yeah, outside the US it's pretty much the default messaging app for the rest of the world, and it has replaced


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I guess this does not have the most important feature that IMO Outlook (whatever version) is missing, a unifie
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These articles are such great reads! The Windows 8 saga makes me think of Windows 11. As much as those who lik
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Far from it, Androit flagships are coming back strongly (cheap ones have never gone away), mainly thanks to Sa
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Still a niche device for work in the great scheme of things
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That's a different thing actually. The mentioned loss was in their financial investment in other companies. Co
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Yes, the $1.07bn dollar loss was mainly on investments in Lyft and ADT.
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Jobs died in October 2011, not 2010, just after the announcement of the iPhone 4s
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Great content Paul. It's interesting how Jobs said that the netbooks were slow, implying the the iPad was (muc
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Sounds a lot like the Google Entertainment Space found in some Android tablets
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Man, I laughed so much at the one-legged user toilet... 🤣
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it works with Samsung tablets
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My vista laptop was great. But it was a core duo quad with 4GB RAM. A lot of the hate about vista was from peo
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iPad mini 4 is extremely slow on iPadOS 15. I don't know which OS version you are on, but if you have the batt
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I am so glad to have an Android phone and not be stuck in that Apple ecosystem...
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I am especially waiting for a lighter M2 model (12in macbook weight with a 13in screen)
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Absolutely agree, the sanction should be as hard as possible, and should not be removed until Putin is Preside
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Except on recent Samsung tablets, especially flagships ones. The S8 lite will get until Android 16, plus one a
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I bet they will mention the measures at the March event
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great news, the non native version was so bad that I uninstalled completely from my M1 mini
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Very curious to see how this much faster ARM chip will compare to Intel
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For me the strategy is very simple. I have 12 Windows 10 devices, of which only 2 are supported and only aroun
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You are missing the fact that some people are talking about 2025 not about 2022...
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Totally agree. I use both Windows and MacOS daily. And I have for years. But there are features that are clear
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Problem with Samsung is that they listen too much to reviewers complains. They complained about the plastic ba
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Agreed, this is a non issue and just a reason to hate Samsung
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AMD is still smaller than Apple's Airpods business
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The S5e is probably the best value for video watching. In a recent Macrumors forum post I suggested that to a
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I don't think active development itself is the real reason why older versions are deprecated. The main reason
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I think there is an exception where Android (especially Samsung tablets) are better than iPads: video watching
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Great reply Paul! Btw, I love the article!
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I suspect that too. The question is, was is connected to the Internet? Some stores here where I leave still us
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I don't think he meant on display, I think he meant used by staff
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Not trying to be pedantic, but the expression is not quarter of quarter etc. but quarter on quarter and year o
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it's high time the mid tier gave 1080p.... HD is 720p.... only premium gives 1080p and more if supported
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Hi Paul, does it have pen input? That's the make it or break it thing for me...
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We'll see if Apple is indeed going to implement another solution that does not require a watch in the future,
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it does more than that, this drags files too, and honestly MWB was never very reliable (and I tried it a lot..
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Won't be uptading to Monterey before this feature is available...
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I have Luna (USB C and HDMI) dongles and updated to check. Magic keyboard support has not really improved othe
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I tend to agree with you on this Paul. Some are skeptical that x86 can ever be as efficient as ARM, and while
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I don't think Microsoft can be blamed for not trying. They tried with Nvidia 10 years ago. It failed miserably
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I am much less optimistic. Many software vendors, very probably most, will NOT move unless they are obliged to
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Interesting article Paul. While I am not ask skeptical as you sound, I have been warning the Qualcomm/Nuvia op
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This has double the speed of a Raspberry Pi
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I will try to do this on my 7th gen laptop... in 2025.... I am perfectly fine with W10, and I won't take the r
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Battery is exactly the same as the Surface pro 8, same tests, same results. Probably in part thanks to the low
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Full hd at this price it's tough even for Chinese brands, let alone Microsoft
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unless they want a tablet in the first place...
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Schools don't work like that, they don't buy a tablet and then buy cheap keyboards covers etc. They buy a devi
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The reason is very simple: cost. 16:9 dispays are quite a bit cheaper, especially at this price point. The Chr
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Well the developer of the best iPad video editor is porting Lumafusion to Android, I think it's a great start.
