I wouldn't mind MSN news being an option in Widgets, and I feel like I'm more forgiving of that kind of advert
PhilipVasta
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"As we’ve seen with Star Wars on the small screen thanks to Disney+, sometimes smaller is better. Much bette
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Whenever I doubt my planned move to a Mac Mini, I come across something like this. For of their talk, Microsof
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Hey so I figured out what that was! I had previously played the game on my pic, and it seemed to have synced m
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Well. Preloaded on my Series S, downloaded the day one patch, and after super long load times, the menu cursor
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I love the Snap ability in Windows, but I've noticed that for some time now it has been buggy. Very often the
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I just realized they didn't say anything about the core apps: mail, calendar, etc. They can't be leaving them
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Is there something particularly special that Apple is doing with the M1 that can't be replicated, at least to
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"Unfortunately, it’s doing so via a fairly old-fashioned and non-discoverable compatibility interface."Well
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Why did this whole chip shortage happen again? I don't think I've ever been clear on that.
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In reply to navarac:MS News is terrible. It's very low-quality and strewn with clickbait ads.
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In reply to Jacob-Bearce:I agree as well - I didn't end up using it as much as I thought I would. But alt
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In reply to navarac:I get what you're saying, and I do think there can be an overemphasis on style. But I
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I know that people have wildly different opinions on this sort of thing, but it's amazing to me how much
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In reply to Hal9000:Also, they need to get rid of the Groove branding. The Groove service doesn’t exist anym
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In reply to SWCetacean:This isn’t exactly a solution, but you can right click on those buttons to get a menu
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I don't really understand what Compose Mode is doing besides the display being in a portrait orientation.
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In reply to wright_is:Lol same here!
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In reply to nbplopes:I think the point is that, supposedly, your apps will just work.
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In reply to will:I agree, it's odd that they don't have something like this when you think about it.
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I like these a lot... but I really do wonder why there is no standalone trackpad. I'm aware that Microsof
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Hey Brad, I'm copying this question to you and Paul, very interested to hear your responses.TL;DR - Do yo
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In reply to PhilipVasta:Oh I use Bing too, it works fine for most things and I like the reward points.
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I think it's a step in the right direction, but Bing shouldn't be a consumer facing brand at all imo
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In reply to sevenacids:I know, it's crazy. Seems like some tasteful delineation between the sections shou
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I'm tempted to joke about this, but seriously, what would the goal be?
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In reply to jimchamplin:I am by no means an authority on this, but I feel like there's a general misunder
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Hey Brad, I'm not sure what you mean about the settings icon not following fluent design... It looks like
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In reply to kshsystems:That's my question also. Even if the release is set to be later, as it clearly is,
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In reply to OldITPro2000:That's not what I'm suggesting though. Keep the underpinnings the same as f
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Paul and I'm sure others have brought this up before, but I wish Microsoft would just freeze the UI as-is
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Thanks for posting these Paul. I spent most of my college years in Boston (BU, then Berklee). I graduated in 2
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In reply to paul-thurrott:The interesting thing is that my surface laptop isn't a whole lot higher in res
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One thing that the MacBook and Surface get right is a fairly high-resolution screen no matter what model you g
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This looks really nice, I sincerely hope this design is reflected throughout the entire dashboard UI when the
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I thought the remote looks kinda cool actually. What do you not like about it?
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In reply to redstar92:That was my initial thought too.
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So disappointing, even if it was expected.
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In reply to paul-thurrott:I'm always mildly annoyed by how few options there are for high-quality, slight
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In reply to Bart:I may be wrong here but, I think...
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In reply to bluvg:LINE's way of handling accounts and conversation syncing is terrible. Every time I use
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In reply to TheJoeFin:I know, it's sort of depressing. I like Paul's idea of making a UI for consume
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In reply to Harrymyhre:Wait really? Never heard that before.
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In reply to bassoprofundo:Thank you, especially with regard to your first paragraph. There are still many ways
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In reply to longhorn:So if I'm understanding this correctly, we can still get touch friendly UI regardles
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Thank you Paul!
