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Hands on with the Windows 10X emulator
+JHBrown and 3 others reacted to OldGuru for a topic
You've got a lot of advice to give. Why not take it up directly with Microsoft? I don't have to, they will learn their lesson with this just like they did with Windows 8x. The writing is on the wall, they just don't see it. As I said before entire Windows division should be fired.4 points -
Hands on with the Windows 10X emulator
waysidesc and 3 others reacted to George P for a topic
So a OS for mobile dual screen devices is targeting mobile devices, you don't say? Who said anything about running this on desktops? Though dual screen laptops are a different story and those will run this. Though I've already seen twitter posts from people who'd like to have this shell on their desktops already, so you're clearly not talking about everyone here. And the "mobile" ship hasn't sailed, the "smartphone" ship did. Dual screen and folding devices are a whole new mobile market that no one has really taken control of yet.4 points -
Hands on with the Windows 10X emulator
lexp and 3 others reacted to OldGuru for a topic
Man, this is going to fail like there is no tomorrow. Windows 10x clearly targets mobile devices only, PC Desktop and Laptops are not devices to run this on it. And as far as mobile goes, that ship sailed away a long time ago. I am not sure why Microsoft doesn't get it. I guess since Panos is leading Windows division now, we are going to be seeing more of this baloney at the same time compromising desktop experience. Here we go, whole another Windows 8.x fiasco all over again.4 points -
Microsoft releases Windows 10 build 19564 to the Fast ring with new Graphics settings
JaykeBird and 2 others reacted to George P for a topic
Not sure I follow... does the nVidia control panel have the ability to designate which GPU an application runs on? I don't currently have a PC with both integrated and dedicated GPUs to check that myself... Who needs that seriously...to have people micromanage their GPU usage? Are you kidding me? Most PC has one GPU running, and new Ryzen 4000 based CPU has only one running GPU and the only laptops which have Intel integrated GPU and dedicated NVIDIA GPU are gaming laptops for the most part and those people will set NVIDIA to be primary anyway. Lot of those devices are intelligently designed in such way that if Laptop is plugged or docked Nvidia GPU takes the primary role and if Laptop runs on battery automatically switched to integrated GPU. What MS is doing is another baloney. You act like choice is a bad thing? Just because you might not have the need for it doesn't mean everyone else doesn't. There are people who has multiple cards at work, maybe they want to be able to set a specific app to a specific task. Stop thinking you know what everyone wants.3 points -
Andy Rubin's Essential folds, ending its phone business
margrave and 2 others reacted to George P for a topic
This wasn't going to end any other way from the get go.3 points -
Hands on with the Windows 10X emulator
LunarShadow and 2 others reacted to OldGuru for a topic
So a OS for mobile dual screen devices is targeting mobile devices, you don't say? Who said anything about running this on desktops? Though dual screen laptops are a different story and those will run this. Though I've already seen twitter posts from people who'd like to have this shell on their desktops already, so you're clearly not talking about everyone here. And the "mobile" ship hasn't sailed, the "smartphone" ship did. Dual screen and folding devices are a whole new mobile market that no one has really taken control of yet. This is Microsoft vision of Windows, trust me on that. And as far as mobile goes, that ship sailed away for Microsoft. Dual screen and folding devices don't have future. It has no market. Entire market today is saturating around three type of devices, smart phones, PC Desktops, and Raspberry PI like devices. Everything else is poo poo, including tablets.3 points -
Huawei launches Mate 30 Pro in the UK with a free Watch GT 2 and FreeBuds 3
wingliston and 2 others reacted to DaveSharp for a topic
Propaganda and you're falling for it. There is NO evidence of any wrong doing by Huawei. I'm no fan of any communist regime but I'm even a lesser fan of propaganda and disinformation. If what you say was true, the phones wouldn't even get into the west, period. Same as their routers, give it just a seconds thought to figure out why.3 points -
Samsung Galaxy S20: Top new features
wingliston and 2 others reacted to ad47uk for a topic
Samsung phones are awful, i know people seems to buy them to show off, but the UI is terrible, full of bloat.3 points -
Samsung is expanding its partnership with Microsoft, this time with Xbox
