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  1. No one is forcing you to install it.
    7 points
  2. For those who also have a PC for gaming, there is no reason to buy an X1 because almost all microsoft exclusive games are available on PC, if they wanted to play one. For console only players, microsoft's exclusives have been quite disappointing so far, compared to sony's, so again no reason to choose an X1 over PS4 for most people. Also, the base X1 and X1S are weaker than the base PS4, which means multiplatform games usually either have a lower resolution or a lower frame rate on X1. X1X is more powerful than PS4 Pro, but apparently to many people it's not worth it over sony's exclusives.
    4 points
  3. I really don't get why Microsoft creates extra clutter to their clutter. They already have a buggy "personalization" page for installing and modifying themes in Windows settings. They already have "live" themes that update automatically via feed. Instead of improving those, they add another plugin, with incompatible functionality to the regular settings. Why?
    3 points
  4. PowerToys Spotlight-like search reportedly coming in May

    So far my favourite is, hold the Win key for a second or so and see all the available Win + shortcuts. So freaking handy.
    3 points
  5. OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro unboxing and first impressions

    Too expensive. If I have to drop $899-999 on a phone, I will buy an iPhone simply because Apple does not give step motherly treatment to 1 yr older devices and provides 4-5 years of iOS updates. Everyone knows how bogus OnePlus updates tend to get just after 1 yr mark.
    2 points
  6. I'm using the Daily Desktop Wallpaper app for years. The advantage over this Bing Wallpaper is you can choose other Bing images from around the world. If you choose Australia you're always a day ahead or you can choose English World for the standard image to avoid loading country specific pictures. They also offer an automatic picture save feature.
    2 points
  7. I feel like this could just be an OS personalization setting like it already is for the lock screen.
    2 points
  8. Netflix has made a selection of documentaries free on YouTube

    I wish Netflix had something to watch like the good old days they just cancel TV Shows after one season like cable networks when HBOMax happens they are doomed because of Disney+ also. Expect another price hike from Netflix soon for no reason and nothing new added.
    2 points
  9. The 4 uncharted games, The Last of Us, Horizon Zero Dawn, Persona 5, God of War. Any of those games could easily be a console-buy.
    2 points
  10. I own both an XBox One and a PS4Pro. The One has been a total waste of money. Haven't turned it on in months. Having owned an Xbox One since 2014 and a PS4 since 2017, I'd have to agree (partially, don't think it's that waste of money). Exclusives on the PS are just so good.
    2 points
  11. Most Xbox exclusives can also be played on the PC. People get the PS4 because you can play a lot of exclusives not found anywhere else.
    2 points
  12. I own both an XBox One and a PS4Pro. The One has been a total waste of money. Haven't turned it on in months.
    2 points
  13. And yet, still no dislike "thumbs down" reaction. That's the one I'm waiting for... not that I'm really waiting as I'd have to go find a skeleton in front of a computer meme...
    2 points
  14. 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
  15. Bill Gates calls Trump's de-funding of WHO dangerous

