In reply to ben55124:Yeah I was trying to decide if this was collectively Verizon's Surface or Nokia.
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In reply to shameermulji:Thanks!
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In reply to HellcatM:Typo, thanks.
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In reply to JH_Radio:Yep, thanks
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In reply to ecumenical:My most recent experience with installing Flutter was on the Mac. It's not easy by
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In reply to ecumenical:I feel like Microsoft is in fact well respected by the developer community for the qual
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What is the "Display control panel"? Can you take a screenshot of this?
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In reply to maethorechannen:No. This is Microsoft signaling to the world that video games are a core business
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In reply to longhorn:I'm not an expert on this but .NET Core is an original Microsoft open source project
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I don't have any info about that, but one has to wonder about this product given the move to Chromium. Th
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I agree with this, and just experienced this terribleness. It's ridiculous.Also, will fix the edit you n
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In reply to evequefou:It does VOLTE. Not sure about Wi-Fi calling. Will try to find out.Update. According to t
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In reply to SMFX:I've seen LTE connections here. Not sure about the speed.
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In reply to Thumperyz69:Is this in the app? What does that do? (I'll look it up.)
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In reply to sevenacids:It doesn't matter what, if anything, Google doesn't "allow" in Chromium. Any
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iTunes-based music is no longer protected by DRM so you should be able to download it using iTunes and then co
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In reply to FalseAgent:I agree. Getting Chrome --- or something that is basically Chrome in this case --- is j
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In reply to BigM72:This platform may not have time. The issue is that this is "Windows," not "something that l
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In reply to ecumenical:I agree. I will do that and look into disk speed benchmarking more generally.
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In reply to BBoileau:Microsoft doesn't allow that. But I agree that would makes sense for users.
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In reply to rob_segal:I agree that in isolation, Edge never "threatened" Google or Chrome. But... Microsoft is
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In reply to lordbaal1:A web browser is most user's most important and most-used app, so it should use wha
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Sorry, but if you're suggesting that the number of people changing or disabling browser user-agent strings is
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Pretty ... lazy? Qualcomm this year has released major new initiatives, with market-specific silicon, in virtu
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Actually, new Windows app development, across the board, is very much in a coma. It has been for many years.
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No one ever said the camera was bad. :) Obviously, the Pixel cameras are amazing, always have been.
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In reply to SherlockHolmes:It's OK to wonder about things. But yes, no one knows the answer yet. But I su
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Closing this down now so I can try and answer the questions. Thanks!Paul
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I don't believe that Edge is a "real" UWP app today. But yeah ... UWP has gone nowhere regardless.Also, t
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In reply to dcdevito:You can stack it, meaning the code you get will extend the sub out another year.
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In reply to Chris_Kez:Yes.
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In reply to Pbike908:Agreed. But the reason why they might not do that is that it's not making money whil
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In reply to Cdorf:No, the whole thing is very vague.
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In reply to dcdevito:I feel the same way.
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[CLOSED] Ask Paul for this Friday (December 7)
Hi everyone,
Here's a spot for any questions you may have this week.
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Start shopping then. It's happening.Also, this is a crazy thing to worry about.
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:)
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Regardless of this, I do appreciate any corrections (typos/spelling, grammar, whatever). I feel that the best
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In reply to ChuckOp:MarkdownPad 2 has spell checking. I use Grammarly in the browser, so it gets a grammar/spe
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In reply to wright_is:Could be an extension, not sure. Sorry. I need to figure that out.
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In reply to rifferte:Not sure I can recommend which ones work yet. I have a bunch installed and am not sure wh
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In reply to dstrauss:Why... what? Why do I use Markdown? That is explained in the article. :)
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In reply to harmjr:Word's not "bad." It's just big and heavy. One thing I am interested in is the ch
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Yes. Towards the end of the month.Amazon has been deemphasizing Audible Channels and I noticed, too, that it&#
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In reply to longhorn:Policies change when leadership changes.The leadership changed.
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In reply to willr:Terry Myerson didn't. Terry is gone.
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In reply to lvthunder:You won't have to wait long. Microsoft is briefing people about a pending announcem
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No, no one knows yet. But I've heard from multiple sources now that Microsoft will come clean about what
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In reply to HellcatM:I think that is part of it. They're already offering that, really. But it can't
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In reply to BigM72:If that is what most people want, Windows RT and Windows 10 S would have worked out fine. A
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In reply to wright_is:So for as much as Google and Microsoft fight at a high level, the web teams are friendly
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In reply to christian.hvid:Nah. This will be Windows 10 only. Support is ending for Windows 7 in just over a y
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In reply to Amall:With regards to Windows Phone, I never later claimed to have known all along that it was nev
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In reply to Amall:It's interesting to me that you would take what I really do and contort it into somethi
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In reply to DrPRW:I feel weird doing it. I really do.But seriously. I did call this. :)
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So, I think you're kind of missing the point. Having a standard for web rendering is, in fact, a net posi
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In reply to Matapillar:Thanks!
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In reply to pecosbob04:There's nothing illegal about this. You can do it on a PC too.
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In reply to shameermulji:Yep, I agree.
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In reply to lvthunder:Because Windows runs very well on the same hardware? It's always been obvious.
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In reply to will:Agree with all of this.
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In reply to ErichK:Yeah, I actually like macOS quite a bit. I just wish you could use the keyboard for everyth
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Of more use: Multi-assistant support so you could use this with Google Assistant or Amazon Alexa.
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I bought a Toshiba mini NB205 to test Windows 7 Starter Edition. And then bought one for each of my kids. So I
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In reply to williamz:Linux is an old code, too. Maybe I didn't call out the "off the cuff" thing enough.
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In reply to MacLiam:Got 'em all, thanks.
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Aside from the fact that I am not "an old, old man," the Xbox story has already been written, in several books
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In reply to jbuccola:Yep. Go back and find the D9 transcripts from that event. They were terrible.
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In reply to dcdevito:Sinofsky was the reason Windows 8 happened the way it did, not the scapegoat.
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In reply to karma77police:Well. Of course it can. :)
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In reply to FalseAgent:I did do that. Will be writing about that soon.
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In reply to skane2600:No. The line is actually pretty obvious.
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In reply to RM2016:Windows 10 ships with five or more third-party games and apps now.
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In reply to MacLiam:Nice, thanks.
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In reply to DaveHelps:Guessing no, but will check.
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In reply to paulkbiba:I totally agree with this. I love her video reviews!
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In reply to Dave::) The Apple TV remote is notably bad.
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In reply to NoFlames:I think we need more than a few months of market results. :)
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I added this to the post but...This Anandtech post is a good resource for the brightest PC displays.
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Closing this down so I can try and answer these today. Thanks!Paul
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In reply to Bats:I think it means that it's moved past experiment stage to fully supported Google offerin
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In reply to a_seeker:Exactly. It's amazing.
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In reply to timothyhuber:It depends on your needs. The international stuff is key for me.
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In reply to Chris_Kez:The name change tells me it is past that hump.
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In reply to SvenJ:Yes. It's officially supported now. Also, there's an iOS app.
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Thanks!
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Performance issues
Yes, we're experiencing some unusual performance issues on the site this morning. And yes, we're working on it, thanks!
No need to comment. :)
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In reply to GilesBrule:I believe Wi-Fi calling and texting will simply work. For example, iMessage just works.
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In reply to ChristopherCollins:Well, yes. That isn't the whole point of it. :) That's one of many gr
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We're happy to fix things like this. Just email the author or post the typo/grammar issue in comments.
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My most-often listened to are "How did this get made?", "2 Keto Dudes," "and "The Tim Ferris Show." But I keep
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In reply to lwetzel:I killed the account yesterday. Apparently, this isn't logging them out, which it sho
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I considered this. :) But I wanted to be realistic. The iPhone 7 and 8 both do not have a headphone jack.
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The better question may be, "has anyone actually received this update?"
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I cleaned this up rather than just delete it. Please keep it clean, thanks.
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In reply to jimchamplin:Got it, thanks.
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In reply to brad-sams:Yeah, he's really adaptable.
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Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Just a quick note to wish everyone here in the United States a Happy Thanksgiving. It's going to be a bit quiet around here today as we spend much of the day with our families.
Thanks!
Paul
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In reply to Sir_Timbit:Thanks, fixed.
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In reply to cheetahdriver:Ah yes. I should be trying that with each laptop. I will add this info to my review
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In reply to wright_is:It's just a joke word. Just enjoy it. :)
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In reply to Waethorn:Got it
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In reply to Waethorn:Got em both.
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I'm kind of surprised by this as well. But it's possible that retailers might do their own Switch-re
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In reply to jean:This is the best way.
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I've tried Google Keep (Notes) repeatedly but just can't wrap my head around the user interface, at
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In reply to solomonrex:That is true. I've kind of blocked that out I guess. :) But I never used one eithe
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In reply to solomonrex:So far, that's not true. As I noted recently in Missing the Point with Charts (Pre
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In reply to anderb:Either way is fine. I can remove these more easily now at least.
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In reply to Angusmatheson:More to the point, the issue isn't Windows, it's the disk partitioning and
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In reply to Angusmatheson:Yes, I had problems because I used software that Apple preinstalls with macOS.
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In reply to JH_Radio:Thanks, fixed.
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In reply to Corey_McCowan:I feel like they implemented the file system before all the tools were ready to real
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In reply to rob4jen:Yeah, it is great. The only issue, really, is that weird in-keyboard webcam.
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In reply to John_Craig:It doesn't lie flat by design. It's easier to write/draw on a slightly angled
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In reply to BigM72:HP would not commit to this, but if you look at the type cover on the Envy x2, which is bas
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In reply to brettscoast:Sorry, and review time varies by PC maker, but most of them are very flexible.
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In reply to brettscoast:Thanks... The jury is still out on the Y-series, at least with Windows. But I'll
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In reply to CoreyP:Sadly, no.
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In reply to mmcpher:The screen angle is adjustable.
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In reply to karma77police:Let's keep it civil please.
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In reply to jwilcoxson:Yeah based on what I saw online, this is common and has a few different warning message
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In reply to DBSync:I considered it. But honestly, I didn't think it would work. I expected to have to ret
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In reply to MikeFromMarkham:Or, "we suck just as much!" :)
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In reply to Eric_Rasmussen:Exactly.
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Closing this down so I can try to answer these later today.Thanks!
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In reply to maethorechannen:There you go. Thanks for this.
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In reply to Minke:Pixel 2 didn't suffer from the major reliability issues that are common with Pixel 2 XL
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In reply to carl_taylor:Or maybe the problems are real and your anecdotal experience is not representative of
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In reply to dcdevito:It's not overblown. Just saying that is an affront to the thousands of people who h
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[CLOSED] Ask Paul for this Friday (November 16)
Hello again,
Here's a place for any questions you may have this week.
Thanks!
Paul
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In reply to Daekar:Excellent idea.
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I like it. But it should read, "Seems faster!"
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Cloud Clipboard is available in Windows 10 version 1809, yes. Settings > System > Clipboard. You need to
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In reply to RobotRaccoon:LOL."Winner"
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This looks like spam to me. Please tell me this is not spam.
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In reply to Michael_Babiuk:This is good info, thanks.I've not really heard the fan aside from the encodin
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In reply to skane2600:Appreciated.
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In reply to remc86007:The processor is brand new, it's just a dual-core chip. This thing is about as mode
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In reply to Bob_Shutts:The display? No, it's quite bright. I usually run it at under 40 percent brightnes
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In reply to wharrington:I will do that. Waiting on 1809 to (re)drop. Tuesday, I assume.
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In reply to GeneCrispr:I will put Windows on it. Not sure what to expect, but that might be an interesting tes
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I'm not a Premier Pro user, but I believe you would benefit from a dGPU. So perhaps a Surface Book 2 with
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Nice, thanks. Checking this out now.
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In reply to wright_is:They shouldn't. But they beat up the Intel Envy x2 pretty easily.
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In reply to remc86007:I'm curious to see if the specs are "worse" than a first-gen Surface Laptop. I assu
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In reply to nbplopes:Well, there is a price difference for starters. It's thinner and lighter. It's
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In reply to scarper86:I feel like a lot of Mac buyers aren't comparing to Windows PCs, they're just
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Yeah, these are concerns for me as well.
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What's wrong with the performance?
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Yeah, I think so. I need to see where performance and battery life end up. But I like the form factor and port
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You can see who's downvoting?
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I can't recall the last time I saw such a thing in a Windows laptop of any quality either.
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A couple of things.
I spent $1700 on a MacBook Air because I need a modern Mac to compare against the PCs I
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Also, I believe that these prices are for Verizon-only Pixel 3s.
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Checking with Tim...
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In reply to lwetzel:Indeed.I think I got them all, thanks.
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Obviously, I feel your pain. I feel like there's no perfect device, as evidenced by my recent smartphone
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That's a crazy-good deal.
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A phone with no apps is still a phone with no apps, no matter the folding.
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In reply to nbplopes:Not sure about bargain. But they do help it seem to make more sense for sure.
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In reply to Rob_Wade:Maybe I was smirking when i wrote that. :)
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In reply to petrolemo:Thanks, will do.
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In reply to remc86007:I just happen to have had a honking gaming PC with dual-GPUs, makes for an interesting c
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In reply to baskinrobbin:Black, 6 GB/128 GB. So far so good. Shiny exterior. Not sure I like the Huawei UI all
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In reply to navarac:lol sorry
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Christmas.
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This is correct. The iPhone XR is an excellent value.
It's just not selling as well as Apple had hoped. But
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This is classic "shooting the messenger." Sorry, but the reaction to Apple's decision to stop reporting iPhone
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Yeah, they should. Otherwise, we're just taking their word for it.
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Yes, you should.
http://fortune.com/2018/11/05/microsoft-will-not-use-personal-data-for-profit-says-satya-nad
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I use iOS every day and am reviewing an iPhone XR now. So the notion that I don't consider iPhone is ... ludic
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In reply to EugBeran:You are missing the point. It's the 10-inch tablet that makes the least sense. If B&
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In reply to feedtheshark:Two things.I enjoy that you commingle "quality of writing" with disagreeing on my sta
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In reply to homer:It's not supported, and it's not something that most could do.What you need is a S
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In reply to BeckoningEagle:Will do.
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In reply to EZAB:1803 for now. I'll wait on the final 1809 release.
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In reply to MacLiam:When I talked to Microsoft about Surface Go they noted that that design was as thin as it
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In reply to jlv632:Too extreme. I want to use Android not some Frankenstein OS.
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In reply to meek_teef:So, you're wrong. And there are regulators in the EU AND the US investigating this
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In reply to F4IL:The point isn't "no" Google. It's getting to the right balance for you.
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In reply to FalseAgent:Actually, what he says is correct. You need Google Play Services as the baseline.
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In reply to meek_teef:I had to remove some unacceptable content from this comment. Please keep it clean.
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In reply to Silversee:>Google should be applauded making it possible to replace so much of its own experien
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In reply to FalseAgent:It's possible. It's just not a good idea. Some of Google's apps and serv
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In reply to nbplopes:Anyone who isn't worried about Google is either uneducated or clueless. This isn
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In reply to JustMe:Thanks. I could see this turning into a long series, for sure.I don't really approach
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In reply to PeterC:It's gotta be stock Android (with the Google Play Store). I'm not interested in a
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In reply to dcdevito:I think this is too much/too far. The point is literally to balance usefulness with whate
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In reply to Watney:What if you don't sign-in to a Google account on the device? That means whatever is tr
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In reply to wolters:This is pretty much exactly where I'm at as well.
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In reply to wright_is:Do you sign-in to the phone with a Google account? I'm wondering how much of an imp
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In reply to PeterC:We all have our own line in the sand, I guess. For me, that line is Google Play Store and G
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In reply to Jason_P:Apple is racing to improve Apple Maps but of course that's only on iOS.
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In reply to HirishoSenju:I'm trying to help my readers, not "click bait" them.Also, I prefer Android to i
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In reply to dsharp75:I think you're hitting on the right mix. You can't not use Play Store or Maps i
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In reply to djross95:Good stuff, thanks.
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In reply to per:So this NUC just completed my "Tears of Steel" 4K to 1080p encoding test in just over 42 minut
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In reply to Markld:It's nearly identical to the previous NUC, but is apparently slightly different (so th
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In reply to locust infested orchard inc:Killed, thanks.
