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  1. How long until they abandon this too?
    6 points
  2. Windows 10 is finally running on over a billion active devices

    Correct, and I still don't want it, but if I want to stay with an updated OS, I guess I have to use it. Fortunately, only HAVE to use it on 2 machines out of 9! Not bad that it only took 5 years to reach their goal even after trying to cram it down people's throats and sucks they have to count every device under the sun to reach that goal. I'd still be on Windows 7 if it got updates. Actually, I have learned to like it more than previously, but still prefer using my Linux Mint machines.
    5 points
  3. Just asking, has anything actually materialized from this?
    4 points
  4. He has 17,700 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer and Nowhere to Sell Them

    As a health care worker on the frontline of this pandemic, I find this kind of behavior abhorrent. It is disgusting. Let's wait for the time when those guys are on a ventilator and in need of serious help. What asshats. And Steve's cartoon above says it all.
    4 points
  5. He has 17,700 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer and Nowhere to Sell Them

    What's more sad, they don't care at all, it's all me me me!
    4 points
  6. Windows 10 is fine if you don’t. Seriously, name one thing hampering usage that needs to be removed? People do the same with every version of Windows and when a new version comes out they forget what they said an did to the older version. Everyone moaned about Windows 7 at some point, it never changes. Even though that is true (like when people refused to upgrade when MS removed DOS entirely) but that never lasted more than a 1 or 2 yrs.... Win10 has been a very very slow adoption and the hate ratio has been much higher. The hate ratio as you put it just seems high because the vocal minority is so laud on the internet now than they were 10+ years ago. Every little thing some niche group might want to complain about can sound like it's the majority today.
    3 points
  7. Microsoft is holding a digital event on March 30

    I'd be surprised if they don't reveal the Surface Book 3. The 2 is getting pretty old.
    3 points
  8. Windows 10 is finally running on over a billion active devices

    Correct, and I still don't want it, but if I want to stay with an updated OS, I guess I have to use it. Fortunately, only HAVE to use it on 2 machines out of 9! Not bad that it only took 5 years to reach their goal even after trying to cram it down people's throats and sucks they have to count every device under the sun to reach that goal. I'd still be on Windows 7 if it got updates. Actually, I have learned to like it more than previously, but still prefer using my Linux Mint machines. LOL linux fanboy are so funny, they have to shout that they use linux, and which distro
    3 points
  9. "but but nobody want windows 10"
    3 points
  10. Microsoft publishes full spec sheet of Xbox Series X

    Just watched a few of the videos that were posted. The new Xbox is a beast. It's huge! Also Quick Resume - it's very slick.
    3 points
  11. They've been on this new UI path for a long time. I don't get where you get the whole "abandon" bit from. The name changed, yes, but it's origins are still from metro with XAML and so on. They've now expanded it to support everything on Windows and not just UWP apps like before. "I don't get where you get the whole "abandon" bit from." Windows Mobile, WP7, WP7.8, WP8, WinMobile 10, Silverlight, just to name a few.
    2 points
  12. Microsoft is holding a digital event on March 30

    I do hope if they do a Surface Book 3 that they go all out on the GPU. If some of the rumors are true, that they are looking at GTX 16 series, I may be out honestly. It would be an upgrade over the Book 2, but not one that competes price-wise with what else is out there. Not for the premium they typically demand. This is coming from someone who has owned most of the Surface product lines until recently. I have a Surface Book, skipped the Book 2, waited for Book 3 but there are a LOT of great options out there for what I paid for my original Surface Book. Strictly referring to spec-to-price.
    2 points
  13. What's wrong with you? Came earlier and got what they needed? Are you justifying the people bulk buying 10 packages of 32 rolls of toilet paper? For the span of a month or two? Even with a 4 person household, that's enough to last for years. We go through a roll every 2 weeks, if that. That's enough TP to last our household for 12 years. They got what they needed, and then quite some more.
    2 points
  14. Ugh, they optimized it for people with smaller hands?? There's a reason they built the original Duke controller at the size they did, and that's because it's a lot more optimal for your average adult male. My biggest complaint about my current Elite controller is that the paddles just exacerbate the fact that the controller is too small to be optimal for my hands and leads to discomfort after extended use. Not saying that they should be making the controllers just for adult males, but it would be nice if they offered a larger version or some kind of snap on grips. Going even smaller is the right ergonomic direction for some people but definitely the wrong direction for others.
    2 points
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  16. Windows 10 is finally running on over a billion active devices