    Yes everyone made mistakes, nobody was prepared but WHO is a bigger picture org and they failed to ring the alarms about the pandemic in China to take protective measures. There is no transparency about their COVID-19 activities either which makes people think they arent doing something. They are certainly not talking about distributing ventialtors and decontamination of developing and 3rd world countries, there is no talk of vaccines. This. Forget about Trump, if your information from the WHO is bad, how do you prepare? The United States isn't the rest of the world, and surely the world isn't looking to Trump's expertise on the issue. This is literally the WHO's job though and if they're going to play politics or move at such a slow pace, they need to be ousted for people who are willing to communicate and act, rather than sit on stage talking about which country they'd like to be treated in the most like it's some internet debate lol. Let's put it another way, do you honestly expect Trump would shut down the US economy if the WHO advised that? No chance, Trump wasn't going to listen to anyone and the only reason the shut down happened was because of intense pressure on him to do so and even now he seems desperate to open up the economy when it's way too early to do that. At the end of the day, all countries had their own experts and knew what was going on, many made jokes about this virus, thinking it wouldn't happen over here, they didn't prepare and waiting until it was too late, it's highly unlikely anything the WHO would have said would have changed anything on that. Trump is just trying to deflect blame away from him self because he's getting a lot of heat and he knows he's the one that would get it in the neck if things go wrong, so he needs a scapegoat, anything that it can stick too and as we know, Trump has form in deflecting blame on others. What's really frightening for Americans is that if the US got infected first before Europe, would the US have closed down, I have a feeling the US wouldn't because they wouldn't want to give an edge to Europeans with their economy being open, Europeans having a more social system tends to put people first and with Europe getting the virus early, it made it easier for the US to shut down as well, but I have my doubt about the US on if they would have done the same thing if it was the other way round. I said forget about Trump, but you made a 180 and decided to talk about him more, then going off on the deep end with hypotheticals. Your only comment about the WHO is that maybe people wouldn't listen to them. Here's a news flash: if people can ring the bell on global climate change on a daily basis, the WHO can at least get off their ass when they see a serious issue. Hell, you can go take a look at the COVID-19 thread on the forum back when I posted about it in January and literally watch how many people said it wasn't a big deal... up until a point when it started to become serious. If the WHO actually stood their ground on calling this what it was, maybe there would be less people actually blowing it off. Hell, I recall people saying, "Yeah, well it's not a pandemic yet so relax..." That's just stupidity at its finest and if that's the best we can hope for with millions sunk into this organization, then I don't think we (as a collective of countries) aren't getting our moneys worth, US or no US. Saying to forget about Trump is just another way of trying to deflect blame away from Trump and I didn't fall for it. Now I'm not saying the WHO have not done wrong and could have been better, but let's face it, Trump has been a shambles with this virus. At the end of the day, I highly doubt it would have mattered what the WHO said as many in the west wasn't going to listen because of the drastic actions needed, the idea of shutting down the economy at those early stages would have seen crazy so there was little to no chance Trump would have done it and the sad thing is, the only reason he did it in the end was because of pressure from all side, state sides and the public doing it's own thing which makes Trump look really bad hence why he's desperate to deflect blame away from himself as he can feel the heat on him. So as much as some would like to blame China or the WHO, all countries have experts, would the likes of Trump listen? no chance and that is where the real problem is and however we cut it, that blame goes to the top and that is with Trump, that is also with a lot of other western governments as well.
    1 point
  16. I will stick with good old cash.
    1 point
  17. OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro unboxing and first impressions

    even in the first year, they don't provide monthly updates. And when they come, they are usualy already old patches. You are right. Aple ist the only company that patches all their phones / tablets regularly, for a long time and all of them at the same time.
    1 point
  18. Must be why it’s not enabled by default. Options....options. Anyone who wants hand-holding can go Chromebook. But Chromebook does Linux apps too! INVASION OF THE STUFF YOUR GRANDMA DOESN'T CARE ABOUT!
    1 point
  19. I loved my Google Wallet card. Then, like so many other Google products, they killed it.
    1 point
  20. The Apple Card... designed by apple ran by Apple* * Designed by Goldman Sachs, ran by Mastercard
    1 point
  21. I've had this for years... can't remember how I've done it. Maybe just through the Windows Desktop Background bit? My android phone has the same through an app called "Daily Pic" — https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=partl.dailypic
    1 point
  22. Home network rack/setup

    Unless you are going to get the cloud key G2 plus (that can be a NVR) for your upcoming camera's there is also little need of that.. You can run the controller software pretty much on anything... I have mine running on a ubuntu server VM on my nas.. I would never suggest unmanaged switch.. Even if you were getting some little 8 port model... It should be smart/managed - they shouldn't even sell dumb switches any more if you ask me.. For a handful of devices the injectors work fine.. If you find yourself with a growing number of poe devices... Sure put them on a poe switch.. But wouldn't be looking at some big core switch model with poe, when you could get better switch without poe for the same price point or cheaper even.. example: The 24 port poe I show for $379 over on unifi store Show the 28 port, Cisco SG350 for $219 currently at amazon. This is layer 3 switch vs the unifi layer 2.. Way more more features and function, and more ports even.. For way less money..
    1 point
  23. I thought Bing wallpapers had been available through OS settings previously
    1 point
  24. Cyberpunk 2077-themed Xbox One X and Wireless Controller unveiled