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Thanks Paul!
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I actually find this idea pretty compelling. At least on a 15 inch device where you have a fair amount of room
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In reply to paul-thurrott:In reply to paul-thurrott:I agree that makes a certain amount of sense, and it proba
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In reply to christian.hvid:Don't forget the B and D for the upper voicings! *Pushes up glasses*
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In reply to paul-thurrott:Wow what complete jerk. An overreaction if I ever saw one. It's amazing to me t
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This looks great. I do hope they add some sort of animation to tab access. I always find it jarring and hard t
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This is reassuring. Combined with Game Pass - which has gotten a lot better with the quality of games included
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In reply to Andi:Yep. I'm the creative industry (music) and I see this all the time. Right now I'm g
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I said this on a previous post about OnePlus. I'm not trolling, I promise. But truly, I don't quite
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In reply to skst:They did, it's only available in India and China or something. Well, if you want a warra
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Hold onto your butts
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Hmmm. I strongly disagree with comments on OnePlus cameras these days. I'd say they look different but no
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In reply to paul-thurrott:That's interesting what you're saying about office and Windows working tog
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Re: OneNote (and Windows)What I don't understand about this, and about the neglect of Windows in general,
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I would like to win a Huawei MateBook 13
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In reply to Yaggs:Possibly, but I still sort of can't believe that anyone at Microsoft thought an eBooks
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Surface GoSurface HeadphonesUgly Windows sweater (Large)
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Office 365Xbox Game Pass
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Hey Paul, I feel like a while back you were asking around for opinions on photo editing apps. You must know ab
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In reply to Mehedi:Lol fair enough!
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I don't mean to be negative, but this seems like a pretty random article to appear on thurrott.com.
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In reply to Mauerque:I have the Surface Laptop 2, and under casual use, it's silent.
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So does this mean that, since the native rendering engine will be Blink, Google Chrome will be allowed in the
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Nice review Paul, thanks. After using Chromebooks at my job (a school), I will say that I like the idea of a n
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In reply to Bdsrev:That's interesting, I could see that being an issue. Hopefully they could evolve the S
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After having owned a Surface Pro 4 for the past three years, I tend to think the whole keyboard/kickstand thin
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After having a Surface Pro 4 for the past three years, I just got a Surface Laptop 2. And I have to agree with
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In reply to jimchamplin:To be honest, I don't feel like *any* feedback is truly acted upon. Any time I�
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In reply to MikeCerm:What's wrong with the Google gestures? I have Pie and they seem fine.
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In reply to Bart:But... it is xcloud? Unless I'm misunderstanding what you're saying.
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In reply to Kevin_Costa:Except the lowest end Surface book does not have 8th generation chips. I hope they upd
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I'd love to see Microsoft focus on small workflow improvements like this Stacks feature. They're alr
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In reply to PhilipVasta:Never mind, I didn't read the full instructions... apparently you need the Micros
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Hmmm. I'm on Release Preview, downloaded the Your Phone app, and it keeps telling me to check the notific
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In reply to WP7Mango:For me, while I liked the idea of a two-stage camera button, I found that it just caused
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Thanks for the answers Paul!
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These are two questions, but kind of related:I've heard you say that you prefer Windows over macOS, but I
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I'm totally going to copy/paste this question that I have for Paul, but I thought it'd be interestin
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Hi Paul, What are your thoughts on tablet mode and in general the touch capabilities of Windows these day
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It's disappointing but ultimately the right decision.
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In reply to VancouverNinja:Admittedly, I haven't used iOS in a very long time, and I've never owned
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Not normally one to complain about bezels but yikes those are huge. And as much as I have to say it, for a com
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In reply to paul-thurrott:Let's talk about what really matters here: I could have sworn you were the one
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In reply to jimchamplin:If I could upvote this a thousand times, I would. They really need to work on the shel
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Very interested to see your thoughts on this. I currently have an Honor 8, and while it's ok, I wouldn�
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In reply to thalter:I agree. When the Surface Book 2 came out, everyone dismissed the low-end option because i
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In reply to Patrick3D:"The trackpad doesn't matter since the majority of owners will travel with a wirele
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In reply to ghostrider:Lol wonderful.
