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  1. Windows 7 is no longer supported beginning today

    I quite liked Windows XP and used it for years, Windows 7 just felt like a breath of fresh air and I dont think it was ever really surpassed by Windows 8 and 8.1.
    4 points
  2. So they're finally implementing power plans, like Windows has had for almost 20 years?
    4 points
  3. Windows 7 has had a good run but it's time to put it to rest. It's over 10 years old now. Windows 10 is a completely viable OS even if you don't personally like it.
    4 points
  4. 4 points
  5. Windows 7 is no longer supported beginning today

    have fun slowly becoming less and less secure on that machine as the paid extended support is only offered to businesses I believe.
    3 points
  6. really wish our country wasn't run by paranoia. The US NEVER provided any actual proof to their claims that Huawei will act maliciously. Hopefully the UK ignores our government's pitiful whining. We really need to get the baby that is Trump out of our office. He's giving this country a worse name/reputation than it already has.
    3 points
  7. Comcast's insisting on an upgrade.

    So your renting their equipment.. And they want to upgrade your device... Then have them come out and do it.. I am unclear on the issue here? I personally hate all in one devices.. And for $12 a month in a year or so you would pay for your own equipment for sure... Even with buying a kick ass modem and router.. 2 Different devices..
    3 points
  8. Wait, what? Macs don’t have power plans?? Power management is automatic and you don't need to micro-manage it like in Windows. You can still adjust things that makes sense as a user. Not that you don't need, you can't
    3 points
  9. The latest Kindle Paperwhite is up to $50 off on Amazon

    For reading, there is nothing like e-ink. Not even the comparision of mobile phone's LCD screen. Unless you expected color and/ or reading like it was a webpage or a huge monitor, eink is like reading a book. Very different technologies. E-ink is designed to avoid eye strain, at least reduce it by a large margin. I don't have that many PDF on my machine, most were bought from Kindle store.
    3 points
  10. MBP 16 has much improved thermals.
    3 points
  11. Yay, the "TURBO" button from the 90s is coming back!
    3 points
  12. They should extend Windows 7 support in general for 18 months as well.
    3 points
  13. Dopamine

    Yes indeed: 3.0 is the multi platform rewrite. Supported on Windows and Linux. Theoretically also on Mac. Although someone else would have to build and test it (as I don't own a Mac). I'm interested too. I haven't done all the research yet. But seeing as web technologies have a lot of multi-media capabilities, I see a promising future for Dopamine. With version 2.0 out of the way, development on 3.0 should get a boost. Edit: Dopamine code and issues were moved to https://github.com/digimezzo/dopamine-windows This is the Dopamine 3.0 GitHub: https://github.com/digimezzo/dopamine For all feature requests, please log an issue over there. I don't always guess right how people like to listen to their music. So if anyone has suggestions, don't hesitate to create issues via GitHub.
    2 points
  14. Dopamine

    thank you so much, that fixed it. now back to my regulary scheduled, uninterupted, eargasm
    2 points
  15. Windows 10 Mobile is dead ... again

    Still think they should have focused on "Windows Phone 7" or at least never released 7 and jumped straight to 8. you prefer windows phone 7? No, tbh I never used anything past 6.5. The issue is they recreated windows mobile/WinCE for Windows Phone 7, so people developed apps based on that, adapting with the new interface and such, then microsoft dropped the whole platform, recreating WP8 off of WinNT instead of WinCE.
    2 points
  16. Windows 7 is no longer supported beginning today

    it's more for the age of the hardware on some windows 7 machines; some are up to a decade old as mentioned and may not support some of the nicer or required feature sets in 10 If your hardware is that old then sure, I'd be looking to change the whole system. But at the same time there seem to be plenty of mentions of Windows 10 running well, if not better, on limited hardware compared to Windows 7. I was just thinking out loud. At the end of the day I don't mind what the reasoning is for the suggestion, so long as people finally get off their butts and move to something better...or at least, more secure. Still no excuse to throw out old computers! Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon runs decently on my Thinkpad X61s (although it gets a bit hot, I'm not sure if the fan is doing its job properly!), and my Sony Vaio from around 2006/2007. Granted they're a bit slow by today's standards but not bad for some light tasks; I wrote a fair few articles for Neowin on the Thinkpad in 2017
    2 points
  17. Windows 7 is no longer supported beginning today

    "breath of fresh air" is so appropriate given the default Windows 7 wallpaper, hehe.
    2 points
  18. Windows 7 is no longer supported beginning today

    Cause it works good.
    2 points
  19. anything you comment about google article its hard to even take it seriously because of your comment history
    2 points
  20. Adobe Flash Player 32.0.0.314