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It took foldable, including the rumored pixel one, to push google to do this. Given that a big developer is no
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except that now they are making a foldable, so this time is different
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I guess the title should read revenues, not earnings
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I am not as optimistic as you seem to be when it comes to the time it takes to implement this in their future
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M1 Extreme
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because that's revolutionary in laptops and one of the most important thing for any device with a battery
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I think Apple will be supporting Apple Silicon for longer, probably up to 10 years, which is at least as much
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100% agree
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there is no guarantee that windows 11 is going to provide updates for unsupported devices and may either brick
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Things are not just black or white, there are a lot of individuals that (also) work with their PCs, and most n
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I bought the HDMI dongle in Spring (for my Windows desktop), but it's shipping only now and I also just ordere
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I expect a spike in growth in 4 years with the end of support of Windows 10. As for Mac, I am very curious to
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Much of this does not matter to most Windows 10 users, as they would gladly NOT upgrade to Windows 11 and keep
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How old? My 2017 laptop will be 8 year old in 2025, it is a good reason to stop using it? No!My 2012 laptop wi
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I also recommend StartAllBack as an alternative to this. Their previous version for windows 8 (startisback) wa
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these are completely different connectors, the keyboard one has changed so you'll need the new keyboard, just
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pen is compatible, keyboard cover is not (except the pro x one)
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I am worried that the additional weight (2 pounds now, almost 900 gr) makes the surface pro 8 quite uncomforta
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I have been doing it for 2 weeks, they told me to be patient and that if the problem cannot be solved "we will
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I just discovered this. I have been an alpha member since the beginning with no intention for that to change a
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The EU is probably the only body that can force Apple to align with this global port and not let get away with
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They are not stupid at the EU, if you remove the port, wireless charging would become the (only and therefore
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Wrong, this is about devices charging port
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The shape of the connector will in no way hinder innovation (we have seen it already)
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it's not just thinness it's also bezels, apparently it's extremely hard to make a USB A port with thin bezels
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surprisingly, I have noticed that many make the same mistake, like if we were still in 2020, not soon at the e
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Great, this is already the case in France, notably for battery replacements. Hope more countries will follow..
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Given how thin this thing looks it's either a redesigned pro or a new pro x (I doubt it's a new pro x since th
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No you are not alone. I have a 4th gen i7 with 32GB RAM, an SSD and a 6TB HDD (and an RTX GPU). Come 2024 it w
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I also have a 4th gen i7 with 32GB RAM, I'll leave it on 10 until 2025 then will upgrade to 11 to get security
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what is not clear is if a clean install will be necessary, my guess is yes, which will discourage some people
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because some people want to keep their hardware past 2025, not necessarily upgrading now
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They don't need to innovate, they need to stay relevant and the world is moving to a better performance per wa
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100% agree with lvthunder, and I have been saying the same all over youtube. This slippery slope theory sounds
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What you don't realize is that all this theory you are make has little importance if your Win32 apps run absol
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you are wrong, I am using on my M1 Mac mini and the perforamnce is better than in many of my Windows laptops,
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Yes you have a much more cost effective option, which I use everyday…. Remote desktop into a Windows PC with
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like any other remote desktop… the big difference is that parallels will keep working without an Internet co
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The minimum option I would get is 16GB RAM and 256GB SSD which is $75 per month or $900 per month. Well that's
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Macrumors quote both IDC and Canalys as sources
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While my first desktop was from 1992 (IBM PS/1 80286), my first laptop was from 2002 (athlon XP 1400+, somewha
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It's strange how Macrumors says, based in part on the same source, that "iPad sales continued to surge last qu
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The reason while MS is promoting the search feature so much is (and has been in Windows 10 too) the fact that
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Problem is that by late 2022 Apple will have their M chip based on A16 (whether it's M2 or, more likely, M3 by
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I think TPM is not a big issue. Yes it affects a few desktop builders, but it's a small minority (and I am par
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This was the original end of support date given in 2015, but nobody cared much about it back then since they s
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Hopefully this will power their future high end tablets. Their upcoming Tab S8 ultra is a feat of engineering
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there is a touch option, but it's a bit heavier...
