It's a vicious cycle and before you know it you start to like the walled garden. Good thing they refuse to coo
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Wonder how that compares to the Microsoft Store...
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That shoe hasn't dropped yet...
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You can get a brand new, AT&T locked 256gb Duo from buydig for $469 - that's basically a give away. Seeing
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Same here, but coming from an iPhone 11 Pro (only $600) but all the rest of the goodies, as long as I added th
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Anyone else think of the Wizard of Oz - "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!"Or maybe this one - "
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iPadOS 15 was a complete bust - not one single feature to address the new M1 iPad Pro: no external monitor sup
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I agree with bkkcanuck and lvthunder - it may look like MS is copying Apple, but at the very best it is a benc
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Great review. I've been using mine since November (a $1299 BestBuy flash sale model with 4k OLED, i7, 16gb RAM
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Sun Valley = sunburn? Seems like every major UI change there is breakage and chaos. Sorry Brad, but being "exc
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An interesting choice, but as a user of Surface Pro, Surface Go 2, and iPads galore, spring for a keyboard/cas
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AKA - Qualcomm called the ministry and said "Block this abomination or we'll turn off all your Qualcomm m
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It's quite an eye-opener to see that nearly no one is willing to recommend a Surface device. If she didn&
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What's the big deal here Paul? Does Amazon have to make Kindle DRM free so you can use their books anywhe
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Dear Paul & Brad - huge mistake guys. You have now been replaced.All kidding aside, your wives are natural
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In reply to NazmusLabs:Ever consider just using 6 digits in YRMODY order so years, months, and days sort autom
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In reply to paul-thurrott:You are correct but you're missing the point. If someone WANTS integration acro
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In reply to paul-thurrott:I agree 100% . The price/value proposition on the HP Spectre x360 13.5 has been extr
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In reply to Chris_Kez:Guilty as charged Chris - just couldn't resist because this 2-in-1 is a game change
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I have been using mine for nearly six weeks, and I have to add a few observations (TL&DR - productivity wo
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Curious - why do Dell and HP have proprietary software to allow at least some file transfers from iPhone to th
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So what's the advantage to this over just using the MS Office 365 suite on Android?
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In reply to wright_is:Yes, it is well reasoned decision on a limited record. I would not take much comfort, if
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It's so funny to watch these elephants (Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon) stampeding against one another
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A few well placed campaign contributions and/or direction of opinions online and this will all disappear in th
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In reply to MartinusV2:I agree - why wouldn't this shorten battery life dramatically if used routinely?
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I'd be a lot more sure of it if they cut 1/2" off the top and bottom bezels...
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"On WOA, the picture is very different. WOA has to account for some tiny sub-1 percent of market share in the
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In reply to jimchamplin:My daughter has been a Mac user since high school (the original "Black Mac") and Apple
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In reply to AKAJoelReed:I think the key here is that the very first Axx Mac will be the 13" MacBook Pro. That
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They could have at least waited a full week after WWDC...I realize they had almost minimal traffic compared to
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In reply to nbplopes:"Its more a question of practicing your muscle memory to get the most efficient interacti
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Why is there such a disconnect about the Surface Go 2?The question has been asked in the iPad universe almost
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Sure makes the productivity usability improvements in iPad OS look better and better, especially if Neo/Win10X
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In reply to VancouverNinja:Although I am a big proponent of the dynamic duo, I don't see the threat to iP
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Spot on Paul. For many "knowledge workers" they will find that this is a better alternative to the surface Go
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In reply to RobertJasiek:In all honesty there are very few 3:2, 4:3, or even 16:10 devices out there. I would
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I am a six week owner of the Best Buy HP Spectre x360. I got a great deal at $1699, but it also was on sale tw
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As soon as I post this comment, I am cancelling my premium subscription. I understand the personal experience
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Paul - hope you'll keep shooting away - you have posted some pretty amazing vacation photos in the past s
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In reply to jgraebner:Yes, these "pressers" are getting to be boring and monotonous. Until someone invents ind
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Oh come on folks - you have got to be kidding me:Did we really need to go from RS-232 and parallel port to USB
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From the perspective of an electric car owner (technically a plug in hybrid Honda Clarity - 50 miles EV then h
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I still say if Panos comes out in a blazer over a black turtleneck, we will finally see Centaurus as he pulls
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Guess this is nice, as long as you are lucky enough to live near a MS store (a mere 300 mile one way journey f
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I must be a real simpleton, because that sure reads like Microsoft missed being Google 1.0 by an eyelash...