    Hate to rush time, but will almost be glad when December rolls around again and this thing dies, even if I do still have a few sites that use it.
    2 points
  21. The question is not if issues are found. The question is if you get a fix for it, when it's found.
    2 points
  22. nothing is ever secure software wise, get over this MS bias... it doesn't mater what it is, eventually someone will find a flaw in the design... even going way down low to basic stdio.h calls in C++ have had flaws which affected basically every piece of software written in C++......
    2 points
  23. Wait, what? Macs don’t have power plans?? Power management is automatic and you don't need to micro-manage it like in Windows. You can still adjust things that makes sense as a user. You don't need to micro-manage in Windows either. You can if you want to though, at least there's a choice.
    2 points
  24. iBlast processing. Apple does what Windon't.
    2 points
  25. correct. If you upgrade first. But you can also jump to a clean install by just using the windows 7 key on the side of the computer.
    2 points
  26. MBP 16 has much improved thermals. Which is a good start.
    2 points
  27. But didn't that decrease clock speed in half, for backward compatibility? Yes... that was the idea. It was to slow down your blazing 486 to play a game written for a 386. And it worked! I remember some games going crazy in Turbo Mode... but I'd press the button and all was well. Mine had a LED number display that showed the switch from 25 to 33 Mhz. WoooHoooo!
    2 points
  28. 2 points
  29. The upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 is still free for all users. Get it right now: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=691209 💪
    2 points
  30. The OnePlus 8 will have a 120Hz display [Update]

    I could literally not care any less about high refresh rates on a phone.
    2 points
  31. GCHQ: It's time to ditch Windows 7 if you want to stay safe online

    What malware are you talking about?
    2 points
  32. Nope, leave it for Linux Mint Xfce, as suggested in article. Why do they say Windows 7 is dead after tomorrow? Tomorrow is patch Tuesday, which Windows 7 will receive, so sort of technically, it's still good for another month.
    2 points
  33. For users of older phones, note that while the released Microsoft Launcher requires Android 4.2+, the pre-release version requires Android 7.0+.
    2 points
  34. Comcast's insisting on an upgrade.

    I love it. Rock solid. Plus the YAMon addon is soooooooo nice
    1 point
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  36. Windows 7 is no longer supported beginning today

    No software is ever secured. After all as Windows 10 gets more of market share it will be more prone to security problems than Windows 7 because it will be a primary target of attacks. I just wonder how long will take for 500 million of people running Windows 7 to upgrade to something else. Microsoft might just lose those 500 million people to Linux and Mac OS.
    1 point
  37. Windows 10 Mobile is dead ... again

    Tomorrow Never Dies. but its not futuristic or anything. it was a major slap in the face to those who were already slapped and it is an absolute failure.
    1 point
  38. Do you Hackintosh?

    Yeah its always the issue, I know if I want to use my Dell laptop full time Im going to have to switch out the wifi card inside it, which I dont really want to do. Intel-wise is the safest, and use a Gigabyte board. The Hackintosh Reddit and tonymacx86.com are excellent resources. I'm sorely tempted to build a 9900k Hackintosh, but I really can't even use both the full-tower systems I have at once right now, never mind a totally overkill 'build on a whim' third machine just because I want to.
    1 point
  39. Windows 7 is no longer supported beginning today

    now reading articles like "Your PC is alive…with the sound of Windows!" makes me somewhat sad. https://web.archive.org/web/20...h-the-sound-of-windows.aspx but it is not over for Windows 7! voting machines in u.s. will still be secured for the 2020 elections and businesses can have an additional three years of support! long live Windows 7!
    1 point
  40. Windows 7 is no longer supported beginning today

    it's more for the age of the hardware on some windows 7 machines; some are up to a decade old as mentioned and may not support some of the nicer or required feature sets in 10 If your hardware is that old then sure, I'd be looking to change the whole system. But at the same time there seem to be plenty of mentions of Windows 10 running well, if not better, on limited hardware compared to Windows 7. I was just thinking out loud. At the end of the day I don't mind what the reasoning is for the suggestion, so long as people finally get off their butts and move to something better...or at least, more secure.
    1 point
  41. Apple's 2020 iPhones might come with both sub-6 and mmWave 5G

    LOL ... last time they innovate something, was when they copied mouse and gui from xerox
    1 point
  42. Comcast's insisting on an upgrade.

    I hate them as well - and I'm glad that they are no longer required for telephony - AND that you can now purchase your own telephony modem. (I'm also a Comcast customer, and have been for two decades.) On the telephony side, my recommendation is the Motorola MT7711 - the only 24x8 DOCSIS 3.1 telephony cable modem that is both Comcast-approved AND customer-purchaseable (https://www.amazon.com/MOTOROLA-MT7711-Gigabit-Comcast-Internet/dp/B07GX2ZQXG/). Don't need telephony support? There's the ARRIS SurfBoard SB8200 (https://www.amazon.com/ARRIS-SURFboard-Approved-SB8200-Frustration/). The latter has the same issue that all the DOCSIS 3.x ARRIS Surfboards have had - excessively bright blue LED lights on their fronts. (I call them "Blue Thunder" - as in the movie of the same name.) More importantly, neither has the Intel Puma6 cable modem chipset that has had issues in cable modem deployments; both instead use Broadcom chipsets. (As hated as Broadcom is, their chipsets get the job done when they need to,)
    1 point
  43. The OnePlus 8 will have a 120Hz display [Update]