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Paul, it would be great if Lenovo sends you the new Thinkpad Titanium X1 yoga, which is another 3.2 competitor
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In reply to wolters:same here, book 2 15 at home, elite x2 (surface pro clone) on the go. No more 16.9
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I wasn't expecting to see Panos at the event....
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In reply to paul-thurrott:I am afraid it will not be possible... I don't think it will ever be possible
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In reply to lvthunder:you will see when they add more thunderbolt ports, SD card and HDMI (it's already r
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In reply to will:me too, and my guess is that when Apple redesigns their Macbooks with small bezels, more port
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In reply to harmjr:Nuance has become world number one in Text to Speech thanks to the acquisitions of some big
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In reply to Michael_Jones:the reason why those iPads are buggy is mainly RAM. I have several 2GB RAM iPads and
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In reply to will:Same, Surface Connect has the advantage of being magnetic, and if you have pets or children t
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In reply to bluvg:If he is the right person, the pandemic might have given them the additional leeway to stir
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Yes, there is a lot of hype about M1 macs but the truth is that PCs give you so much more. Mac users would dre
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It's sad that after having moved to 13in with their thinkpad tablet they are now back at 12.3... Sure, th
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Nothing really new here for most devices... It was already supposed to be the case when they announced the 3 y
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In reply to codymesh:I don't care about Apple (I am Windows and Android guy) but I think companies should
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In reply to jwpear:most people use and will keep using Windows devices because they buy pc under $1000, often
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In reply to proftheory:and what's the point? with what apps? It would just be RT 2.0 but with a different
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In reply to lvthunder:it seems unlikely to me.... Windows already emulates (in hardware) 32bit apps (while the
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I don't see any positive outcome for Windows on Arm. I had the same feeling for Windows on Mobile... and
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My guess is that end of support (also) means that they won't fix it if a Windows updates breaks something
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In reply to chaad_losan:Apple claims have historically been much closer to reality than MS ones, both in terms
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In reply to mattbg:What is the selling point here? The macbook air is much cheaper than X1 Carbon, they a
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In reply to barrywohl:never gonna happen...
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In reply to toukale:totally agree with toukale on this subject... and to those that speak of fair conditions,
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In reply to cavalier_eternal:which is very debatable, especially ouside of the US...
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Hi Paul as far as miracast is concerned, I think it might also be a matter of old vs new standards. I have an
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In reply to Chris_Kez:yes, but there are elements that people neglect when looking at specs that can significa
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In reply to RobotRaccoon:I hope Microsoft will never have the "courage" to remote the surface connect port, th
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My setup is pretty unusual. I have a surface pro clone (HP elite X2, 12in, 1280p) connected to a 22in monitor
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I may sound like a Samsung fanboy but I don't mide app duplications, I can shoose what I prefer for each
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In reply to coeus89:You can already choose the default app in GMAIL, but the problem is that the only browsers
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In reply to techreader:Fortunately you got that wrong. The new policy not only extended OS upgrades but also s
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In reply to wolters:The camera on the note is not just "close", it's better in every way. Online camera c
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I like small phones, like the S10e, the pixel 4a or the iphone 11 pro (I have and love the s10e). So any of th
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China is buying time so that Tiktok is not sold before the elections and once Trump is not reelected it will b
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Paul, you mentioned a very important point about the Duo. It's hard to be productive without a physical k
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Paul, despite its shortcomings, the duo is an interesting and unique device that can allow people to do things
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855 is perfectly fine, people who complain just don't know that it is very close to 865, but it will be a
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For me this phone has the perfect size: 5.8in bezel-less, the perfect compromise between comfort and screen si
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these childish vertical videos are cancer.... hope the acquisition will make them fade away...
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QC 4.0 was already supposed to be the revolution and include USB PD. How much have we seen it? I wouldn't
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In reply to Vadalus:it will need the battery to be split into two packs in series to allow twice the voltage t
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In reply to compunut:QC 4.0 already including USB PD, so it is supposed to be even wider than just PD. Problem
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In reply to dstrauss:No, it's 70% more efficient so it could actually wear the battery less than the pre
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Yeah, I do agree with you, Panos is the closest thing to Jobs and Apple's style that Microsoft ever had..