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Paul - can't wait for your review. I fell for Lenovo's Labor Day Sale and got a good discount on an
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In reply to wright_is:Bill Nye is kind of the Mr. Rogers of science - speaking to that same generation of youn
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How well is this going to work with non-Samsung Windows 10 devices? Will the seamless continuity (pun intended
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Nightmares...nightmares...the early days (decades?) were like an upside down house of cards. Expanded vs exten
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Amazing how they mock Apple for a couple of years, then become "me too" - is the notch next...
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In reply to ndelena:Why is it so hard to just stop writing at the curve - even if the went "flat" they wouldn&
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In reply to paul-thurrott:That's because the majority of users today were born during that formative peri
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That camera "bump" is all of 1-2mm; why in heavens don't the manufacturers make the whole case flush with
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In reply to paul-thurrott:Maybe I'm trying too hard at reading the tea leaves, but the screen time during
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So Microsoft's mobile strategy is to hitch a ride on iPadOS? "And yet there it was, on stage, a big prese
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It looks to me like Apple is (timidly) positioning the iPad Pro as a replacement for the MacBook 12 in its lin
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In reply to Hal9000:I agree with your first post - sounds exactly like Office 365 apps on iOS - unfortunately
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In reply to wright_is:The problem with this thinking is that it is the CONSUMER who is ultimately at fault her
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In reply to jimchamplin:Are you serious? Who more than the shareholders should make this decision - you do und
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If they get only 10% of their user base to buy into this, it is a win. Actually low hanging fruit when you thi
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Wouldn't get too excited about WSJ just yet; this mornings description at WSJ says that business/financia
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I think everyone's math is wrong here. As I understand Apple's pricing, Apple get $5 out every $10,
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Any LTE SKU's?
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Maybe because Apple is not yet ready for USB4 on it's iPad Pro line, much less Microsoft on Surface devic
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"...only moving the 3.5mm headphone jack to the top-center of the device..." I realize this is not an Apple si
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In reply to Skolvikings:Think of it this way - Windows on ARM with native compiled versions of Office and mayb
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In reply to Bart:I'm surprised it not more like 900M to 1.8B - I know very few "Apple owners" with only a
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In reply to lvthunder:Short answer - one tool tooling another - although I have to say Qualcomm has had a stra
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I forgot to mention a thought about the keyboard - I'm not a fan of the PgUp/PgDn lineup approach EXCEPT
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In reply to paul-thurrott:The 4k display became available today (12/15) by special order - a $120 upcharge.
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I think you'll find that the 400 nit FHD panel is the 1W panel - the 300 nit is not (confirmed to me by H
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In reply to skborders:You mean, kind of like Apple get a 30% cut off the top on all software sales, and Amazon
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WHY? Even after reading your article, that is the first question that still comes to mind...
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When I started using laptops (1986 - Toshiba T1100 Plus), laptops as a category were "accessories" to our "rea
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I tested out a custom HP SPectre Folio 13 (i7Y/16gb RAM/1tb SSD/4G LTE) - had to return it because of issues w
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"Look, I know that it’s not news that Apple’s products are expensive. But as a consumer advocate, I find t
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In reply to simont:In all fairness, Kuo's supply chain comment originally spotlighted Spring 2019 for the
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In reply to skborders:It doesn't separate, and that's the beauty of this design. Sturdy bottom like
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In reply to Polycrastinator:Tan is the most classic color for an executive folio (look at Levenger or Amazon),
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Now that 4G LTE is available in the customizable version, I've got a near maxed out version on order. I t
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In reply to Daekar: That slowly growing object in the sky held no fears for the mighty dinosaurs 65,000,000 y
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I think this is just utterly brilliant, and spits in the face of regulators everywhere who insist you do busin
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Why not just sell it as a small phone alternative - there are many people who love the iPhone SE? As another "
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Don't think this is a Palm device at all, just a licensee of the name.
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I'm reminded of that great line out of the first Diehard movie:John McClane: You throw quite a party. I d
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Paul, I beg to differ, and feel you are drinking the Microsoft KoolAid much like you have criticized Apple fan
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Any chance they'll bring back the PC Jr. and eight track tapes at today's "Moment" event? Sorry, jus
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In reply to nerocui:Then how have other Windows OEM's - HP, Dell, Lenovo, Acer,, and others been offering
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Face facts - Microsoft is waiting for Apple to fully validate USB-C by replacing the Lightning port with USB-C
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Come on folks, get over the "fatigue" and "gorilla arms" excuses already. That's just Apple's code f
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Just can't wait - next we'll have Gold and Rose Gold - maybe they can even pick a "new" fruit as the
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Folks, if you need universal access to messages, photos, data, and video conferencing, better get on the MacOS
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In reply to wright_is:And that is relevant how? If customers are still buying at insane prices, then our perce
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"If successful, it can claim, fairly accurately, that market share doesn’t matter as much as profits and use
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Paul - just a few days ago you wrote an excellent article on how Microsoft hides privacy busting settings in a
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"The app is really only useful for Android users, as it lets them sync photos from their Android device with t
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Kind of like Timeline; or was that Longhorn....