    You mean to tell me you don't care about finding new ways to eat up the battery on your phone?
    1 point
  44. I used Win10, and got tired of my pc crashing after every new update. I went back to Win7. Not worried, hell..half our banks in the US are still on Windows 2000. lol
    1 point
  45. The OnePlus 8 will have a 120Hz display [Update]

    Yawn.
    1 point
  46. GCHQ: It's time to ditch Windows 7 if you want to stay safe online

    Wait... this article telling people if they have windows 7 and want windows 10 they have to buy it? Microsoft is still offering Windows 10 for free. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 Just go here and if you want windows 10 download and install it. You can upgrade over Windows 7 or you can create an iso and make a bootable dvd / usb drive and clean install using your existing windows 7 key. Typically if your system has a core i3 / core i5 it should run windows fine. I would recommend you have a minimum of 4gb of ram.
    1 point
  47. Dopamine

    Hi everyone, Dopamine 2.0 (Final) has just been released. This is the change log (since version 1.5.14): – [Added] Added a setting to remove songs from disk in the Now Playing context menu – [Added] Added folder view – [Added] Added smart playlists – [Added] It is now possible to sort songs by album, even when no album is selected. – [Added] The search field can now be activated by pressing CTRL+F – [Added] Added sort by “date added” and “date created” in the song screen – [Added] It is now possible to drop files on now playing, when no songs are playing. – [Added] It is now possible to drop folders on the playlists screen – [Added] Added rating and love to the bottom left now playing pane on the main screen – [Fixed] Added an extra button to access Now Playing – [Added] Added a Japanese translation – [Added] Added a Norwegian translation – [Changed] Changed the overall design – [Changed] Removed song covers in playlists. Loading images in memory causes a huge memory footprint for large playlists. – [Changed] Tweaked the now playing screen – [Changed] Removed the “Frequent” page – [Changed] Updated the Bulgarian translation – [Changed] Updated the Chinese (Simplified) translation – [Changed] Updated the Chinese (Traditional) translation – [Changed] Updated the Croatian translation – [Changed] Updated the German translation – [Changed] Updated the Greek translation – [Changed] Updated the Hungarian translation – [Changed] Updated the Italian translation – [Changed] Updated the Japanese translation – [Changed] Updated the Korean translation – [Changed] Updated the Polish translation – [Changed] Updated the Portuguese (Portugal) translation – [Changed] Updated the Russian translation – [Changed] Updated the Spanish translation – [Changed] Updated the Swedish translation – [Changed] Updated the Ukrainian translation – [Changed] Updated the Vietnamese translation – [Fixed] Multiple memory leaks – [Fixed] Lyrics scrolling doesn’t work correctly for lyrics which have no timestamps – [Fixed] It is impossible to fetch lyrics from LyricWikia when song artist or title have special casing and special characters – [Fixed] The spectrum analyzer causes crashes – [Fixed] Artists or genres which are identical, but use a different casing, are shown as multiple artists or genres. – [Fixed] Enabling the system notification on Windows 10 N causes a crash – [Fixed] Rating songs makes the UI non-responsive – [Fixed] Songs which are enqueued from Explorer, are enqueued in the wrong order. – [Fixed] It is impossible to delete songs from playlists, for which the song files have been removed from or renamed on disk. – [Fixed] Pressing multimedia keys causes glitches when the spectrum analyzer is enabled – [Fixed] System notifications causes a crash when playing a song which has a malformed track number – [Fixed] Artists and Genres screens don’t show songs for the Cyrillic alphabet – [Fixed] Artists info pane displays white stars instead of actual artist pictures – [Fixed] Lyrics “Search again” does not work – [Fixed] Lowered CPU and memory usage – [Fixed] Short sound after starting up – [Fixed] Zero-sized images which are embedded in audio files, are mistakenly treated as valid images. – [Fixed] Queued songs which are not in the collection (e.g. from playlists), are not resumed after a restart. – [Fixed] Playlists containing the same song multiple times, confuses play previous and play next. – [Fixed] Incorrect ordering of timed lyrics which contain duplicate timestamps – [Fixed] Tray icon is not visible when using light system theme in Windows 10 – [Fixed] It is not possible to type + and – in the last.fm password box – [Fixed] Removing all songs from Now Playing causes a crash – [Fixed] Discs are ordered wrong when an album has more than 10 discs – [Fixed] Pressing the keyboard left arrow doesn’t jump a song back to the beginning when it has been playing for less than 15 seconds – [Fixed] Lyrics are not saved to the audio files – [Fixed] Lyrics are not displayed the 1st time the lyrics page is shown – [Fixed] File size information in the songs lists is rounded down – [Fixed] It is not possible to add songs to playlists from the Now Playing screen – [Fixed] Playback order is not reset when song order is changed on the songs list and songs are enqueued again – [Fixed] Multimedia play and pause keys are not always working – [Fixed] External control server fails to retrieve the current track Download here Enjoy!
    1 point
  48. They missed the mark completely with the store. Should be more like a package manager. No one uses 'apps' in Windows.
    1 point
  49. Cemu emulator 1.16.0c publicly released, brings Vulkan support

    patreon members just get it a week early or something.
    1 point