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    Pretty easy to get to 75 million installs in 30 days when you were upgrading people’s PCs “automagically

    Posted 1 month ago on Programming Windows: One Billion (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    I mean, if i HAD to choose I’d pick Panos over Steve…

    Posted 1 month ago on Quality, Quality, Quality (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    Paul, habéis aprendido nada de español desde tomasteis la decisión mudar al Mexico? (Have y’all been lear

    Posted 1 month ago on Ask Paul: May 20 (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    I don’t think you mentioned it here, but RT supposedly stood for “Runtime”, for reasons I definitely don

    Posted 1 month ago on Programming Windows: The Product (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    Those are Dr. Evil numbers.

    Posted 1 month ago on Nintendo Sold 23 Million Switch Consoles in the Past Year – 5 Comments

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    Cross your fingers!!

    Posted 1 month ago on May 2022 Patch Tuesday Updates are Available for Windows 11 and Windows 10 – 4 Comments

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    Steve Jobs was a genius, but he was also an a-hole. People who think they’re the next Steve Jobs are usually

    Posted 1 month ago on Programming Windows: 8 is Enough (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    So what, exactly, is that a picture of?

    Posted 1 month ago on Passwordless (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    “fix it ‘til it breaks!” 😁

    Posted 1 month ago on Programming Windows: Frankenstein (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    I remember a hilarious video of Chris Pirillo’s dad trying to use Windows 8. He clicked the tile to go to th

    Posted 1 month ago on Programming Windows: Frankenstein (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    That feels like an “over my dead body” kind of thing. Stranger events have happened of course…

    Posted 2 months ago on Intel Earnings Beat Estimates, Arrive with a Warning – 15 Comments

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    Oh wow I had forgotten that event with Swisher & Mossberg… ranks up there with the 2013 XBox E3 demo for

    Posted 2 months ago on Programming Windows: Anticip8 (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    I had a kids piano like that 20 years ago….. hardly “AR”

    Posted 3 months ago on Report: Microsoft Expects Negative Feedback About Military HoloLens – 9 Comments

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    I’m 33 and every few years I still fire up an emulator and play through Ocarina of Time or Majora’s Mask.

    Posted 3 months ago on Report: Microsoft’s Perfect Dark Reboot is Being Hit by High Turnover – 7 Comments

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    N64-era Rare was a massive part of my childhood. When MS bought them I remember thinking at the time “damn,

    Posted 3 months ago on Report: Microsoft’s Perfect Dark Reboot is Being Hit by High Turnover – 7 Comments

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    That’s an exec, not a developer. Spewing stuff like that is one of the few things they do well.

    Posted 3 months ago on Report: Microsoft’s Perfect Dark Reboot is Being Hit by High Turnover – 7 Comments

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    I mean, they had just lost the trust of a lot of developers with the Longhorn debacle. Is it really that surpr

    Posted 4 months ago on Programming Windows: Connected, Clear, Confident (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    Reading your account of Allchin giving this presentation I can’t help but compare the situation to Sinofsky

    Posted 4 months ago on Programming Windows: Connected, Clear, Confident (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    My best friend and I reached peak nerd circa 2002-3 carrying our iPaqs around using them in class. We’ve com

    Posted 4 months ago on Programming Windows: Tablet PC (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    It’s worth remembering that these were squarely the “bad old days” times. MS made a lot of enemies then

    Posted 5 months ago on Programming Windows: Hailstorm (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    Was gonna say exactly that. Idiotic patents like this should have never been approved. Seriously, “changing

    Posted 5 months ago on With Defeat to Sonos, Google to Remove Smart Speaker Functionality – 44 Comments

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    I agree with Mary Jo when she says all of this Edge strongarming is to artificially inflate Edge’s usage num

    Posted 7 months ago on Microsoft to Block Windows 11 Browser Workarounds – 121 Comments

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    Surely they’ll walk that back. Seems to be an MO of sorts lately.

    Posted 7 months ago on Microsoft to Kill OneDrive for Windows 7, 8, 8.1 in Early 2022 – 41 Comments

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    The argument “other people do it too” is pretty weak IMO.

    Posted 9 months ago on Windows 11 Tip: Use EdgeDeflector to Enforce Your Browser Choice – 39 Comments

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    So you’re saying the company isn’t making enough money to be able to reliably push ads that don’t crash

    Posted 9 months ago on Those Windows 11 Instabilities Were Caused by a Microsoft Ad – 86 Comments

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    I never trust Google for store/restaurant unformation, even here in the US. Sooo many times i’ve been screwe

    Posted 10 months ago on Problemas (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    I would love Gartner or someone to do a cloud reliability report. Rank the major cloud providers based not onl

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Fixes Outlook Email Bug – 23 Comments

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    I have a client of mind who is looking quite seriously at bringing back some of their on-prem servers because

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Fixes Outlook Email Bug – 23 Comments

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    I would love to see a stats company compile a list that ranks cloud provider reliability. It could include of

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: October 30 (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    In reply to proftheory:That’s Panasonic, I believe.