badumtssness and 2 others reacted to ZipZapRap for a topic
If any post re-iterates that your views of Microsoft are entrenched in the distant past, this is it.3 points -
Microsoft releases Windows 10 build 19564 to the Fast ring with new Graphics settings
adrynalyne and one other reacted to Jazmac for a topic
Not sure I follow... does the nVidia control panel have the ability to designate which GPU an application runs on? I don't currently have a PC with both integrated and dedicated GPUs to check that myself... Who needs that seriously...to have people micromanage their GPU usage? Are you kidding me? Mobile users who value battery. Duh? What mobile users are you talking about lol? Not repeating what I have already said. If you can’t read, that is your problem. Laptop users are not mobile, those are people who carry couple pounds heavy PC Desktop. Used to be heavier. Mobile users are people with Tablet or Smart Phones. Somehow definition of mobile user is lost along the way. I have ITX PC Desktop so small that is easier to carry than Laptop and it has 8/16 CPU in with 1080 ti and still it does not quality as mobile device. I move around with a laptop all the time, making it and ME mobile. You are full of fud. Did I say smartphone? Tablet? Mobile DEVICE? Sure didn’t. He's still working with the Osborne 1, CP/M-based joints back in the day. Those boys are about 30 lbs. /jk2 points -
This refurbished 13-inch Apple MacBook Pro ships internationally for just $428.99
wingliston and one other reacted to Cask1 for a topic
It has new parts in it, but I can understand your worry. It's not for everyone! Well is resolution is 1280x800. A quick search through ebay you can get refubrished much newer i7 models for 3002 points -
Microsoft releases Windows 10 build 19564 to the Fast ring with new Graphics settings
Jazmac and one other reacted to adrynalyne for a topic
Not sure I follow... does the nVidia control panel have the ability to designate which GPU an application runs on? I don't currently have a PC with both integrated and dedicated GPUs to check that myself... Who needs that seriously...to have people micromanage their GPU usage? Are you kidding me? Mobile users who value battery. Duh? What mobile users are you talking about lol? Not repeating what I have already said. If you can’t read, that is your problem. Laptop users are not mobile, those are people who carry couple pounds heavy PC Desktop. Used to be heavier. Mobile users are people with Tablet or Smart Phones. Somehow definition of mobile user is lost along the way. I have ITX PC Desktop so small that is easier to carry than Laptop and it has 8/16 CPU in with 1080 ti and still it does not quality as mobile device. I move around with a laptop all the time, making it mobile. You are full of fud. I move my ITX PC around all the time as well, so what. Is it on battery and cordless? Didn’t think so. Go sit down with your ridiculous assumptions. Not an assumption. Laptop is not a mobile device, period. In fact Laptops are originally called portable desktop PCs and that's what they are. Back in 70s the idea for what we call Laptops today is to combine the components, inputs, outputs and capabilities of a desktop computer in a small chassis. That principle or idea didn't really change. The technological advancement allowed us to build more compact Laptops than original ones from early 80s. I was fortunate enough to be around all of this. Mobile devices came along much later in form of Smart Phones, Tablets, reading devices such as Nook and what not. The only person who used the term, “mobile device” was you. Another ASSumption on your part.2 points -
Microsoft releases Windows 10 build 19564 to the Fast ring with new Graphics settings
Ideas Man and one other reacted to adrynalyne for a topic
Not sure I follow... does the nVidia control panel have the ability to designate which GPU an application runs on? I don't currently have a PC with both integrated and dedicated GPUs to check that myself... Who needs that seriously...to have people micromanage their GPU usage? Are you kidding me? Mobile users who value battery. Duh?2 points -
Hands on with the Windows 10X emulator
LunarShadow and one other reacted to OldGuru for a topic
Too bad you can only run this through Hyper V which is garbage in term of performance. Vmware or Virtual Box is way to go.2 points -
Hands on with the Windows 10X emulator
wingliston and one other reacted to LunarShadow for a topic
Just about everything coming out of Redmond is rubbish waiting to be disposed of. Unfortunately, Microsoft tends to wait until the rubbish ferments and decay until it’s unbearably abhorrent and then it’ll disposed of these junk software/hardware.2 points -
Hands on with the Windows 10X emulator
waysidesc and one other reacted to WinMacLin Guy for a topic