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Why do people obsess about repairability of tablet devices - if your device must be upgradeable or easily repa
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And everything after the word "but" is somehow relevant to what? Paul, that is all irrelevant. Until anyone el
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Apple ABSOLUTELY does need to go back to the 2015 keyboard design. That flat crap, worthless to type on, POS i
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Forget the dirt - why aren't users up in arms about a keyboard that is barely more responsive than typing
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Revenue streams - that's all that matter anymore, regardless what's best for users, so long as you c
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About right - the release of Rev 2 of Samsung's folding Galaxy X should be just on the horizon by the tim
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In reply to Paul_Avvento: I don't think this was ever contemplated to be an ARM device. I believe this is
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In reply to BravoCharlie: Nope - read it again: "We will also need to wait and see whether the performance of
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This IS a killer device - too bad Microsoft is going to let Samsung (and possibly Apple) run away with it. But
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The dongle would connect to the Surface connector cable from the dock or power supply and terminate in USB-C/T
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"But Microsoft has also made a more customer-centric defense of its continued use of the dated Surface Connect
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What's Microsoft going to do when Apple switches over to it's "A" series processors in 2020?
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Not a lot of red meat here - seems like mostly roadmap material that at least validates months of rumors, but
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I'm assuming Samsung is a "NEVER" for Project Fi?
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"And while a $400 to $500 Surface tablet is absolutely more expensive than that iPad, it’s also a real compu
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Nice try - but the 256gb model is "out of stock" and the 512gb model "ships in one to two months"...oh snap...
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Brad - congrats to you for opening up on this subject - I think more of the traveling public suffer from this
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I can see it now...
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Translation - until we are completely convinced 2-in-1 sales will equal or exceed the selling price of two dev
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So how screwed up will we be, and for how long, after this Update?
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I think the real problem is the Surface Connector itself and tethering that dGPU to the screen. I've read
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Is this coming to Office as well?
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In reply to thechise:This - I know others think it is a non-issue, but the inability to rely on OS updates fro
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I read somewhere that it is a F1.5 (yes, odd 1.5; not 1.8 or 1.4) lens that auto changes to F2.5 (or something
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In reply to jpwalters: The current 15" has the MX 150 dGPU - not a gaming quality dGPU but more "oomph" to Ad
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I love the design and concept of the SB2 13.5, but the pricing is just indefensible. The maxed out version (i7
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Paul - you missed the most OBVIOUS design failure of the MacBook Pro - its pathetic keyboard. You may as well
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"Microsoft’s foldable phone project is getting more and more interesting every month. The company is expecte
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For me, it is all about the absurdity of price at Apple and Microsoft. The top end SKU's for both are in
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A very simple recipe:Buy HTC, or if not feasible, ODM them for you."Samsung" the HTC devices with MS Launcher
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In reply to Markyjns: iMessage is almost a "private message system" that happens to allow Android to partly pl
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THIS would be the iPad killer - and that's coming from an iPad user of many years...
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In reply to ponsaelius: Why is Photoshop always the stake in the ground for these mobile devices? If Photoshop
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In reply to richfrantz: This is an absolute necessity - small form factor pen always in the device with the op
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Nope - the "future" will be folding devices - either a single flexible screen or two seamless matched edges in
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Well, considering the depth and breadth of Windows Mobile phone offerings these days, seems like stones and gl
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I wanted to address that Value Proposition in detail:$1630 for the x360 13 I've ordered with i7-8550
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Paul - I hope you'll have a review of the x360 in the near future, because of the value this provides rel
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In reply to the_zeni:Looks to me like they may have BROKEN the ugly stick on that one...