    Posted 1 year ago on Toshiba Exits the PC Business – 16 Comments

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    I’m guessing the neighbors car was totaled....

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: August 7 (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    In reply to Nic:I don’t really think either one of them truly want to buy TikTok, just as Paul mentioned Tik

    Posted 1 year ago on Damned if You Do (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    In reply to Nic:The Verge is saying they got word from Apple directly that they are not interested.

    Posted 1 year ago on Damned if You Do (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    Was interested to hear your take on this Paul, and I for the most part agree.I have yet to hear anyone from Mi

    Posted 1 year ago on Damned if You Do (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    Paul, have you used the Flex in work scenarios long enough to get an estimate on battery life? Apologies if th

    Posted 1 year ago on Windows 10 on ARM Compatibility Check-In – 45 Comments

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    So what would you recommend as a decent “beginner” language? Python would probably be a good choice I supp

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Plots the End of Visual Basic – 59 Comments

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    In reply to dftf:What about domain-joined Pro? I remember they were excluded from naggings at one point.

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Delivers the Final Windows 7 Updates – 28 Comments

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    In reply to red.radar:For as long as your software keeps working, the hardware it’s running on keeps working

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Delivers the Final Windows 7 Updates – 28 Comments

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    I recall Paul speaking pretty highly about the Concept D machines earlier last year. That ultrabook in the lin

    Posted 2 years ago on Acer Announces New PCs for CES – 1 Comments

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    Would love a Surface Laptop AMD!!

    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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    Yo dawg, we heard you like email...

    Posted 2 years ago on Gmail Now Lets You Attach Emails…in Emails – 6 Comments

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    In reply to yoshi:I mean, phones are specifically where these services are targeting. Microsoft even shows thi

    Posted 2 years ago on Google Details Which Features Will (and Won’t) Work at Stadia’s Launch – 19 Comments

    comment
    Soltero’s “betrayal”? Ha. Nice characterization.

    Posted 2 years ago on The New and Beautiful Elvis – Windows Weekly 644 – 3 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:They set 2 dates. Did you read the article?

    Posted 2 years ago on Samsung’s Bixby-powered Smart Speaker Is Nowhere to Be Seen – 12 Comments

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    “Digital twins”?

    Posted 2 years ago on Margrethe Vestager to Head EU Digital Affairs Too – 6 Comments

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    OK, what the hell is that picture? ? I’m gonna guess it’s from an Apple ad?

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Suspends Siri Grading Program – 11 Comments

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    wtf, “capsules”? so Bixby’s got an opiate problem now?

    Posted 3 years ago on Bixby Gets Its Own Store for Third-Party Skills – 5 Comments

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    They actually did name the partner. “LyricFind”.

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Says It Didn’t Scrape Data from Genius – 34 Comments

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    In reply to SvenJ:-32GB is roughly 25% of the total capacity of the drive. I personally think that’s excessi

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 Version 1903 Requires at Least 32 GB of Storage – 40 Comments

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    I don’t run Windows, but on my main machine’s 120GB SSD, i have 29.8GB free.32GB seems like an awful lot t

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 Version 1903 Requires at Least 32 GB of Storage – 40 Comments

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    In reply to robincapper:Yeah Im right there with you. I’ve seen far too many instances of users being shafte

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft is Closing Its Ebook Store, Edge Support – 72 Comments

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    In reply to hrlngrv:Yes, that’s how consumers get screwed.

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft is Closing Its Ebook Store, Edge Support – 72 Comments

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    So you’re calling people who bought books through this service “fools”?(btw, this is just another exampl

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft is Closing Its Ebook Store, Edge Support – 72 Comments

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    In reply to pecosbob04:Probably content. Posts don’t usually get deleted for punctuation or style.

    Posted 3 years ago on #MehediTakeover – Ask Me Anything! – 19 Comments

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    lol is that an official Supreme shirt? nice.

    Posted 3 years ago on #MehediTakeover – Ask Me Anything! – 19 Comments

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    Awesome. I’m sure the costs of this patent litigation won’t be passed down to the consumer. That never hap

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple is Guilty of Infringing on Three Qualcomm Patents – 16 Comments

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    And what if the rollback fails? ?

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 Can Now Rollback Problematic Updates – 12 Comments

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    Let's Build Together.... with Google

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft’s Chromium-Based Edge Browser Could Be Coming to Insiders Soon – 29 Comments

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    In reply to techsalot:One of the clients my work helps consult with is looking to put their on-prem email/doc-

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Teams Is Down and Users Aren’t Happy – 26 Comments

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    “Oddly, Google doesn’t cite Samsung as a competitor in assistants either, despite its bundling of Bixby on

    Posted 3 years ago on Google No Longer Considers Cortana a Competitor – 18 Comments

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    In reply to karma77police:So I just had my Premium subscription lapse, and all I can see now are the "Standard

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Open Sources WPF, WinForms, and WinUI – 19 Comments

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    Congrats Brad! Though if you do buy the electronic version, make sure not to read it in Edge! ??

