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    A bit pricey of course but it certainly looks great. Too often PC OEMs have no confidence to follow through on

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    I understand that it's a niche business, but I'm baffled that MS can make a Surface dial and not a s

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    Low resolution is not a great look for VR, really. $400 is still a lot.

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    It was a poorly sourced article, typical of that blog. Surface just added Studio and the ultrabook, there'

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    When did they add the power buttons? What are those for?

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    I'm really looking forward to the new pixel chromebook - cheapest one yet - to see if they're really

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    Well, the SNES classic sold out in 12 minutes, so pfft that's nothing.Seriously, though, anyone could see

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    tick, tock, tock, toe?

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    I want a Bill Gates SIGNATURE edition. Like the good ol' days.

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    Since they're discussing breakage, it makes a lot of sense. The fans, dGPUs, detachable keyboards, comple

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    Left unsaid is that the last gen was so old when it was retired, that the used consoles had no value. So I jus

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    I'm sure if they jump to wireless, they'll be fine, but the delay on xbox vr is certainly something.

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft Will Not Show Off Xbox VR at E3 – 14 Comments

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    Ultimately AR/VR converge like the Valve headset kind of does - namely, cameras attached to the headsets that

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    Still using the word Extreme feels a bit 90s. This was a stunning announcement mostly because it highlights ho

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    And these old ones include the pen, so that's another discount depending on how you value it.

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    All that work at MS and still no grammar nazi bot.

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    Well, they never finished a tablet version of Android, so, yep, this checks out.

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    In reply to jrickel96: Itunes will be sunsetted before it's ported to another platform.

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    I'd love it if someone looked into the corporate sales aspect of this. If they're on two year cycles

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    Itunes has really fallen off, but many use it and then of course, the two biggies: STEAM and Chrome. It's

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    Didn't MS invent the full screen browser display? Am I remembering that right?

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    That's a really long cycle for an OS update. 6 months-ish? Will they hold back VR goggles until the end t

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