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And this is with the ipad chip... which, as Craig said in his interview, show how good Apple is when « i
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In reply to john_m:they are already testing macos on a docked iphone in a sort of "dex" modehttps://twitter.co
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In reply to AKAJoelReed:You are stating as facts what is just you (unfounded) assumptions... Apple wouldn'
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In reply to oscar999:that's mainly a US problem, here in Europe Windows dominates schools and universitie
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I'll give you my recent experience with this... One of my laptops is on 1909 and Windows asked me to rebo
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I think MS will never be able to do what Apple did... Since they do not make all, and not even most, of window
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In reply to paul-thurrott:Agreed. There will always be people that don't like change. I think making the
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In reply to BLeduc:It would be interesting to know exactly what those licences entail... Having said that, App
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In reply to joeaxberg:regarding the last sentence, lol, that would be the ultimate slap in the face...
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In reply to OldITPro2000:looks like it was done on purpose.... like clearly, we will not mention Windows... wo
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if this is just parallels remote like on ipad, it will just be a competitor for chrome remote desktop, which y
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In reply to mattbg:I don't care about apps... I could do everything on a surface. The problems are lappab
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For those who say that a surface pro can be the only device I'll give my experience.I used a surface pro
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Why on earth does it work with S9 but not S10??
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I think Apple has a vision that goes beyond just Macs with this transition... Saving money on CPUs is only pa
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In reply to doubledeej:to each his own, personally I have 32bit versions of virtually everything I use...
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In reply to paul-thurrott:Paul, I respectfully disagree with you on this... For a device like the surface go,
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In reply to PCDoesWhat:I am part of “team small” too. I am in love with my S10e and I hope it can last me
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Wise decision. Given how much people have criticized MS for the compatibility issues with the Surface pro X it
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I think this is just the beginning. The big changes are coming once the rumored ARM Mac will be out between th
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In reply to AnOldAmigaUser:Yes, and logitech has a keyboard with trackpad and kickstand combo for the 10.2in i
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Hi Paul, I tend to agree with you. In a website full of Windows fan like this, iPads are often seen as toys...
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In reply to RobertJasiek:My guess is that A8(X) devices will be dropped this year... After all the Air 2 is al
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In reply to goodbar:Same here, bought it for even less than that and gave it to my mother. Guess she will keep
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In reply to txag:It's also hardware... Ipad are also loved because they are light, powerful and have grea
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Never gonna happen... OEMs would start selling pc without OS so that people can install windows 7 open source.
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Interesting initiative Paul! I still remember your comments on Windows Weekly when 7 came out...My Windows 7 "
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I really liked the part about the end of traditional publishing. Hope you can write more about it in the futur
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In reply to AnOldAmigaUser:Great post. Chrome is where it is largely because of google nagging people using th
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I have the bluetooth keyboard thing and use it daily because it has great range and allows me to use a pc that
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In reply to MikeCerm:I think the mistake is not to have a 7w ARM CPU, but to put a 38wh battery inside. This i
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In reply to Vladimir:because of different generations. SB2 is on 8th gen, while the i5 in the pro 7 is 10th ge
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Paul you are so right about the X300, I have a x301 and it was such a fantastic machine at that time. You made
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My 2 cents:I think first impressions when embargo is lifted are important, never mind if others abuse of the t
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In reply to Simard57:I don't use that port since it only give 1A, Microsoft should put 5 more watts there
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Hi Paul, I have read your impressions and those of the Verge, and I am starting to believe that what I hope f
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In reply to lvthunder:apparently, if they have to, they can find the resources...