    Posted 3 years ago on Beneath A Surface: Available Today! – 40 Comments

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    In reply to trparky:Even though November is the 11th month of the year, not the 10th?Makes sense ?

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 October 2018 Update Finally Re-Released – 52 Comments

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    The parallels between Microsoft and Google really are astonishing. In the 90s, Microsoft did this exact same t

    Posted 3 years ago on Google’s Response to the EU is Brilliant (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    Gotta say, the mental gymnastics being employed by some people to somehow spin this as anything other than an

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Begins the “Re-release” of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update – 72 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:What do you mean about this method being "not supported"? As far as I can understand, th

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Begins the “Re-release” of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update – 72 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:Nope, wrong. They caused the data loss here. It may not be their fault if you don’t ha

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Begins the “Re-release” of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update – 72 Comments

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    In reply to smartin:This, so much. At any other company the executive of engineering would be fired over this.

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Pulls Windows 10 October 2018 Update – 76 Comments

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    In reply to SvenJ:Yep, he's only got till tonight. The clock's ticking! Seriously, the victim shamin

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Has A Software Quality Problem – 114 Comments

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    In reply to Dan1986ist:Wow, that seems like a pretty crazy convoluted process. You’d think they could just,

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 October 2018 Update Users Start Reporting Early Issues – 110 Comments

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    Not being snarky here, how is it possible for a Windows update to delete user data? Particularly those files s

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 October 2018 Update Users Start Reporting Early Issues – 110 Comments

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    So you guys sort of glided past the whole "1809 is deleting some people's documents" thing.This is bad. L

    Posted 3 years ago on First Ring Daily 484: The Surface Blaftermath – 10 Comments

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    About the only reason someone might want Pro is to be able to slow/defer updates. The track record of success/

    Posted 3 years ago on Yes, the New Surface PCs Run Windows 10 Home. Yes, It’s OK (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    In reply to prjman:Microsoft has really made an art form out of releasing products early on in a new category,

    Posted 3 years ago on Tip: Harman Kardon Invoke is Just $50 at Best Buy – 45 Comments

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    Now we just need a Dreamcast Mini, and my childhood gaming nostalgiafest will be complete ??

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    One thing that I don’t see mentioned in the relentless tirade of “but Google does it too” posts.... Goo

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Can’t Stop Punching Windows 10 in the Face (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    OK, what on earth does that title graphic mean??? ??

    Posted 3 years ago on Ask Paul: September 7 (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    In reply to Jeffery_Commaroto:I personally think you’re glossing over the 30% bit. That’s a big deal and a

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    Once again, fitting promo graphic. That gentleman's facial expression exudes "I am skeptical of your atte

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    This game is "Mario" hard. Like "Tubular" in the Special World of SMW hard.

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    My god they copy almost everything about Apple’s packaging here, don’t they?Not that plenty of other manuf

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    Gotta say, I’m enjoying watching people grasp onto the hope that Microsoft will “re-enter” the mobile sp

    Posted 3 years ago on Obsessed with Andromeda (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    So is this “Surface” store any different inside than their other Microsoft stores? It isn’t just Surface

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Now Has a Surface Store in Taiwan – 19 Comments

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    I recall during Windows Weekly that someone mentioned that HP would be releasing firmware updates that would a

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    In reply to ph-sth:Oh, i didn’t know that about Google Play “matching” uploads instead of just taking th

    Posted 4 years ago on Tip: Use Google Play Music – 85 Comments

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    Good on them. I knew more than one person who was burned by this. Kind of surprised they’re initiating a rec

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Unveils a Surface Pro 4 Replacement Program – 15 Comments

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    In reply to amrish.tandon:Ah, good to know its all Pauls fault since you had no problems on 3 computers. Thank

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    In reply to hrlngrv:Long live the Dvorak layout! ?

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    Posted 4 years ago on Linux Everywhere (Premium) – 0 Comments

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    Meanwhile, how’s Cortana doing? ;)

    Posted 4 years ago on Amazon Opens Up Alexa Skills to Everyone – 11 Comments

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    In reply to hrlngrv:Cant upvote this enough.... see Microsoft/Ford Sync, et al.

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    So even if a heavy x64-based “traditional” program could eventually be compiled for ARM64, I wonder what p

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    Great article. I usually don’t post comments here, but the way you were able to bring a novel, heartfelt and

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    If anyone is wondering about how Samsung might support that stupid Bixby fridge, just look at how they royally

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    9/10 much humor. Minus 1 for Rick Springfield.

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    No savings on the Surface Studio, i see ;)

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft Store Launches a Presidents Day Sale – 4 Comments

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    So are the "hot bag" & sleep-related problems REALLY fixed?

    Posted 5 years ago on One Surface Pro 4 Configuration is 20 Percent Off – 10 Comments

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