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In reply to Waethorn:lol
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In reply to SherlockHolmes:I'm surprised at the duration of the silence, for sure. Also surprised that kn
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In reply to wright_is:The Insider Program is testing both the fixes and the next version of Windows 10. In san
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In reply to gardner:Bingo.
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Closing this down so I can try to answer them later today. Thanks!
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Ask Paul for this Friday (November 2)
Sorry for the late post. But here is a spot for any questions this week.
Paul
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In reply to echorelay:Yep, thanks!
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In reply to George_Perry:You're making the right choice, I think.
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In reply to will:These product lines are in a weird place. At some point, the iPad Pro may make more sense tha
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In reply to matsan:I think you're kind of missing the point. Each Fall is a big period of phone upgrades.
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In reply to misterstuart:Completely understandable.
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https://support.office.com/en-us/article/switch-to-a-different-office-365-for-home-subscription-3fcc1efc-2722-
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In reply to karlinhigh:On it, thanks.
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In reply to Daekar:As noted, I find stereo speakers to be crucial. Everyone's needs/wants vary, but the s
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My wife was unaware of anything that might help. Mark said that a lot of the people he knows who sign, includi
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I can ask my son about this. He's deaf, but he has cochlear implants and can hear well and speak normally
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In reply to dcdevito:Yeah. I was worried about the comfort. But it's worked out nicely.
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Closing this down so I can try and answer these questions. Thanks!Paul
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Ask Paul for this Friday (October 26)
Here's a place for any questions you might have this week.
Thanks!
--Paul
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In reply to webdev511:Totally.
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In reply to dcdevito:That isn't a horrible idea. :)
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In reply to derylmccarty::) Nice!
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In reply to maethorechannen:That's not entirely accurate, but whatever. Mac v. PC was a central issue in
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In reply to Silversee:I don't expect Surface Connect to disappear.
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In reply to skane2600:BUT IT'S BLACK. :)
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In reply to PhilipVasta:Yep. There really is something "right" about this device.
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In reply to echorelay:I was thinking that 1809 would be released today probably.
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In reply to jbinaz:lol yes. Thanks!
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In reply to evox81:I've never seen anything like this. An audio app dropping playback when you switch app
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In reply to overseer:I've been OK with the support, but the lack of phones is a huge problem for sure.
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In reply to RobotRaccoon:Exactly.
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In reply to Markiz von Schnitzel:In millions of people's homes?
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In reply to SvenJ:You can get the Spin 13 cheaper than the one I'm reviewing as well.
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In reply to SherlockHolmes:I'm surprised by that. I should test this. The issue is, my domains aren'
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In reply to Minke:You have to have an Office 365 account to see this option. Settings > View all Outlook se
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No Ask Paul (or Short Takes) today
I'm recovering from weeks of travel, so I'll be skipping Ask Paul (and, on Petri, Short Takes) today so I can try and catch up a bit. On both work and sleep.
Thanks for understanding,
Paul
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In reply to Simard57:Thanks, I may actually order this.
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In reply to evequefou:I came from the Alta, so I'm not sure.
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In reply to Skolvikings:It's a little taller.
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This not worth stressing over.The reason it's this way is that it's Office 365: Microsoft develops t
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In reply to ChuckOp:Thanks!
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In reply to Simard57:Yes: I prefer using the best tool for the job. Continue what things? I use different dev
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In reply to rosyna:I believe these are included with the Pixel 3.
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In reply to someone:Interesting, thanks!
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In reply to Illusive_Man:lol
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In reply to Nic:I've always had mixed results with USB-C headsets. I'm not saying these are universa
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In reply to gartenspartan:Correct.
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I'm closing this down now so I can try and answer these questions today.Thanks! --Paul
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Interesting. I've never heard of this, sorry. Hopefully someone here has.
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Ask Paul for this Friday (October 12)
Hi everyone,
Here's a spot for any questions you may have this week. Thanks!
Paul
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Forum Spammers
As you probably have noticed, we've had serious issues with massive amounts of spam, typically in the forums, since last week. We're still working on this, but I wanted to provide a quick update so you at least know what's happened.
First of all, there are no security issues. There is nothing wrong with your site, or your accounts. And as a reminder, we don't have, and we have never had, access to your credit card information if you're a Premium member.
The issue is that someone, or some entity, is creating hundreds of accounts and plastering our forums with spam. What's weird about this is that it's working: We literally have multiple layers of spam protection, and none are catching any of this despite how obvious it is.
The spam is mostly in the form of new forum threads, though I did see a few spam comments from these same accounts over the weekend.
Given the severity of the spam---literally thousands of forum threads created over two days last weekend---we removed the forum link and widget from the home page, and we implemented various new anti-spammer tools, including Stop Spammer, Google Captcha, Askismet.
This actually worked for a few days. But as of today, the spammers are back. And they're bypassing all of our measures, including the ones noted above.
Users can now post new topics again as of 10/5/18. We may have to reverse this in some sort of emergency -TimAnyway, sorry for the disruptions here in the forums. We're working on it. And I will provide a more detailed account of what happened whenever we do get past this. Thanks! Paul A quick update from Tim (10/5/18 @ 12EST)
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In reply to ebnador:lol
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In reply to Jim_Priestley:I was referring to the Pro and Laptop.The Surface Studio is still one gen newer than
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In reply to Mark from CO:This was a consumer event.
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In reply to Sen1:Yep. I should have made reference to this being an S year. :)
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In reply to Rcandelori:This is accurate and fair.
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In reply to madthinus:Sure. That said, most people glide past that to the apps that, for them, define the phon
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In reply to StagyarZilDoggo:No, they don't have the RAM/processor specs for Home Advanced.
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In reply to arknu:I hear this kind of argument a lot. But I'm not sure that the folks doing app compatibi
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In reply to wright_is:I think there were close to 100 spam comments from three accounts.I killed the accounts
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In reply to locust infested orchard inc:Done
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In reply to lwetzel:So the user was removed. It looks like two of his comments were still out there for some r
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In reply to lwetzel:It was. Looking.
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Closing this down now so I can try and answer the questions today. Thanks!Paul
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In reply to lwetzel:Not questionable. Terminated, thanks.
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Kind of blanket "thank you" for the kind comments. This one is hard, because I could see someone reading it as
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In reply to mmcpher:As a strategy, sucking up to a company works. This is the majority of the Apple blogospher
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In reply to chrisrut:Appreciated, thanks.
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Ask Paul for this Friday (September 28)
Hi everyone,
Here's a place for any questions you may have this week. Also, I will have the promised follow-ups from Stephen Rose RE: OneDrive from last week's Ask Paul.
Thanks!
Paul
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I feel like 1809 is ready for daily use for sure. Have been using it on all my PCs for the past month or so.
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In reply to longhorn:Yes. But that's just today. If Qualcomm can equal this performance and overcome the
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In reply to SYNERDATA:If this thing had 8 GB of RAM, I would use it. That's my own real issue. The type c
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In reply to skborders:Right, sorry. There is a big difference: About $850 for the ARM version vs. $1150 for th
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In reply to straker135:I agree on the kickstand. But one thing Microsoft told me when they showed me the Surfa
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In reply to jimchamplin:Thanks!
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In reply to brettscoast:Thanks ... Definitely will have more to say in a full review after more testing.
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In reply to Daishi:Yeah. It's weird to me that these are three different bodies and three different type
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In reply to timothyhuber:Google and Amazon will continue to co-own this market. I don't think you can go
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In reply to djross95:I'm right next to you in that department.
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In reply to Bart:This seems correct to me. I don't think the Cortana brand goes away---in fact, you'
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In reply to VMax:Will look at these as well, thanks!
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In reply to christian.hvid:Digital assistants.
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In reply to dnglws75:Thanks, I will look at these.
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In reply to kzrystof:Yes, but the .NET Framework has been replaced by .NET Core, which is cross-platform. I re
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In reply to Tim:LOL
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In reply to PeterC:would I even notice? :)
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In reply to Shmuelie:ufo
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In reply to earlster:Yeah, I tried not to conspiracy theorize that one. But yep.
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In reply to the_real_entheos:It was underwater (literally) about three weeks ago. We've had lots of flood
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In reply to pjs37:I should buy the house just to find the UFO detectors that must be buried on the property!
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Seems like this isn't Edge but perhaps a plug-in?
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Closing this down so I can try and answer these today. Thanks! --Paul
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Ask Paul for this Friday (September 21)
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Paul
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I have little interest in this topic, but not "no" interest. And I do write about this stuff, and fairly, when
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Oh I agree. :)Let me throw this by Tim and Brad.
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It's not necessarily a horrible idea to stick to your strengths.
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This is a tough one. And what you choose may be based on what you need/value the most.Right now, only Google o
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:)
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Thanks guys. I added an update to the post to address contracts vs. non-contracts.
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In reply to shameermulji:Thanks! I added an update to address this.
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In reply to ggolcher:Thanks!I deleted my original reply by mistake. Short version, I updated the post.
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I was literally just looking at that. Interesting.
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So we have absolutely talked about this.There's sort of a weird dynamic here about not devaluing Premium,
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I don't recall Brad not paying attention to me. When I saw this thread, I assumed it was because were bot
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:) Nice
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In reply to MartinusV2:Inbox is much cleaner/simpler.
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In reply to Harrymyhre:Yeah, Apple's refurbished stuff is the way to go for sure.
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In reply to will:No, I'm not switching (back) to the iPhone. I may review it though.
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So I heard from this individual as well.I'll just point out that stories like this are not exactly rampan
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Ask Paul for this Friday (September 14)
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Paul
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Nice, thanks!No, re: Book, sorry. :)
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And this is kind of goofy, but I like Edge on mobile better than on the PC.
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Not sure what to say to this. Safari and several third parties browsers on iPad are all excellent.
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In reply to snow.steve22:This is good advice.Plus, if you look at the previous release (RS4/1803), Microsoft s
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This should be fixed. Thanks!
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Checking with Tim...
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In reply to dcdevito:Sorry, but I'm confused both by your misunderstanding of what I wrote and by the "an
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I have probably done the same a dozen times.
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In reply to lwetzel:Yeah, I've been thinking about that as well.
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In reply to lwetzel:Terminated, thanks.
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Closing this down now so I can try and answer them.
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In reply to cheetahdriver:I didn't mention this in the article, but one thing I've been very impress
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In reply to Chris_Kez:Yes. I've had ACL surgery on both knees, both happened playing basketball. Both of
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In reply to Skolvikings:Nice, thanks!
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In reply to Chris_Kez:Yeah. I do think about that. I won't be playing basketball regularly again, I think
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I have a question. You own an iPad Pro. And ... you bought a Surface Go? Why? :)
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So you are correct. And this is a very common retail scheme: Get customers in the door (sometimes virtually th
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In reply to wright_is:You misunderstand. I meant that the default status was non-removable. Safari is always t
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In reply to maethorechannen:I didn't mean technically. I meant that they are combined for better or worse
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In reply to prjman:I don't overlook Edge's advantages. I tally them with each release. It absolutely
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Ask Paul for this Friday (September 7)
Hi everyone,
Here's a spot for any questions you may have this week.
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Paul
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We should have fixed this issue for everyone who saw the wrong price.Please email [email protected] otherwise.
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In reply to brad-sams:Yep.
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In reply to maethorechannen:That's an interesting thought. I do agree that Microsoft buying share was a S
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I think you're commingling privacy with utility. Putting Google Search in Safari isn't about privacy
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In reply to Simard57:No worries. :)
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You're free to renew at any time. The reason the banner appears today is that this is the first time you
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So, anecdotal experiences are just ... you know, anecdotal.But less anecdotally, Surface Laptop has not been t
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Closing this so I can try to answer them today. Thanks!
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Let me be frank, as usual.Cortana is a failure. I would not base any buying decisions on the availability of t
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In reply to Polycrastinator:Yeah I thought that was goofy too. Why not release it in USB-C form and make the d
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In reply to Chris_Kez:Thank you. Terminated.
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Ask Paul for this Friday (August 31)
Here's a spot for this week's questions.
Also, please don't create your own "Ask Paul" threads. I can't always get to this every week, and I'd rather do this myself, thanks.
Thanks!
Paul
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I've seen the green screen on upgrade, but only infrequently. I assume this is all on the same PC?
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This maps to my "right tool for the job" philosophy, and like you, I travel with a phone, an iPad, and a Windo
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In reply to canamrotax::D
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Not sure if this is what's happening here, but I wouldn't choose a phone just because of a camera bu
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In reply to wolters:Maybe there is room for a third ecosystem after all. :)
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In reply to wolters:Thanks... I can't claim to be certain about this device in any way. But ... yeah. I d
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In reply to mmcpher:I sort of agree. But with smaller notches, like that on the OnePlus 6, I don't find i
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In reply to jimchamplin:Thanks. Terminated.
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Closing this down so I can try and answer the questions today. Thanks!Paul
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Yep. Next year could be very interesting.
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Ask Paul for this Friday (August 24)
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Paul
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In reply to slartybartmark:Thanks. Terminated.
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Nice, thanks for this writeup.
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I think the way I'd put this is that many Americans don't work well, or optimally.
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In reply to Daekar:Yep. I can't explain why I care so much about this but I really want this to work out.
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In reply to wright_is:It was so long ago I can't even recall. I think I just found that it was faster.
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This is a great idea. Will forward, thanks.Removing this stuff is also a PITA. :)
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In reply to JerryH:Thanks, I'll hunt around for the typo.
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In reply to Kevin_Heskett:I'm not sure how to classify this. Obviously some people/families just use an a
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In reply to wright_is:$20 a month is beyond reasonable compared to what the big carriers charge.
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In reply to RoHo:You gotta love that pricing. My wife's Verizon family plan is over $60 per user. Granted
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In reply to dspereira:Yeah, but we can do that within the United States too. :)I know.
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In reply to red.radar:So this does support Wi-Fi calling. No? :)
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In reply to phoenix50:My ... infamous disdain? I loved Windows phone. What I'm describing here is where M
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In reply to Shmuelie:I will look it up. One thing I am looking forward to doing again is Bacon Fest, in Easton
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In reply to brisonharvey:Interesting, and thanks! Not sure I can wait a year :) But we'll see.
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In reply to christian.hvid:Maybe this evolves like streaming music services?
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In reply to wolters:Nice, and thanks!
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In reply to jrswarr:Nice, thanks!
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In reply to OldITPro2000:Check out the Wirecutter's recommendation, which links to others that recommend
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Closing this down so I can try and answer the questions later today. Thanks! --Paul
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Make sure you download Google Maps. :)But seriously.
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Ask Paul for this Friday (August 17)
Still recovering from travel, but here's a spot for this week's Ask Paul...
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In reply to lwetzel:Since April, too.Thanks, terminated.
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I'm interested. I never use Windows Media Player either, so that's not an issue.I'll see if I c
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In reply to Markld:Thanks!
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In reply to ericmeetsworld:lol
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In reply to madthinus:Agreed.
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In reply to Lewk:By the way, I mentioned this feature in the first article in this series. I haven't forg
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In reply to lcramlet:I used compressed air and a tiny razor blade to make sure there wasn't nothing in th
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In reply to skane2600:I checked for that. Unrelated.
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In reply to HellcatM:They worked normally at first.
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In reply to Mestiphal:I was pulling from the cable to demonstrate how easily it comes out. I don't normal
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In reply to Aritting:Yes.
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In reply to gregsedwards:Thanks ... Yeah, I think about this. It's a different kind of work, I guess. :)
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In reply to beq:Both. Because Microsoft. :)
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In reply to HellcatM:If I could only get paid each time I removed something stupid, I'd be rich.
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In reply to zself:Hm. This is an interesting question.
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In reply to Lewk:Not sure what you mean. This article is about what's happened over the past six weeks.
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Thanks guys. Long day---literally was awake for 23 hours straight---but we're home.
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In reply to simont:Thanks! Terminated.
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Flying home tonight
We're flying home from Sweden this evening so I'll be sporadically checking in until then and then will be offline for the duration. Hopefully I can get up and running over the weekend again. But based on the (lack of) success my son and friends had leaving here on separate occasions, we'll need a bit of luck on that count.
