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So this version of SP is SP6, last one was simply SP because MSFT thought there wasn’t enough changes to war

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Great, more low priced under performing hardware on the market, can't wait to pass it by! Also, "a pocke

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In reply to melinau:Interesting doesn’t sell or create long standing enthusiasm. The Lumia’s were nice de

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So these devices have terrible performance, predictably, marginally better battery performance and can only ru

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Microsoft has gotten a bad rap from Consumer Reports because Microsoft made shit products at a premium price.

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Pretty good list of goodies here, I'm looking forward to these updates.

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In reply to Singingwolf:Ok.....

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If I had to guess, I would say Edge saves battery life over other browsers because it hangs so often that it r

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I don't understand all the hype about de-coupling Edge from the OS, that this action will allow MSFT to u

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If MSFT can’t design a device that performs decently with a lower price tag than MSFT shouldn’t even try

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Wow, for me this has been the best update so far. I've updated my SP3, Surface Book and my boot camp ins

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In reply to SenorGravy:the lack of apps was not what killed WP, if it was, Android would have never taken off.

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I have to give MSFT credit, this update is pretty good. This update installed without a hitch and they seemed

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In reply to gvan: I don't understand why he's considered such a great CEO either. Killing off windo

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Wow, a smart idea MSFT, now let’s see if they use smart execution...?...

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Excel and Word certainly has more functionality than Numbers and Pages, but Numbers and Pages are so easy to u

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"The problem is that once again, even for something simple, Microsoft is unable to make a final decision and s

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In reply to rmlounsbury:Good points, but... people like me don’t care what the masses buy, I want my compu

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In reply to Edward_Grego:Why were there's so many comments deleted here?!?WTF

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In reply to curtisspendlove: Curtis, I couldn't agree with you more! I've had my MacBook Pro for ab

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Paul, great article! I have a question, if MSFT never really made money off end user license sales but is st

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In reply to wright_is:they must have turned that feature on recently, I haven’t tried it in a few months, bu

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In reply to Hassan_Timite:LOL!! I don't think it's possible for someone to be more wrong... When E

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So, just another reason MSFT is failing at most consumer endeavors, I remember this feature being promised yea

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In reply to Bats:Maybe not for you then, but I don't have a single issue with any of your points. Apple

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I feel ya bro! I'm nastalgic and will probably keep my Surface Book and SP3 until they break, but I made

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Considering what's in the market now I find it funny that this is news, I find it funny, but it's a

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In reply to jimchamplin:exactly! Burden of proof is the key, too often today personal property is confiscated

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In reply to hrlngrv: I'm one of those that doesn't appreciate that MSFT has shifted to it's cur

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I'm speaking from Ignorance here because I don't know who is ultimately responsible for,ditching mob

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It's simple, governments can not be trusted to do the "right thing" with this type of power. There are t

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My biggest problem with Edge, and this has been a problem since it was released, is how the browser hangs on c

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In reply to jr.flynn:"On a different note I actually like this type of article and think this is what premium

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In reply to dcdevito:I guess I'm a fanboy then... I don't miss the FP reader in the least, Face ID

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In reply to jimchamplin:I don't mind my MPB keyboard or trackpad at all. The trackpad looks funny being

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In reply to wright_is:Whoops! Wrong device, but I did buy one of those also, hated it! I gave it to my son,

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Apple maps is close to being on par with google maps, in fact, when it comes to traveling around the Dallas me

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I have one, the core i7 256gb, for me it's by far the best surface device made, and I've had them al

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In reply to gregsedwards:Great explanation, thanks Greg! I didn't know that UWP was that robust, but was

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If UWP is dead (as Paul has stated and most would agree), why does this matter in the least?? Seriously, why

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And I just spent $200 on that damn scale....... Hopefully, they'll sell it to someone that can make it

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looks? Who cares at all!.. Air Pods are so convenient and sound good enough that nothing else matters, this

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"Amazing. No idea why any would use anything else."Ive been let down my Waze and Google maps so many times tha

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Ill break it down very simple for ya Paul. Nokia, along with the many consumers that choose WP chose properly

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I get that PWA's are a bid deal for the future of the App Developer and mobile platforms, but how is this

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Does Nest work with HomeKit yet? IOS has 44% of the market in the US, If Alphabet wants it to be a huge succe

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if Cortana on iPad is as useful as Cortana on iPhone, this is a huge fail... Who uses Cortana? Of that numbe

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Their responses are frustrating at best. I've never gotten a direct answer from one of the engineers, it

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In reply to mrdrwest:You're absolutely right, but how long ago did MS introduce the store to PC? 5-6 yea

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"To be clear, I am surprised by the Surface struggles, and on a number of levels"How is the is this statement

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In reply to evancox10:thank you Evan!