    I am one of these people that hate windows 10. I bought a cheap laptop with windows 10 and I wiped the hell up that HDD and instead installed ubuntu 18.04. I really enjoy better Linux over Windows. Windows 7 was my favorite last Windows OS.
    2 points
  17. SpeedyFox 2.0.28 Build 143

    Snake Oil Simulator. It DOES work in a sense, but there's zero performance increase unless you drink some Placebo Light.
    2 points
  18. That's just one day's worth of sales based on their last quarter's earnings report. The fine itself is just part of it, if you lose the case not only do you have to pay the fine but you have to change your illegal business practices which you were found guilty of in the first place. The changes will have a effect on them in the long run as well.
    2 points
  19. He has 17,700 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer and Nowhere to Sell Them

    Really? It never crossed my mind to fill my spare room with toilet paper. I guess I just didn't understand what those people were thinking.
    2 points
  20. Is it worth buying a new router for faster internet speed?

    Oh believe me, I felt the same way, which is why I just grabbed this router without studying it further, which was silly on my part. But I wasn't looking for anything top of the line, just something basic and you would think in this day and age, ANY router (particularly one with the Netgear name slapped onto it) would be capable of 155 mbps speed. But I guess not.
    2 points
  21. LOL, what? I mean, I don’t even know where to go with that. We need MS cleaning their #### up, not drastically changing the OS. That’s how this mess began in the first place. So let them or go to another OS. Of course I’ve a feeling you will say that OS has no vision and gone into maintenance mode too once you get there. Lets hear what your vision is? Well, they're not cleaning up their OS. They're adding some better Linux support, which is great for corporate settings. I guess, it's so niche it's crazy. Meanwhile, there is an incredibly long list of features being *cut*, not added. Cut. The features that already there are not being improved at all. Just maintained. You are talking like a person in denial. Open your eyes. There is no vision. They *are* cleaning it up. You are just upset that it’s not at your speed. Small increments are better. Look at OS X. It was a nightmare for the first few years. It’s now working off the same base that they slowly improved over time—for 20+ years. I think the other issue here is that you read release notes and think that is all that is being fixed and improved. If you were able to get a hold of MS’ repo commit log that shows everything, your head would explode. So no, I am not in denial. Wanna take a shot at my question? What is your vision? They are *maintaining* it. In fact it is ironic you mention Mac OS X, because that's another system in maintenance mode. No vision there either. In system this big the changelog is always going to be long, even if it is just maintenance. Hardly a head-exploding log. The log of things being deprecated or stalled indefinitely on Windows 10 is telling of where Microsoft is heading with W10. Nowhere, fast. Do you understand what maintenance mode is? It’s security updates and bug fixes and that is it. Neither OS fits that description. Last time I’m gonna ask before writing you off. WHAT IS YOUR VISION? That's just your fantasy, your definition and your sycophantic justification. I've already written you off, explaining things to sycophants is a waste of time. All talk, no substance. Boohoo, MS has no vision. Then someone asks you no less than three times what your vision is and what we get....silence. 🤣
    2 points
  22. State Attorney General Hits Hixson Brothers, Matt And Noah Colvin, For Price Gouging During Coronavirus Crisis https://www.chattanoogan.com/2020/3/14/405791/State-Attorney-General-Hits-Hixson.aspx He needs to face some heavy fines, I hope he loses every cent he made and then some. His 17700 bottles of sanitizer should be confiscated too and donated to those who need it.
    2 points
  23. What do you want them to do? Make a new OS called Doorway? You do realize they already told everyone that this was the last version of "Windows" to be released. I doubt we will see any new OS for at least the next 4-5years as what we have now WORKS...and WORKS FINE.
    2 points