Anyway. See you on the other side....
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In reply to Cdorf:Thanks!
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In reply to wright_is:Honestly, just a handful of fans makes a huge difference.
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In reply to paul-thurrott:And thanks :)
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In reply to christian.hvid:No, it's incredibly good.
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In reply to BBoileau:Thanks. Intermittent fasting is another way to break past a plateau. I recommend reading
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In reply to djross95:4 GB works fine until you really use it. My point is about the future. 4 GB is a bare min
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Closing this now so I can try and answer the questions. Thanks!
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Ask Paul for this Thursday (August 9)
Hi everyone,
I'm flying home from Sweden on Friday, but I didn't want to miss another week. So I will do this week's Ask Paul a day early, on Thursday. Here's a place for any questions you may have.
Thanks!
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In reply to maethorechannen:Literally, the reason Amazon agreed to make the Echo was for voice-based purchases
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In reply to toph36:Since rentals are temporary anyway, just rent them from Amazon.
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In reply to BeckoningEagle:I believe Monsters, Inc. was a previous freebie for linking up some account to Disn
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In reply to MartinusV2:It's an HP Omen of some type.
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In reply to Oasis:Yeah, it was a street of classic cars, mostly American. I had never seen that kind of Volvo,
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In reply to straker135:I pay for the replacement phone and then get refunded when I send back my old phone.
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In reply to Ajwa68:I was using an iPhone until I switched to Android late last year. The Pixel has a better ca
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In reply to wolters:I experience the perf issue with the camera app as well.
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In reply to skramer49:I've written about this a lot, but it's the combination of Project Fi (which i
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In reply to Pungkuss:Yep. I sort of wish I could exchange for one.
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In reply to Chris_Kez:Nicely done.
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In reply to skane2600:lol
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In reply to simont:Thanks, terminated.
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This mirrors my thoughts and experiences. I feel like even those who care about the Microsoft stuff are starti
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In reply to jimchamplin:Well. It is special, when you think about it. We have app containers in Windows too. B
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In reply to SvenJ:Surface Go exists for the same reason that Mercedes makes an A-series car line: To open up t
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In reply to Bats:You seem upset ... about something. What I wrote is correct: 16:9 displays are not ideal for
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In reply to hrlngrv:Chrome OS does support windowed Android apps. It can be a bit strange, where apps designed
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In reply to Usman:Yep. Do not understand this.
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In reply to wolters:It is interesting to me how good the hardware is, especially given the issues I've ha
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In reply to christian.hvid:Thanks ... Yeah, the issue is that when it comes to a web-centric system, Chrome is
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In reply to Watney:It is, but it's expensive. It's like Microsoft's Pixelbook.
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In reply to Sprtfan:Yes. I do get notifications with this. Will leave this one out of the post. But let me kno
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In reply to james.h.robinson:The Kindle software on Windows is terrible and out of date. You're better of
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Closing this now so I can answer them. Thanks!
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Ask Paul for this Friday (July 27)
Hello from Berlin,
I've been out traveling this week, but will be around on Friday. So here's a spot for this week's Ask Paul.
Thanks!
Paul
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In reply to Lordbaal:Not sure why this conversation is continuing, but yes. Some people do want that. They can
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The (mini) review is available here: https://www.thurrott.com/cloud/162663/162663So this thread is closed, tha
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In reply to Skolvikings:Sorry, Google Flights is on the web. Google Trips is the mobile app.
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In reply to wright_is:I can't really compare this historically, but for us, as visitors, this is very rem
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In reply to christian.hvid::)
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We haven't been affected by this at all so far, thanks.
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In reply to acemod13:This is correct. Microsoft's core apps all support Timeline on mobile.
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In reply to Jasi:I do think Android makes more sense than Windows for this form factor.
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In reply to navarac:Right. You will see this if you're not logged in.
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Closing this now so I can try and answer these today. Thanks!
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In reply to franklyray:Intervac: https://www.thurrott.com/cloud/73896/what-i-use-intervac
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I feel like I couldn't be more transparent about what we actually know about Andromeda and what is specul
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Which one did you get? :)
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Asking Tim, but I don't know of any reason this wouldn't work.
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In reply to Daekar:Yep.
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It looks like all I can do is delete it. Want to make sure you're OK with that first.
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I've used so many I will forget some of them. Everything in that shot above. Rio Carbon. At least two Del
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Ask Paul for this Friday (July 20)
Hi everyone,
Here's a spot for any questions you may have this week.
Thanks!
Paul
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You missed something. Business PC sales and Chromebook sales both contributed to growth in the quarter. Gartne
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In reply to johnlavey:Nice!
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Nice! That is a sweet laptop, as I'm sure you are well aware. :)
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Yeah. I find the whole downvote thing to be cheap (in that its anonymous) and demoralizing. I will ask about t
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In reply to Bdsrev:He is pragmatic in that Surface needs to make sense as a business. But I think it does, and
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I've never heard any credible story that backs up this notion that Nadella wants to kill Surface. What we
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In reply to SherlockHolmes:That's not why. :) Spam calls just dial randomly.
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In reply to skane2600:Interesting.
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Closing this now so I can try to answer these later today. Thanks!
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In reply to lvthunder:Reading. It's fundamental. :)
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In reply to helix2301:Correct.A better solution is to go to Settings > Apps > Apps & features and ch
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Not that you could use on a PC like a normal Windows 10 version, no. The closest we have to that is Windows 10
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In reply to navarac:Yep. Terminated, thanks.
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In reply to alissa914:Actually, Google Play Music does this, and it's free. (iTunes Match is $25 per year
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Ask Paul for this Friday (July 13)
Hi all,
Here's a spot for any questions you may have this week.
Thanks!
Paul
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In reply to Simard57:No, I have no use for this. I have plenty of PCs.
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In reply to KingNerdTheThird:The difference is that Surface Go is an idea that makes sense.
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In reply to lvthunder:Bingo.
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In reply to ghostrider:HMD's phone business is nothing to the scale of the old Nokia. They are able to ma
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In reply to MikeGalos:Yeah, but they showed us! Oh. Right.
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In reply to curtisspendlove:It works with Surface Dial off the screen, not on. There's not special there,
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In reply to scoob101:This tablet is specifically aimed at running all Windows applications, not just UWPs.
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In reply to Simard57:Any Surface Connect charger will work.Not sure about pen, but it works with the current p
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In reply to Lordbaal:Go for it. That computer is four years old, hisses like a snake, and is not as powerful a
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In reply to glenn8878:Surface does offer this type of buying plan. It's called Surface Plus.https://www.m
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In reply to cybersaurusrex:The fanboys who visit this website. Is sort of where I drift off. I don't cate
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In reply to Thom77:I'm hearing this sentiment a lot. Obviously, there is a market for this device.But I&
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In reply to Awhispersecho:Not sure what that means. Microsoft has a long history of just being pragmatic when
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In reply to tsangmanfai:I hope you're right. But this is a device on which normal people will install and
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In reply to bbold:I like the red (Cobalt) personally. :)
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In reply to Jhambi:Windows lean? :)
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In reply to Richard55:Kaby Lake is still Kaby Lake. The real world experiences with this device will be intere
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In reply to Daekar:That is certainly what I'm wondering. Assume it had to do with hitting as low a price
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In reply to pesos:Right. I'd rather have more RAM and a slower processor. That said, the small screen and
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In reply to jbskcjb:Yeah. This device is not for road warriors or IT pros. It's for students. For those o
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In reply to petvas:It's about priorities. There is no device like an iPad for sure. But that is heavily t
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In reply to wright_is:Right. And the upgrade to a Pro is about $150, so it's not unreasonable.
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In reply to VancouverNinja:Yeah, I didn't know about that when I wrote this. They didn't tell us a n
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In reply to christian.hvid:They've learned from past mistakes in many ways. The big mistake here, I think
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In reply to gregsedwards:I agree with this abstractly, but how it works real-world will be interesting. I need
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In reply to Yaggs:Yep. Should have added that, sorry.
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In reply to ndwilder:Thanks, kind of an experiment. I probably wrote 700-800 words normally and then thought m
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In reply to valisystem:Based on what they told me, they see the market split between various groups (education
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In reply to bservies:There is obviously a market for this device. I realize it's not for everyone---mysel
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In reply to bbold:To be fair, we do have meetings of our own in NYC too :)
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In reply to SvenJ:swoonsBut unlikely
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In reply to curtisspendlove:Agreed.
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In reply to irfaanwahid:Yeah. I bet they get there. And it's good that it's coming, at least. Agree
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In reply to Simard57:No.
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In reply to karma77police:I kind of don't understand the rationale for this kind of comment. It's ju
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In reply to dsharp75:For people who simply cannot afford a Surface PC, this is pretty exciting. It's not
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In reply to harmjr:Yes it is.
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In reply to marshalltm:It can, yes.
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In reply to jr.flynn:Am very interested to see where the performance ends up as well.
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In reply to kjb434:No, and I should have called that out. They're not compatible.
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In reply to Yaggs:Yep.
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In reply to dcdevito:My guess is that a future version of this will indeed be ARM-based.
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In reply to VancouverNinja:On a content/consumption device, iOS is the key benefit.
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In reply to Xatom:This is a good question. I will try to figure that out when I review it.
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In reply to KNRJ:My guess is that the current-generation ARM chipset that they'd have to use would be too
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In reply to wocowboy:8 GB with fast SSD storage should be OK. 4 GB is a non-starter.
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In reply to CoreyP:Yeah. I don't have high hopes here. Guessing its 6-7 hours real world.
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In reply to Necron:Looks are obviously subjective. And broad strokes, it's the same Surface familial desi
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In reply to jimchamplin:I agree.
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In reply to CaedenV:Agreed.
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In reply to Chris_Kez:They didn't say why, just that it was coming later.
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In reply to jwpear:I'm glad they stuck to one processor, but I don't understand the eMMC thing. Huge
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In reply to Polycrastinator:Agreed. I will have a tip about this in the morning.
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In reply to jrh:No. It's a new Surface 3 (which was also Intel based and 3:2).
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In reply to inlocoabsentia:Yes it does.
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In reply to Dan1986ist:$150. But you also get more RAM (4 GB vs 8 GB).
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Preorders will be live in the morning. August 2 for purchase.
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In reply to unkinected:Most of them, but not all of them. Interestingly, there was no event for Surface 3.
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In reply to Jaxidian:I don't have one personally, but the Windows Weekly URL noted elsewhere should be fi
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I have always experienced the exact opposite of this.
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In reply to Oasis:Terminated, thanks.
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In reply to dcdevito:I've had two Pixel 2 XLs.
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Closing this now so I can try and answer these today. Thanks everyone!
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Yep. Great example of Microsoft's inability to just "finish the job".
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In reply to StevenLayton:What does this mean?
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:) Nice
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In reply to Saxwulf:Seems a bit overly-sensitive. Those apps are terrible. It doesn't mean you're te
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In reply to SherlockHolmes:Why would I flip-flop on an opinion? I believe what I believe for good reason. I ca
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In reply to EvangieWilde:One more follow-up. I asked my wife what she thought of this. She agrees that I'
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In reply to EvangieWilde:Also, I will apologize in advance for the misogynistic comments you will get to this
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In reply to EvangieWilde:I don't really think in terms of gender when it comes to authors. But one of the
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In reply to Belralph:Did the same RE: Mountain Man omnibus. What a steal.
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In reply to Darekmeridian:Microsoft, tear down that artificial separation between app and OS!
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Will ping Tim. I feel like we've had ongoing issues with comment counts.
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In reply to Maciek:Found it, and fixed it. Thanks!https://support.xbox.com/en-US/my-account/xbox-live-membersh
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In reply to Maciek:I was not aware of this. Are you sure? Looking...
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In reply to Daniel_Blois:I didn't forget cloud clipboard. That happened before the cut-off date for the b
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In reply to MutualCore:He's right. Edge is coupled to Windows, and so is the Edge rendering engine. They
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In reply to karma77police:This kind of comment is obviously pointless. Please don't respond to this.
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In reply to irfaanwahid:Not sure about optimized, but Windows has had integrated LTE capabilities for years, a
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In reply to ghostrider:Agreed. Microsoft should absolutely focus on stability, bug fixing and refinement.
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In reply to scoob101:I'm not sure they've ever explained this. My guess is that it has to do with th
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In reply to Paul_Avvento:I haven't actually used it yet. I'm not a big virtual keyboard user in Wind
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In reply to lwetzel:Thanks, will fix.
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In reply to jwpear:Making the system look better is fine too. What we really need though are themes that provi
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In reply to compunut:That's Microsoft's claim. I recall a big rewrite in XP, mostly because it added
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In reply to lezmaka:Stardock has a much lower bar than Microsoft does when it comes to quality. Plus, Groupy i
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In reply to Eric_Rasmussen:Everytime I see that, I say out loud, "No. Windows is not a service."
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In reply to wright_is:As I get older, I am much less inclined to listen to music in the car. An audiobook or p
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In reply to Daekar:Well. Let me put this in perspective. One thing I've been worried about lately is atte
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In reply to burog25c:Yep.
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In reply to cheetahdriver:Nice, thanks!
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In reply to Nonmoi:I don't even know what that means. I don't think that, for starters.
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Ask Paul for this Friday (July 6)
Happy 4th ... Here's a spot for any questions you have for this week's Ask Paul.
Thanks!
Paul
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In reply to johnlavey:I walk and I listen when I drive/travel.
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Here you go: https://www.thurrott.com/music-videos/162408/reading-list-favorite-audiobooks-2018-far
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This is amazing timing. I literally am working on a post called "Reading List: Favorite Audiobooks, First Half
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The mattress arrives Thursday. I'll figure something out for a write-up...
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In reply to justincrawford:Yeah. It opens up and expands like an inflatable boat.
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Regarding side-sleeping, I'm a poor sleeper: I move around a lot between side, back, and front.
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Casper matress review?
I purchased our third Casper mattress yesterday, and this time it's for my own bed. I'm considering reviewing it, if there's any interest.
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This is a reasonable guess. The existing kickstand inhibits thinner designs.
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My first big editorial for Thurrott.com was about this topic. And it's sad to note that the situation I
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In reply to jimchamplin:Right.
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Curious, and sorry. Will ping Tim.
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No. I noticed that while we were filming it. No idea why it was happening.
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In reply to Oasis:Fixed, thanks.
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In reply to Oasis:Fixed, thanks.
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In reply to L.T.D.:Yeah. I gotta get a dock.
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HA! Love it. :)
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Closing this down for now.
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Great write-up. And a nice contrast to a hit job I saw on another blog that claimed that the Alcantara cover w
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In reply to Oasis:It's spam. Killed it.
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In reply to will:Yes. And we all have our favorites/pet peeves. I feel like this team is big enough to do a bu
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In reply to gregsedwards:Yeah. I wondered about this as well.
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In reply to Kevin_Costa:Thanks! Fixing those...
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In reply to Nicholas_Kathrein:Going from 0 to Netflix is going to be difficult, if not impossible.
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In reply to MartinusV2:For sure.
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Ask Paul for this Friday (June 29)
Here's a spot for any questions you may have this week. Thanks!
Paul
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In reply to ErichK:Nice!
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As others have pointed out, I did write about this last year. But You do raise some interesting issues around
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In reply to dallasnorth40:?
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In reply to Sprtfan:I can't do this on my G Suite account either, because Google. Works fine on my normal
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You're missing the point: If you look at CR's actual reviews of the affected products, the scores ar
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Closing this down so I can try to answer these later today. Thanks!
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This would kind of thing would make for an amusing book.
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In reply to Skolvikings:Yep, that was a typo, thanks. Fixed it.
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Real mature, everyone. Let's give this sexism stuff a rest, please.
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I would not trust anything Microsoft when it comes to this stuff. Fitbit is great.
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Ask Paul for this Friday (June 22)
Almost zoned on this again, sorry. But here's a spot for any questions you may have this week.
Thanka!
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In reply to Maciek:The available market for a $500 Xbox One X is just as limited. But unlike the ability of pe
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In reply to StevenLayton:lol
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Interesting. I literally did this sometime in the past couple of months and it worked fine. (This was a key th
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In reply to david.thunderbird:Well, yes. That's perfectly reasonable.