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Bad behavior boys - time out corner for the both of you. To tease so much that your own smirks look faked is o
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No Thunderbolt 3 is just plain wrong. These are high priced devices aimed squarely at the most sophisticated u
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Interesting choice of photos with two journalists in the background packing Macs. In that regard, neither MS n
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"...the company has done a good job of listening to user feedback..." - not quite - every Surface Book (even S
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Paul - I know you and Mary Jo have often quoted "WalkingCat" on the rumor mill - any thoughts about his Surfac
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So what have they really accomplished? From a basic user perspective, Chrome is Chrome whether on my phone, ta
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In reply to Bdsrev: It is clear to this outsider (iPad Pro 10.5 in training) that this is exactly where Apple
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Good luck to them, but I'd venture most of us have already moved (or were in) to Chrome as a cross-platfo
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"But it’s ironic that Apple is now using Microsoft as an R&D lab, just like Apple did for the first Mac
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Google Fi would be of interest if you weren't locked to Google's choice of phones. As is, just anoth
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What blows my mind is "the notch." Like the rest of the world I've known it is coming, BUT, what struck m
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Paul's quick comment is spot on. It's also where Apple often wins at the end of the day - enhancing
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Guess it depends on ecosystem. With everyone in our family (save one) having an iPhone, most having iPads or M
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reply to bsd107: (1) Because everyone would complain if there were no discrete GPU, even if it is lackluster;
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In reply to chrisrut: 4.4 lbs, same as Dell XPS 15 and 0.4 lbs heavier than MacBook Pro 15. It is slightly tal
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Go back to the Surface Book reveal, and watch Panay claim that he could close the lid on his Surface Book and
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In reply to BMcDonald: Knock on wood, but my SP4 is connected to the dock, with two Displayport WQHD (Acer K2
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"Microsoft’s volume licensing customers can probably still run Windows for Workgroups if they want. (I’m e
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I think I can answer the "Creator" question at least - we've been looking at that through the lens of "cr
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In reply to red.radar:Why is it so many people are AFRAID of touch screens? Germ phobia? Seriously, it is anot
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After so many years of tech journalists deriding touch screens because of "gorilla arm syndrome" its good to s
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In reply to bbold:I beg to differ (about being a drama queen). Microsoft still has not released a device, nor
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Sounds like those new commercials - "I'm just a security monitor - I tell you I know the bank is being ro
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So close - but why didn't they outfit it with one Thunderbolt 3 port for future proofing?
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In reply to pesos: I've had good luck with Duet Display between my iPP 9.7 and a Surface Pro 4. You need
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In reply to bbold: But that is EXACTLY the point. Every Surface tablet and the Surface Book dropped with some
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In reply to wunderbar: Microsoft is getting to be like the old joke of pulling the pin and handing the guy the
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In reply to wshwe: "IMHO touchscreens don't belong on laptops." This is a valid, but short-sighted, opini
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Spot on Paul! There is absolutely no need for a two update cadence, ESPECIALLY since they can't make it w
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So, what else is new...
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Paul - go back and watch your Windows Weekly live feed from the announcement of the original Surface RT and Su
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Just bring back Photosynth - PLEASE - it was the best surround camera app ever made (I could stand in the cent
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Very good article, but I still don't think the Surface Pro 2017 doesn't offer enough to justify an u
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In reply to Clarkb: You mean kind of like "Microsoft reneged on unlimited OneDrive" in 2015?
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"Yes, they’re like an infestation of lemmings heading to the sea for sure." As a lifelong Microsoft user (a
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Does this apply to the unlimited photos for Amazon Prime members?
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"The issue here is that the Apple Pencil was already better than Microsoft’s previous-generation Surface Pen
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On that "latency victory" that will be an interesting comparison - the original iPad pro 9.7 had 40ms latency
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So, basically another gimmick to force you to use OneDrive - keep those services (and fees) coming...of course
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Paul, sometimes for the life of me I just don't get your point:"If Windows 10 on ARM works, and I think i
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Surface Courier. 160x80x8mm with front facing e-ink screen, unfolds to 160x160x4mm, which gives you a near 8"
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I believe Microsoft may be working on a "folding phablet" or some such device as their LTE driven tablet devic
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I just don't get it - the NUMBER ONE complaint about the Surface line has been the refusal to include the
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"To prevent this attack from succeeding, all you have to do is keep your PC up-to-date: This vulnerability was
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And our guaranty that this will ship with the fall release is...? Lately Microsoft has "previewed" more and mo
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In reply to Waethorn: With all of the course changes, corrections, abandonments, and new starts since Windows
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In reply to ncn: That really sounds good (to this non-engineer) but doesn't it depend on whether that "gl
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In reply to mebby: Year end 2017 is still a doable goal from everything swirling out there - in fact, the hold
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With 500,000,000 Windows 10 devices (even if only 350,000,000 of those are PC's) - that is one heck of a
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You guys gotta give up selfies - just sayin'
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In reply to lvthunder: Nope, and don't pretend to be a hardware engineer (I suppose you are), but mini-DP
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In reply to Demileto: The key to that whole excuse article (by Microsoft) is the following quote: "We have a c
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No, they are not good for a couple of years. They are selling this as the incoming freshman's four year s
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Thank you Paul...thank you.