  24. Very disappointed with the Cortana downgrades. If Microsoft wants people to use Cortana, wouldn't you try to enhance it by making it more useful? Removing functionality hurts existing users and is unlikely to entice potential users. The new productivity improvements for Cortana are probably nice, but why not expand the skill sets? I thought Microsoft wanted to be on the forefront of newish tech? It's hard to be taken seriously if parts of the ecosystem are being deprecated rather than being expanded upon.
    2 points
  25. Note: There is a TON of new features in the kernel and this includes both CPU and GPU technologies enabled by these changes. These features may only have a single toggle like (lower latency GPU) - but these changes enable a huge realm of new features and increases system performance significantly. Remember, the 20H1 (2004) started testing early, as it went back to the Azure team (Cutler who wrote the NT kernel) - with the new Azure and more advanced kernel features enabled early on, requiring the longer period of testing. As for Linux people - WSL2 is Linux - Install your distro of choice and/or display manager of choice, and use a Linux Desktop as your Windows Shell, as you can seamlessly launch Windows software from inside Linux, etc. WSL2 is 100% binary compatible. (Microsoft is even looking to add GPU and Vulkan level support to WSL2, and it already has full accelerated OpenGL via X11.) The 'cool' thing about this, is you can play and use Linux, and have zero drivers issues, as NT and Windows huge/vast drivers provide the device integration and stability that still isn't easy/seamless in Linux. With Windows 10 2004 and WSL2, it now is.
    2 points
  26. There is a lot attached to the WDDM 2.7 and DX12 features in general in this release. This is the first build to include several kernel level updates in a few years, and this also allows for these new features to work or work better. Look for things like DXR 2, AI/WinML features, lower refresh latency, along with new and existing features from the XBox One/Series X super-set of DirectX12. This adds in the newer versions of adaptive resolutions, scaling, sampling locations, and FPS stabilization. This is good for professional PC Gamers, as one thing the XBox and DX12 in general has done better is having fewer FPS dumps via the framework and the NT kernel managing the CPU and GPU cores for thermal loads better than Vulkan and the PS4 can. One specific - DXR - Ray Tracing previously was designed around a few basic rendering concepts with AI targeting zero performance loss at 60fps - which it does well on the current RT enabled games. The problem was timing as it was debuting at a time when many gamers were moving on to 120-240fps gaming, and thus 60fps DXR Ray Tracing isn't enough. DXR 2.0 targets higher fps Ray Tracing and new render variations with even bi-directional paths for better caustics and FPS targeted optimizations to use the higher refresh rates to get better RT results. I know a lot of people are not DXR/RT fans (especially with the BS from NVidia trying to con people into believing it is their technology). However, for game visual quality to move forward, we need EASIER and more accurate lighting, and we are at the point that some variation of Ray Tracing (Path/Branch/etc) is the only way forward. A good RT'd scene at 1080p can look 100x better than a 4K or 8K image - pixels do not equal higher quality when the current lighting and textures look fake/false. I wish some site would do a deep dive on WDDM 2.7 and DXR 2.0 and the other new GPU/Kernel features in 20H1. I was noticing the other day, that really cool features like multi-GPU rendering features are often not noticed or referenced by the people in the industry that follow games and graphic technologies. One developer from a major AAA game didn't even realize the game on DX12 seamlessly would use several GPUS, with Windows 10/DX12 SMP GPU rendering features that are essentially automatic.
    2 points
  27. He has 17,700 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer and Nowhere to Sell Them

    I just got done reading the whole article, and I do not feel bad for him at all. He bought something for $5 and sold it for $50, that is price gouging, I do not care what you think it is, it is gouging 100%, making ~$40 profit on something...
    2 points
  28. Windows 10 is finally running on over a billion active devices