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In reply to Travis:lol
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Perhaps. But I feel like Surface PCs are almost always on sale.
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That may be the point: Once YouTube Music has duplicated all of the functionality in Google Play Music, Google
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In reply to brduffy:Everything I write that isn't news or a review (or an interview) is Premium, yes.
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In reply to roger:Interesting, thanks.
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In reply to ken_loewen:Thanks... Saying no to tech for the sake of tech can be a struggle for sure.
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In reply to Chris_Kez:Yep. I'm trying very hard not to do that.
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In reply to bfarkas:Yeah. The issue is just the effort/cost. Right now I'm sort of evaluating whether thi
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In reply to GT_Tecolotecreek:Thanks. Will check this out. I feel like Insteon has come up in my research but I
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In reply to Polycrastinator:Not exactly... I do have them on our private Wi-Fi network, not that that's a
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In reply to lvthunder:His time frame----at least a year---is, if anything, generous to Microsoft.
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You made the right choice for sure.
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In reply to MartinusV2:Fixed. Sorry I missed that :)
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In reply to Daekar:So. There were three people on the podcast. And one of them said that.But maybe you should
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Not as such, it's ebook only, sorry. :)Not sure I'm famous. :) Unfortunately I threw out all my old
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In reply to Tamichan:Nice, thanks guys.
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In reply to howardjr48:No, sorry.
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In reply to DaveHelps:No, nothing like that. We have sort of discussed make it a wiki but I'm not sure I&
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In reply to helix2301:No, but that's an interesting idea, thanks.
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In reply to Hougaard:Yeah, we'll be updating that soon as well.
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In reply to dcdevito:Again, Code is not being rewritten in JavaScript.
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In reply to MartinusV2:I can fix it for you. Just the period?
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Everything this guy wrote is wrong, by the way.I covered it here: https://www.thurrott.com/cloud/office-365/16
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I believe this is it.https://www.askvg.com/how-to-disable-annoying-caps-lock-key-in-windows/
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I use a utility to disable the CAPS LOCK key. It's actually a Registry script, so I could see some being
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In reply to karma77police:Thanks ... I feel like this new UI strikes the right balance: Tabbed toolbars.
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In reply to karlinhigh:Killed.
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He's been super-busy with school. Plan is for him to return on Monday.
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In reply to RobotRaccoon:Right now, G Suite is it. Or you could go Office 365 commercial, which is much more e
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Office 365 Home is the better financial deal by far: Five users, each with 1 TB of OneDrive, and full access t
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In reply to graboskyc:hangs head
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Yes this still works and it's an official feature, not a workaround now: If you activate an Office 365 Pe
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Closing this down so I can try and answer these later this morning.Thanks!Paul
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In reply to karma77police:This assumes that nothing changes.
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In reply to Chris_Kez:One word. 5G.
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In reply to Shmuelie:Agreed.
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In reply to ghostrider:Yep. I think so as well.
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It's working fine here. Which I realize is not super-helpful.
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In reply to ghostrider:lol
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Next up: Datacenters on the moon!
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If it helps, Gmail junk filtering is also terrible and next to impossible to manage.
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In reply to Brazbit:Yeah, but that's the issue. They would burn out the battery.
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Ask Paul for this Friday, June 8
Late again, sorry. But here's a place for any questions you may have this week.
Thanks!
Paul
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I'm not sure why you think the 850 was rushed---it's actually part of a broader strategy to expand Q
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In reply to TheJoeFin:I never really thought about it like that, but yes, that makes sense. With integrated ce
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In reply to alissa914:Yep. There is a kind of consistency across iOS as well that I find to be nice.
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In reply to thalter:I feel like Consumer Reports is credible. The issue with using reader feedback is that it
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In reply to iantrem:That seems accurate.
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They should fold this project. :)
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In reply to jmeiii75:For the Apple TV in particular it's a life-saver. It's also good if you're
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In reply to echew:So I just noticed this over the weekend with the Astros/Red Sox game. But it was blacked out
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In reply to SilentHero117:Interesting. Have you run into the issue where you can't fast forward through r
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In reply to NateHam:All of the big cord-cutting services provide those.
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In reply to Orin:Yeah, I guess I'd say Kindle is portable but not open. Am curious if that changes.
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In reply to creugea7:It works differently in different apps, but I hate this remote and will try to never use
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In reply to jmeiii75:Yes, I still paid for Netflix (and Hulu and Prime) without cable. But I'm not compar
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In reply to Travis:I'm still trying to get over the shoddy way they tried to charge me for a service I ne
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In reply to Yaggs:I don't recall the exact cost, but it was via RCN and was likely in the $35-$50 when co
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In reply to curtisspendlove:I bet they get it there.
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In reply to wunderbar:This is literally a PWA. It's up to the app author to decide which features make se
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In reply to Jeffery_Commaroto:Yep. Me too.
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In reply to karlinhigh:Not sure how the system works, sorry. But I did remove the posts/comments and the accou
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Closing this down so I can try and answer the questions. Thanks!
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In reply to lvthunder:Let's look at this a different way.Microsoft does collect data and analyze telemetr
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In reply to skane2600:For sure. But there are productivity experiences like Sets that are worthwhile.And I do
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In reply to jerriep:Sure. Some people use the 3D stuff too. It just has a lot less usage on a PC than it would
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In reply to shameermulji:No, I expect HoloLens to continue.
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In reply to plibken:Not literally, obviously there are enthusiasts out there. But statistically, yes.
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Asking Tim.
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In reply to jgraebner:Yep. Maddening that more phones don't do this.
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In reply to EcceLex:Yep. Office 365 will feel big, heavy, and ponderous by comparison.
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OK here's how it works. Navigate to chrome://flags/Search for "PWA". Enable the Desktop PWA option. When
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In reply to Richicoder:Real-world-wise, the Chrome version is likely the better one for most. It's smalle
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In reply to karma77police:That whooshing sound you hear is the future passing you by.
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In reply to jimchamplin:In Chrome OS? :)
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In reply to RobCannon:I believe you uninstall it from the Apps link in the bookmarks bar. Both PWA and Store v
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Ooh.
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In reply to plebianmember:I can't help you with your Google phobia, but using something less functional a
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In reply to Chris_Kez:Which is what I wrote. But the cross section of people who both have a small music colle
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In reply to dmos01:https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/23/17386752/youtube-music-uploads-feature-google-play-music
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In reply to JeffKirvin:That's not true. Google has said that that transition won't happen until all
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In reply to bennett_cg:I think the world has moved on to the much more useful notion of recommending music you
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In reply to red.radar:Does this actually happen anymore? I'm not aware of anything like that with Google
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In reply to DaveHelps:Right. This was the "work" I referenced in the post. :) More to the point, it's eas
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In reply to Mulderjoe:Google Play Music is clearly the best option right now. I did the same.Also, Hi Joe. :)
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In reply to TroyTruax:So I guess I didn't frame this very well. People with large (local) music collectio
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In reply to plettza:I think there are two main points to a subscription music service: Music discovery, which
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In reply to peterh_oz:The friend I reference here is in the same boat. Hates Apple, will never buy an iPhone.
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In reply to evox81:It's certainly something that could be a configurable option.
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In reply to Michael:This doesn't seem super-credible to me. If this is a blue light issue, one benefit of
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In reply to FERNANDEZC4:Google Home does that. I think Echo might too.
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In reply to obarthelemy:I'll see what I can do here.
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In reply to bfarkas:Yep. There are a few curious omissions here. Stereo speakers is one too.
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In reply to Chris_Kez:That could be. But our experience using cable TV was so terrible we just went back to st
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In reply to Jrzyshr:I had a really bad customer service experience with DirecTV where we literally had to go a
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In reply to thalter:Right. I have no real interest in OTA anything. My family would never use that, and adding
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In reply to JerryH:Yeah, I find this to be frustrating. The good news is, most of the commercial breaks are sh
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In reply to Daekar:My wife and I watch some 30 minute HGTV show every day during lunch. We watch at least a co
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In reply to webguynj:I literally couldn't live there.
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In reply to STPFan82:That is an excellent resource that everyone here should check out. Thanks!
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In reply to dcdevito:It doesn't have NESN in Pennsylvania, no. I'm sure it does in New England. The
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In reply to Danny_Riley:Yep. It's definitely getting better and all this competition can only help.
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In reply to jcalamita:I spend a lot of time evaluating this kind of thing. I really like Mint Mobile (Mint SIM
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In reply to cliveren13:We'd pay the same for Internet regardless of whether we got cable TV. But we also
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In reply to skane2600:It does make more sense to have those books on a mobile device than on a PC.
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Ask Paul for this Friday, June 1
Hi guys,
Here's a spot for any questions you may have this week.
Thanks!
Paul
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In reply to KingNerdTheThird:Yep. They pretended that Spotify might one day offer this at the time of the reti
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I though you meant that Brad needs help in PUBG. Which is probably true. :)
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In reply to lwetzel:Also deleted the account.
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In reply to lwetzel:Curious. Well, I killed it again.
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In reply to Angusmatheson:I feel like this speaks to a failure of the process. All those testers, all that dat
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In reply to lwetzel:Terminated, thanks.
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In reply to Oasis:Terminated, thanks.
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In reply to scoop:You'll need an extension until they figure this out. Assuming one exists.
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This is an excellent point. At the very least, it should be an option.
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And by Friday morning before we leave, I obviously mean Friday afternoon after we arrive. Sorry, yesterday aft
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Closing this now so I can try and answer these.
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Will throw this by Tim, thanks!
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In reply to Mestiphal:Interesting. They didn't do this for BF1 then.
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In reply to Andi:EA said 1999.
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In reply to Josh:Surface Pro, Surface Laptop, and Surface Book 2 are all Surface-branded mobile devices.
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In reply to Supergregnuma1:Yeah, I do think education will be part of this push too.
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In reply to Greenberry Woods:I wonder if they can even take this step. It would solve the ecosystem piece nice
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In reply to Chris_Kez:Surface Hub is evolving to not be not so niche, so that's not a great comparison. T
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In reply to jbinaz:I was told explicitly that ebooks in Windows 10 were not added for PCs, they were added for
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In reply to MikeGalos:Which is pretty fair. Tim Cook's Apple has done very little by way of true innovati
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I probably used them all. Prodigy had that goofy low-res graphical UI on early 1990's PCs. I used AOL
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OneDrive for Business isn't OneDrive. The complaint is that consumers can't add more than 1 TB.
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The other thing that occurs here is that Store apps are per user, for better or worse. So they need to be upda
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Given the nature of the tool, I'm OK with this. I had to really look at it to be sure :) But ... yes.
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We have a weird bug there. Hoping Tim fixes this soon, sorry.
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Ask Paul for this Friday, May 25
Hi all,
Here's a spot for this week's Ask Paul. I'll be closing this down on Thursday this week because I'm driving to Boston on Friday to visit friends and family and enjoy the long Memorial Day weekend. But I'll publish it Friday morning before we leave.
Thanks!
Paul
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In reply to curtisspendlove:That's not momentum, it's inertia. :) But whatever. Obviously, it's
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I literally just experienced this as well (with my Outlook.com account). "Just" being Tuesday, May 22 at 8:30
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Just playing devil's advocate here, but the system is designed so that you don't have to do anything
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In reply to MacLiam:Terminated it, thanks.
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In reply to SherlockHolmes:It's OK that it's in there. All major platforms ship with a browser. What
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In reply to kipkniskern:I talked to them about this later and was told that previous plans to make Edge a real
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In reply to jimchamplin:Throwing more people at this is not a solution.
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In reply to North of 49th:Not sure what you mean by the intelligent edge bit, but the division between UI and
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Please explain what this is since I'm about to just delete it.
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In reply to skane2600:This is definitely part of it.
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The Xbox One S is an incredible value. I don't see it not being supported for several years at least.
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I don't have a way to test this, sorry. But if you heard about my Bluetooth/USB issues on 1803 on my Inte
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I mean, yikes. We almost have to rethink this to the point of, what IS Edge?On mobile, Edge is a shell that ru
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In reply to John_Scott:If they ride it out, the next stop is a cliff. This plan will never work.
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In reply to hrlngrv:Sure. Edge has an arbitrary design. One could easily make Edge a real store app (shell) th
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In reply to PhilipVasta:Don't personalize this. I use Google Chrome because it's the best browser. P
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Turn it in portrait to type or try other keyboards I guess.
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In reply to hrlngrv:I'm not sure how this works now, but Office always used custom, non-standard UIs/cont
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In reply to dcdevito:Well. That and usage stats. :)
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It is astonishing to me that Microsoft doesn't offer all supported versions of Windows 10 available for I
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Closing this so I can rise to the occasion....
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lol that is amazing
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In reply to wright_is:What dcdevito said is correct. The world uses Chrome.
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In reply to Bob_Shutts:OK ;) Still have never heard of it.
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I've never even heard of Smartsheets.
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Ask Paul for this Friday, May 18
I almost zoned on this again because of the busy week traveling, but here's a spot for this week's Ask Paul if you have any questions. Thanks!
Paul
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In reply to Simard57:No, not that I've ever seen.
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In reply to Bdsrev:Yep
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I always do a clean install but, no, if you want to clone your install, there is nothing in Windows that will
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In reply to YouWereWarned:"Yet" another? :) There are many more reasons to use Chrome than the opposite.
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There's not much third party support for Dial that I'm aware of. But Corel does support Dial in its
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In reply to UK User:The sheer number of technologies that debuted first in Windows Me but were popularized in
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In reply to landoflivingskies:Fixed, thanks.
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Casual meet-up in Chicago tonight
As you may know, Brad and I are in Chicago this week with several of our BWW Media Group teammates for VeeamON 2018. And we're having a very casual meet-up tonight if you're in the area. (You don't have to be going to VeeamON 2018.)
Here are the details:
Where:
The bar/restaurant at the Marriott Marquee Chicago
(Next to the McCormick Place conference center) 2121 S Prairie Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
When:
Tuesday, May 15 from 7:30 to 9:00 pm
Who:
Brad, Paul, George, Tim, Tina, and Corey will be there
Nothing formal, as this is a really busy show for us, and we were able to carve out this small bit of free time to decompress. Please do come by if you can.
Thanks!
Paul
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Right now, no. There is still a (slightly smaller) navigation bar at the bottom in apps. I hope they change th
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In reply to epguy40:Weird, Microsoft assured me that this release was as reliable/stable as the previous few r
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In reply to Bats:Not exactly. Chrome OS can run Android apps and the Google Play Store. And you lose out on Ch
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The iPhone is a very high-quality device. You can't compare the quality of the Pixel 2 XL, which is lacki
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In reply to Demileto:Ultimately, the complaint here is just, I don't like it because Google is successful
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In reply to Demileto:That's true on Windows too. Put another way, Edge is set up with Bing as the default
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In reply to GT_Tecolotecreek:Yeah. The Chrome OS installed base is certainly tiny compared to Android on phone
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In reply to adamcorbally:Android and Chrome have no in-product advertising.But Windows 10 does. Interesting.
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In reply to adamcorbally:I love that you think that pointing out a competitive threat and then analyzing it is
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In reply to ecumenical:Nothing. But it's a previous version of Office running on a different ARM chipset.
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In reply to davidblouin:Welcome to the Internet. Now everyone can have a voice! ;)
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In reply to MikeGalos:Also, you forgot Microsoft employees complaining that their fans want things to be bette
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In reply to RR:My worry here is that it will work like it does now: Slowly, intermittently, and only with Andr
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In reply to mmcpher:For some reason I have "this summer" in my head, but I can't track down where that�
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In reply to will:Sorry, how is that funny? :)
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In reply to hrlngrv:It's easier to just sync your data to OneDrive and not worry about that way. But my
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In reply to LuxuryTravelled:No, though I've often posted excerpts from the book.
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Also, what you're looking for is:https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build
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In reply to BlackForestHam:Right. Netscape was going to replace Windows with the web. It only took 20 years.
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In reply to curtisspendlove:I agree. Not sure that means it's "fine." :) But yes, it certainly continues.
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In reply to aThingOrTwo:There are no NDA sessions at Build, at least for attendees.
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I wonder if this changes anything, to be honest. It's something that should be there, and it's just
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In reply to lwetzel:Got it, thanks.