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I don't think the tech world, journalists, nor fans are "freaking out." What is happening is a serious as
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This is another shot across Apple's bow folks. A lot of the talk at Apple's earnings call was about
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This is interesting - might make a good alternative to Drawboard PDF. Still, they need to build a container fo
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In reply to dcdevito: NO - this is not a Chromebook competitor - this is aimed straight at the MacBook Air cro
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In reply to Lewk: Why is this always the sole defense for magnetic power attachments - and outside of MacBooks
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I would bet that 90% of these will upgrade to Windows 10 Pro during the free period through 12/31/17. Hopefull
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Why didn't they just replace the mini-DP port with USB-C? No monitor uses mini-DP in, so you have to have
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A fuzzy keyboard - seriously?
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In reply to pesos: Your needs are correct, but the odd thing is that less powerful 2-in-1's, like the re
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Excuses. That's all. Whether intentionally botching the Surface line ala Nokia is irrelevant. They are bo
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I guess I ought to leave the Premium group becomes I'm just too dumb. If PWA is the future, why shouldn&#
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Like your wife, I'm waiting on the GN8 as well - mostly hoping they will resolve the fingerprint reader i
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What's with the flat metal siding and antennae bands like the iPhone 4? I think this has a fake smell Pau
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How nicely this all coincides with Windows on ARM and Microsoft's strong support for DeX on the new Galax
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In reply to Ian Too: Why would this have to be any different than Google "designing" its flagship phone for "p
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In reply to Joseph Ward: When the list of "tech journalists" invited by Apple are Gruber, Ulanoff (Mashable),
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I understand it is a moving target and we can't expect perfection, but my god, they can't even get t
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In reply to jimchamplin: I'm afraid that's short hand for "commoditization."
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In reply to lvthunder: If you are an avid note taker, leaving your Surface Book in draw mode when using it as
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The failure with this analysis is - why do we even need another Dell XPS/HP Spectre/Lenovo X1 Carbon in the fi
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Any idea when they may have a fix for the Android Contact issue? The Upcoming Galaxy Book 12 and Galaxy Note 8
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In reply to jlmerrill: I AM SO SICK AND TIRED of this "too bad it runs Windows" crap. You hear it all the time
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In reply to lwetzel:What's a database - you mean a WordPerfect or Excel table? Sorry for the joke guys,
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Well, Samsung claims it will roll out Samsung Flow in April so that all Windows 10 machines can do this with S
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Great addition - Halo and Hadoop together at last...
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This quote really fries me: "Microsoft Surface general manager Pete Kyriacou goes even further, stating that c
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Maybe a little compromise will help. I use my SB with the dock and two Acer 27" WQHD screens (2560x1440). All
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I have a fairly controversial suggestion - more battery in the clipboard and a kickstand. If you have ever use
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Maybe I'm just dumb, but if you have a local account on your office network, and you set up and sign in with a
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In reply to MutualCore: Truth hurts?
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On that iPhone 7 Plus summary - beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and as an owner of both the 6 Plus and 6
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This sure feel (smells, and looks like) the transition to Intel by Apple, in reverse. Had the Rosetta translat
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As for bezels in general, other than the web camera issue, why do we have bezels at all anymore? Wouldn't the
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I can't recommend handwritten note taking enough. Using OneNote (desktop) you can search all your handwritten
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Hand written notes...that says it all. I have eight years of hand written notes with clients from various gene
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This goes far beyond jumping the shark. Sir Jony has been mailing it in for some time now, and this just confi
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In reply to lvthunder: The base and Clipboard have separate serial numbers. I learned that in getting my
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When I went back and reviewed the Surface Book reveal, Panay clearly stated each Surface Book is a unique mach
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This is plain BS - I'm tired of Apple's (and now Paul's) excuses with the solution being to "just get over it
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At least one Thunderbolt 3/USB-C in the keyboard and Clipboard
Smart frames (no bezel when connected to keybo
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"Kaby Lake is more reliable than the Skylake chipsets used in Surface Book, and Microsoft’s reliability
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Bolt that S-Pen to a Tab Pro, THEN we are talking. One of the biggest failings of the Surface Pro/Surface Book
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I ditched mine for a Surface Pro 4. I guess I gave up faster on the continuing overheating, disconnecting, and
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"It will be live streamed. So everyone can see what’s new right away." - why bother - did you happen to
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Paul - I think you really need to do some experimenting with the digital zoom, as Apple is doing something unu