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In reply to Andi:While I don't wish them to fail, I definitely don't feel sorry. Too many devs in th
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Mediocre options? The i5 and i7 used in pixelbooks so far have been just rebranded core m5 and m7 and the diff
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Amazing article Paul. Looking forward to reviews of the 15" Laptop and Pro X. Could you see if the duo has a h
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In reply to MikeCerm:They should have just made it slightly less thin and put a bigger battery inside. Crazy m
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The level of excitement even surpassed the 2015 presentation of surface book
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In reply to jgraebner:Yeah, very possible, let’s hope so
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In reply to sgbassett:Old programs should run well. It's the newest one, the 64bits only ones that will n
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I am afraid that with the thinner bezels you cannot attach the type cover to the bottom bezels anymore, making
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In reply to jaredthegeek:Open a ton of tabs in Chrome? If it’s like the previous pixel it’s just an i7y (f
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Paul, Apple did not slim the bezels of the ipad. They stretched the body to make it fit the 10.5 keyboard. I e
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In reply to Jeffsters:the concept of "next big thing" is tricky. Hardware wise, the only real big thing (that
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In reply to Thom77:as others said, you completely missed the point. Smartphones is a saturated market and ther
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In reply to SvenJ:Just for your information, this option does not give you 30. It gives you back 20. The other
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Not surprising, all my 10+ windows machines were on 1803, except my surface 3 on 1809, some upgraded finte to
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removing the jack with no equivalent alternative is stupid. Fortunately for me the S10e is a great phone and c
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Contrary to some here, I don't care about AMD, as I don't care about GPU power (no gaming, no video
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In reply to Stooks:Stooks you are not up-to-date on Windows on ARM. Things have changed a lot. 8cx is on par w
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In reply to BigM72:Even better than that, the tests I have seen so fare are more in line with quad core i5 per
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In reply to BigM72:Yes, and stand-by time. How about a surface with 1 month stand-by time? The big advantage o
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In reply to mmcpher:"His genius was in seeing the broader dynamics of the bigger picture" I tend to disagree.
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In reply to DarrellPrichard:it has always worked fine with windows for me, and most people owning an ipad own
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In reply to WP7Mango:many reports say it is
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In reply to Simard57:iPads have not failed, they are a big business and are getting better and better. The con
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In reply to John_Noonan:As I said in the other comment, we are not talking Android tablets here. Those were ab
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In reply to Chaoticwhizz:We are not talking Android tablets here. Those were abandoned by Google a while ago.
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In reply to ghostrider:have downvote from a non apple fan... this is a blessing for users and still leave them
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In reply to Stooks:Text selection has been confirmed to work, and you can set what to do with mouse buttons in
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In reply to Stooks:Text selection has been confirmed to work, and you can set what to do with mouse buttons in
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In reply to Stooks:mouse support was added as an accessibility feature, see my comment in the premium comments
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In reply to jaredthegeek:mouse support was added as an accessibility feature, see my post below
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Guys, guys... Mouse support has been added to IOS 13 as an accessibility feature, as expected. It was not anno
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In reply to skane2600:no, most sites do not have responsive designs. At best, most big websites do...
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"a multi-day Windows laptop does sound incredibly appealing."For me I would be more than happy with a truly fu
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I copy my comment here, as I wrote it in the Standard section, but I have noticed that sometimes my comments g
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Paul, thanks for the great article, but I still have a big doubt, and I don't know if you have the answer
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Brad, I am surprised to hear something like this from you! "The latest chips from Qualcomm, the 8cx, have
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In reply to jacob:Generally? Definitely not, If you are ready to endure anything to have MacOS, sure... Mac us
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In reply to locust infested orchard inc:I follow any new tech device that comes out (I have got tons of them..