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In reply to TheJoeFin:No, it really is. :)
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In reply to manzo:Woo-hoo. :)
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I've never seen this. But since you just reset, could you reset it again and see if that changes it? An I
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In reply to arunphilip:No. They said they were going to do this very early on but later changed their minds.
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(Almost) the whole lineup needs to be updated for sure.
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In reply to TheJoeFin:Too little, too late.
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I think the way I'd say this is, Build was as expected for Windows.
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I'm curious why Microsoft doesn't just recast the File Explorer as a UWP app. I know they tried.Can
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Closing this now so I can tackle the Qs. Thanks everyone.
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In reply to hrlngrv:Exactly.
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In reply to klients:My position, that UWP has resulted in a generation of childish-looking apps, is easily def
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In reply to mystilleef:Yeah, I meant to actually compare them gesture by gesture but wanted to move on from th
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In reply to dcdevito:If I understand what you mean, yes. That is, you can press quickly on Overview to toggle
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In reply to Dawid_Koziol:Microsoft Office supports touch and mouse modes. That you can configure.
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In reply to Chris_Kez:It's not "command density," that's just the term I used. It's "UX element
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In reply to SherlockHolmes:Yes. I mentioned that as well. :) It's crazy.
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In reply to Demileto:I'm only guessing, but I think they lost sight of the script by making mobile one of
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In reply to Rob.Federici:Yep. crosses fingers
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In reply to Dan1986ist:Right.
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In reply to Demileto:Actually, Google could specifically prevent their apps from being put in the Store. So we
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In reply to lvthunder:How would I know ... what?
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In reply to lvthunder:I don't know. The guys I spoke to---anecdotal for sure---were amused by the notion
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In reply to Nicholas_Kathrein:Yep. Those Apple "State of the Union" talks are amazing. And very much developer
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In reply to Chris_Kez:Probably. But the room was packed and those people were ready to listen. Half the room w
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In reply to lvthunder:Yep. Huge mistake.
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This is a third party solution. Microsoft literally just announced "UI density" capabilities for UWP this wee
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In reply to Shmuelie:Right. The Google thing was amazing. Different kind of event, of course.
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Ask Paul for this Friday (May 11)
Here's a thread for any questions you may have for this week's Ask Paul.
Also, I'll be traveling all day tomorrow (Wednesday). I'll still try to get a few posts out.
Paul
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Humor is tough. The Apple thing really fell flat, but my reaction to that first comment was, that's what
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"Why" is kind of a tough one. But I feel very strongly that they should not be doing this: People who enroll i
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In reply to vjvvh:Yeah, this is the thing. I have my own issues with Apple---quality is way down, too many pro
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I wonder the same. Given how much work this thing needs, I'm curious Microsoft hasn't pulled it out
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Do you have a shot of this you could share?
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I'll ask Tim about this.
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Yep. I feel like I've been documenting this kind of change for a few years now. Microsoft is pretty much
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In reply to Martin_Klimke:Yeah. A "where the Mac falls short" post might make a nice bookend to this.
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In reply to DeenVR:lol
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In reply to jlmerrill:I've owned several Macs since 2001 and still use and prefer Windows. I don't t
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In reply to vjvvh:Sadly fair.
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In reply to vjvvh:I don't feel like that's what I'm doing or what I communicated.
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In reply to Bill_Strong:Thanks for this.
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In reply to VancouverNinja:Not sure I'm committed per se. But I do like to keep up on what the competitio
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In reply to Chris_Kez:Yep. I don't understand why they ignore this product so much.
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In reply to GT_Tecolotecreek:I need to look up what this is, but yes, most likely.
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In reply to panjjj:lol could be
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In reply to wluck:Appreciated.
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The issue is that Paint 3D is not a modern replacement for Paint. It's something else.
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Closing this now. Hopefully I can get to these questions today. Thanks!
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In reply to xperiencewindows:This is beyond unfair. You have no idea how hard Tim works.
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In reply to Tim:I am now holding you to this. :)
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In reply to karma77police:I will be writing this up soon, but the Insider Program is deeply flawed. It's
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In reply to Bdsrev:Not sure what to say to this. But assuming Chrome is an unreliable, barely tested disaster,
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In reply to MrYves707:The last two updates, which were much bigger functionality-wise, did not have these kind
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In reply to LyonAdmiral1981:This is more like the Anniversary Update, from what I can tell so far.
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In reply to DeenVR:Exactly.
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In reply to amrish.tandon:Cute. But it's not just me.
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Nice! :D
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We will fix this today. Looks like the feed was corrupted somehow, sorry.Paul
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In reply to hrlngrv:I feel like this is more antagonism than legitimate question.
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We're working on some site issues, as noted elsewhere. I believe it's working now, but we're tr
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I think we're having site issues, sorry. Working on that...
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This is coming up for me, but it's very slow. I bet it's related to site performance and tied to the
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In reply to Tom Wilson:The keto diet is much more calorie dense, and is thus more efficient, than a vegetarian
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This is likely a site issue. We're looking into this right now.
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Not in the Store right now, no.Hoping for some PWA news next week at Build.
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Not sure what's up, but checking with Tim.
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In reply to Daekar:Aside from Office 365, it should include Windows 10 Pro licenses for the same PC limits (1
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Just so we're clear on this, I wish we could do this for "free" (meaning ad-based). But that model has dr
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In reply to Eric_Johnson:Obviously, we look at a lot of different things when it comes to pricing, and, as obv
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In reply to warren:I very much want the opposite of what you're describing. The abject negativity of comm
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Thanks for the kind words, everyone. :)
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In reply to pecosbob04:Mostly Tim. :) But sure thing. Ping me if you don't see it.
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Sorry about this. Tim says he will credit you one Premium post. It was a server time thing.
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I will ask Tim about this.
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Ask Paul for this week
I'm traveling Friday again but I'll try to squeeze in Ask Paul on Thursday if possible. Thanks!
Paul
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That keto is "controversial" shows you how off-base we are when it comes to science and facts these days.
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You forgot the third choice: Those who already did the upgrade. :) You can "clean install" it by just using PC
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In reply to Angusmatheson:I could be wrong, but I thought it was the iPad. But whatever... Intel chips make se
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May 8 is Patch Tuesday. It has nothing to do with Build. I don't think you have to worry about bandwidth.
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In reply to vann:Interesting. I'm almost tempted to look myself.
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In reply to lvthunder:Right. I'm saying there should be.
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In reply to Ruvger:I'd never installed iTunes on this PC before.
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lol sorry guys
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No Ask Paul this week
Hi guys... I'm traveling to Boston and will be out most of the day Friday, so there won't be an Ask Paul this week.
Thanks!
Paul
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In reply to BigM72:Put another way, Chrome is better than Edge, which kinds of upends your logic. Too, there a
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In reply to Rcandelori:I find it weird that I have to defend an opinion that is based on real-world experience
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In reply to crmguru:I think you missed the point of my Zune comparison, which is that both products were born
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In reply to Daekar:Windows that fits on your old tablet but does not run Windows apps is not Windows. :)
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In reply to legend:No, I've not heard about a timetable, sorry.
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In reply to Daishi:Yes, exactly.
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In reply to Daekar:Love it.
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In reply to srtbb:That it makes money from other businesses. :)
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In reply to spacecamel:FINALLY :)
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In reply to jimchamplin:The irony here, of course, is that NT was designed as the solution to UNIX, something
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In reply to offTheRecord:I love the notion that Microsoft, the provider of your enterprise services, is someho
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In reply to skane2600:I'm sorry but if you cross-reference the potential audience with "people who have h
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In reply to Waethorn:Sure. It could be called Yogurt.
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More like April Fools Update. ;)
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In reply to MikeGalos:That Apple was dumber/worse doesn't make what Microsoft does OK.
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In reply to Stooks:LOL this suggests a level of forethought there that I am positive does not exist.
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In reply to jchampeau:lol
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In reply to ibmthink:I wasn't comparing the key throw. I am comparing the overall quality and experience
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In reply to tommorton14:I'm hoping for an X1 Yoga next, but I will ask.
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In reply to ibmthink:The full keys on the Anniversary ThinkPad were excellent. I prefer the flat chiclet keys
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In reply to dcdevito:It's not Spring in the half of the world, for starters.
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My gut feeling is that Pages/Keynotes/Numbers is fine for most people. Just like Google Docs/Sheets/whatever i
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You have a customer that will drop Microsoft because it requires authenticating using a device everyone on ear
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If I could refine this a bit, I'd say that Microsoft does need something like the Switch. But that thing
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In reply to hrlngrv:It began a few years back. :) But yes.
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I'm not sure if this is exactly related, but one of the things I miss on Windows is account-based app pas
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In reply to AnOldAmigaUser:This is too much common sense. :)
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Surface Book 2 15-inch.
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Having experienced three blue/green screens with this thing (two on 17133 and one on 17134), I'm also cur
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I've been looking into Linux again recently and was wondering the same thing: The lack of OneDrive client
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Closing this down so I can try to answer these questions this morning. Thanks!
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In reply to dcdevito:Yes. The thing that really amazes me is what Google can accomplish with a single camera (
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In reply to spacein_vader:I've been meaning to write about this (and Modern Warfare 2): "A tale of two CO
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In reply to Elindalyne:lol
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Ask Paul for this Friday (April 20)
Here's a spot for any questions you may have this week. --Paul
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In reply to Simard57:Obviously, contacting help/support or the advertising team makes no sense. :)But I do see
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The thing I appreciate here is that you're not openly wondering why anyone would pay for a smartphone. Yo
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In reply to evox81:I agree with that. Not sure it reflects on the quality of the forums per se.
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In reply to brad-sams:Yes. The natural side-effect of all this will be lip-service for consumers ("every busin
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In reply to AndBingoWasHis:Yeah. That's where I am at as well.
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Constructive criticism is always appreciated. When it comes to typos and spelling/grammar issues, we'd ap
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In reply to evox81:Which means what?
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In reply to djross95:This is unrelated to the Windows desktop. It's not like the people building Windows
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In reply to wright_is:What I wrote is what happened. There was no hacking/whatever. Just old-fashioned human e
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In reply to brad-sams:What he said.
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In reply to fastoy:You will need to do as described in this post. :)
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In reply to StevenLayton:Not sure, sorry. I appreciate it, but no worries on that one.
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In reply to hrlngrv:PWAs installed from the Microsoft Store will literally only run in Edge, yes.
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In reply to NT6.1:It's funny, I was kind of thinking the same thing. Win32 *is* Windows in so many ways.
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In reply to Winner:I don't believe its possible for a company to be "jealous." But Microsoft does have pr
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In reply to cornholio:That is likely inevitable. They need to be noise canceling.
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In reply to Travis:This is a solid point. :) But on the other end of that math is Project Fi.
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In reply to KingNerdTheThird::) I wanted to elaborate but I felt that said it all.
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In reply to Sprtfan:Not really. As I noted elsewhere, many people have been conditioned to download/use Chrome
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In reply to lenh51:I can certainly try to do this.
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In reply to hrlngrv:Blaming the grammar checker is a bit pointless and unfair: I may have just missed the flag
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In reply to Troughley:The problem I have with the payoff is that it is being invented now because of what happ
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In reply to David_Wells:It doesn't stand for that anymore. It was an acronym but the actual name of the c
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In reply to wright_is:I don't understand this comment.
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Closing this now so I can answer the questions today. Thanks!
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That is amazing.
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In reply to skramer49:Tablets are measured separately. Apple very much dominates the tablet market, of course.
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In reply to PincasX:Not sure what you mean by "flaunted," which is bias-filled term. But Apple's unit sal
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I love Surface Laptop. Honestly, if they just replaced/augmented the Surface Connect port with USB-C/Thunderbo
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It's a great speaker, for sure. Would I buy a second one though? Hm. That requires a lot of trust. Both i
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In reply to arunphilip:I'm coming around to the idea that Office 365 might be Microsoft's Achilles H
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In reply to JCerna:Yessir.
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In reply to BoItmanLives:Appreciated.
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In reply to xyz123:Hm. I'm not sure we need to rate how shitty each is compared to the other. It's
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In reply to Skolvikings:Those are ads. So is the app suggestions area of Start.You literally identified severa
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The word "hero" is tossed around lightly, but no one will ever know how much time I've wasted manually fi
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In reply to VancouverNinja:This kind of thing is curiously common with tech: Someone points out an issue they
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In reply to red.radar:It could be both. But the latter, at least, appears to be the case.
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In reply to Omega Ra:lol fair
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In reply to Hassan_Timite:Yep. The performance issues are real.
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Ask Paul for this Friday (April 13)
Trying to get a slightly earlier jump on it this week. Plus, it's Friday the 13th!
Paul
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We dropped it last year as part of our family-wide switch to Spotify. Only my wife had been using it.
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In reply to brad-sams:On that note, let's remove URL creation. That would solve the worst abuse here, the
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The Envy x2 is branded as such for a reason. It doesn't provide the performance of a Spectre. Also, it�
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In reply to Kudupa:Not sure I'd use the word funny. But sure. :)
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In reply to North of 49th:That you know that your PC is "Ivy Bridge" and get OS updates on whatever exact sche
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In reply to Harrymyhre:No, they run Chrome OS. (It's based on a Linux core, but it is not Linux.)
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In reply to gregsedwards:No, I'm not saying that. Those platforms failed.
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In reply to MikeGalos:LOL. Ah boy.
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In reply to PeteB:Yep. This is very clearly the case.
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In reply to Bats:There is no such thing as a viable 15-inch tablet.Also, this product is made by HP, but the G
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In reply to Kudupa:His whole deal is to attack. I'm not fear mongering. I'm thinking about where thi
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In reply to jrickel96:More fun facts. That data is meaningless in this case. Usage share and marketshare are d
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Aren't the Store app developers the ones determining how these things look?
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In reply to skane2600:If it's just a check-box in Visual Studio and is automatic, there's no downsid
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This was inevitable given Apple's history of screwing over its partners in turn.More to the point, Micros
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If you are running Windows 10 Home, Pro, or Enterprise (e.g. not in S mode), yes. It should work just like any
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In reply to simmonm:The nice thing about that was you could delete it.
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In reply to harmjr:I bet it's not even that sophisticated. It just checks against consumer Office 365. Th
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Closing this down so I can answer these, thanks!
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Ah boy.
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In reply to dbtom:Thanks, will look at this.
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In reply to drrjv:Don't agree about the TouchID button, but any iPhone is a cleaner, more reliable experi
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In reply to TurboFool:It's like Windows. I test crap and it piles up over time. I like to start fresh.
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In reply to Thretosix:The Pixel 2 XL is unlocked like all phones purchased from Google.
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In reply to Jaxidian:Thanks. I think I'm done buying dongles. :) I have at least half a dozen, various ty
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In reply to Jacob-Bearce:No.
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In reply to ethics13:I anticipated this kind of feedback. :) Sure.
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This guy is external Apple PR. I wouldn't get too excited by this. 2019 for a product Apple said they wer
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I've been wondering about this as well. I bet it is on the way out.
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Ask Paul for this Friday (April 6)
Late as usual, but here's a place for this week's questions.
Thanks!
Paul
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Hopefully, you're OK that I corrected the "Wondows" misspelling in the title.
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In reply to panjjj:Microsoft Meekly? :)
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In reply to Lewk:Yes, you have. It's because an Android-based phone would actually have access to a rich
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In reply to BigM72:And fixed. Sorry about that.
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In reply to BigM72:Sorry about that. Checking...
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In reply to jhoff80:Actually, it was in the previous version.
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In reply to landoflivingskies:Thanks. That was a WordPress copy/paste issue caused by the italics. Frustrating
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In reply to Spectralmania:Agreed.
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I sort of agree with this. I feel like most Windows users would be OK with Windows 8.1 or 10 sans the Store, t
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I love this kind of thing. I do the same when I travel: observe what people are really using.Regarding the PC
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Just a quick thanks to everyone for the comments. Most seem to understand where I was coming from. As I noted
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In reply to shameermulji:Legacy. And the ongoing need to make positive changes in something you care about. My
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In reply to jmeiii75:I hope so as well.
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In reply to BigM72:I've never seen anything like that. There are people who just know their stuff (Stephe
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In reply to bsquarednc:Thank you.
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In reply to ponsaelius:This seems very accurate to me.