Except this one has both the user experience optimized for tablets and the compatibility with Win32 apps back to Windows 95, which Windows RT didn't have. The goal isn't just to make dual screen devices, that's just the justification for this OS differences as it isn't ready to replace Win10 Pro on desktops at this point. But the long term plan is clearly to build the next Windows, and instead of breaking compatibility and starting over again, this time they include everything. Windows 10X currently supports containers for backward compatibility with Win32 and MSIX-contained Win32 apps, but it's easy to see the possibilities... we're getting a lightweight and efficient modern OS built for WinRT, which can bring up compatibility containers for Win32 at the moment, but which is based on the same architecture as the Linux WSL2 container on desktops, and - why not - an Android container based off it as well. A single OS that can technically run WinRT, Win32, Linux and Android apps consistently. And on top of that, the UI could adapt when connected to external monitor + mouse + keyboard to turn it into a full Windows + Linux desktop. I'd rather run Linux and use Wine to run Win32 apps I need than having this abomination of Windows running its native apps in container which does not guarantee performance and also strips off user of the experience which made Windows - Windows. Making Win32 second class citizen is not going to work, clearly MS. does not understand their Windows user base. Having said that, whatever vision they have for the future, and you are right there saying Windows 10x is what they are planning on the long term, won't last. They are going to lose people to Linux at much faster rate than having Windows user base accepting this baloney. After all, 500 millions of people are still sitting in Windows 7 after 5+ years of jerking with Windows 10 which is garbage as well. If I wanted Linux experience in Windows, I go and I turn my Linux machine on to have that experience. This baloney run all in one is just baloney and waste of everyone time. Except they are not second class citizens. Your win32 apps run natively without a hit to performance (except for a tiny delay when you open a Win32 app without any others open and that’s because the system is loading the legacy Windows backend when you open a legacy Win32 app without others being open). Plus you get the benefits of not having rogue or buggy Win32 apps getting access to the native system registry since they are in containers. And when you are done running a Win32 program or when the program is idle and minimized the system either offloads the legacy backend or suspends it respectively. Also, there are already different containerization and compatibility technologies already inside Windows serving different purposes. UWP apps are inherently containerized for security and performance reasons. On 64 bit x86 systems and ARM systems, 32 bit Win32 apps are already run in a semi-containerized compatibility mode using WOW64. And there are numerous sand boxing technologies for Win32 apps already being used. So containerization is nothing new for Windows. I am really not sure why you are complaining about something that lets you run your apps in a more secure manner, with little hit to performance, and with optimizations that should yield better battery life and less resource usage when your legacy Win32 apps are closed or idle and minimized.2 points -
Samsung Galaxy S20: Top new features
ad47uk and one other reacted to Skwerl for a topic
Those are the best new features? Jesus, I don't find a single one of those things interesting. I charge my phone overnight. The quality of that smeary video is not impressive. And how many of us are vloggers and give a rat's ass about front-facing camera switching? We're through adding exciting features to phones, aren't we?2 points -
Hands on with the Windows 10X emulator
waysidesc and one other reacted to +mram for a topic
I don't know where to begin with this, but nearly everything you said there, with the exception of "Man," is wrong.2 points -
This refurbished 13-inch Apple MacBook Pro ships internationally for just $428.99
Brian Miller and one other reacted to adrynalyne for a topic
And this will likely be the last year it sees a new OS version. Highly recommend as a hard-pass, especially with an HDD.2 points -
Hands on with the Windows 10X emulator
wingliston and one other reacted to OldGuru for a topic
