrott:Man...I dunno. A driver being emulated? I’m not well-versed enough with these devi
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In reply to offTheRecord:“I believe the current starting price is $1,000 for the tablet (not including tax,
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In reply to lilmoe:Yup. I actually think over time this will be improved. Just not sure Windows (or Linux, mac
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In reply to skane2600:I’ve only noticed one f. personality being exhibited. :D
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In reply to curtisspendlove:I found it interesting how well the new printer works with android. He doesn’t h
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In reply to skane2600:In our household no one ever seems to remember to charge anything but me. So I’m sure
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In reply to Waethorn:I see you’re trying to use your Dell PC...want me to help you buy a new Surface Laptop?
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In reply to skane2600:“It's a decent consumption device but didn't usher in a "post-PC" era.”I t
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In reply to jaredthegeek:“This is the biggest problem I have is that people expect this to perform like an X
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Hmmm. This is disappointing. 1.5 times the battery life does me no good if it takes twice as long to do someth
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In reply to red.radar:“or the phone just unlocking itself when you look at it?”I think this is ultimately
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In reply to Winner:“Face ID requires the camera to be pointed at you“How many times do you use your phone
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In reply to Jeremy_Petzold:Honestly... it is pretty awesome. I have more freedom pulling my phone out and just
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In reply to hrlngrv:Yup. Sounds unpleasant. I’m willing to deal with those sorts of things. I understand man
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In reply to Angusmatheson:Dad isn’t an Apple guy. ;)Mom was, and if she were still alive, she would have won
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I’ll never understand why people expect things made of glass to be more durable than things made of glass wo
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In reply to EraseYourself:To be fair, most of those restrictions are caused by Apple’s limitations. I’m ac
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I think the “pretty clear” part is that Google is increasingly using their own brand as differentiation. I
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I agree with others. This new UI/UX direction is quite good. Pleasant to use. I’m a fan.
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“38 Million people, not a lot. All these subscriptions are waste of money.”38 million people at (at least)
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In reply to lvthunder:“You can do the same over youtube”It is a waste of bandwidth to stream video when al
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In reply to ghostrider:Actually Apple Music is a pretty excellent music service. For instance, for my music ge
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In reply to trparky:I have had very few problems with it on a couple of PCs with Insiders Builds. It might sti
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In reply to karma77police:“Making 6 figures by using Windows has no room for dumb ass useless updates and ap
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“Al Cantara”Heh!
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In reply to skane2600:“Many people can get by with a phone but a lot of those people were never going to use
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In reply to Daniel_D:“If Windows 10 S Mode can't play steam games, then its of no use to anyone at home
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I’m a lead architect overseeing project efforts for multiple programming teams. The projects span many langu
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In reply to navarac:You have to remember this site is full of tech geeks. Very few of us would be able to use
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I actually like them attempting to modernize Windows. This is the first step to getting rid of a lot of the cr
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When my father’s old Windows laptop finally died, we talked about how to replace it. He has very basic “re
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In reply to karma77police:Pretty sure it is meant for devs. And for that purpose, it does quite well. Needs so
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In reply to smc540:Yup. I’m actually in the market to replace my MacBook Pro 13” 2015 model (it is more po
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In reply to paul-thurrott:I think you basically said the same thing in your last paragraph. But it it is kinda
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I have a feeling, the price drop is to front-load a small price-drop on the MacBook line. I think they *really
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In reply to RonH:“I think the notch would be better if it was only used for the typical system info such as
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You know. I thought the notch would drive me nuts. It doesn’t. I don’t even notice it anymore. I did did f
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In reply to Bats:I would absolutely love to have a single device, smart and powerful enough to be a mobile sys
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Heh
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In reply to shameermulji:“The same person who would consider buying an iPad Pro or Chromebook”I have no pr
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In reply to ronaldavis:Agreed. I feel rediculous wearing them. But they are just solid. The sound isn’t amaz
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In reply to tylerkruse:“Most people that stick with an Android phone get the ones that don't have a loc
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In reply to winlonghorn:“I don't fully understand the technology yet, but I would say it isn't as
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In reply to illuminated:I have absolutely abysmal internet. All of my computers are backed up to B2. Initial b
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While PWAs are a great technology for many things, I have a hard time seeing them able to match and surpass na
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So...the question. Are the new (what, five) generations of improvements enough to make one of these a good mul
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In reply to BoItmanLives:I'm not sire I'd go so far as to call it a "sham". It is *really* hard to g
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In reply to Stooks:"My point being that I could easily move to something like Libre Office for my now greatly
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In reply to lilmoe:It is crazy. I *want* to give them money. I don't even mind "overpriced" stuff. I find
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In reply to lilmoe:”Yes Surface is superior to Mac. Surface is superior in many key areas that only tech ner
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In reply to Waethorn:I don't disagree. But I'm development, not IT. ;) O my opinion doesn't mat
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In reply to karma77police:LibreOffice is a horrible experience for "normal users". In a corporate environment
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In reply to macguy59:Agreed. And the initial animation leaves something to be desired. “Double-clicking” t
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”The S8/Note 8 are beautiful, but Bixby is a pain, there is still a lot of bloatware, the TouchWiz interface
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In reply to Daekar:“iPhone batteries have never been user replaceable either, so if you want them 'fixe
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“... but for the folks that buy Apple stuff I think their solution is appropriate... “I once cared about t
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In reply to Waethorn:”And you believe that excuse?”I do, and I’ve seen plenty of empirical evidence to s
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In reply to Bdsrev:“Why would you spend the same amount of money to have less choice?”See...the thing is..