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In reply to ChristopherCollins:These things are always tough. There is a "you're doing Premium or you
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In reply to train_wreck:Thanks, I appreciate that. The goofy thing, I feel like I under-sold this and wish I h
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In reply to wolters:Yep. I always worried that Windows 8 was the wound that Windows could never heal from.
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In reply to Sen1:Sinofsky. Oh, I have stories. It's worse than most would believe.
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In reply to jimchamplin:Interesting. Apple hasn't hired someone that high profile from outside the compan
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In reply to GuyDye:Thanks. There are things I wanted to get out here and didn't, but you kind of hit on t
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In reply to Bart:I'm not that important. :)
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In reply to KingNerdTheThird:I'm kind of walking myself into the uncomfortable position of being negative
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In reply to wolters:Thanks.And hangover is exactly right.
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In reply to shameermulji:The secret to understanding Microsoft today is the word inclusiveness. Intelligent Ed
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In reply to lvthunder:lol sorry about that :)
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In reply to dcdevito:Appreciated, thanks.
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In reply to claren44:Nice, thanks.
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In reply to plettza:I'm not sure what you mean by "hate." Windows RT was a failure and was the wrong idea
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There is no chance I dont get kicked off Skype. You think I'm bad in public...
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In reply to Jules_Wombat:He is leaving.
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In reply to skane2600:Exactly.
Forum Post
The end of the Terry Myerson era
As you may know, Terry Myerson is leaving Microsoft.
And ... I am traveling today. And tomorrow.
I have a lot to say about this. But it might be a while. So I'll do my best on that front, but this was sudden if not slightly expected.
More soon. Promise. :)
Paul
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Travel this week
Hi guys,
Ask Paul will be back next Friday, April 6. I missed last week because I was gone all day Friday at a developer event. And I'll miss this week because I'm traveling with my wife and daughter to Colorado to look at colleges there. I'll be out all day Friday pretty much, though I'm going to try and make First Ring Daily.
Thanks!
Paul
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I won't be able to remember it all, I bet. I pay for a lot of software. Off the top of my head, I pay for
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In reply to edlin:RE: Office, no. I'd love to know that myself.
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In reply to MattHewitt::)
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In reply to warpdesign:That doesn't make sense. That's just what's happening. Why can't on
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Math is hard. Be gentle. :)
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In reply to judgejewelz:Windows doesn't disappear for many years and I still very much prefer it over any
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In reply to DonaClueless:Sure, that is fair. I think what I was trying to communicate is my belief that Micros
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In reply to hrlngrv:I meant what I wrote. Native, not "bundled." No, I have not preferred IE since … the 90&
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Key takeway: Microsoft's app store shows the same trends as all mobile app stores, but at a much smaller
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Actually, the Netflix app on Windows 10 probably is Edge under the covers. I think it's a hosted web app.
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In reply to karma77police:This isn't fair. That this runs at all speaks to how much these processors have
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In reply to jaredthegeek:The issue here is the same as with Windows RT or Windows 10 S. It looks like Windows,
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In reply to Silversee:I will try this in Edge.
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In reply to RonH:Will update to 1803 when its complete, for sure.
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In reply to Daekar:I should have updated this. So Windows Update was stuck for a long time on that 1709 downlo
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In reply to Maktaba:I write, that's what I do. :)
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In reply to jhoff80:Yeah. I'm going to be looking at Office/Edge performance specifically for the review.
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In reply to kodos78:No, that is not available on ARM.
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In reply to ezraward:Yes. This is the big strength of these devices. It will take a while to figure out how we
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In reply to jaredthegeek:Yeah. Probably not going to stream too much on LTE given that I have to pay for it. :
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In reply to lilmoe:The performance is definitely slow. But having 8 GB of RAM instead of 4 helps. I think the
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In reply to Daekar:Hm, I'm not sure if OneDrive syncs in Connected Standby. Will try to find out.
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In reply to skane2600:I wrote that this was only the first test and that it was done in Windows 10 S. But I wi
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In reply to Stooks:It's not about some one-time need for battery. It's about using it for a week and
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In reply to gabbrunner:Yeah, that is what I am using: The Store version.
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In reply to jhoff80:What I wrote is what I was told.
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In reply to Jeffery_Commaroto:I will be writing about app performance soon. I really haven't used it much
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Just as a heads-up. No one here deletes comments because we "disagree." We delete comments that are personal a
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I'm on-board with this. Microsoft told me when it was plotting Windows 10 Cloud (then S) that over 50 per
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In reply to skane2600:I've spoken to several people at Microsoft and elsewhere who have been using this a
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In reply to Irving Park:Google is rumored to be prepping a 2-in-1 version of the Pixelbook that would compete
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In reply to Daekar:Fair. But the compromise here is potentially meaningful to some audience. I'm with you
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In reply to wunderbar:You gotta hit the high points.
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In reply to RossNWirth:It does disconnect. I'm running battery tests atm but I will look at this. It'
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In reply to plettza:As people have noted, MarkdownPad is no longer supported. So finding a replacement is some
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In reply to lvthunder:It's getting there. I still don't have a Store-based Markdown editor where I c
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In reply to MartinusV2:Literally, yes.
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In reply to davidl:Thanks for all the Windows tips, guys. :)
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In reply to Jeffery_Commaroto:As I've said so many times, this thing only requires the smallest of compro
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In reply to hrlngrv:You left off the most important part of that sentence you quoted: "... that I use every si
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In reply to Bart:I will pray for you :)
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In reply to DrWindows:The only thing better than a (well-made) Store app, to me, is one that is just built int
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In reply to Waethorn:I am curious about this as well. I hope so: It took them a while to do so for Windows 10
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In reply to Daekar:There's an ASUS ARM/ACPC for about $500. That's probably roughly the same from a
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In reply to Daishi:One benchmark too many then, since all that does is prove they have no idea what they'
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In reply to BigM72:Yes. But I'm talking about testing real desktop applications that you download from th
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In reply to Ensign Eddie:Based on the kickstand design, lappability will be as good as Surface Pro at best. Mo
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In reply to TravisGreuel:If you wish to use cellular data, you will need a data-only SIM or an additional data
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In reply to tommorton14:The Laptop Magazine review is a great example of why relying on x86 benchmarks is clue
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If you install Outlook Mobile and sync your account, you have nothing to do. Sync to the native Android experi
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In reply to skane2600:The words you're looking for are Google Docs, Google Sheets, etc. They are both fre
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In reply to shameermulji:UWP apps on Windows 10 are a hack, by this measure.
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A couple of points.Con:First of all, Windows rot is very real. In fact, I just had a private conversation with
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In reply to jimchamplin:There are some serious Microsoft parallels here. For a while, Windows was just a Mac r
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This is obviously a controversial topic. That we hit over 100 comments here and most of them didn't devol
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In reply to VancouverNinja:Our opinions of Edge have nothing to do with the point, which is that Microsoft is
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In reply to DemBones:I'm not a big fan of using terms like FUD to denigrate the message, which isn't
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In reply to hrlngrv:It's mostly marketing, for sure. But a lite version of Windows running on ARM hardwar
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In reply to Waethorn:I've seen this theory and do wonder about that. If the entire world moved to Mac (wh
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In reply to Waethorn:I don't think this summarizes the article, which is about "why" Microsoft is doing t
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In reply to ghostrider:This is quite accurate.
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In reply to JHeredia:I think they do it because they can. They know more than we do about how badly this platf
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In reply to Bart:There's a Darwinian thing at play here. Sure, they can do what they want. But we did pay
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In reply to rob_segal:That last line, yes. That is my feeling exactly. Still better than any alternative. But
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In reply to peterh_oz:The EU has bigger fish to fry, unfortunately.
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In reply to Bart:Right. Meeting customer needs seems like a minimum of sorts.
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In reply to skane2600:You think that Chromebooks need to "outsell" the PC market as a whole for this to be tru
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In reply to VancouverNinja:So, that is absolutely not true. In the U.S., Chromebooks have made big inroads in
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In reply to lordbaal1:Just a head's up. I will be deleting this bullshit. And then I will be contacting y
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Also, "sell it for free"? What does that even mean? :)
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In reply to wright_is:You are missing the point.Emulating x86 code is a step to the future. It's one way
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In reply to wright_is:Right. Apple will never do anything that might harm its single biggest overall business,
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In reply to lanebishop:lol thanks. "Math is hard"
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In reply to lilmoe:I use international data extensively when I travel. It is very inexpensive on Project Fi an
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In reply to [email protected]:I really like Mint SIM overall. It's incredibly affordable.
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In reply to CrownSeven:I'm confused that you think I haven't.T-Mobile is obviously interesting. T-Mo
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In reply to Anlong08:Thank you.
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In reply to Bob_Shutts:Thank you.
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In reply to lordbaal1:That is absurd and insulting. Perhaps you are just completely off-base.
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Closing this down so I can try to answer what's here already, thanks! --Paul
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In reply to Pbike908:I won't do this right away, but you can do three things here.Turn off the button.Con
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In reply to MikeGalos:Given that my wife and I were both present in the room at the time of these photos and t
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In reply to lilmoe:Thanks for this. Lots to experiment with, for sure. I will do so.
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In reply to Sarge:Yep. The case really helps.
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In reply to obarthelemy:It's a first impressions article, not a review. I'll get there.
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In reply to ajbrehm:Hm. Could be. The whole interaction between the commenting system and the site itself seem
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In reply to lordbaal1:Please. Spare me.We are a tiny independent company that exists on the web. The tradition
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We've wanted this from day one. He's a private guy, and we respect that. And needle him endlessly,
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Do you mean here on the site?
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The sheer number of times we need to explain that this isn't a charity is more annoying than any ad.
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In reply to ibmthink:Yep. I get what they give me.
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In reply to Bart:Doesn't matter now. We don't have to worry about this any more, thankfully.
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In reply to Bart:5G networking will be so fast that accessing your data in the cloud will basically be as fast
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I just wrote about this here:https://www.thurrott.com/mobile/154062/u-s-blocks-broadcom-takeover-qualcommThis
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You did the right thing.
Forum Post
Ask Paul for this Friday (March 16)
Here's a spot for this week's questions.
Thanks!
Paul
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In reply to Jeffery_Commaroto:It's interesting, in all the talk about Apple should port iMessage to Andro
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In reply to duncanator:I agree with all this. Plus, one reason I prefer a Fitbit over Apple Watch/Android Wear
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In reply to jr.flynn:I realize this can read like "grumpy old guy complains about whatever." I just can't
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In reply to captobie:Yeah, I read it. Great clickbait headline, too. My critique of the Times is not with this
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In reply to canamrotax:I'm on board with this.
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In reply to skramer49:No, they aren't. And that's the problem. I had a long-time subscription to the
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In reply to mmcpher:It's become infuriating in recent years. They recap individual TV show episodes now.
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In reply to wright_is:I totally agree that separating from work is the healthiest thing you can do while on va
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In reply to Bart:I prefer to not use them in browser tabs, like I do today with Google Chrome.
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In reply to Markld:That's a lot of words to point out a typo :) Thanks.
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In reply to jr.flynn:I feel like the obvious solution here is to automatically wrap desktop apps in a containe
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In reply to JustDavid:Thx :)
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In reply to johnbaxter:Thx
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In reply to madthinus:Agreed.
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In reply to skramer49:Fair. This does get lost in the whole "S mode" argument.Microsoft's reasons are sec
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In reply to jimchamplin:Yep. Facebook to me is like McDonalds: Founded for all the right reasons, etc. But ove
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I bet we hear about their efforts down this path at Build.
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In reply to jimchamplin:Word would never be able to catch that error.
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In reply to Matt Lohr:Yep. Ideally it would be different things. It's a time/effort thing. And with a wik
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In reply to JerryH:Sigh.
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In reply to simont:Yeah.
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In reply to hrlngrv:This isn't something that's worth worrying about :)
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In reply to wright_is:The notion of an adult human being who has never installed an app that isn't in the
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In reply to madthinus:Yep, fair.
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In reply to anchovylover:Brave or stupid :) It's a fine line.
Forum Post
No "Ask Paul" this week
Not sure how I keep zoning on this, but let's just skip this week, and Ask Paul will come back next week. Thanks! --Paul
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In reply to skane2600:The market very much supports this argument.
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In reply to karma77police:To summarize it more accurately, the idea of S mode is excellent. It's the tim
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In reply to adamcorbally:If you do this in Windows 10 Home or Pro, yes. You can't do this in Windows 10 S
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In reply to Dan1986ist:Yep
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In reply to karma77police:Great comment, man. Keep it up!
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In reply to irfaanwahid:Yeah, I've been watching for this. I bet it happens in the next two weeks.
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In reply to woelfel:Yep. Exactly.
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In reply to MattHewitt:Yeah. God forbid an adult be allowed to make a decision about what they install on that
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In reply to Bdsrev:Honestly, three major feature updates is reasonable. Few people who can afford this type of
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In reply to mrdrwest:Fantastic!
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In reply to mrdrwest:Nice, thanks!
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In reply to MartinusV2:Will do, thanks guys.
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In reply to bmatusz:Yeah. I guess you can use the TypeScript tools in Visual Studio Code to check for common t
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In reply to RamblingGeek:Nice! I will check this out today.
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In reply to skane2600:Right. It's not true for everyone. It is true for most. :)
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In reply to Bats:Bingo. This is something that Microsoft will have trouble overcoming because Windows is big a
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In reply to wright_is:Price isn't the central "why" for Chromebook. It's simplicity. And I mean that
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Absolutely. That said, expect some negative feedback here. Sorry in advance.
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In reply to Daekar:I think it's important to understand that people have different preferences. Many iPho
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In reply to curtisspendlove:Interesting. That could be.
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In reply to shameermulji:Except that that laptop has a loud no-movement keyboard, no USB 3. 0 ports, no SD car
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In reply to maethorechannen:Maybe. The thing I like about having data on the phone Im really using is I can ta
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In reply to dcdevito:The two that hit me regularly are USB-C for audio, which is incredibly frustratingly bugg
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In reply to hrlngrv:I always credit sources of information. I did so here, too. But this isn't an example
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In reply to WP7Mango:Given the recent news, it looks like the best cameras now, in order, are Galaxy S9+, Pixe
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In reply to craigsn:It's a convenience. If you're not going to move around with the laptop, it'
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In reply to Igor Engelen:I assume you're referring to File History and the possibility that it might be r
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No personal attacks, please.
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In reply to paul-thurrott:Also, not sure why anyone would "downvote" a question like this. Geeze, people.
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In reply to Username:No, it's just the one resolution.
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What you're looking for is something with Thunderbolt 3: That can drive two 4K displays. Any modern premi
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In reply to echorelay:Thanks guys.
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In reply to dcdevito:No. :) I mean that compared to iOS. Windows phone was also a dumpster fire, but for very
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In reply to wshwe:I don't disagree with any of that. What I'm saying is that the platform has flaws.
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Closing this down so I can try to answer. :) Thanks!Paul
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In reply to Ugur:Totally. What they need is a better balance between good (this) and bad.
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Resetting won't help. Surface 3 performance is woefully bad.
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The Pixel 2 XL has the best camera period, and it is absolutely superior to that of the 950. That said, it has
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In reply to dontbe_evil:It's a mobile app framework. That's not a negative.
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In reply to Sebangelist:You could throw all kinds of things in a bucket. Those are good choices.
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I will save this article as a template for a future story about Apple. :)
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In reply to maethorechannen:That's not true.Yes, there are a handful of former Nokia employees working on
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Going back in time to collect taxes like this ... should be Newegg's responsibility, not yours. I wonder
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Thanks guy. Not for the first time, I have to confront the fact that I wrote something that seems to be design
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In reply to johnlavey:Bam. Nice!
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Ask Paul for this Friday (March 2)
Here's a place for this week's questions. Thanks!
Paul
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In reply to jchampeau:Nice!
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This really seems to be on a slow boil. But I agree, it looks great.
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I see HP like KFC, as a more modern name with no real connections to a past that doesn't matter to anyone
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Good stuff!On a related note, I wrote a bit about the notion of Microsoft doing a portable gaming platform her
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Closing this down now so I can try to answer the questions. Thanks! ---Paul
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In reply to navarac:I'm not sure what to say to this given the prevalence of smart phones.