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In reply to anchovylover:I'm not complaining. And you’re right about Windows - it'd be better if t
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In reply to paul-thurrott:Paul, I'm not personalizing this. I appreciate your pragmatism, and I'm gl
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In reply to dcdevito:You're right, but it's sad to me that this is the case. Not saying Edge couldn&
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In reply to Daekar:It's amazing to me that companies with multiple levels of management, that make (and s
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"Where the original Surface Hub was relegated to certain well-heeled enterprise customers only, Surface Hub 2
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I've also noticed a couple spam messages lately, whereas before I never got any.
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Only 161 Reward Points? I must be a total hoarder.
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Here's my worry: Can we say that enterprise focus in the same as productivity focus? When I think of Ente
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In reply to karlinhigh:If animations aren't done well, and especially if coupled with a slow system, they
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In reply to gregsedwards:Yikes, that sounds terrible. I understand some "normal" people can cause problems wit
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I'll just list the big ones:WindowsOffice 365 HomeOffice Business EssentialsXbox Live GoldBitwig StudioSt
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Hey Paul, good article. I've never experienced this right click slowness you speak of, on multiple machin
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In reply to gartenspartan:I think you're right, I just checked.
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Hate to hijack this but along those lines, my O365 subscription (consumer) has not enabled the Outlook Premiun
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In reply to Rusty T.:I don't find that to be the case with Mehedi, but I'm always amazed at how many
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In reply to paul-thurrott:Yeah, I just can't understand why OEMs wouldn't use Precision Touchpad. Th
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Until HP adopts Precision Touchpad, they're basically a non-starter for me, which really kills me. Everyt
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In reply to VancouverNinja:Same here. I have never, ever understood this complaint that Paul has. Maybe it
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In reply to ChristopherCollins:Thanks for the info. If that's true, it seems really dumb that MS wouldn&#
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"Only the 15″ supports all the pressure levels of the pen and tilt." Where did you hear this?
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Yeah I bought one. It still feels like it has so much potential. Unfortunately Microsoft doesn't have tha
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This isn't directed toward you, Paul, but in general I'm growing pretty tired of the word "creatives
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In reply to FalseAgent:Well, I wouldn't say the other OEMs have been making great PCs for very long, at l
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In reply to Markld:You're right, it is petty. Childish, even. It amazes me how much hate Edge gets, when
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Totally agree on this. Some notification tray icons I just don't want to see, ever. Even under the little
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In reply to Brandonlpierce:Lol I don't know that I'd say it's a train wreck, but it's actu
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In reply to Jeffery_Commaroto:Ok, blanket statements are a bit dangerous, but.... you just said "No question G
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So... I did get the update, but it's kind of disappointing. I tap "edit" and it simply opens whatever def
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In reply to mram:I also question the usefulness of Web notes, and I'm one of the people who actually uses
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Do you think Live Tiles will ever be deprecated? I know you've opined on this a bit previously, but the d
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In reply to glenn8878:I'm hopeful for Fluent Design to be truly good, but I worry that Microsoft is still
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In reply to Vuppe:I'm really curious about this. It seems like they could have avoided so many headaches
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I wish they would provide color options for the surface pro.
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In reply to dstrauss:I think that was kind of his point.
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In reply to WP7Mango:That's fine, but there are no professional DAWs that are UWP. And I don't antic
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THIS A THOUSAND TIMES! I admit I don't know the technical hurdles (if any) involved in this, but it drive
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In reply to ponsaelius:That's how I feel as well. The whole scenario would be interesting if upgrading to
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Yeah he almost looks unhealthy.