    Windows 10 is fine if you don’t. Seriously, name one thing hampering usage that needs to be removed? CEIP, Cortana even if it is disabled, Windows Error Reporting, MSDT, Advertising ID, MSRT, Search Companion, for to name a few one. On my 8 years machine, I've hardly had any performance issues. Back in XP when having 256/512MB was average, sure resources were valuable. Nowadays, there are plenty of hardware resources...also, I'm a grown man...I have other things to use my VALUABLE time that nitch/pick ever single thing that would otherwise use a TOTAL of 5% of my resources. I'd rather read a book and become a master in my field which in turn gives me $$$$, whereas, nitch/pick resources won't give me squat than just wasting time
    1 point
  29. Windows 10 is finally running on over a billion active devices

    Windows 10 is fine if you don’t. Seriously, name one thing hampering usage that needs to be removed? CEIP, Cortana even if it is disabled, Windows Error Reporting, MSDT, Advertising ID, MSRT, Search Companion, for to name a few one. Go on. Tell us how that hinders the usage of Windows 10 to anyone? Windows 10 high cpu usage when idle, windows 10 high disk usage when idle, etc.
    1 point
  30. Windows 10 is finally running on over a billion active devices

    Windows 10 is fine if you don’t. Seriously, name one thing hampering usage that needs to be removed? People do the same with every version of Windows and when a new version comes out they forget what they said an did to the older version. Everyone moaned about Windows 7 at some point, it never changes. Even though that is true (like when people refused to upgrade when MS removed DOS entirely) but that never lasted more than a 1 or 2 yrs.... Win10 has been a very very slow adoption and the hate ratio has been much higher. Fair enough—though not really relevant to what I was pointing out. I say to each their own, use what fits them best.
    1 point
  31. Windows 10 is finally running on over a billion active devices

    Windows 10 is fine if you don’t. Seriously, name one thing hampering usage that needs to be removed? People do the same with every version of Windows and when a new version comes out they forget what they said an did to the older version. Everyone moaned about Windows 7 at some point, it never changes. Even though that is true (like when people refused to upgrade when MS removed DOS entirely) but that never lasted more than a 1 or 2 yrs.... Win10 has been a very very slow adoption and the hate ratio has been much higher.
    1 point
  32. Windows 10 is finally running on over a billion active devices

    I prefer Windows 7. Only my laptop has Windows 10 because it came with it. I still use Windows 7 with ESU updates on my desktop computer. Same. I still prefer Win7 over Win10, I use Win10 with my laptop because it came with it too and in enterprise environments just for the sake of security and updates, but the OS overall I hate it. It is what it is I guess.
    1 point
  33. Windows 10 is finally running on over a billion active devices

    Windows 10 is fine if you don’t. Seriously, name one thing hampering usage that needs to be removed? People do the same with every version of Windows and when a new version comes out they forget what they said an did to the older version. Everyone moaned about Windows 7 at some point, it never changes.
    1 point
  34. Windows 10 is fine if you are an over-the-average user,i.e. a user that is able to remove all the crap. And I mean, a lot of crap.
    1 point
  35. Microsoft gives a closer look at the Xbox Series X controller

    Very useless TouchPad
    1 point
  36. SpeedyFox 2.0.28 Build 143

    "SpeedyFox is a brand new small utility" How is this thing a brand new thing?
    1 point
  37. In fact, it's safe to say now that both the authorities and the media have caused impulsive panic buying behaviour across populations. The way the situation has been handled on those fronts couldn't have been worse.
    1 point
  38. Is it worth buying a new router for faster internet speed?

    Wow.... This is like going into a auto parts supplier and saying "I need brakes for my car" and not knowing or giving them any information as for the make and model. You can't help anyone like this.
    1 point
  39. Jesus what the hell is your problem, if you want help then give us the answer to the important question that everyone is asking!!! It was a simple and important question. What make and model of router are you replacing? Eventually you provided the Make but that means nothing without the exact model number. And no one here is being a bully.
    1 point
  40. Hoarding toilet paper?

    Or a Twix, is he a lefty or a righty?
    1 point
  41. Is it worth buying a new router for faster internet speed?

    Wow your attitude is rude and unnecessary. The question is easily answered, if you want to utilize the faster speed, then that is up to you. Obvious for most people.
    1 point
  42. Is it worth buying a new router for faster internet speed?

