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  1. This shouldn't be a surprise, any low level tools of this nature require admin rights, it's often the case on other OS's as well. You don't want regular users messing with these types of tools anyways.
    7 points
  2. Intel is going to keep doing Intel and introducing a new socket each time they bring out a new arch of some sort. They make just as much from chipsets as they do from the actual CPUs at this point. It's one of the big things about AMD, they support the same socket for longer, not that I'm looking to upgrade my CPUs often anyways, but the option is there at least.
    6 points
  3. Yes. That era is over. This is the era of Bash, PowerShell, Git, WinGet, npm, node.js, grunt, gulp, .NET Core, Docker-CLI, MSBuild, Windows Terminal, Windows Subsystem for Linux, WinPty, and Windows Nano Server. Command-line has never been more fashionable than today. He thinks CLI is dos. 🤣
    5 points
  4. I've bought Ryzen 5 2400G 2 years ago, now I can upgrade my CPU to Ryzen 9 3950X without changing my MB.
    5 points
  5. Lenovo Flex 5 14 review: AMD Ryzen 4000 is a game-changer

    I want to see a review of a laptop with a Ryzen 7 4800U ...maybe a Lenovo Yoga Slim 7
    3 points
  6. Hardly surprising. There’s little consumer interest in Microsoft, aside from Xbox and they don’t need dedicated retail stores for that.
    3 points
  7. They need to release this for any Android phone.
    2 points
  8. Now with all the money being saved, can Microsoft finally add back a testing/quality assurance team?
    2 points
  9. The physical stores are Massively better when getting Surface support. They will often simply just swap your device for you instead of having to send it in and wait and hope to get it back fixed, more broken, or even get it back at all. As a long time, Surface owner this is a huge disappointment to me. Hardly an effective use of money though, paying hefty rents on prime shopping real estate just to be a Surface repair/replacement centre.
    2 points
  10. Lenovo Flex 5 14 review: AMD Ryzen 4000 is a game-changer

    Regarding performance, and echoing what Rich talks about above, this Ryzen CPU is designed to compete with midrange i5 mobile processors. However, it easily beats virtually every Intel i7 mobile processor, while using only 25w of power. An easy example is comparing it to the gaming/performance 9th generation Intel i7-9750h, which the Ryzen beats in multi-core and often in single thread speeds. The i7-9750h is 6 core 12 thread and is a 45w processor, requiring more power and cooling, and is quite a bit more expensive. The Intel i7-9750h is a fine processor, which is why I wanted to emphasize how good this 'mid-range' Ryzen 4500U is.
    1 point
  11. Yes. That era is over. This is the era of Bash, PowerShell, Git, WinGet, npm, node.js, grunt, gulp, .NET Core, Docker-CLI, MSBuild, Windows Terminal, Windows Subsystem for Linux, WinPty, and Windows Nano Server. Command-line has never been more fashionable than today. We certainly seem to be going backwards, from using silly little images instead of words to using text based systems again. A mate of mine would say great, his main machine is linux based and boots to the terminal, no GUI on it at all, but I done my time with CLI and that sort of thing on my Amiga.
    1 point
  12. It seems Microsoft is always trying to do things ahead of time and failing right before others jump on the train. Apple has made multiple successful transitions. 68k to PowerPC, PowerPC to Intel. Microsoft has had zero successful transitions. It’s always been i386 with other architectures being one-offs or for an extremely niche market. Don’t compare Apple’s ARM transition to Microsoft’s failed ARM transition (three generations of slow SoCs!!); compare Apple’s ARM transition to Apple’s past transitions. I would say the closest things to transitions in Microsoft's history were when Windows no longer booted "from DOS" and the NT unification. But since 2001, I can't think of anything of that magnitude. Even 64-bit has been a stupidly dragged out struggle for Windows. Similar grumbling happened when Apple mandated it, but the mentality of Apple users allowed it to quickly be accepted and already forgotten. It's hard to do any kind of transition in the PC landscape when we have the kind of people who lose their @$#!ing mind over a new version of Python or Gnome. PC's are not cool anymore. Phones are. Basically people run PC's because they have to for some ancient application. When I was on California last decade the cool thing was to use a MAC especially on campus at school where I would get scowels when I took out my gaming Toshiba with Vista 😉 ... Even worse at a Starbucks. The professors said the world runs on PC's to the students and MegaStat and other apps run on my PC not the Macs 😄. Anyway, that fad has died. PC's are for ancient ###### and old people who have work to do so no need to rock the boat and change. They just left XP a year or 2 ago and entrenched on Windows 7 for years to come. Neowin is a tiny minority Ew. This comment felt like reading the general chat in an MMO.
    1 point
  13. The 13" and 15" are both on sale right now at Costco. The 13" is $150 off and the 15" $200 plus you get the pen with the 15".
    1 point
  14. Indeed, but I guess that's par for course for file recovery apps.
    1 point
  15. Yes. That era is over. This is the era of Bash, PowerShell, Git, WinGet, npm, node.js, grunt, gulp, .NET Core, Docker-CLI, MSBuild, Windows Terminal, Windows Subsystem for Linux, WinPty, and Windows Nano Server. Command-line has never been more fashionable than today.
    1 point
  16. To be honest they should launch a GUI, we have gone past dos days, even if some people still like using Dos and the command line.
    1 point
  17. Minimize to Tray and Close to Tray are the same thing, and it has had this features since 1995. Yes that is the same BUT when you press the close button it exits the program, that doesn't follow the same rules as other long running applications that live in the tray, they CLOSE to tray.
    1 point
  18. I dont think I've ever bought a new CPU without replacing the motherboard when the sockets were still the same... there was almost always some new feature on the motherboard I wanted that required a new one anyways so at least for me sockets changing hasn't meant much...
    1 point
  19. ya, all these different sockets #### me off too.
    1 point
  20. 1 point
  21. What do you drive?