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In reply to Bart:I totally understand, I have a Surface as well. But what I was suggesting earlier is that, ma
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"But I feel like this feature says more about a central failure of the Windows 10 user experience than it does
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In reply to BoItmanLives:What is your problem? He's just presenting his opinion, as Paul did in the artic
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Maybe they intended for the Creator's Update to have a bit more... but man did they screw this up. There
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In reply to Waethorn:But... you do realize both iOS and Android have these kinds of animations, right? I'
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In reply to skane2600:I agree, but shouldn't the OS be smart enough to increase the size of touch targets
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This is great! I could use this, and I was wondering if Japanese even could be added as a real-time translatio
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I'm a little perplexed that people think Scorpio will be so expensive. To my mind they would be dumb not
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Serious question, why doesn't macOS have these issues? My friend's MacBook pro handles multiple moni
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I'm intrigued by Outlook Premium, but I'm still trying to figure out its use. Why would a family nee
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In reply to Paul Thurrott:Yep exactly!
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This article couldn't have come at a more appropriate time for me. My parents, with Windows 10 Mobile-ize
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In reply to wolters:I'm glad they're pushing ink. But to call something the "Creator's Update"
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The new Guide is absolutely faster, and not just because of it being a single button press now. It's almo
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Gross. I just read the article, and you're totally right. It's a thinly veiled ad for Chromebooks.
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Does anyone know why on earth these OEMs do not just use Precision Touchpad and call it a day? Seems like it w
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In reply to Polycrastinator:If there were at least some gotta-have-it apps like Chrome, I'd be willing to
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In reply to Waethorn:Hey just curious, what do you do production-wise? I've been using Bitwig Studio for
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Paul, you missed the big news here - that a publication is acknowledging that Groove exists!
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I hope they get better. Specifically, Cortana. On my android phone, Cortana feels so much less useful than it
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Unrealistic wish: Combine the Surface Book and Surface Pro. Start with the tablet portion of the Book, and add
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I have a SP4, but would really prefer a Surface Book, I think. I've just grown tired of not having a proper la
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I'm all for Microsoft pushing their apps and services in Windows. I get it, it might be a little bit of a nag.
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In reply to MarkH:
I agree. I think it's ok if it doesn't run win32 apps, but it needs to look
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In reply to offTheRecord:
It's weird, I'm jealous that Outlook calendar didn't have this kind of functionality
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In reply to madthinus:
So true, I don't think this point is brought up enough. The failure of Windows Phone is
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In reply to Abazigal:
I think you're absolutely right. While I'm primarily in the MS ecosystem right now, I re
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In reply to jbinaz: I hate to say it, but I agree. I resist moving to Chrome for some reason, but with Edge as
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In reply to TheSchmed:
Affinity Photo also gets my vote. I wish it was available through the windows store but
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I agree. I've disagreed with Paul on some of his comments, but his honesty also is what attracts me to read hi
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Hmm... kind of tempting but I'll wait for Affinity Photo to come out of beta on Windows. Their Designer softwa
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Paul, I'm curious as to what you think about the screen size restriction on basic document creation and editin
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Woo hoo! I preordered a Surface Dial, but I didn't expect them to be sold out. I'm very interested in the pote
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Play Anywhere is a great idea, in theory. But really, who plays that frequently on both console and PC, on the
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I agree with everything you said here, Paul.
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Wow. I've been considering trading up from the Surface Pro 4 to a Surface Book 2 for its laptop form fac
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I bought a Surface Pro 4 as soon as they came out, and have generally liked it a lot. But recently I almost so
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In reply to Graham Best:
I agree - although it might not get that bad, I think it would be a slippery slope if
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The trackpad stuff is a pretty big deal for me. On my Surface Pro 4, certain webpages would constantly zoom wh
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In reply to dcdevito:
I'm torn on this. On one hand, they're clearly terrible at it, have a damaged reputation
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In reply to davidD:
I can't comment on the Alta, but I got a Charge 2, coming from an original Band. Obviously
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Don't have the new Outlook Mail yet, but I do use it through Office 365 for Business. It's much better than Gm
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I think you're right, but in it seems likely to me that Google or Apple will come up with their version of tha
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Yeah. For all the talk and promise of "one Windows," there really isn't much of a benefit to it from a consume
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For some reason I thought maybe this would mean I also have the new Outlook.com experience... nope :(