Except this one has both the user experience optimized for tablets and the compatibility with Win32 apps back to Windows 95, which Windows RT didn't have. The goal isn't just to make dual screen devices, that's just the justification for this OS differences as it isn't ready to replace Win10 Pro on desktops at this point. But the long term plan is clearly to build the next Windows, and instead of breaking compatibility and starting over again, this time they include everything. Windows 10X currently supports containers for backward compatibility with Win32 and MSIX-contained Win32 apps, but it's easy to see the possibilities... we're getting a lightweight and efficient modern OS built for WinRT, which can bring up compatibility containers for Win32 at the moment, but which is based on the same architecture as the Linux WSL2 container on desktops, and - why not - an Android container based off it as well. A single OS that can technically run WinRT, Win32, Linux and Android apps consistently. And on top of that, the UI could adapt when connected to external monitor + mouse + keyboard to turn it into a full Windows + Linux desktop. I'd rather run Linux and use Wine to run Win32 apps I need than having this abomination of Windows running its native apps in container which does not guarantee performance and also strips off user of the experience which made Windows - Windows. Making Win32 second class citizen is not going to work, clearly MS. does not understand their Windows user base. Having said that, whatever vision they have for the future, and you are right there saying Windows 10x is what they are planning on the long term, won't last. They are going to lose people to Linux at much faster rate than having Windows user base accepting this baloney. After all, 500 millions of people are still sitting in Windows 7 after 5+ years of jerking with Windows 10 which is garbage as well. If I wanted Linux experience in Windows, I go and I turn my Linux machine on to have that experience. This baloney run all in one is just baloney and waste of everyone time.2 points -
Hands on with the Windows 10X emulator
mip and one other reacted to George P for a topic
So a OS for mobile dual screen devices is targeting mobile devices, you don't say? Who said anything about running this on desktops? Though dual screen laptops are a different story and those will run this. Though I've already seen twitter posts from people who'd like to have this shell on their desktops already, so you're clearly not talking about everyone here. And the "mobile" ship hasn't sailed, the "smartphone" ship did. Dual screen and folding devices are a whole new mobile market that no one has really taken control of yet. This is Microsoft vision of Windows, trust me on that. And as far as mobile goes, that ship sailed away for Microsoft. Dual screen and folding devices don't have future. It has no market. Entire market today is saturating around three type of devices, smart phones, PC Desktops, and Raspberry PI like devices. Everything else is poo poo, including tablets. You need to tell all the hardware makers that folding and dual screen devices don't have a future because they're all making them. Be it folding phones, tablets, or laptops. Folding screen tech is here to stay for sure, it just needs to work on lasting way longer at this point.2 points -
Hands on with the Windows 10X emulator
DaveSharp and one other reacted to +DonC for a topic
You've got a lot of advice to give. Why not take it up directly with Microsoft?2 points -
EA is giving Need for Speed back to Criterion for future games
chaos mage and one other reacted to Ccl Ncc for a topic
That is just awesome!2 points -
UK's media regulator will force social media firms to remove harmful content
Sensi and one other reacted to ad47uk for a topic
Ofcom, about as useful as a chocolate teapot, total and complete waste of space, just more money for the boys at the top.2 points -
Samsung Galaxy S20: Top new features
dead.cell and one other reacted to yodat for a topic
Hmm, I was curious about 4K video quality but still not better than current iPhones... Of course this is just 1 sample and more tests needed for a better evaluation.2 points -
Hands on with Samsung's new foldable smartphone, the Galaxy Z Flip
Brandon H and one other reacted to Eric Biran for a topic
I think it's a great idea, but one better suited to non-technophiles willing to spend nearly $1,400 on a phone. When this tech becomes mainstream enough for $300-$700 devices, I think a lot of people who want a smaller outline will appreciate it.2 points -
Edge Dev build 81.0.416.3 adds a bunch of minor new features
ClearedForDuty and one other reacted to 31067 for a topic
I had been looking forward to "Fixed an issue where text on a webpage would occasionally appear corrupted", which has been hitting me a lot.2 points -
Germany could be allowing Huawei in its 5G networks despite U.S. lobbying
300z and one other reacted to waysidesc for a topic
the Germans have always been elaborate, forthright, intelligent and sophisticated good on their Government for not following in the dirty footsteps of the world's taskmaster!2 points -