    Currently driving a 2020 BMW 530e xDrive. I got the car to tip my feet into the water on an EV and I'm glad I did. I didn't go full EV as I live in the city and street park so I'm not guaranteed access to my curbside charger.
    1 point
  22. GIVEAWAY: We're giving away FIVE TCL 10 Pros! (U.S. only)

    Of course it's US only.
    1 point
  23. Microsoft is permanently closing almost all of its retail stores worldwide

    Doubt it. The money would probably end up in the pockets of the greedy executives and shareholders.
    1 point
  24. You and the other 18 people like you could not sustain Microsofts retail stores.
    1 point
  25. The physical stores are Massively better when getting Surface support. They will often simply just swap your device for you instead of having to send it in and wait and hope to get it back fixed, more broken, or even get it back at all. As a long time, Surface owner this is a huge disappointment to me. The Microsoft Stores were embarrassing for MS. They were always empty with more tumbleweeds blowing down the isles than customers.
    1 point
  26. Outlook can now automatically restore open windows for Office Insiders

    I'm still using Outlook 2013 but it should have minimize to tray, if not close. I think that works just the same in the end.
    1 point
  27. Microsoft's next big moves: spin off the Xbox division as it's own company (or sell it to Amazon/Samsung), discontinue the Surface hardware line, and stick to productivity software solutions and Azure (hoping they remain relevant there).
    1 point
  28. Hands-on with the macOS 11 Big Sur developer beta

    Funny how running iOS Apps on a Mac is now a cool thing, yet running the same Apps on Windows Phone and Windows PCs was an abomination. (Except they worked better as there was always full Mouse/Keyboard input models on all devices, as it was designed for device and context portability, and touch, etc.) Funny how Apple has no problem sounding like a crazy hypocritic Uncle. So ya, this is the best thing ever, and I'm glad Apple invented this concept for everyone. Ha lol No one is saying Apple invented anything here. What Apple is doing is taking their normal methodical and carful approach that moves their platforms forward and brings developers and users along for something better.
    1 point
  29. I think you'll have to wait awhile because we are only going to really see games with the new Unreal Engine in about 2 years and remember, it was a tech demo whereas Cyberpunk is a game you actually play, that matters a lot when it comes to these things. Throw in that there is a fair chance that what we saw in that tech demo and what we'll likely get next gen could be worse and that Cyberpunk was designed with this gen in mind, I think you'll have quite a wait before we start seeing PC and next gen shining like you want them. Senua's Saga: Hellblade II is being built on Unreal Engine 5 for Xbox Series X.
    1 point
  30. Microsoft is permanently closing almost all of its retail stores worldwide

    Those 3 all serve a purpose, and Azure is a core business that makes loads of money right now. Bing pumps data into other things, like Azure and has core tech used for lots of products, it's not going anywhere, if it would've been canned it would've been years ago, it's been around longer than retail stores have. Surface makes money, and it has multiple purposes for being around, one of which is to drive new hardware design which they actively let their OEM partners copy and run with. It's also a hardware piece their partners sell to businesses along with software as a more complete package. It also pushes software to, without a flagship touch device you'd not have advances in touch and pen etc. Gaming is a strong brand, and ties into their software (games) and services (live, game pass, xcloud) goals, it's not going anywhere.
    1 point
  31. "A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed that all of the retail employees will be given an opportunity to stay with the company." 👍
    1 point
  32. http://tinyurl.com/ybupphum Azure (aka the "Microsoft Cloud" aka o365) is the backbone profit center of all things Microsoft. If you honestly think it "might be losing money" ... no. Just no. Absolutely not. Nuh uh.
    1 point
  33. Microsoft is permanently closing almost all of its retail stores worldwide

    Apple at least had hit products to drive foot traffic their way. First iPods, then iPhones. What did Microsoft ever have in terms of a hit since 2009? Nothing. Microsoft Store was always empty.
    1 point
  34. They are better off paying bestbuy in the US & mediamarkt in eu etc to have a Surface booth than having their own stores nobody goes into.
    1 point
  35. Those are were all mostly promoted as consumer lines. So makes sense they are going away. MS these days is enterprise + gaming. The end.
    1 point
  36. That sucks. I liked going to their stores.
    1 point
  37. Gooooo Sydney!
    1 point
  38. Microsoft is permanently closing almost all of its retail stores worldwide

    it's not good brand exposure to have stores that are empty quite a lot of the time
    1 point
  39. Hands-on with the macOS 11 Big Sur developer beta

