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Thank you Paul. I mostly use Macs (and Windows 11 ARM via VM) these days, but the Windows Field Guide is alwa

Yes - I liked that show 'Heroes' a few years ago until one episode where they kept talking the Nissan Rogue.

I don't normally run beta software on my work laptop but I made an exception for this. I pretty much run Team

This is one of the most insidious aspects of subscriptions. Companies will happily keep charging dormant acco

Same. I bought it to run MSFS after a dismal experience on my aging PC and passable experience on my MacBook

If we can get a native Teams client as well then will my journey to the dark side be complete.

When chipmakers compete everyone wins. I’m not sure why the comparisons to M1 are meaningful. Very few folks

Thanks for taking one for the team here Paul. I was genuinely curious about this since I have a couple of old

Looks like we're headed back to hieroglyphics. The ancient Egyptians had it right 5,000 years ago.

The orange dot indicator in MacOS has some detractors (DJs, artists etc) but this sort of thing really undersc

Subscriber count would be higher if they stopped raising prices every 15 minutes. Still - of all the streamin

I can see why Spotify is dragging their heels on this. Lossless audio is a waste of bandwidth for most people

Get some USB-C to Lightning adaptors for your travel setup. Some come with little tethers to attach them to t

I'm excited to get an M1 native version. OneDrive is one of the few legacy Intel (Rosetta) apps that I rely o

I love this game but I play it only every now and then and its usually several gigs of downloading updates eac

All in on Apple too but the value prop isn't there without email and a viable MS Office alternative. iWork is

I still have my OG XBox. It doesn't boot because I hacked it with a boot loader to try and run Linux on it an

I think it's great that Apple bundles these. It would be interesting to get the metrics on who actually uses

I'm not sure that is good advice. I highly doubt those $20 keys are really legal.

I am so confused!

I'm pumped!

You are correct. However, Google came up with a workaround. They embedded YouTube TV into the regular YouTub

I love Roku boxes/sticks. The interface and experience has always been great, but the company keeps getting i

I don't think this means much at all. Saying it is 'not a supported scenario' really just means that they are

I'm grandfathered in to the $7.99 deal as well. BUT it's a killer deal because of YT Premium and I can't give

If nothing else, the reversal following a protest by Amazon shows that it is absolutely worth filing the prote

Ugh - this is such a mess. I loved OneNote Desktop. While I saw where they were going with the OneNote for W

I managed to bag a series X this month in anticipation of Flight Sim coming out on the 27th. Perhaps they wer

Dumb question, but how could this support dual-monitors?

Pricing will dictate my interest here. I could never figure out Azure because I'm not an IT Pro.

Nice article and a great 'real world' account of what living with an EV is like. I think the problem would be

Perhaps it was naive of me to hope that Microsoft might one day ditch the legacy stuff, but the bottom line is

I want this. My PC barely copes - here's hoping its fully optimized.

This 2020-2021 forced WFH experiment continues to fascinate me. I have learned that I can be more productive

Does it also make coffee?

Great post. The OS isn't as important as it once was. Gaming is really the only 'killer app'

In reply to SvenJ:This. I need MS Project a few times a year to exchange/communicate timelines with clients.

Early adopters of Apple Silicon should expect hiccups. If you are going to be relying on your Mac to make a l

In reply to jedwards87::) I come to this website because I like Paul's unique voice and analysis, but bei

The first Intel Macs also used identical form factors to their PowerPC predecessors. It's about optics

It's become my browser of choice.. and I use MacOS. The syncing is great, it's stable, cross-platf

In reply to MarcTsawwassen:6GB vs 4GB doesn't make a difference in daily use but, sure, if you're ke

"I’m curious why macOS Big Sur hasn’t been released, but my guess is it’s related to the coming release

I think Apple looks at it this way:- They don't charge developers to distribute free Apps.- If you signed

In reply to paul-thurrott:Ironically, as a consultant with multiple clients, at least 3 of them pay for additi

As soon as they launch MS Flight Sim 2020 on this thing, I'm in.

This article is spot on. I use the $5/month version for my consulting work and it's a superb value. I al

Come on. Facebook stating that “Unfortunately, Apple rejected our transparency notice” while simultaneousl

In reply to paul-thurrott:Sure. But if you're being abused by your business partner, then dissolve the r

Check your plug-ins. I had something weird happen this week with Grammarly chewing up CPU cycles and I had to

Epic has miscalculated. Why would you sue a business partner with whom you have made millions of dollars? It

In reply to ShaneR:Do what I did. Try it out with GamePass for $1. I have a 4-year old PC that just about co

In reply to jumpingjackflash5:How is it so bad? It gets the job done just fine. I switch between MacOS and W

In reply to Atoqir:When you put it that way then, yes, it's a bad deal. However, my wife and I (we don&#

I'm genuinely saddened by this. Not that I went there often but I really did like the experience - the s

In reply to SvenJ:It is some improvement over the current SL2 which is GLUED together. It may not be user-ser

Brad - Do you know how it compares with the MX Master 2? My MX Master 2 is kind of annoying as the only micro

In reply to dontbeevil:Actually, despite the snark, I suspect this is very true. They know their users will be

What this doesn't address is the fact that I get 1TB per user currently for a total of 5TB. Are these ex

In reply to paul-thurrott:Meet too. In fact, color me paranoid if you will, but I do Google Photos for everyd

It’s the Echo effect. I yielded to the $4 single device subscription because it was so convenient to have A

So it's really just a travel hub to keep in your laptop bag and add ports when needed. It can't (an

In reply to wbhite:"Apple charges a lot for their "premium" devices, so I'd expect a much less failure ra

There's nothing "alarming" about this - you got a bad one. That's all. They make millions of these

Apples inconsistency is puzzling but, given the issues with repairability that accompany the T2, I am glad the

In reply to warren:Apple has had filevault for years. If I'm not mistaken it was offered free with the co

In reply to Skolvikings:I thought that too, but 30-hours battery life simply removes that concern for me. I ca

I eschewed wireless noise canceling headphones until recently when I tried the Sony WH-1000XM3. https://www.so

Seems kind of pointless without touchscreen Macs. Come on Apple. You can do it.

Surface HeadphonesUgly Windows sweater (Extra-Large)

In reply to wright_is:You're not accounting for taxes. In the US the quoted price never show sales tax ~1

Surface GoOffice 365

Paul - Why Office 365 Home and not business? I don't think Microsoft cares but I ended up switching to b

Office please!

In reply to bleeman:Thanks... I just wasted 2.5 hours thanks to the link you posted. :)

Nice review. I picked up the i5/256/8gb configuration from the Microsoft store Black Friday sale and it made t

Pre-ordered on Kindle. Looking forward to reading it!

In reply to DrPRW:Exactly this. My SP4 was stolen which was a pain, but it could have been catastrophic if th