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In reply to evancox10:Is what you're saying fact? In the US an EU large companies that have a monopoly ar

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In reply to hrlngrv:Precisely my point, and these companies need to figure out that the EU needs them more tha

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Wow, just WOW! How many years has it taken MS to get it own software in its own store??? Look no further tha

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The only extortion here is the EU regulators. There is nothing wrong with company a giving company b a better

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Paul, is it really that big of a deal? I look at it like I looked at 3d TV, yeh, it's kinda cool, but no

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In reply to wolters:I feel exactly the same. My loyalty to MS stoped with the Surface Book, but prior to that

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In reply to lvthunder:Only "two at the top" might be true, but you still do not give up IF that's your li

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In reply to shameermulji:Very true, I had several of them, When HTC put that touch skin (there was a name but

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Exactly right Brad! Microsoft has lost so much ground by not having a mobile platform. I know it was loosing

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In reply to VancouverNinja:Well, I hope you're right, we would all benefit, however, I think you're

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In reply to VancouverNinja:lol, you mean the last 5 years of retreat! While I admire you enthusiasm I pity t

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In reply to VancouverNinja:You need to wake up, MS is in no position to regain any mobile space, they have ced

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I really don't understand the hype behind and always connected Windows machine!? Yes, it's always c

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Paul, I've heard you say several times that you don't use, or rarely use word, why is that? Just wo

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Great review Paul! The notch bothered me at first, but that subsided rather quickly. Face ID, like you, I c

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In reply to paulkbiba:Sweet! Beautiful ride for sure! Me and my buddies usually do a 3500 mile trip every yea

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In reply to paul-thurrott:LOL, It's big Paul, for sure, I guess I'm a little nuts for liking it'

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In reply to paulkbiba:What kind of bike Paul? 4 corners every year?

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I haven't been on Mac full time for very long, I just got my MacBook Pro 15 with T B a month ago to repla

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I would be ok with this if Apple would be more transparent about what's going on. If the user was given

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In reply to darkgrayknight:Wow! That would be the exact opposite of my opinion on MS's current position.

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In reply to Mark from CO:very good summation

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In reply to NoFlames:Apples trick has been making stable good looking products that work, when that changes so

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In reply to chadhassler:Agree, I'm rooting for them also, but they've shot themselves in the foot so

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In reply to AKAJoelReed:Hoping on a stumble by someone else isn't a strategy..lol. But you might be right

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In reply to adamcorbally:"I think the move to PWA'S will hurt apple the most, One of the main reasons I u

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"But consider these two additional points.Microsoft is already racing ahead to bring Windows 10 to the ARM chi

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Seems legit, If MS doesn't care enough to keep Edge ON the cutting Edge, why should we care enough to use

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I just bought my first Mac, a 2017 15" MacBook Pro, I'm coming from a Surface Book, I gotta tell you, I l

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In reply to paul-thurrott:Paul, "late to market" really doesn't matter, it has no affect on the overall s

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In reply to brad-sams:i can see that issue. Considering a gym is akin to my cryptonite, not an issue for me..

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The AirPods sound ok, middle of the road, but they work flawlessly and battery life is great. If you were to

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do you have links to those discussions?

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When will MS add support for drag and drop in IOS Files? Google did that update a long while ago, MS still la

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There is going to be a lot more of this tech switching, Microsoft will lose much more without Windows Mobile t

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In reply to Sprtfan:True, but in this scenario, you're measuring the wood and not trusting the size of on

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I wouldn’t be trying to defend MS, they have been producing shit products since the Surface RT, I know, I’

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In reply to Greg Green:Good perspective. They absolutely should know better than to deliver this crap.

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In reply to Spineless:Consumer reports was right about the phones also, sure the camera was good at one thing,

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In reply to Roger Ramjet:Roger, all of your scenarios make perfect sense if you don’t have knowledge of one

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In reply to bmcm:I completely understand, I’ve been through almost all of what you’re talking about, unfor

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In reply to atlbambam:It’s sad really, they are squandering their success by distributing crap. And the bes

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I have owned every Surface (except for the latest Surface Laptop, Surface Pro and Surface Studio, I decided to

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In reply to theriverlethe:im thinking that by testing the hardware before installation and not allowing comple

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In reply to skane2600:im referring to the fall back excuse MS always makes, “we can’t be as stable as Appl

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Paul, how is Apple able to do IOS and OSX as a service and MS has such a hard time with it. It's not tha

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In reply to Darmok N Jalad:Exactly right Dar, my question is, how do these problems still exist? Say what you

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In reply to Chris Blair:Don't get me wrong, up to the CU update, it had become a outstanding device with

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Did you have to re-attach the keyboard because it has become unresponsive? I have bought every single Surface

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If MS sells off it's Surface brand, I don't think it will be able to successfully sell hardware agai

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For me, it seems that MS has enabled hibernation in 15 minutes while on battery.  I've set is to "ne

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In reply to lordbaal1: Sure, Maps has this function, but try to do something VERY simple in Maps, try to add a

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No mention of form fill???

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I hope MS did the right thing and fired the person or persons responsible for the poor quality of these bands.

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It's never made sense to me why Microsoft has never made accessories like this, they would make huge money if

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In reply to planetburns: You have to access that cloud through something, and I like natural materials in my h

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In reply to kenhes: Totally agree, I'm satisfied with the current crop of apps in the store, and if MS can inc

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I don't understand why MS doesn't create a premium device?  They have arguably never created a "premium d

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In reply to TheJoeFin: What features are you missing, I think Onenote is just a feature filled as all other of

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Does Paul not even read non-premium comments???  

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Thanks for the info, I've been wondering what this set of driver updates was all about since it's somewhat qui

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I agree with you Dembones, but you forgot to mention that Paul still hasn't posted anything about a major

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Brad, Paul and his wife never used theirs, in fact, didn't he return the Echo because they never used it? 

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In true MS fashion, they create a product with design flaws, then a second one with the same flaws and wonder

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Maybe I'm just not familiar, but who cares about Paint?  I've used it maybe 5 times in the last 15 years,