    Funny how running iOS Apps on a Mac is now a cool thing, yet running the same Apps on Windows Phone and Windows PCs was an abomination. (Except they worked better as there was always full Mouse/Keyboard input models on all devices, as it was designed for device and context portability, and touch, etc.) Funny how Apple has no problem sounding like a crazy hypocritic Uncle. So ya, this is the best thing ever, and I'm glad Apple invented this concept for everyone. Ha lol It's a cool thing because, knowing Apple, they will ensure it works well. MS didn't quite get it right. Great concept, and some were great. But it didn't help that they had to be completely rewritten or created from scratch. Apple already have them all ready to go, as they evolved iOS apps to support iPadOS, and now MacOS. Developers just need to change the app up a bit and its good to go. Winner in my books. Stop kidding yourself. Developers have to do the exact sameting they needed to do with the Windows conversion. This is no different. The only thing that differs is your fait in Apple. Exclusive Windows user here who wishes MS would actually deliver. But anyway. While I am no developer, I understand that there is a massive difference between writing an app from scratch, to modifying it to allow compatibility with a new device (iPhone 3 to iPhone 5 required a change, but it didn't involve rewriting the app from scratch). Windows didn't have a. app catalogue when Win8 came out. Even if you count the incompatible Windows Phone 7 apps. So developers had to write an app basically from scratch, or do the messy conversion from iPhone (I remember some iPhone converted apps for my early android phones, horrible times)! All I am saying is that developers have made adjustments to their apps for years, to support new features, new generation of devices, and making it work between iPhone and iPad was no longer such a big issue. And now it looks like MacOS will basically support running those apps as is, so with another adjustment to enhance the experience with a mouse and keyboard (some work which has already been done with iPad Pros), they have a fully functional, fully featured collection of apps that are fully supported and running native. I may well be over simplifying things, but I'd be amazed if a developer said writing an app from scratch (eg for Windows Store Apps) was better than adjusting an already fully featured app (iOS -> iPadOS -> MacOS). Microsoft have done everything in their power to help developers convert their iOS and Android Apps to universal Windows Apps. They have released bridging tools and conversion tools so that developers didn't need to rewrite their apps. Heck, they even lowered and for a period removed the cut they get from App sales in the Appstore to entice developers. But developers stil weren't interested in porting their Apps, most probably due to the lacking smartphone marketshare. Mean while Apple screw over developers and consumers over and over. Was that before or after MS rebooted the platform 2 or 3 times?
    1 point
  40. Hands-on with the macOS 11 Big Sur developer beta

    I literally cannot think of a single Iphone app, that I would want to run on a computer. Nest, Google Maps, Sheets, Netflix, Hulu, Smart Apps (Light controls). etc etc etc. You must not use a lot of apps... As many would be quick to point out when these 'Apps' have become available on the Microsoft Store... "The web version is just as good, we don't need this crap!" LOL It was just this week people were making this very point about Amazon Prime Video being released as an App. Ummm yeah. I’ll take an app over a pwa/web version most of the time. PWAs run like garbage compared to a native counterpart. Also things like Netflix’s save to computer/phone aren’t available in a browser. Last I checked anyways.
    1 point
  41. that's a pretty nifty feature
    1 point
  42. Odd - My Google Photos app already has dark mode. Can't find the setting now though, so no idea how I enabled it. Wasn't a mod or anything. Perhaps it follows the Chrome browser setting.
    1 point
  43. Google launches Photos redesign with new tabs, a map view, and a new icon

    I love my photos being face scanned and data being sent to NSA and FBI for proper storage Great service! I love my tin foil hat
    1 point
  44. How about a "this is not true" warning?
    1 point
  45. The new mobile processor are impressive. However, rolled up tin foil would out perform what they did in 2014. Thank god that sad stretch is over.
    1 point
  46. Until ARM chips are made generally available to PC builders and the like outside of just OEMs/ODMs then x86 won't be going anywhere.
    1 point
  47. Windows 10X will be DoA... ARM is not the future for the average user any time soon.
    1 point
  48. Is this the end of Hackintosh? Considering that ARM still cannot compete on the high end? No. Eventually? Maybe. By that time, I suspect we will have valid ARM alternatives. Not just performance, x86 tends to be more standardised and open/less blocked of own, thus you don't face the trouble of 'flashing ROMs' or driver issues like you would on ARM Chromebooks and tablets.
    1 point
  49. Really excited I'll be able to run my iOS apps natively... namely google ones like Google Maps, Nest (assistant?).
    1 point
  50. Lenovo Chromebook Duet review: A Surface Go killer

    “Honestly, most of the same applies to Windows 10's tablet mode, although Windows does have an annoying popup asking if you want to enter tablet mode, rather than just doing it like on Chrome OS.” Honestly, that popup has a drop down menu right in it where you can tell it to never ask again and “just do it”.
    1 point