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In reply to feedtheshark:I have 4 ipads and use all of them, I use my 9.7 pro as pen an paper and as portable
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In reply to RobertJasiek:Yes, laminated screen for both and reduced reflectance too, no camera bump, but camer
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Regarding Windows Lite, it does not make any sense and will go nowhere, as Windows RT and Windows S did. And n
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In reply to BigM72:make it 360, and it will be the only 360 laptop on the market with a usable portrait screen
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This goes from annoying stuff to actually a very useful hardware button
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In reply to locust infested orchard inc:I'll take the ipad any day. This maybe second (not too much infor
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Great series for premium members! I was missing the premiums posts lately and this is great news. Looking forw
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In reply to Chris_Kez:Yes, that's the make it or break it for me... I am perfectly fine with them keeping
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In reply to wright_is:You said "It is also not good to keep them charging on the mains when they are full.&nbs
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In reply to Finley:There is a misconception about "finite number of cycles". The battery will wear out progres
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Paul, let me tell you about the batteries, as it's a subject with lots of confusion on the web... The bes
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It has never stopped working or being available on the stores. I have been continuing using it with no issues
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In reply to paul-thurrott:Just out of curiosity, do you use the basic layout or some theme in gmail? Gmail use
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Hi Paul, first let me tell you, google is adding inbox features to gmail (https://9to5google.com/2019/02/01/go
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In reply to JG1170:The price will go down and I doubt Nokia and Motorola will have something with the same qua
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In reply to CoreyP:Agreed, I think this will replace my S7 (the last with a flat screen) once the price is und
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In reply to ecumenical:The idea is good but this implementation is crap. The device is way too small both as a
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In reply to RobertJasiek:Sadly replacable batteries are more and more rare, especially in tablet PCs. However
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I have Surface 2, 3 and pro 3 plus a surface clone (HP Elite X2). What I can say is that if you don’t use th
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In reply to goodbar:I would be very curious too. Like her I prefer small and light and I have found Samsung la
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for me it would be woth it only if you have at least the same control on updates that you have on Windows pro
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In reply to Informed:Great post man, thanks for saying so well what I have been trying to say here and elsewhe
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In reply to RobertJasiek:2 weeks LOL It takes a few minutes to put windows 10 at the same level as windows 7 a
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In reply to SocialDanny123:it would make no economic sense to MS. Most people will either stay wit W7 or would
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In reply to nefch:exacty, this is more than a year old
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In reply to bharris:right, not for personal use, but for school they are... at least here in Europe (Chromeboo
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In reply to bharris:A lot of people are above 25 or will be at some point. And under 25 many are students. Any
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I repeat my predictions, they will come with a smaller and cheaper version of the XR (in addition to the curre
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In reply to hrlngrv:Yeah, except that these 2 laptops came with Home without any option for pro at purchase...
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Paul, "ads" are a minor issue, they are mainly suggestions and I don't see them often. However Windows 10
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No, the bezels was slightly increased to fit this webcam, but that's what they should have done from the
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Don't agree at all with this view and I talk as someone who owns a notebook 9.I am see too many people on
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Mehedi this is no Macbook air clone and, above all, this is nothing new. We had it in 2017, except that the 20
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Paul, you should read this interesting article by the Verge https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/2/18165866/apple-i
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I guess there is some confusion here. This is a cable, not a charger. A cable cannot give watts, that is done
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In reply to BeckoningEagle:20 something? 45 billions!! That would have been a disaster... Indeed, MS should th
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So much pessimism here.... Personally I think it will end up like opera, where you can take chrome extensions
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In reply to JHancox:I am in Europe, and like many, I have an unlimited plan. An additional SIM to share my unl
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In reply to Daekar:Same here... Totally happy with my 820 (S7). Looking forward to the 860 on Windows beating
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this is the future of mobile productivity devices. This and the ipad if Apple decides to make IOS really pro..
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In reply to thewarragulman:I have listened to the book through Siri on my iPad, maybe it's not as good as
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In reply to Robert_Wood:Almost all my (many) devices have matte screen protectors, I always wonder why most pe
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I am looking forward to 2 surface devices that have not been rumored. A 360° surface laptop and and surface g
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In reply to remc86007:Given that reports of the SN850 say it's faster that the surface go even with x86 i
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In reply to brad-sams:Thanks a lot, I will be reading on an ipad (I don't have a Kindle). Will buy it now
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HI Brad, what format will the digital copy be in? PDF? epub?
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In reply to bmallon007:Me it's the contrary, I would only consider this if it's the size of the smal
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In reply to karma77police:Way too many assumptions here karma, tons of people have iphones and windows PCs...
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In reply to warren:Warren, that's a very simplistic view to say the least... The big leap in performance
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I would like a $1000 Surface go, with core m3/i5, 8GB ram, 256GB SSD and LTE. Guess I'll have to wait (an
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In reply to Chris_Kez:That was not the right word, sorry. I meant not making a successor to the iphone 6/7/8..