    Well, I could have saved you money, but you are so combative and difficult, I dunno if anyone is gonna help you. Certainly not me.
    1 point
  43. LOL, what? I mean, I don’t even know where to go with that. We need MS cleaning their #### up, not drastically changing the OS. That’s how this mess began in the first place. So let them or go to another OS. Of course I’ve a feeling you will say that OS has no vision and gone into maintenance mode too once you get there. Lets hear what your vision is? Well, they're not cleaning up their OS. They're adding some better Linux support, which is great for corporate settings. I guess, it's so niche it's crazy. Meanwhile, there is an incredibly long list of features being *cut*, not added. Cut. The features that already there are not being improved at all. Just maintained. You are talking like a person in denial. Open your eyes. There is no vision. They *are* cleaning it up. You are just upset that it’s not at your speed. Small increments are better. Look at OS X. It was a nightmare for the first few years. It’s now working off the same base that they slowly improved over time—for 20+ years. I think the other issue here is that you read release notes and think that is all that is being fixed and improved. If you were able to get a hold of MS’ repo commit log that shows everything, your head would explode. So no, I am not in denial. Wanna take a shot at my question? What is your vision? They are *maintaining* it. In fact it is ironic you mention Mac OS X, because that's another system in maintenance mode. No vision there either. In system this big the changelog is always going to be long, even if it is just maintenance. Hardly a head-exploding log. The log of things being deprecated or stalled indefinitely on Windows 10 is telling of where Microsoft is heading with W10. Nowhere, fast. Do you understand what maintenance mode is? It’s security updates and bug fixes and that is it. Neither OS fits that description. Last time I’m gonna ask before writing you off. WHAT IS YOUR VISION? That's just your fantasy, your definition and your sycophantic justification. I've already written you off, explaining things to sycophants is a waste of time. All talk, no substance. Boohoo, MS has no vision. Then someone asks you no less than three times what your vision is and what we get....silence. 🤣 All talk, no substance has been the very definition of every reply you made. I put as much effort into my reply as you do in yours. I don't have to be a master chef to know the food is mediocre, I don't have to present a vision to point out that there isn't any. Go ahead and apologize some more for the spineless Microsoft execs. Someone who has no vision criticizing a company for having no vision. I’ve heard it all. Im not apologizing for anyone, I’m just pointing out that what you call maintenance mode, isn’t. If that got your knickers in a twist, well...sorry? As I said, I don't have to be a master chef to know the food isn't very good. You're pushing a low effort logical fallacy. It doesn't become any less stupid the more you repeat it. Windows 10 is in maintenance mode, deal with it. So is Mac OS, and has been for more than half a decade. Oh I will deal with it, by laughing at you thinking you know what maintenance mode is. 🤣 Keep going, this is funny. It's when no meaningful features are added and every added feature is actually nothing more than a fix for an older feature and there is a steady stream of cut features. What your personal definition of maintenance mode is, doesn't change reality - W10 is in maintenance mode. Deal with it. False. “Meaningful” is a purely subjective term and does not play into the definition. Keep going. You are entertaining us. 🤣 i wish you two would not argue as i like both of you. besides ... WDDM improvements ( not 'maintenance' ) are objectively 'meaningful' ! Oh I’m done. He doesn’t know wtf he is talking about and I was just seeing how many attacks he would rack up while making it personal. Was enjoyable. Would read his nonsense again. Well, now I’m done. 😂
    1 point
  44. LOL, what? I mean, I don’t even know where to go with that. We need MS cleaning their #### up, not drastically changing the OS. That’s how this mess began in the first place. So let them or go to another OS. Of course I’ve a feeling you will say that OS has no vision and gone into maintenance mode too once you get there. Lets hear what your vision is? Well, they're not cleaning up their OS. They're adding some better Linux support, which is great for corporate settings. I guess, it's so niche it's crazy. Meanwhile, there is an incredibly long list of features being *cut*, not added. Cut. The features that already there are not being improved at all. Just maintained. You are talking like a person in denial. Open your eyes. There is no vision. They *are* cleaning