There we have it everyone. Last year Microsoft 'innovated' by unvailing the Laptop (oooh ahhh) and
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Set are awful and the wrong direction for Windows.As I have not posted anything for the moderators to delete i
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Enjoy the holidays Team Thurrott and BWW.
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It looks like I got sets in the latest build. Great since I was in the control group for most of last year.
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In reply to Pbike908: For me the issue has been that getting by one lock screen reveals another that still has
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In reply to Stooks: I did not want my first post to be pages long so I skipped some info. But yes, my wif
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In reply to John_Noonan: Not a hater at all. In fact 'She just wants it to work as expected' is a r
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In reply to Stooks: We shall see indeed. Remember Windows 8 sold in the hundreds of millions but was deemed a
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The iPhone X may turn out to be Apple's Windows 8 moment.My wife skipped the 7 and has opted for the 8 pl
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I am not sure if I even know who I am anymore. I'm just lost.First, in direct answer to your topic; with
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In reply to brentboylan: Would it not be better to cloud sync the desktops and open all of them on other PCs?
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I already said this. It was not popular. The taskbar already groups this stuff. Want to sort it more? Use t
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In reply to Markiz von Schnitzel: OK, I see that. But I would want to open the app multiple times and flip be
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I always looked at the taskbar as a programs tabs area. If the taskbar has the open app, is it not redundant
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In reply to hrlngrv: oops - missed that.
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In reply to hrlngrv: No, Media Center is a whole other beast and the first example of how Microsoft will burn
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In reply to FalseAgent: I was not saying that Microsoft should have kept making IE or Media player. They had
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Yup, today you can get Edge for iOS and Android. But not Windows 7. Weird.Since Windows 98 all major componen
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Why is it that only Apple designers know that a light colored laptop should have a matching bezel? And light
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Can anyone tell me the difference between wifi calling and project fi?With IOS 9 and Android N+ my wife and ki
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Glad to see you landed here. I always enjoyed following MSPU.
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In reply to PincasX: The point is you did not get my opinion from this post alone. In fact many of us have sa
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In reply to PincasX: That was not my point. Apple says they do not want to be first with introducing feature
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So it works just like the Lumias from 2 years ago. Great Innovation.
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In reply to scottib62: so Surface Notebook? or booklet?
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What a helpful bunch huh?Yes pinning websites has worked for me and Edge remembers passwords just fine - even
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In reply to Marius_Muntean: and yet a smart speaker just came out. But MS can face competition. There are st
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What? Surface sales and use are effected by a lack of smartphone platform? Golly gosh! I sure hope it does
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U.S. only. I was waiting for that. Not hard to imagine as iOS and Android still can't use Cortana here
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ugly. Would anyone that values design (creatives) work on this? It does not inspire. It repels.
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In reply to Stooks: Sounds like Google needs to buy Evernote and bring it along. The good news? I don't
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In reply to PD_OF: I can only comment on point 1. All 3 of my children (well 2 are adults now)have moved to A
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I agree with others that the name is needed to put the bad reputation behind them. But this device does not l
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In reply to PD_OF: I'm going to order a new battery. Otherwise the 950xl can get me another 6 mo to a ye
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In reply to Stooks: When we get to the point that any cloud connection will do, Chromebooks will be enough. W
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In reply to codekoenig: I would like to be optimistic - but I won't hold my breath. For years Microsoft
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Too bad many of these apps and services are still US only after 2 years. No real option for the rest of us.Bu
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So when does this color come to Surface Laptop?
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Microsoft found amazing new ways to burn me last week. First I was amazed to find that Ignite was in Orlando.
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The interesting part about all of this is that Microsoft's own actions are leading to a lack of faith in
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If HTC wants to become a Foxconn and exit (or reduce) sales of their own devices while focusing on logistics a
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I think Google has to keep prices high to avoid stepping on partners toes the same way Microsoft has to price
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If this was "Xbox One S Forza Horizon 3 Hot Wheels Bundle featuring Disney/Pixar's Lightning McQueen" I&#
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I wonder if this is the beginning of a bigger relationship between the 2 companies? As others have pointed ou
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In reply to Dan: Once Kodi is downloaded and installed you only have to select add-ons and a content provider
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I am not sure this issue is this 'cut and dry'. I don't know copyright law (especially interna
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In reply to hrlngrv: It looks like I am wrong. As of today we can test a version of pause-and-resume between
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To me this is the difference between Microsoft, the marketing/public persona vs. Microsoft, the company.And no
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I think Microsoft's real problem is that x86 has hit a wall that is not easily moved. The bridged Window
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I'm not sue Paul understands what cool is. Cool has never been rational. The cool shoes are not comfort
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In reply to jimchamplin: I do. I only run 2 win32 programs now. Bookkeeping and light graphic editing. I ma
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I have posted here before that Microsoft had to win a market share in Mobile or die trying. I pointed to work
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I have been saying this for years, and recent developments seem to back up the idea; Cortana and Notification
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In reply to Ekim: The good news? If you get it to work the performance will be similar. :D
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Do you know what's not boring? This could run on a phone! **Cues heavy bass dance music for happy dance
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I think I can see Steve's point. Looking all the way back to Microsoft Bob and then again to the UMPC (O
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In reply to Paul Thurrott: Something new might be bad (?). It. has. to. be. Windows 10. on. ARM. C'mon.