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In reply to shameermulji:The brand is Microsoft's. But I agree: Most of the benefit here is the uptime.
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It's could to be hit or miss: Some of these will be just fine. Some will have problems. Is this directly
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Posted this too late, obviously.I have a new thread for this here: https://www.thurrott.com/forums/premium/pau
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I have a new thread for this here: https://www.thurrott.com/forums/premium/paul/thread/ask-paul-for-friday-feb
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Ask Paul for Friday February 23
Sorry about posting too late for this past week. I'll do the next Ask Paul next Friday, February 23. This is the right place to post new questions.
I'll add the Qs from previous forum posts plus a follow-up.
Thanks!
Paul
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In reply to Tomaz:I will look. But to be clear, there is a guide on Apple TV too. You just can't go back
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In reply to jkchan83:There you go. Geesh.
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In reply to mebby:Yeah it's supposedly coming. Will look again when it is real.
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In reply to JerryH:It's hard to say... Part of it might be the old brand issue: HGTV, or whatever, wants
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In reply to stevenlack:Right. There is no reason not to keep (and continue upgrading) the Groove app.
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In reply to illuminated:Cloud backups are absolutely viable. Not sure what this is supposed to mean.CloudBerry
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In reply to wright_is:I think CloudBerry will jump in to address these issues. Obviously, I'm limited in
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In reply to George_Perry:Thanks... I think I will look at hybrid backups soon, basically a primary backup to a
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I like it. I wonder if $10 per month is sustainable. What if this was $15 and was basically Pass + Gold?
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Ask Paul for this Friday (February 16)
Zoned on this again, sorry. But here's a spot for tomorrow's questions.
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In reply to kevinbouwman:That's idiotic. That phrase is infamous and a great example of flawed logic. Mor
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In reply to Nic:I have never noticed any performance impact from Grammarly. I'm a bit confused by this.
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In reply to eeisner:I'm looking at this now, thanks.
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In reply to stevek:Yes, it was a TiVo.
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In reply to JMarkowski:Thanks. Will check this out too.
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In reply to dcdevito:Yeah. Confused why this needs two apps.
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In reply to red.radar:Yeah, I do need to look at Sling too, right.
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Microsoft has only said that it is not coming in RS4. Presumably they are still working on it for a future rel
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In reply to decals42:Thanks. But ... Riddled?
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In reply to cal1p3r:There is a sub-text to this that goes like, "simplicity always wins in the end." Cable is
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In reply to Demileto:That is not the point. They probably still would have failed. The point is that they had
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In reply to Kudupa:This isn't hindsight. This is new information.
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In reply to StagyarZilDoggo:They were perceived internally and externally as a leader.
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In reply to gabbrunner:Regarding the HMD stuff, sure. There's no overhead. They're just licensing th
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In reply to Nicholas_Kathrein:lol yep
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In reply to Waethorn:No, it is different. You don't get a guide full of duplicate channels, for example.
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In reply to marshalltm:Thanks. I do need to look at OTA again as well.
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In reply to Skolvikings:The interface is just SO terrible.
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In reply to maethorechannen:They were sold publicly. I think there were even two generations of them.
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In reply to Pargon:Constantly inserting politics? Please. Cite examples. Also, this isn't one of them: Th
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In reply to Chris_Kez:I sort of assume that MS buying Grammarly---which is a fantasy anyway---would result in
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In reply to alissa914g:Every tech fan should ask themselves this question every time they do something like th
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In reply to kherm:Wait for it :)
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This is a great idea.Also, for those interested in Grammarly, this service---ProWritingAid---might be of inter
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In reply to Kevin Bae:That's not the case. The screen is only one of the issues. It's one that doesn
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In reply to Polycrastinator:Yeah. Being unable to consistently produce a high quality phone can be added to th
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In reply to Jacob-Bearce:No, it isn't. It suffers some an endemic set of issues, a few of which I see on
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In reply to dcdevito:I have numerous issues with mine. The photos it takes are its only saving grace.
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In reply to Chris_Kez:The problem is, they raised prices before the quality and full control were in place.
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And we'll F it up on the 4th try.
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In reply to Jeffery_Commaroto:Interesting. I really didn't understand how Minecraft made any sense for Mi
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In reply to hrlngrv:lol
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In reply to pesos:Said no one ever :)
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In reply to jimchamplin:Yep. :) We matured past that, thankfully.
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In reply to wocowboy:You've never understood how anyone could find a Surface useful? There is nothing fli
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In reply to MikeCerm:Agreed on 3:2. And confirmed by a few PC makers at CES: The issue is getting the panels.
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In reply to MikeGalos:In practice, it is. Those things scratched off the black coating very easily. Which is w
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Personal attacks will simply be deleted. I'm not putting up with bullshit like "fanboy commentators." Esp
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In reply to curtisspendlove:The move to a thinner 3:2 form factor with SP3 was huge. The next two devices were
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In reply to MikeGalos:Anodized aluminum is basically just painted as well, sure. It's a process. But it&#
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In reply to Sprtfan:David Pogue is not trustworthy, right. At all.
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In reply to Sprtfan:And then you see it's David Pogue. Ah well.
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In reply to Siv:Yep, I did the same.
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In reply to FalseAgent:I love how obvious things are to everyone. In Huawei's marketing materials, both f
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In reply to MikeCerm:It's not impossible, but I agree the OnePlus 5T is a better value overall. But the c
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In reply to FalseAgent:Totally agree. We live in an age of evidence-proof hysteria.
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In reply to RobertJasiek:You might want to look up the word "astonished." :) Not understanding that other peop
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In reply to mrdrwest:Please Dear God. That is ridiculous.
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In reply to MacLiam:Project Fi compatibility is my Achilles Heel. I wish I had more choices.
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In reply to aelaan:A few things.This is a first impressions article. I'm not sure what the accusation bit
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In reply to DRShissler:https://www.reuters.com/article/us-at-t-huawei-tech-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-lawmakers-u
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Yeah, this is an issue with a number of things. Add-ins, I think. It's amazing that something like this c
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In reply to obarthelemy:Thanks!
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In reply to wiley:These are both brilliant, thanks!
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In reply to MartinusV2:Yes. But Xamarin addresses only mobile (and pretty specifically Android/iOS). I would h
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In reply to RamblingGeek:Maybe. :)Not sure what to say about the camera. It's the same one everyone uses.
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In reply to kherm:You too!
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In reply to chrisrut:Perception is absolutely a concern. Microsoft's past is coming back to haunt them.
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I only use Chrome regularly. There is no good reason not to have a few choices on hand, however.
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Closing this to questions now so I can answer these later today. Thanks!
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In reply to Daekar:Nice! And thanks! :)
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In reply to djross95:Thanks! Next step: Read Jason Fung's The Obesity Code. https://www.amazon.com/Obesit
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In reply to Jacob-Bearce:Excellent, glad to hear this. The Taubes stuff is important, but he kind of fell apar
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In reply to Clarkb:Oddly, exercise doesn't help you lose weight. And for the keto plan, specifically, it&
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In reply to MixedFarmer75:Awesome, and thanks. This is the ideal outcome for me: It inspires you to learn more
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In reply to lvthunder:Yep. I have this saying that "Rome wasn't destroyed in a day either." I've sor
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In reply to wpylant:Thanks. And congrats.
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In reply to jwpear:I don't eat crappy food, so I'm not sure what to say to that. What crappy food is
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In reply to DrewTX:Primarily weight loss.
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In reply to Craig P:No, but I've found Jason Fung's work---most obviously the book "The Obesity Code
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The focus here is on simplicity over all else. Not just with comments but everywhere on the site.
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In reply to PincasX:We can get through this tragedy. Just not together.
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Ask Paul for this Friday (February 9)
Good morning. Here's a place for this week's "Ask Paul" questions.
Thanks!
Paul
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Reminder about Monday/Tuesday
Good morning. Just a quick reminder (or a heads-up, if you missed this note on First Ring Daily) that Brad and I traveling this week. We'll be out of the loop all day today (Monday, February 5) and then most of Tuesday (2/6). We'll be in NYC for meetings. I'm heading home on Wednesday morning, not sure about Brad. But it should be back to a normal schedule from Wednesday on.
Good luck, Mehedi. :)
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In reply to gvan:I sort of understand how Sony got out to an early lead. But yeah, I don't understand why
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In reply to Alex_Haddock:Totally fair. Also, wasn't even aware that a 4K version was available.
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In reply to PhilipVasta:To be fair, it works well. But ... yeah. The Synaptics stuff is in many ways just anot
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In reply to Hougaard:Yep. Unfortunately, it's not this one PC either, but a whole line of them. Spectre x
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No, they're not the same product. Today, Windows 10 S is Windows 10 Pro running in a special mode. So the
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Yeah, sorry, it's a big story.
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In reply to Darekmeridian:They're adapting to real world needs. It seems like a good plan to me.
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In reply to jimchamplin:Bingo.
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In reply to DocPaul:There are no more versions, there are fewer. This is internal pricing only, not new versio
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In reply to simont:This is mostly just internal. Actually, what they just did was kill one SKU.
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In reply to drmartin:Consumers will get a PC with Windows 10 Home in S mode, and the upgrade to full Home is f
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Interesting write-up thanks. Honestly, I don't see Microsoft really abandoning consumer and as it would p
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In reply to ChristopherCollins:No.
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In reply to wolters:Yeah. I always wanted a Surface Book with no detachable screen too.
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In reply to Polycrastinator:Novel form factors are a niche. And, on that note, Microsoft has a boutique PC bus
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In reply to johnbaxter:Thanks for making the curious personal attack. Also, you're wrong.
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Closing this so I can try and answer them...
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In reply to wunderbar:It doesn't matter if they're expensive. They should still see a percent rise i
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I'm pretty sure it was Android and iPhone. :)
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Also, are you using the command line Windows battery life measurement to get this?
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Is this the latest 360? Or the previous gen? You should never be seeing that kind of battery life either way,
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I like it. The default settings make it a bit too easy to group two windows when you're positioning a win
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In reply to hrlngrv:Yep, thanks.
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In reply to jd80:No worries, and no need to justify the comments. We hear you. We are discussing this. Thanks
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In reply to JustMe:Thank you.I understand all the debates on premium vs. non-premium, of course. Wish that the
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Ask Paul for this Friday (February 2)
Hi guys,
Here's a place for this week's questions.
Also, yes, I've heard back on the Yubikey question. :)
Paul
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If you think that Google Wifi is "just another way for them to spy on my activities for advertising" then just
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In reply to Chris_Kez:Yep. Photos are tough: You're right that what we should be doing is culling the one
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In reply to ben55124:Yeah. I have this issue with Netflix, actually: Tons of content in a list, but no way to
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In reply to paul-thurrott:To sort of further this, phones are popular today because they are mobile. If you�
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I couldn't. If I were literally stuck with only one device on a desert island, I'd choose a PC.
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In reply to GT_Tecolotecreek:The iPhone bit is fine. But the Mac bit is a little off base, though: You do not
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In reply to brad-sams:Yep.BTW, I was thinking about this later for some reason, and it occurred to me that the
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The early reviews I've seen so far all say the same thing: Great design/beautiful device, with great soun
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That's not really the point, obviously. We have different life experiences and perspectives, etc.But the
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Brad's recommendation was the result of a conversation we had with a friend from Microsoft at CES. I unde
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In reply to jimchamplin:I have been asking myself that very question for years.
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In reply to gardner:Exactly. I wish I could upvote this 100 times. That is all I want as well.
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Guys. Every article on the site doesn't have to turn into a partisan battle over the services you happen
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In reply to CHanskat:Yeah, and as noted in the article, I pay for and use Office 365 as well. I prefer Google
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In reply to gabbrunner:I pay for both Office 365 Home and Office 365 Business Premium, so I'm well aware
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In reply to hrlngrv:I meant "high-quality apps," I guess. The Microsoft Store has all kinds of alternatives to
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In reply to Skolvikings:Yeah, it's good stuff.
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In reply to brad-sams:lol
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Thanks everyone. Going to close this now so I can tackle the questions. --Paul
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So much for ending the partisan bullshit. Guys, Chromebooks own the US education market. This isn't the p
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In reply to Chris_Kez:LOL. They absolutely do. Oh my God. You gotta wake up to this. This isn't new news.
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In reply to jrickel96:You're off your rocker, sorry.
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In reply to wright_is:You can't use your own experience as the measure, sorry. :) Google owns over 50 per
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In reply to hrlngrv:I installed Office 365 Home and then OneNote 2016.
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In reply to slimeytsnail:If you have Windows 10 Pro, you can do this on the fly via a switch in Settings alrea
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In reply to Chris_Kez:Yep.
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In reply to jrickel96:There is very much data to state emphatically that Chromebooks are doing well in schools
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In reply to AnOldAmigaUser:Actually, Microsoft's Office Online apps are in the Chrome Web Store. And Andr
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In reply to adamcorbally:Actually, they've said they want to put Chrome in the Store.
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In reply to harmjr:lol
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In reply to the_sl0th:Apple says it doesn't slow down performance on iPad.
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There is no way to do this, but if you email [email protected], Tim can make the change for you. Thanks!Paul
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Checking...
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Just use Google Maps. Not sure what you mean by baggage, but it's the best app by far. And it works every
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Ask Paul for this Friday (January 26)
After inadvertently taking two weeks off, let's do an Ask Paul this week. Here's a place for the questions.
Thanks!
Paul
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In reply to staganyi:I literally just complained about this myself.
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Also, it occurs that the best thing we could do as consumers is to buy our phones ourselves and skip the big
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I'd love to see Huawei, in particular, in the US but I'm not sure we "need" a strong third player pe
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In reply to paul-thurrott:Also, I sent it to my wife. :)
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Thanks for this.
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In reply to xperiencewindows:I have discussed my radiant heat issues on podcasts recently.Also, I'm not s
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In reply to Skipper:It's not unsafe.
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In reply to Brazbit:Yep. It is wrong.
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In reply to George_Semple:I don't to introduce noise to find out things. I want the TV to tell me when I
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In reply to longhorn:Apple's strategy is what it is. And for the low-end, they often keep older products
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In reply to Siv:Geesh.
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In reply to Chris_Kez:I have never seen this. Aside from Netflix's own shows, which are marketed endlessl
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At least link to the original source, which was Mary Jo Foley on our podcast, Windows Weekly. Jeeze. https://w
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You can't beat the price. :) That is amazing.
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In reply to Jules_Wombat:Especially the need to charge it every day.
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You need to go with Fitbit. The question is which Fitbit, based on your needs (heart-rate monitoring, etc.) Th
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Allo is the most ill-conceived app I've ever seen. I assumed it was an SMS app, but it appears to be like
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In reply to redstar92:I'll stick with the non-Open Source solution we're using now that just works.
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In reply to brad-sams:#golf clap
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In reply to PincasX:Exactly.
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In reply to Yaggs:They are looking at households.
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In reply to North of 49th:So I should have pointed out that ambient computing won't replace other interac
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In reply to ddddd11:There are many benefits. That have nothing to do with this point. :)
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In reply to mariusmuntensky:The funny bit is, I'm trying to help these people. I'm not sure how many
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In reply to RR:It's not "prejudged pessimism." It's calculated realism. It is literally not "this is
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In reply to Travis:lol um
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In reply to shameermulji:Yeah. I've been saying that for years. It's called "the right tool for the
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In reply to gardner:Nice!
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In reply to will:I have an Apple editorial I've not yet posted that touches on the failures over there. F
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In reply to Harrymyhre:I see an uneasy truce at best.
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In reply to Mark from CO:Totally agree. I'm just waiting for someone to point out that Microsoft is "play
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In reply to nickysreensaver:I don't recall the exact point of the character, but if your point is that I&
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In reply to sirtwist:Tech nostalgia is certainly something I understand. But Microsoft really didn't offe
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In reply to mmcpher:I am forever going on about what is really happening.To your point, PC makers have found s
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In reply to maethorechannen:A very niche market = failed :) I guess what I meant is, as a mainstream thing, pe
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In reply to Hougaard:Sure. I'm just personally interested in the Amiga.
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In reply to Andrusoid:Deluxe Paint. Yes. God, yes.
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Love it.