it up. You are just upset that it’s not at your speed. Small increments are better. Look at OS X. It was a nightmare for the first few years. It’s now working off the same base that they slowly improved over time—for 20+ years. I think the other issue here is that you read release notes and think that is all that is being fixed and improved. If you were able to get a hold of MS’ repo commit log that shows everything, your head would explode. So no, I am not in denial. Wanna take a shot at my question? What is your vision? They are *maintaining* it. In fact it is ironic you mention Mac OS X, because that's another system in maintenance mode. No vision there either. In system this big the changelog is always going to be long, even if it is just maintenance. Hardly a head-exploding log. The log of things being deprecated or stalled indefinitely on Windows 10 is telling of where Microsoft is heading with W10. Nowhere, fast. Do you understand what maintenance mode is? It’s security updates and bug fixes and that is it. Neither OS fits that description. Last time I’m gonna ask before writing you off. WHAT IS YOUR VISION? That's just your fantasy, your definition and your sycophantic justification. I've already written you off, explaining things to sycophants is a waste of time. All talk, no substance. Boohoo, MS has no vision. Then someone asks you no less than three times what your vision is and what we get....silence. 🤣 All talk, no substance has been the very definition of every reply you made. I put as much effort into my reply as you do in yours. I don't have to be a master chef to know the food is mediocre, I don't have to present a vision to point out that there isn't any. Go ahead and apologize some more for the spineless Microsoft execs. Someone who has no vision criticizing a company for having no vision. I’ve heard it all. Im not apologizing for anyone, I’m just pointing out that what you call maintenance mode, isn’t. If that got your knickers in a twist, well...sorry? As I said, I don't have to be a master chef to know the food isn't very good. You're pushing a low effort logical fallacy. It doesn't become any less stupid the more you repeat it. Windows 10 is in maintenance mode, deal with it. So is Mac OS, and has been for more than half a decade. Oh I will deal with it, by laughing at you thinking you know what maintenance mode is. 🤣 Keep going, this is funny. It's when no meaningful features are added and every added feature is actually nothing more than a fix for an older feature and there is a steady stream of cut features. What your personal definition of maintenance mode is, doesn't change reality - W10 is in maintenance mode. Deal with it. You keep believing you know what maintenance mode is. Its hilarious every time you say it, LOL.
    1 point
  45. LOL, what? I mean, I don’t even know where to go with that. We need MS cleaning their #### up, not drastically changing the OS. That’s how this mess began in the first place. So let them or go to another OS. Of course I’ve a feeling you will say that OS has no vision and gone into maintenance mode too once you get there. Lets hear what your vision is? Well, they're not cleaning up their OS. They're adding some better Linux support, which is great for corporate settings. I guess, it's so niche it's crazy. Meanwhile, there is an incredibly long list of features being *cut*, not added. Cut. The features that already there are not being improved at all. Just maintained. You are talking like a person in denial. Open your eyes. There is no vision. They *are* cleaning it up. You are just upset that it’s not at your speed. Small increments are better. Look at OS X. It was a nightmare for the first few years. It’s now working off the same base that they slowly improved over time—for 20+ years. I think the other issue here is that you read release notes and think that is all that is being fixed and improved. If you were able to get a hold of MS’ repo commit log that shows everything, your head would explode. So no, I am not in denial. Wanna take a shot at my question? What is your vision? They are *maintaining* it. In fact it is ironic you mention Mac OS X, because that's another system in maintenance mode. No vision there either. In system this big the changelog is always going to be long, even if it is just maintenance. Hardly a head-exploding log. The log of things being deprecated or stalled indefinitely on Windows 10 is telling of where Microsoft is heading with W10. Nowhere, fast. Do you understand what maintenance mode is? It’s security updates and bug fixes and that is it. Neither OS fits that description. Last time I’m gonna ask before writing you off. WHAT IS YOUR VISION? That's just your fantasy, your definition and your sycophantic justification. I've already written you off, explaining things to sycophants is a waste of time. All talk, no substance. Boohoo, MS has no vision. Then someone asks you no less than three times what your vision is and what we get....silence. 