Microsoft explains how Win32 apps will work on Windows 10X
Tuskd and one other reacted to OldGuru for a topic
You don't know that at all, the container vs native is said to be pretty close. I doubt you'll notice the difference. At that point you are better with Linux and running Windows Win32 apps through Wine. A container and a emulator aren't the same thing, apples to oranges. WINE is not an emulator but a wrapper for Win32 API but I do not think you understand that. I said, better option is Linux + WINE and as far as Steam goes 80% of games written for Windows run fine. fine, WINE is a compatibility wrapper. It's still written by an open-source community to "emulate" win32 libraries. It's come a long way over the years but still has issues with various apps because it's not actually written by microsoft because the library files are closed source. It can in no way be compared to this containerized support. A closer comparison would be to running programs on a normal windows setup in sandboxy. There should be very little performance difference if any on an x86/x64 intel/amd CPU. Brandon, The point is that Windows 10x is DOA and based on all the hints coming from Microsoft and their vision of Windows, Windows 10 has no future as well. Microsoft just continues being hostile toward Win32 and the writing against their stupidity is all over the wall for the past five years. you keep saying DOA over and over again for a multitude of products. I haven't seen you be right yet. No offence but I'll be my own judge on if dual screen tablet devices can be useful once I can get my hands on one. How come I was not right. I said Windows Phone is dead, check. I said UWP is dead, check...I guess Microsoft will resurrect it again with Windows 10x baloney. I said Windows Store is dead, check. I said Groove Music and Video is dead, check. When you take away all dead stuff from Windows 10 -> you get Windows 7 meaning no one ever asked for any of that baloney.2 points -
Microsoft explains how Win32 apps will work on Windows 10X
MS Bob 11 and one other reacted to OldGuru for a topic
The types of apps that won't run will be stuff like tools that hack the OS, because they just can't. And I wouldn't be looking to run these types of apps on something like the Neo. It is ok, Windows 10x is DOA anyway. I think this is UWP 4.0 at this point.2 points -
Microsoft explains how Win32 apps will work on Windows 10X
MS Bob 11 and one other reacted to spy beef for a topic
Not all Win32 apps will be supported. When will Microsoft learn that people want all apps to be supported? It will probably be shelved and EOL in 3 years.2 points -
Germany could be allowing Huawei in its 5G networks despite U.S. lobbying
ZakO and one other reacted to sagum for a topic
Has the USA shown evidence as to why they don't want Huawei hardware in the networks? I mean, I trust the NSA with my internet connection as much the next person, but I can't help but worry their issue with Huawei is the problems they've generated, or have access to their self... or won't do. When we have news reports like the CIA secretly buying companies to export encryption hardware, and then used it to spy on people, including their allies I really can't help but wonder - is Huawei the problem, or just the lesser of two evils?2 points -
Why so much Google junk dependency in the news comment section?
Matthew S. reacted to shockz for a topic
I'm well aware of that. I honestly just don't care. Background noise in regards to usable metrics. Again, internet minutia. Weird. Disabling things that impact the look and functionality of a webpage all in the name of making sure google doesn't get a hit on a font load that adds to their metrics of usage. It's a font stat. And an IP address. It's just silly to do. Especially when you're using a site designed for, well, exchanging information in an online forum and community. I get it, it's personal to you now. The big bad google. Sticking it to them, as if it'll make any difference. Have fun with that.1 point -
Microsoft releases Windows 10 build 19564 to the Fast ring with new Graphics settings
wingliston reacted to OldGuru for a topic
They're just updating it and adding things, think the UI/UX is probably closer to the web version now but I could be wrong. That's what web version is for, we really don't need it in Windows. We have Outlook, Thunderbird and other much better mail clients and calendars.1 point -
Microsoft releases Windows 10 build 19564 to the Fast ring with new Graphics settings
mip reacted to domboy for a topic
Not sure I follow... does the nVidia control panel have the ability to designate which GPU an application runs on? I don't currently have a PC with both integrated and dedicated GPUs to check that myself...1 point -