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Not surprised. It was even obvious. Discontinuing the iphone 8 was a big mistake. As was no more iphone se. 2
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There is an important point that is overlooked here. Geekbench is good only to measure short burst speed. How
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I can't believe people buy the idea of this being an update to the macbook air. This is just a 12in macbo
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I think there is huge confusion about this topic and many comments show it... Google never said OEMs have to p
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999 for 4GB of RAM? They went crazy... Even if it had a core i9... I got my Samsung notebook 9 (from which I a
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I use different passwords for my most important services and rely on Chrome for the rest. I don't want to
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Good riddance
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In reply to MikeGalos:Agreed, this is not the most appropriate comparison, the Thinkpad extreme is a competito
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In reply to wright_is:Which means they have limited choice as most laptops do not support TB3 yet. That's
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Paul, while sometimes I don't agree with you, here I definitely do. This was probably a way to keep costs
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In reply to Mark from CO:Yes, you are missing something. MS is trying to push Cortana, which is hard to do on
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In reply to TEAMSWITCHER:Most normal people and businesses couldn't care less about USB C (they do care a
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In reply to mattbg:I have been saying this for a while. USB C is good only for charging, but to be honest the
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The enthusiast community is going to destroy them with criticism for not adding USB C.... For me it's mo
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Beautiful laptop, but with a deal-breaker for me... the angle is too narrow... you cannot push the screen back
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Let's be honest. For connecting peripherals USB A is still king. Thunderbolt 3 is only really a nice thin
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Hi Brad, will the price stay the same as the pre-order or it will change?
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In reply to RobertJasiek:mirroring display is a easy fix.... all my non matte displays have anti-glare screen
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In reply to ivan19998:That guy is clueless and has no credibility for reviewing such a product, see my comment
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In reply to karma77police:man what are you going to do when windows 7 is no longer supported in 1,5 years, com
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In reply to Nonmoi:Yes, an android "productivity-oriented" 10" tablet for 650$ ? Surface go destroys this comp
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In reply to christian.hvid:A real A4 is half way between 4:3 and 3:2 (3.5:2.5), measure it yourself
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In reply to Yaggs:This is true but in internet explorer it's as fast as Chrome. Why? Because google has n
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In reply to christian.hvid:Yes, Paul definitely takes a consumer perspective, but does not specify it, to the
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what are we dreaming about? a full pc that has a decent keyboard and usable screen size and can fit in a pocke
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In reply to glenn8878:outdated products, like any decent wifi mouse? or virtually any pen drive? Speaking of i
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In reply to Thom77:That's what I have been saying all over the internet these days, and especially on you
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Quite a few negative comments, but mainly based on a misunderstanding of this product. First of all, the eleph
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In reply to sandeepm:they didn't merge, it's actually QC that supports PD, so if anything PD would b
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Let me make some predictions:At this price there is no way this is going to be core M. And given Intel situati
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As many here (at least in the premium side of the comments), I am a happy subscriber and this is the only site
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In reply to Simard57: Absolutely agree. My new desktop is a 17inch laaptop and as a laptop I have now the ligh
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In reply to paul-thurrott:I think it's fair to put these "ads" to use Edge for MS. Google does every time
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On a traditional laptop 3:2 is generally a better option, especially for 14" sizes and below. But on a convert
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In reply to RonH:Same here. Galaxy S7 still working great. And no "no headphone jacks"
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In reply to karma77police:The expected stupid comments from the Desktop First and Gaming guys... Hopefully thi
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In reply to waclark57:I had bought the Switch alpha 12... cheap, but crappy device. I returned it. Poor batter
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the problem with the surface is that it is not ideal as an "only" device, since you can not expand it, unless
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This is an exact copy of the desktop app (that works also on windows 7) What I don't like is the lack of
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In reply to KeepMyCoat:I know little about Linux but to patch Spectre, the motherboard manufacturer has to iss
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KeepMyCoat you're making lots of confusion.... I am in a hurry right now, but just to say that no, MS can
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There is a big misunderstanding about performance impact. People think it's CPUs, It's not. It'
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In reply to dhr2018:they are usually announced around (but not necessarily at) MWC, and last year S8 was annou
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You forgot to mention an important point. To make it thinner Dell reduced the battery from 60 to 52wh... And y
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You can have 20+ hours battery with Intel 8th gen today with the recently announced Samsung notebook 9 and LG
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Apart from color choice, the new samsung notebook 9 beats the SL in every department (power, battery life, wei
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In reply to Bdsrev:Man, you are trying to invent your own definition of generation. A generation is not a chan
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In reply to JG1170:A lot more? Really? Mobile devices drain battery when in standby... My samsung notebook dra
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The notebook 9 was already one of the very best laptops around, but these improvements make it a no brainer...