    Because you have fallen for the performance myth. Consoles are NOT equivalent to a PC - ESPECIALLY the Xbox One X. The Xbox One X's RX480-ish GPU has additional framework code in the silicon. So some operations that require a 1000 calls on a PC, require 1 call on the Xbox One X. The Xbox One X is performant equivalent to a Geforce 1080 with a 7/8th generation i7/i9 CPU PC. Some games even run closer to the speed of a PC with a Geforce 1080ti. (This is telling of how much of a difference the silicon code makes. Especially if you look beyond the GPU and remember how slow the Jaguar based CPU in the Xbox One X is in single thread performance compared to an i7.) For PC Gamers that are anti-console, here is a small shocking fact they can go look up: There are2-3 games for the Xbox One X that use higher quality textures than are available on the PC release. Even today in 2020 - to build a PC that can perform as well as an Xbox One X - the cost is easily around/over $1000, which is a lot more than $399. The same performance difference is expected of the Xbox Series X coming out this year, as Microsoft has once again built the CPU/GPU with custom framework code in the silicon, which runs significantly faster. Side industry note: One reason Sony decided not to try to be the 'fastest' console of this generation in hardware, is they COULD NOT get close to the performance of the Xbox Series X even if they offered significantly faster and more expensive hardware. So, they optimized around a price point. (The same thing happened with the PS4 Pro vs the Xbox One X.)
    1 point
  25. The 4 uncharted games, The Last of Us, Horizon Zero Dawn, Persona 5, God of War. Any of those games could easily be a console-buy. I'll be honest, I've looked the other way despite how enticing those games looked... but now FF7 Remake's out and I'm looking at it HARD. See some Twitch streams and YouTube videos. I can't personally talk because I haven't played the original FF VII, but so far I'm really enjoying that game (except from some stupid ally AI)... I tend to like a lot hack and slashes like that DmC, and Kingdom Hearts. I've also seen that they've made a huge service for their fanbase to recreate Midgar to that level of detail.
    1 point
  26. PowerToys Spotlight-like search reportedly coming in May

    I imagine this particular feature would get Apple’s panties in a twist if integrated. Meh, they all copy each other. I miss having spotlight so bring it on. I promise this is not a trolling response, as I am truly curious as to what you and others are noticing that I may be missing... What is Windows Search missing that you like about Spotlight (or even things you dislike, but notice are missing)? i.e. Features, how things work, how the UI/UX works, etc. I have been sitting back trying to get my head around this, and several places on the web I have noticed similar discussions with users like yourself wanting the PowerToys implementation because they see it as offering Spotlight features they miss on Windows.
    1 point
  27. PowerToys Spotlight-like search reportedly coming in May

    What a bunch of crap first party name suggestions by Microsoft though! 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️
    1 point
  28. Cyberpunk 2077-themed Xbox One X and Wireless Controller unveiled

    Unpopular opinion judging from the comments, but I like the controller... hate the box.
    1 point
  29. Bill Gates calls Trump's de-funding of WHO dangerous

    For those that haven't seen what you're talking about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMPVhVYiUhU" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMPVhVYiUhU Actually no, I was talking about this interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fASh2_RzMuE
    1 point
  30. Explorer has been crashing regularly for me, so hopefully this is what was fixed. When this happens I can't load task manager and have only been able to kill and restore Explorer using the command prompt.
    1 point
  31. PowerToys Spotlight-like search reportedly coming in May

    I imagine this particular feature would get Apple’s panties in a twist if integrated. Meh, they all copy each other. I miss having spotlight so bring it on.
    1 point
  32. Facebook introduces new 'care' reaction during the coronavirus crisis