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In reply to Winner:I think if I were to ever try again, the then-current Pixel model would be my test phone. I
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In reply to Winner:Heh. Well I did an android experiment in 2017. Still hate it. Back to an iPhone X and I lov
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In reply to ReformedCtrlZ:“It's also very telling to me that Apple is having these issues when other ha
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In reply to Waethorn:So...your preference is for your phone to crash and reboot?I'd prefer a temporary sl
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In reply to Stooks:Holy balls. And here I’ve been swiping up and to the right like a chump for the last mont
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In my experience the notch doesn’t bother me and Face ID works well in almost every situation. In fact, I fi
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In reply to paul-thurrott:I’d consider being compared to Dvorak praise, not insult. ;)
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In reply to Bdsrev:“no one in their right mind”People value different things. Many people prefer higher pr
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In reply to ThatMouse:I feel this way as well. I’ve been working on a temporary HP 15” battleship, and I m
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In reply to Simard57:This information is appreciated. I’m actually a little concerned with the reliability i
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I think a missed point is just developers in general. Most developers can use a Linux environment. Most System
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In reply to karma77police:I am quite sure Windows will be just fine. I do not really foresee 2019 finally bein
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In reply to karma77police:Isn’t it awesome that we all have choices? :)I disagree, and find Windows 10 to be
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In reply to helix2301:I have to admit, I had about a year with a MacBook Pro 15” and I got spoiled with Touc
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In reply to rob_segal:Agreed. What I'm doing doesn’t exactly peg CPUs for long periods of time. I do ha
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Appreciate the comments, folks. I think I’ll buy an i5/8/256 but now I kinda want to wait for the LTE versio
Forum Post
Surface Pro for Web Development
Greetings,
I'm guessing there are about 83 of these threads, but I couldn't find a single one of them.
I've forever had my feet dipping in the Windows ecosystem for various reasons. But I've started a job doing Angular / Node development (primarily, there will be other languages as well). I've been given an HP laptop for work purposes (they are predominantly on the MS backend). However, I'm not enamored with its trackpad / buttons (I have to use a mouse to get any serious work done.)
I want to purchase a personal laptop to replace my aging MacBook Pro 13". I'm curious if there are any other web developers out there using a Surface Pro.
I've scoured the web (ok, at least a few searches) and have found a few things, but most of them are pretty old.
I'm curious if anyone is using a Surface Pro for development. I don't do a lot of IDE based stuff. My primary workflow involves:
- Docker (a small compose cluster of a few containers)
- terminal
- VS Code
- browser testing
- MS Office (for client docs)
- typical "internet-y" things like email, web, etc
I can't see any reasons that a decent Surface Pro wouldn't work, but the only thing I hear locally when I ask about the Surface line (from my peers) is that it's a flaminag dumpster fire. I have a feeling this is a bit of an exxageration.
I'm also considering the XPS 13 and a few of the other decent 2-in-1's, but I REALLY like the form factor of the Surface Pro.
Money isn't a *huge* factor, I could even go up to the i7 8GB RAM configuration if needed; but I'm kinda hoping someone has the i5/8GB and can tell me it's perfectly fine if you're not running too heavy (maybe a code editor and a small Docker cluster--app/db/cache).
:)
Thanks,
Curtis
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In reply to skane2600:Meh. No harm done. Honestly an iPad can’t replace a traditional computer for my profes
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In reply to skane2600:“His comment was on your "demonstration" of how easy it was to edit on an iPad Pro, so
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In reply to Darmok N Jalad:I think it is perfectly fair to criticize the article. I give Paul credit for at le
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“Of course, the real difference is that I can select a quote from a Microsoft blog post with my mouse very e
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In reply to SvenJ:It’s pretty early to know how much is going to make it into the final (also I’m not sure
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In reply to Stooks:“I get if it was the ONLY option but if touch continues and you do not use a mouse, why d
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In reply to Bats:“Harry is a full on iTard. I just recently heard him say on This week in Tech (pod cast) t
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In reply to Chris_Kez:So. What you’re saying is that the perfect representation of of “no manual organizat
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In reply to rufwork:"I'd also agree that it's strange that there are so many more quality Markdown e
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In reply to Ugur:I haven't fully thought through this, but what I'd like to see is a build target ad
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In reply to hrlngrv:Some. Yes. But the majority of people, even if they are using more traditional computing p
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"It will then be added as an option for Windows Insiders to test going forward, too."Paul! You can't just
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In reply to Luka Radunovic:The statistics I have seen disagree with you. This is an option that may actually w
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Folks, Microsoft is placing it in direct competition with:https://www.apple.com/macbook/And up against the App
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In reply to Luka Radunovic:Some appreciate a "premium" build, experience, or name and are willing to pay for i
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I find it somewhat humorous that "beats" here is defined as six points higher (on average). It's fun to s
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The iPad is nothing but a phone with a large screen.And that is exactly what 90% of "computer users" actually