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In reply to SRLRacing:Perfectly agree, in my case, I am even still perfectly fine with my galaxy S4 and hope t
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For me the key issue is how 845 powered PCs will compare to Intel Core M. If these devices are in Atom/Celeron
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I am not sold on always connected devices. Except for business people, most people will not want to pay an add
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I see a big plus but also some big minuses... The big plus is the price. The minus are the weight (over 3 poun
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In reply to Vladimir:what's the point of connecting it to a 1080ti? An external GPU? a 1080ti would be se
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In reply to wolters:nobody cares about security updates in Android, it's not Windows, just use the store
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In reply to Tim:I guess he means with Windows, which is not possible...
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much lower pricing? In Europe it starts at almost 1200€ and goes to almost 2600€ for the 512GB model, It
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2.76lbs (1.25kg) wow, this is light for 13.5" ! And small bezels. Wish they have a high end version of this wi
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The new Cube Thinker i35 is a surface book clone that is not detachable and that offers the same surface book
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In reply to sgbassett:The problem with Hi13 is that it is also over 50% heavier than the tablet portion of the
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I keep on repeating this and apparently I am not alone. It would be stupid for MS to replace the surfaceconnec
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Definitely agree here, the main limitation of ipads is... IOS. As much as I love my ipad pro 3 12.9 (larger an
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Paul, as the Verge said after your tweet (and I have been saying that for months) why do you assume that the p
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In reply to wbhite:agree, it's a mess
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Just a laptop??? That's what Panos said for surface book. No way they are going to do that. A convertible
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19.5 hours of battery like for the full hd model is probably in power saving mode, with 0 brightness and no WI
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In reply to Waethorn:
Yes, but 980, though between 1060 and 1070, is very close to 1060 et pretty far from 107
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4k at this screen size is a waste of money IMO (except for a small minority of people that need it for their w
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As you could expect, here is someone that disagrees with your point. Samsung had been producing phones well be
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Impossible to install... Maybe it requires Android 6.0 or above?
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In reply to Meir Pletinsky:
Your example does not work, a phone is far from replacing a 1500$ laptop (or
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Not gonna happen, at least not before many many years. Intel struggles with phones but not in tablets and it's
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In reply to Brad Sams:
Add me up to those interested in premium articles only. That's why I subscribed. I am n
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Nowadays paid antivirus are only for people that know little about computers. Defender was good, then less goo
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In reply to maethorechannen:
"By that logic, we should have stuck with PS2 ports."
Bad comparison. USB A has b
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In reply to paul-thurrott:
Nobody is against the move to USB C. I said my next pc has to have USB C or I am no
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No Paul, the choice made by Apple was the wrong one. You know very well that devices like the new 360 etc leav
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In reply to Shmuelie:
TB3 works only over type C. The fastest you can have on type A is USB 3.1 gen 2 (10 Gb/s
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While I often agree with you, here I do disagree Paul. Sure Tb3 is great and I am not buying any new laptop/co
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For the same price as the 4GB RAM Surface 3 ($599), you can get a 12" Acer Switch alpha 12 with a Core i3, tru
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In reply to abdulla77:
you didn't understand the new Surface Book. It's not a Surface Book 2, it's just a new
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In reply to Narg:
Yes, sorry, I posted in the wrong article, still a 965m is a definte improvement over the pr
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This will allow gaming at 1280p. Still strange that they went with 980m. Pascal 1060 has lower thermal require
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No SP5, but it seems that SP4 will be upgraded, according to Amazon... https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?keywor
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For me higher resolution doen't mean better screen. as even my SP3 has a resolution which is too high for some
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As I have already said commenting another article, business will not move away from PCs for decades to come. A
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I use both Chrome and Firefox on all my Windows devices (plus Edge on those with windows 10), only Chrome in A
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My SP3 had replaced my ipad air as a pdf viewer for sheet music and for pdf document (for work). But it was st
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In reply to lvthunder:
Agree, the vast majority of businesses, most freelancers and most students need a pc (o