🤣 All talk, no substance has been the very definition of every reply you made. I put as much effort into my reply as you do in yours. I don't have to be a master chef to know the food is mediocre, I don't have to present a vision to point out that there isn't any. Go ahead and apologize some more for the spineless Microsoft execs. Someone who has no vision criticizing a company for having no vision. I’ve heard it all. Im not apologizing for anyone, I’m just pointing out that what you call maintenance mode, isn’t. If that got your knickers in a twist, well...sorry? As I said, I don't have to be a master chef to know the food isn't very good. You're pushing a low effort logical fallacy. It doesn't become any less stupid the more you repeat it. Windows 10 is in maintenance mode, deal with it. So is Mac OS, and has been for more than half a decade. Oh I will deal with it, by laughing at you thinking you know what maintenance mode is. 🤣 Keep going, this is funny.
    1 point
  46. LOL, what? I mean, I don’t even know where to go with that. We need MS cleaning their #### up, not drastically changing the OS. That’s how this mess began in the first place. So let them or go to another OS. Of course I’ve a feeling you will say that OS has no vision and gone into maintenance mode too once you get there. Lets hear what your vision is? Well, they're not cleaning up their OS. They're adding some better Linux support, which is great for corporate settings. I guess, it's so niche it's crazy. Meanwhile, there is an incredibly long list of features being *cut*, not added. Cut. The features that already there are not being improved at all. Just maintained. You are talking like a person in denial. Open your eyes. There is no vision. They *are* cleaning it up. You are just upset that it’s not at your speed. Small increments are better. Look at OS X. It was a nightmare for the first few years. It’s now working off the same base that they slowly improved over time—for 20+ years. I think the other issue here is that you read release notes and think that is all that is being fixed and improved. If you were able to get a hold of MS’ repo commit log that shows everything, your head would explode. So no, I am not in denial. Wanna take a shot at my question? What is your vision? They are *maintaining* it. In fact it is ironic you mention Mac OS X, because that's another system in maintenance mode. No vision there either. In system this big the changelog is always going to be long, even if it is just maintenance. Hardly a head-exploding log. The log of things being deprecated or stalled indefinitely on Windows 10 is telling of where Microsoft is heading with W10. Nowhere, fast. Do you understand what maintenance mode is? It’s security updates and bug fixes and that is it. Neither OS fits that description. Last time I’m gonna ask before writing you off. WHAT IS YOUR VISION? That's just your fantasy, your definition and your sycophantic justification. I've already written you off, explaining things to sycophants is a waste of time. All talk, no substance. Boohoo, MS has no vision. Then someone asks you no less than three times what your vision is and what we get....silence. 🤣 All talk, no substance has been the very definition of every reply you made. I put as much effort into my reply as you do in yours. I don't have to be a master chef to know the food is mediocre, I don't have to present a vision to point out that there isn't any. Go ahead and apologize some more for the spineless Microsoft execs. Someone who has no vision criticizing a company for having no vision. I’ve heard it all. Im not apologizing for anyone, I’m just pointing out that what you call maintenance mode, isn’t. If that got your knickers in a twist, well...sorry?
    1 point
  47. wait, what ? 'For starters, the search experience in File Explorer is now powered by Windows Search' it had been that way since *checks notes* windows vista. do you mean ... something else ... ?
    1 point
  48. Bill Gates steps down from Microsoft's board of directors

    What? Bill Gates stepped down as CEO in 2000.
    1 point
  49. Apple (or Microsoft - Surface) can't bypass the law of the thermodynamic. Neither can any other laptop brand. Also in other news, water is still wet.
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  50. can i run the mail program novel GW-Mails in a personalized mode?

    You mean Groupwise from Novell? If you want to customize it, use Thunderbird or something else. Groupwise is made to do work, mail, and calendaring. That's about it. That being said, you'll lose the shared documents functionality and it's built-in calendaring with colleagues.
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