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In reply to EZAB: I think they will. But at this point Microsoft needs to also put out a Surface version of w
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Reading anything Paul writes about Windows 'phone' lately sounds like a spurned ex-boyfriend after a
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I hope we are talking about Windows 10 (S) on ARM as the new OS. Can't wait to hear more.
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In reply to adamcorbally: I wish this were true. 2 billion android users, 1 billion ios users, 1.2 billion Wi
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In reply to bbold: Yes, this whole event looks like Build on steroids. Windows 10 on 500 million devices? Cut
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In reply to Alexander Rothacker: POS is for sale tracking only. Credit processing is manual on a remote unit.
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In reply to bbold: I have not played with this much, but did you just add your account to Groove (bottom left
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Not in Canada? On the newest fast ring build. No update available for photos. No Explore or Create 'ta
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In reply to brettscoast: In our case onedrive files were not affected. It concerned me that the local files,
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In reply to emanon2121: I agree with you. In our case we were patched fully. They got in because I had a sec
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We were hit by this. Not because we were not updated. Everything was on Windows 10 Creators Update with all th
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In reply to robincapper: You forgot Ultimate Portability | Surface (phone?|slate?) :)
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Was anyone 'Freaked'?Microsoft makes their mistakes but they have a brain.The Surface Laptop is an i
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In reply to mebby: Sure. You can also say that Apple has dropped the ball as of late with less than impressiv
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This will be a welcome delay for Microsoft's Windows S vision. Now the race is on to see if developers wi
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In reply to Polycrastinator: If the 'one Windows on any screen' project is really happening I would
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I have to think that the evidence is piling up that Windows 10 on ARM is replacing Windows 10 on phones and th
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In reply to VancouverNinja: Thanks for the heads up. I see now the pre-order is on the store site in Canada.
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In reply to Skolvikings: I understand that. But many iPhone users have their music and subscriptions with iTu
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"Each was designed to the perfect stage for Windows. Surface Laptop does this for Windows 10 S".I feel like a
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In reply to John Dunagan: Department heads: "can our laptop come in more colors? yes? good. done."
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"most exciting hardware device ever"really?detectible screen - no.Pen - no.Surface Pro keyboard aesthetic - ye
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The price is killing me - but my wife would love one (not grey). Time to get the old items on kijiji.... Any
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In reply to Narg: I don't feel it's thin. It is an example of the lack of thought that is being put
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"the fact that the iPhone is demonstrably better than any Android phone in the ways that truly matter"It is he
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There is a lot of work to do to make this appealing to Windows users. First, here in Canada, Cortana is still
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Just as Microsoft did not launch the Band as a Surface device, Google did not launch this version of Android W
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In reply to glenn8878: I wonder if tablet mode is still an option and what mode that screenshot is from?
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Anyone know why Night Light is not on Mobile?
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I wonder what happens to these apps when Windows Cloud/Win on Arm arrives? Does the legacy desktop
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dhallman's short takes --
"How Google Should Improve the Pixel 2" - step one: release it, then we'll talk
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In reply to hrlngrv: I see your point. I can't think of another version of Windows that was not emulated
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So maybe Microsoft should look at plan C - let's call it the "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" plan.
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Less Apple/Google. It's like going to a blog site about sandwiches and having them go on and
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OK, so Google is doing what is expected. Still interesting... I guess. But Microsoft and Mattel ar
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In reply to gregsedwards: If the remotes were 'brainless' but could route audio command questions/answers to t
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Personally I would like a Cortana 'command hub' with a screen for times I want to see and touch controls witho
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This is quite a jump in logic. 'Windows Phone is dead'. By name yes. Microsoft announces tha
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My hope is that this feature is coming to the Microsoft cloud and not Windows per se. And the fact that
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In reply to StagyarZilDoggo:
With some work even some DOS programs still run in Windows. So yes, Wi
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It is so much harder this time. In Win 95 DOS was downgraded but still there as a command shell for comp
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"This dGPU is allegedly suitable for video games" my son had his Surface Book when we visited a Microsoft stor
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Surface Dial took me right back to Surface's roots. The Surface Table -- the name sake of all products t
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In reply to Pierre Masse: More important: when pressed to innovate Microsoft CAN make a Surface product u
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It is good to see this phone is getting consistant reviews from generally all sources. If I were Samsung
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In reply to paul-thurrott: Looking forward to reading this! :)
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In reply to paul-thurrott: This position also misses that point that every phone has its limitations.&nbs
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Well, you may have a point on the marketing comparison. Though I held a dummy 950/xl prior to availabili
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Paul, I assume you know the phrase "giveem' what they paid for"? There is no problem with posting a revi
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I am not so sure a screen is a bad idea. A system like this should integrate with smart thermostats, security
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It may be interesting if the Surface AIO ends up being an AI-O. Kind of a bridge between Alexa and the PC. Tha
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I still want to see the Surface Phone happen. And I will buy it if it comes out. My 950XL is just
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In reply to ldsands:
I have had this thought as well. Or they could spin off the OS and hardware divisio
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Actuall, this report says PC sales are picking up again: http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/09/16/in