Microsoft releases Windows 10 build 19564 to the Fast ring with new Graphics settings
wingliston reacted to OldGuru for a topic
I don't think anyone cares about it. Some people use it, generally speaking no one. It is one of the first things to remove through the script.1 point -
Microsoft releases Windows 10 build 19564 to the Fast ring with new Graphics settings
Ideas Man reacted to adrynalyne for a topic
Novel idea: then use that instead. Maybe, just maybe, this wasn’t a setting designed for you and instead mobile users.1 point -
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Memory upgrade Motile 141M SL
Mindovermaster reacted to cork1958 for a topic
Was having one of those major sometimer's issues yesterday, for sure. Usually when I need memory, I just let the Crucial scanner tell me what I need and never even bother paying attention if if it's sodimm, dram, etc. Of course I've seen So-DIMM now that I've recovered from temporary memory loss!!1 point -
China launches close contact coronavirus (COVID-19) detection service
dead.cell reacted to neufuse for a topic
so if you get sick from this does it lower your social score in china? since we apparently score people's lives there now....1 point -
China launches close contact coronavirus (COVID-19) detection service
dead.cell reacted to spy beef for a topic
This is a good way for you and your contacts to get stuffed into a small metal box and shipped away to an unknown location by an over cautious government.1 point -
Samsung Galaxy S20: Top new features
wingliston reacted to ad47uk for a topic
Samsung must have changed then because their old UI was awful, not that I would buy a Samsung phone, my Huawei p10 lite is fine, it does all I need and once set to work more like stock Android it is not much difference than using my old Nexus 4. My brother got a Y6 a few days back and I set it up for him, I did not like it, I do not know if it was Huawei that have changed things, ui wise or that it is because it uses a newer versions of Android, but things annoyed me on it. The other things that put me off was the notch, i did not think that would come on cheaper phones and the 19.5:9 aspect ratio is not for me, has to be 16:9, why have they gone for this 19.5:9 aspect ratio? That Samsung phone also has a notch,1 point -
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Here's what's new for Windows 8.1 this Patch Tuesday
sn0wf1ake1 reacted to shockz for a topic
All of which you could basically do with Windows 10 as well. Get with the program, literally. I prefer my local search to work. You are old and outdated. I suppose only old and outdated do file search on a local computer. Search works perfectly fine here? And no doubt you'd disable Cortana and wouldn't have ever had a problem in the first place.1 point -
Samsung introduces the Galaxy S20 family with a 120Hz display and better cameras
farmeunit reacted to spy beef for a topic
Not expensive enough. I need something more expensive to flex on my Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max + AirPod Pros friends.1 point -
Gboard starts rolling out new emoji stickers for its beta users
DaveSharp reacted to 0suds8kski for a topic
Don't know what I would've done without those... I'm saved! What are emoji again and what are they for?1 point -
Microsoft explains how Win32 apps will work on Windows 10X
fusi0n reacted to OldGuru for a topic
Well, hopefully, stuff like VPN programs can still work. But no 7-zip and VScode in the context menu is a bummer. I know, jokers at Microsoft have no slight idea how people use their computers. But what about all that telemetry!? I am sure that is an essential part of Windows 10x, probably improved.1 point -
Microsoft explains how Win32 apps will work on Windows 10X
LunarShadow reacted to OldGuru for a topic
Did someone just teach you "DOA"? Just at a glance, you've pronounced Windows 10X, GeForce Now, and Surface Neo "DOA". I'm genuinely confused why you're even here if you don't enjoy new tech stuff. I do enjoy new tech stuff, I am just saying what is really dead on arrival...all three things you mentioned. There are plenty of other exciting tech stuff people do not talk about and they have a bright future because it is awesome stuff. As I said 5 years ago...anything evolving around UWP is dead as a 'horse who accidentally died 140 years ago somewhere in the middle of Nevada.'1 point -
Microsoft explains how Win32 apps will work on Windows 10X
LunarShadow reacted to OldGuru for a topic
You don't know that at all, the container vs native is said to be pretty close. I doubt you'll notice the difference. At that point you are better with Linux and running Windows Win32 apps through Wine.1 point -
ZTE's Axon 10s Pro is the world's first Snapdragon 865 phone
norseman reacted to eRajesh for a topic
Yep, possible.1 point