    well that didn't take long.
    1 point
  33. standardization with the rest of the world Bing bada boom. Maybe you haven't been following closely the last few years, but what connection does MacBook use? USB-C. What connection does iPad use? USB-C. And that's just in Apple's ecosystem. I shouldn't need a separate cable for my iPhone.
    1 point
  34. I was a fan of the solid design around the edge/iPhone4 - however that was also when the phone would sit "flat" too. I could deal with a slightly bulkier phone to make that camera hump go away. Sure - a case can fix that but then you can't really see the design at all.
    1 point
  35. And never to be gone again after this crap blows over. What a future to be joyful of... Of course it's all anonymous and Google is the synonymous for privacy.
    1 point
  36. Instead of a 'feature update' they should do a 'design update' with a few quality of life for consumers / gamers. Examples: - fix all the icons to be consistent - fix the tiles (transparent tiles + unified accent colors) - fix and update Windows 8 media flyout. Integrate with global media session control from modern browsers. - fix and finish integration of settings / control panel - fix the icons in the action center (no accent color is needed there) - redesigned apps (the new calendar preview is glorious) - option to make all fonts in the OS the same size (settings / explorer / action center / apps / legacy stuff...) - give explorer.exe a visual makeover without losing functionality - fix square icons of store apps in light mode - fix broken animations. When you press 'task view' it flickers once. Some apps like Spotify don't have minimize/maximize animations which started a few builds ago - make jumplists for all inbox apps - allow to set where notifications appear - multiselect of several tiles - make all the game bar stuff consistent. It has a separate notification system, different fonts & animations - backup and restore large games from the windows store like every game client does - allow automatic dark/light mode based on hours or sunrise - allow a dark/light mode specific wallpaper to be set - remove crapware on clean installs
    1 point
  37. Win10 May 2020 Version 2004 Update RTM with latest Cumulative Updates integrated available here: https://uupdump.ml/download.ph...p;edition=core;professional Just make sure the downloader deal is in the root/main area of your HDD in order to properly use it. Enjoy once you have your RTM ISO :) FYI: The downloader WILL NOT run if it is not located in the root/main area of your HDD as I have already tried!
    1 point
  38. Go back to 7, stable and secure. /s
    1 point
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  40. Bill Gates calls Trump's de-funding of WHO dangerous

    Bill Gates has warned, repeatedly, about the threat of global pandemics. His tweet is spot on with respect to the W.H.O. Sure, their response should be looked at, investigated so that lessons can be learned. However, cutting funding isn't the answer or the solution. This is just a knee-jerk, idiotic response from someone who said: "I don't take responsibility at all"
    1 point
  41. Apple announces the 4.7-inch iPhone SE for $399

    You must be new to Apple products
    1 point
  42. Bill Gates calls Trump's de-funding of WHO dangerous

    Darn sure hope you are correct. The guy is nothing but a lying imbecile that shouldn't have gotten elected to begin with! Whether or not we pay the most is almost irrelevant. Some body has to pay the most whether by a lot or a little. Just look at the idiots he's picked for his new task force to see what kind of idiot he is!
    1 point
  43. Bill Gates calls Trump's de-funding of WHO dangerous

    It's a pretty well documented fact that the WHO downplayed covid-19 early on and was more or less covering for China in the process instead of calling for quicker and more strict action as soon as the start of January. If all these other countries have a issue, they're more than free to boost their own funding to the WHO if they want. There's real no reason why one country should pay for most of this stuff when peoples health should be more global anyways. When the #2 spot is a foundation while all these other countries are lower on the list, it just shows how the whole thing is pretty silly. I'd much rather a chunk of that money that went to the WHO went to the CDC at this point.
    1 point
  44. Bill Gates calls Trump's de-funding of WHO dangerous

    Trump is making sure that he will be an one time president... the history will put Trump as the worst that has ever happened to the white house.
    1 point
  45. Netflix rolls out parental control features, including PIN-protected profiles

    Their parental controls have always been garbage. Nice to see they're stepping it up.
    1 point
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  47. Hey, I think your computer must be changing Xbox to XBox incorrectly. Just letting you know, as it's never been spelled XBox and, as it's not a 'real word', it's up to the creators how it's spelled and doesn't need to follow normal English spelling conventions
    1 point
  48. When a person sees 'Windows 10 version 2004' it almost seems like it's from the year 2004.
    1 point
  49. Windows 10 has officially entered maintenance mode. Microsoft has lost interest in making Windows as we know it. There is no vision.
    1 point
  50. That's exactly what it is. If you buy it for Xbox One, you'll automatically get the Series X variant when you decide to swap out the hardware. If I remember correctly, they did a similar thing- if on a smaller scale - with Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales. You'd just download and install the game, and if you wanted 4K textures and such, that would be a separate download. This way, for those who either don't want or can't take advantage of the higher-res textures, it doesn't translate into a bigger download. that's not what they they wrote above, they wrote you buy the game for xbox one and you get the next xbox (hardware) for free
    1 point