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    Indeed, I use Spotify but I'm not particularly bothered by the current lack of lossless options. I mainly use

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    I have a gaming desktop that I built that uses an MSI B450 Tomahawk mainboard, a Ryzen 7 3700X CPU (originally

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    I think you're really overstating the impact of all of these events. I see no mass exodus from Azure in light

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    I haven't seen it on my end. I'm running an RTX 3070 and I just installed the latest Nvidia drivers last night

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    Unfortunately, that VD workaround seems like even more of a hassle. I usually have those 3 windows open (becau

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    For my personal use, not really. I use search more often due to less space in the start menu (many of the less

    Posted 8 months ago on Has Windows 11 changed any of your workflows? – 15 Comments

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    I only have one experience with traveling to a non-English-speaking country (Greece and Montenegro in 2019), b

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    Nuvia is using the Arm ISA, so it will be binary compatible with Arm's own processors. They have a different m

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    Only the arm64 parts of programs will run at native speed. The x64 parts will run with the emulation penalty.

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    Just turn on Intel Platform Trust Technology (or whatever it's called) in your BIOS. Every processor made in t

    Posted 1 year ago on TPM Outrage (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    So I actually don't need a new TPM module on my desktop computer. I have a Ryzen 7 3700X on an MSI B450 Tomaha

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    At some point, if the security features they want to include in Windows 11 require the use of a TPM, then that

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    Nothing in the documentation seems to indicate the need for a dedicated SSD. DirectStorage works on the new Xb

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    Yup, this looks to be directly in response to the current Apple vs. Epic kerfuffle. Now Microsoft can say "Loo

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    Looked through the docs a bit more and found the full list of requirements for DirectStorage:1 TB or greater N

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    It looks like all of the technical upgrades that were meant for Windows 10 21H2 (auto HDR, direct storage, and

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    I've not seen this issue on my end with any of my computers at any point in the last 10 years. With Windows 10

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    On the Qualcomm front, it seems they're getting serious about laptop computing. They recently acquired Nu

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    It's a bit involved, but there's a software called "Equalizer APO". It's a system-wide parametr

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    I'm familiar with Paul's wife's sense that "quality improved the last time we added a nice thin

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    Huh, there is significant overlap between foods that you will eat and foods that I will eat, though I am not a

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    I wouldn't mind seeing the new Action Center coming to regular Windows 10. In particular, the addition of

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    A lot of reporters and pundits out there are positing that this is in competition to Apple's M1 desktop A

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    In reply to Scsekaran:Microsoft Office on Arm works using hybrid executables, which are really interesting in

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    In reply to JG1170:Windows has a similar-ish mechanism called the XTACache service. It caches Arm translations

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    I think it was mostly as an "aspirational" sort of hardware release. That's why they were focusing on LTE

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    The games on Game Pass do rotate from time to time. There's no set length on how long each game will stay

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    I've had 4 Surface devices (Pro 2, Pro 3, Pro 4, Pro X) and none of them had any major issues with their

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    In reply to lvthunder:Windows 10 on Arm already does some of that. There is a service (XtaCache) that caches t

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    Having read the leaked specs last week, I don't feel bad about jumping on the Motorola Edge at launch rat

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    In reply to aelaan:No, Arm is an Instruction Set Architecture that is licensed out by Arm Holdings to customer

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    Posted 1 year ago on Lenovo Flex 5G Review – 25 Comments

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    Posted 1 year ago on Lenovo Flex 5G Review – 25 Comments

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    I'm pretty sure the Lockhart will be an upgrade in some respects. All rumors on the Lockhart say it will

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    Recently I've tried downsizing my computer collection. I used to have a primary custom-built gaming deskt

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    In reply to BrandonMills:Nvidia mostly stopped developing Tegra for PC/tablet-class devices though. Other than

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    This result, while unfortunate for the SPX, isn't surprising to any Android fan. Apple's chips have

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    This announcement and this article point out the differences in how Apple and Microsoft handle tech transition

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    Wow, this is the first time I've ever been excited about Macs. Apple products have always been the most v

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    Regarding Microsoft Launcher, I'm in the preview of the app and this week it got a pretty significant upd

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    That's a nice looking design! Very sleek and svelte. Though it most likely looks a lot better vertically

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    Cute cat!

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    In reply to dftf:The main problem I have with using the YouTube website is that there are the recommendations

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    I get quite a bit of software from the Microsoft Store. Drawboard PDF (I much prefer it to Adobe stuff), Music

    Posted 2 years ago on Does anyone actually use the Microsoft Store? – 84 Comments

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    In reply to brisonharvey:I do not heavily use x86 apps, the most commonly used one being MusicBee, which is ex

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    I recently got a Surface Pro X and I'm really enjoying it thus far. I got the Pro X to replace a ThinkPad

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    There is an update history page for every Surface device (for SL3: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/45

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    Regarding filesystems, I think ReFS supports data deduplication, or perhaps some limited form of it. But I als

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    Happy New Year everyone! And thanks for doing this giveaway!

    Posted 2 years ago on [CLOSED] Microsoft’s Windows Weekly Giveaway: Surface Pro X, Pro 7, and Laptop 3 – 2573 Comments

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    This doesn't seem very confusing to me. Fast ring becomes similar to the Canary ring of Chromium, or the

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Releases New Windows 10 Build to Fast Ring – 17 Comments

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    I don't doubt it. The Jaguar architecture is, like all pre-Zen AMD CPU architectures, not that good in te

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    As an American, I totally overpack for every trip. I was able to travel over Thanksgiving break with just my b

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    I wouldn't mind signing into a Microsoft account by default if only they allowed you to choose what the n

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Made Major Setup Changes in Windows 10 Version 1909 – 38 Comments

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    In reply to C_J_Martinez:That's news to me. Before today I never even thought that history sync would be

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    In addition to the greatly increased complexity of emulating x64 on arm64, I've also read that there is a

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    I think Microsoft's developer strategy with making UWP APIs available to all frameworks is the right step

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    I use Groove, but I've read about a player called Dopamine that looks pretty good.

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    I think the people who made the ISO were assuming it would be used on a USB, probably because the devices they

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