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In reply to bdollerup:No, but I think it will be a gamepad instead of an old-school joystick just so it's
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In reply to jr.flynn:People on this site are enthusiasts. We don't represent Microsoft's mainstream
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No Ask Paul this week
Hey... CES was a bit too time consuming this week, so I'll resume "Ask Paul" next Friday. Have a great weekend!
Paul
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In reply to Jacob-Bearce:Yeah, I expect them to resist this. And I expect another year of Cortana treading wat
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In reply to AnOldAmigaUser:That's like saying if you have a real personal assistant you have to give up o
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In reply to Nic:If Microsoft can do it for Cortana, they can do it for third parties.
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In reply to Demileto:GA and Alexa are probably roughly equivalent right now from a capabilities perspective. C
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In reply to darkgrayknight:"Better" isn't "competitive" whether or not I agree with the notion that Corta
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In reply to Chris_Kez:Noted above. Amazon has already partnered with Microsoft on assistant technology specifi
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In reply to VancouverNinja:Because they're not competitors. They're partners. The world isn't b
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In reply to davidl:Lenovo is adding this to ThinkPad, which is crapware free. You can be cynical, if you want.
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In reply to crfonseca:No, Amazon is an even worse parasite. The issue with these companies is that it's a
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In reply to Mark from CO:They do have to. Only by partnering with Microsoft can they gain access to Microsoft
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In reply to Travis:Well, PC makers have heard people ask for this, and they're building it into their pro
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In reply to gregsedwards:They don't need to be.But they could be: Microsoft partnering with Google and Am
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Just so this part is clear, Terry Myerson is not responsible for Cortana.Also, I happen to like Terry quite a
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In reply to RossNWirth::)
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In reply to Brandonlpierce:Also, dead is dead.
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In reply to mocavo67:It is a great speaker. As many have observed, Cortana is the worst part.
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In reply to jrickel96:"No one uses Alexa or Google Assistant." Um.
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In reply to Jules_Wombat:lol, sadly fair
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In reply to eeisner:Yep. It is curiously lousy. And tiring.If we could skip the actual trade show, it wouldn&#
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In reply to hrlngrv:I assume it's the most recent version. They re-do the test each time a new Windows ve
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In reply to GlenKilgore:So ... :) This will be an in and out trip. I doubt I'll have a decent meal let al
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In reply to lilmoe:16:10 is not "superior" for anything but watching videos. 3:2 should be the standard on pro
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In reply to RobertJasiek:The kind of machine you're looking for is rare these days. Perhaps the ThinkPad
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In reply to Vladimir: No. :) Well, in my opinion, no.
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In reply to bharris:Totally agree. That said, the best restaurants and shows on earth, too.
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A quick thank you to everyone for the thoughtful and useful comments. Lots of good stuff. I will follow up on
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In reply to JerryH:I do have an elliptical trainer.
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In reply to jptacek:Yeah. I need to do this as well.
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In reply to krisarthur:This is idiocy.
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In reply to Tim:Interesting. Thanks guys.
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In reply to trexlertechie:Yeah. I do have a bike and need to get it tuned up, etc. Hard to imagine needing it
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In reply to VMax:Nice. I believe my wife and daughter both did this. Will ask about that.
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In reply to sj3vans:Wanting to do it is key, for sure. Aside from basketball, I've not usually wanted to
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In reply to Anguis:No, but I do think I need to do some light weights. That will be part of it.
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In reply to plettza::)
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In reply to rortech:Sure. That happens too, and more of that will happen this year. I wasn't going to do
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In reply to millerkl61:My wife works out regularly. It is rather embarrassing, frankly.
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In reply to GlenKilgore:I need to work exercise + napping into my day, come to think of it.
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In reply to gabbrunner:This is good advice, thanks. I absolutely overthink this :)
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In reply to pnewey:I do have a standing desk now. But it's a hand crank thing and I stopped using it.
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Not sure what you mean. It works fine with Pocket.
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Closing this now...
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In reply to arndtgale:Wink is definitely happening. Will look into the others, thanks.
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In reply to rbwatson0:See above. I basically can't, not inexpensively.
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In reply to DaddyBrownJr:I meant to cover that, sorry.This is difficult because we have a two-zone AC (top/bot
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In reply to Chris_Kez:There is no street lighting in my neighborhood, so it's unbelievably dark at night.
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Tech regrets is a great topic. Will need to think on this one.
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In reply to Waethorn:Also, kudos to the rest of the industry for not disclosing this. Like Google normally doe
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In reply to ghostrider:Thanks for the commentary, guys. This is what matters.
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In reply to Chris_Kez:I AM the dark theme!
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In reply to werneral:I haven't, but I will now, thanks.
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In reply to dallasnorth40:It isn't a lot of work to not use Word. :)
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In reply to RamblingGeek:You can have the strength of your convictions on this one.
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LOL yep. That's what you get for partnering with AMD :)
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Ask Paul for this Friday (January 5)
Happy New Year! Here is a place for this week's Ask Paul....
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Microsoft invests 100s of millions of dollars in its NFL partnership each year. I'm not sure that the NBA
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Two points I should have made in the post, sorry...I only post this kind of thing because people ask about wha
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In reply to RossNWirth:I don't keep review units.
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In reply to Edward_Grego:See above. Word is something people use because it's there and they're used
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In reply to longhorn:Word and the rest of Office are too full of legacy crap. The UIs are big and complex. Whe
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In reply to ken_loewen:I think most people could replace a desktop with a laptop and dock, for sure. But when
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In reply to krisarthur:I did buy the keyboard cover but wish I just had a normal cover. I never use it for pro
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In reply to lordbaal1:Nothing like waiting until the last second :)
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In reply to RicciXYZ:I just installed it, so I've not noticed anything yet. I assume the final release wi
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I don't, but this would be useful for insurance purposes too (theft/fire/whatever).
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In reply to Billzeal:Were we speaking of that? :)I feel like this came up last week, no?
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In reply to hrlngrv:I've gone back and forth on this one. Ultimately, I think that the apps in Windows ne
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In reply to chrisrut:I think so too. But ... sometimes it feels like the strategy is being invented as they go
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In reply to jbuccola:Actually, we do that as well. :) My wife and daughter walked around the street here and g
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In reply to Skolvikings:Yes, exactly. The whole thing is a mess.
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In reply to hrlngrv:I've often called for Microsoft to separate Windows into different business and consu
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In reply to wright_is:I've not personally experienced that with the iPhone. But I have with the Nexus and
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Closing this now so I can answer the questions...
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In reply to bfarkas:lol oh man
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Thanks everyone. Besides the spammer, that is.
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I feel like I have this issue from time to time, but mostly when the phone is off. Not sure it's a recent
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In reply to pecosbob04:What we have is ideas about how to make money in an age when web advertising has collap
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I explained the changes to the site back in mid-November. Everything I write except for reviews and interviews
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In reply to unkinected:This is definitely a bigger issue when I'm out in the world. That night I did the
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In reply to Prebengh:Indeed it is, thanks.
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In reply to fishnet37222:Yeah. I just feel like these guys are so unilateral that they can't even back aw
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In reply to gvan:Sorry, I wasn't trying to list EVERY Apple mis-design. :) But yes, the Applet TV Remote
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In reply to Edward_Grego:I don't know. Apple mastered the touchpad-based gesture thing a long time ago, a
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In reply to Jeffery_Commaroto:We're clearly in Ive's Linda McCartney phase then. :)
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In reply to jwpear:I did really pay attention to this per se, but I think the big appeal of Amazon is true yea
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In reply to paulkbiba:Good stuff. Thanks for posting this.Also, I think I need that Wi-Fi extender. :)
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In reply to Igor Engelen:Totally fair.
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In reply to cyloncat:I was sort of thinking the same thing as I used it. It's almost like that stuff need
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In reply to Yaggs:Fair.
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In reply to gardner:lol understandable
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In reply to Harrymyhre:I actually watched an NFL game on Amazon over the holiday weekend.
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Ask Paul for this Friday (December 29)
I hope everyone had a happy holiday this week. Here's a spot for some questions for this week's Ask Paul.
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Happy Holidays!
And Merry Christmas if you're so inclined. I appreciate all the support, and the lively debate, that we received in 2017. Here's to another great year.
--Paul
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In reply to smahoneysr:Thanks to you as well. :)
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In reply to bfarkas:Smart. I'm curious no one else does this.
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In reply to jrickel96:You lost me at "simplistic." That's rather unfair.
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In reply to chrisrut:Thanks, you too.
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In reply to ponsaelius:Good question. I think it's going to be awkward in the beginning: "Hey Cortana, te
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In reply to Demileto:I'm curious to see whether Google redesigns its leading web apps as Progressive Web
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In reply to Travis:I'm not looking for that. Chrome being in the Store does not hurt you. Chrome not bein
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I was not aware of that. That's hilarious.Anyway, yes. It should work over BT.
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In reply to ozaz:Yep. Get comfortable with credit card bills. :)
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I have kind of just drifted into using a web browser for this: Edge and Chrome both work well as PDF readers,
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Appreciated. I'll admit to some trepidation here. The health stuff is controversial, I know. But it shoul
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In reply to Billzeal:Silent Service, definitely. I had many, many C64 games. Curiously, I remember the Amiga s
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In reply to jchampeau:Interesting, thanks for this.
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In reply to jimchamplin:I won't watch The Orville, but I like what I've seen of STD so far. I need t
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In reply to madthinus:There is room for Xbox to be a successful platform while Sony sells more consoles. This
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In reply to MarkPow:I have not. But I will look for it now, thanks. :)
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In reply to jrswarr:Totally. This could apply to virtually anything that requires not being distracted. Learni
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In reply to chadhassler::)
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In reply to ulrichr:Exactly. I will write on this at some point, but one nice thing about working from home is
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In reply to Lewk:All the time. :)That's sort of another topic, though I touched on the related thing here
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In reply to cornholio:I'm really impressed by the sound quality. I'm actually buying a second pair n
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In reply to wolters:I feel like there are hundreds of ways to get from point A to point B here. Google Home Ma
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In reply to louiem3:This is great feedback, and appreciated.I was aware that Audible was coming back eventuall
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I'll close this for now. Will try to get this posted Friday morning. Thanks!
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In reply to MarkPow:This is a weird CMS bug. The words are correct ("you will") in the editor but the italics
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In reply to landoflivingskies:Thx. Fixing.
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In reply to Edward_Grego:Honestly, I'm impressed they said anything. At least we have a solution now.
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I just put the bookmarks I use the most in the Bookmarks toolbar. And then use Momentum as my home page/new ta
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In reply to AKAJoelReed:I belatedly thought of that as well, and fair enough. But I would just counter that wi
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Guys, thanks for these. I'm going to close this for now and see what we can do. We only have him for 45 m
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In reply to Zinger:It kind of doesn't matter if the offering is going away. But I will look at it again.
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In reply to jbinaz:Bosch and High Castle are firmly in OK/Good territory. They're ... Fine. They're
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In reply to JerryH:This assumes there is a huge market of people who are both impacted by the poor apps on oth
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In reply to rob4jen:It's OK. I wouldn't put that up against the best Netflix shows. Narcos. Orange.
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In reply to CraigNeblett:Doy. Yep.
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In reply to Buzzmodo:Nice, thanks!
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In reply to harmjr:Sorry, I have no memory for what happened in particular episodes.When you think about it, I
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Suspicious.
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In reply to john:I agree on le Carré but for some reason this one works for me.
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In reply to jkchan83:Totally. I loved the whole Mountain Man series too.
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Questions for Microsoft CMO Chris Capossela
In what has become an annual tradition, Microsoft Chief Marketing Office Chris Capossela will appear on Windows Weekly this Wednesday (2 pm ET/11 am PT) and answer our questions. If you have a question for Chris, please post it here. No promises on including all/any questions in the show, but we'll absolutely pick from this list.
Thanks!
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In reply to cornholio:I prefer the display for sure. But it's too limiting. I don't want to have som
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In reply to Jimem1:Yeah. it's the only way to gain access to all content (comic books, all magazines, etc
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In reply to wolters:which reminds me. The key feature every assistant needs: The ability to define your own st
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In reply to timothyhuber:Agreed. I don't see Google not winning this one in the end.
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In reply to NoFlames:Yep. I feel like the Edge-based e-book store exists only because Microsoft approached Ama
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In reply to GeekWithKids:I don't feel that these devices are particularly "sticky," meaning you could cho
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In reply to RobertJasiek:Closest may be Surface Laptop. I'm surprised 3:2 isn't more popular on non-
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In reply to karma77police:Windows "generally sucks"? Ah boy. No. It doesn't.
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In reply to RobertJasiek:16:9 (1920 x 1080).
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In reply to wizarrc:Yes, fixed.
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In reply to Simard57:Also, it was 10. )
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In reply to Simard57:lol. Doy. Fixing....
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In reply to bluvg:Sorry, I meant that they could be used to power the laptop.
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In reply to SDreamer:It really is nice. If Surface Laptop is "heart over mind" this one might be "mind + heart
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In reply to Jaxidian:Fixed :)
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In reply to Darekmeridian:Thanks. :) I feel like I left out a lot. I'll have some good device-to-device c
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This doesn't surprise me, sadly.
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Ask Paul for this Friday (December 22)
AMA for this Friday....
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Any resolution to this?
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Apologies, I no longer have a Surface 3 to test this on.
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As Terry Myerson said at the 10 S launch, over 50 percent of Windows usage is the web. So if that's what
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In reply to SRRLX1986:I haven't gone too far with yet---Emmaus area, basically---but so far so good.
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In reply to Yaggs:Nice. Will look into that.
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8-inch Windows tablets enjoyed a brief moment in the sun (Windows 8.1 time frame, roughly) then disappeared. T
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Nice, thanks!
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In reply to cbzen:Sure. I have two goals here. Losing weight, which happened for a while then leveled off. And
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In reply to eeisner:Yeah. To be fair, I am doing and, I guess, promoting a very extreme form of low-carb, cert
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In reply to ChristopherCollins::) thanks, and congrats to you as well.
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In reply to webdev511:Should have included some keto recipes. My wife and I make keto "bread" which I typicall
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In reply to rr60:I'm paying it forward. I got the science from Gary Taubes years go but the push to make
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In reply to Seanthetechguru:Thanks for this.
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In reply to feek:Thanks ... As usual, I find there are many things I left out by mistakes. Fakes foods are one
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In reply to MacLiam:Thanks for this. But also prep yourself for the eventual plateau and the reality that this
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In reply to Poppapete:Part 15 of this series will cover relationships. :)
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In reply to skramer49:Thanks, and your comments are most certainly correct. Alcohol is absolutely a problem, b
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In reply to Joe R:: ) Thanks. yeah, just keep working at it. This is a life-long process, not a miracle cure.
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In reply to cbzen:Sure, this one was just about what I eat. I did note in the comments to the previous post th
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In reply to Kevin Bae:Thanks. I think you're right.
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In reply to eeisner:Going off memory here, but I actually didn't originally intend to fast, it was someth
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In reply to Kevin Bae:Yes.
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In reply to GT_Tecolotecreek:Historic, but not perspective. No valid point has been made.
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In reply to obarthelemy:No, it didn't. And Microsoft's first PC, Surface, offered color choices---in
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In reply to Mcgillivray:The PC market. PC makers.
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In reply to skane2600:That bit I don't understand. I bet this changes over time so that Windows 10 Pro is
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In reply to Bdsrev:That's not accurate, sorry.
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In reply to navarac:What's silly is not understanding that attraction is subjective. We all have differen
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In reply to Jules_Wombat:Look, everyone has an opinion. Yours is just wrong.
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In reply to Bats:$1000 is a great price for a PC of this quality. I realize not everyone can afford it. My poi
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In reply to TEAMSWITCHER:I compare it because that is what they offer that really competes at this price point
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In reply to Billzeal:Appreciated.
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In reply to ibmthink:Agreed on the screen.ThinkPad typing experience is excellent, as are many HPs now. But th
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In reply to will:Yeah I was wondering about that.
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In reply to Polycrastinator:Agreed. They'll get there soon, I hope.
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In reply to Travis:I think you will be very happy.
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In reply to Jeffery_Commaroto:That's the theory. Of course, being able to run the desktop apps you want t
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In reply to jwpear:I need a way to fo