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  1. Bioresin. Is that how we call "plastics" these days?
    9 points
  2. The real base model, if you will, is the 8GB/128GB SSD model at $699 if you ask me. The $549 model has 4GB RAM, which is workable depending on what you do with it, but the storage is the slower 64GB eMMC, a pain in todays world. And it also doesn't have the finger print reader or Windows Hello support that the higher ones do. I figure if you're looking at this as a new laptop, you'd be better off spending the extra $150 and getting the higher SKU.
    6 points
  3. "The new Surface Pro X configurations will be available starting on October 13, and they start at $1,499.99." Daylight robbery
    4 points
  4. -- "a physical cutout in the aluminum" So... a hole... just say hole...
    4 points
  5. Why 4GB of RAM and 64GB eMMC in 2020? Damn! Would have been much better if it was 8GB/128GB SSD [replaceable] and they priced it at $599
    3 points
  6. Hope not. GOG/CDPR is actually a good company.
    2 points
  7. Microsoft releases Windows 10 build 19041.546 - here's what's new

    The title you mean right? Because the second sentence of the article as well as the last paragraph mention its optionality: "... Microsoft has released its latest optional cumulative update for Windows 10 version 2004. ..." "As usual, this is an optional update, meaning that you have to explicitly opt into installing it. If you don't, these fixes will be rolled into this month's Patch Tuesday update, which is mandatory." It’s literally a preview, optional or not.
    2 points
  8. Here's how you can pre-order the Surface Pro X and Surface Laptop Go

    You're paying a premium for the excellent software support, not for the hardware. You know when you buy a Microsoft device you will get priority for getting new software updates and features. You will not have wait for months like what happened with the May 2020 update on non Microsoft devices. the sp7 was one of the last devices to receive that update.
    2 points
  9. Not sure what LiLmEgZ considers slow. I kicked off my update and I have no idea how long the background download and install took (its in the background, who cares if it takes 10 seconds or 10 minutes). The reboot (you know, the part that actually counts) was about 40 seconds longer than normal so from a user perspective, the update was 40 seconds. Have we gotten to the point where some people think 40 seconds to update is slow?
    2 points
  10. Fantastic price point.
    2 points
  11. Excuse me while I visit my local glory physical cutout in the aluminum. Sounds a bit more classy I guess.
    2 points
  12. If this holds up after long use - it is a great idea. I use a case on my phone anyway. And I hate glass back - does nothing for my. Thin phone all the way.
    2 points
  13. TIL that code must be 100% perfect, 10 years ago or else somebody in a comment section will be in a tizzy.
    2 points
  14. Cross-platform messaging introduced for Messenger and Instagram

    hopefully they'll add whatsapp soon, so I can finally uninstall that half client
    2 points
  15. Hmm? I don't seem to have any issues finding what I want using Bing or DDG. Maybe I'm just a little better at using more specific words in my search enquiry? Don't have any issues when I have used Google search either, which I only use on my phone for the quickie search, when a question arises about something.
    2 points
  16. Gateway Solo PII 300 Jan 1999

    Gateway Solo PII 300 Recently acquired for free a Gateway Solo Laptop. In January 1999 It retailed for $2,799. Look at how thick it is and look all the IO on the back of it. It’s a Pentium II with 64 MB of RAM. It weighs in at 8.8 lbs. I current have a Transcend 16GB 2.5" PATA SLC Industrial Solid State Disk TS16GSSD25-S in it. Picked that SSD up in 2009 for $157
    1 point
  17. EE and Square partner to advance contactless payments

    Oh stop it, you're a dinosaur who has no idea how anything works. Please think before you post.
    1 point
  18. Microsoft removes the Surface Neo from its website

    Alternatively, the Neo was supposed to be running an OS that doesn't seem to be making any progress... I'd say it's much more likely that this is due to waiting on Windows 10X than anything to do with Duo.
    1 point
  19. Microsoft releases Windows 10 build 19041.546 - here's what's new

    This article should be more clear that this is a preview update.
    1 point
  20. That's a heck of a list right there. I'm in no rush to install this, I'll just get it on PT automatically.
    1 point
  21. whatchutalkinaboutwillis?
    1 point
  22. Microsoft removes the Surface Neo from its website

    This is a good sign, instead of rushing a POS that doesn't offering anything new or showcase UI innovations it was supposed to do. This also makes sense with the 'basic' UI features they built into the Surface Duo, and the massive WinUI and framework changes in the last six months for Windows along with several major Windows X redesigned and changes. (This newish OS and UI has been being worked on and restarted several times going back to 2014. WP/WinRT/WM/UWP/Adaptive/CoreAdaptiveUI/CoreMinimalUI/X) - couldn't remember a couple of the internal names off the top of my head. This is where Microsoft has done the stupidest ###### in the history of Microsoft. I'm not sure Panay will do any better now that he has control, but could it be much worse? Maybe, he is not technical, and just a marketing guy. FFS
    1 point
  23. Microsoft unveils the Surface Laptop Go, a smaller Laptop starting at $549

    4GB is actually still fine if you keep your browser tab usage down. It's not like Office, Photos, Movies, Weather, etc. suddenly started requiring 1GB of memory each. Windows itself takes some steps to reduce memory usage in a 4GB environment. Agreed about the 64GB eMMC though. Kinda wild that Microsoft can find a way to sell a 512GB NVMe SSD in the XBox Series S for $300, but can't in a $500 laptop. They could, but they don't want to ###### off OEMs and competitors. Ballmer made this mistake once before, and thus the OEM interest in WP died overnight.
    1 point
  24. Microsoft unveils the Surface Laptop Go, a smaller Laptop starting at $549

    Not really.
    1 point
  25. Microsoft unveils the Surface Laptop Go, a smaller Laptop starting at $549

    I feel like they could have done a bit better on pricing considering storage and memory configuration.
    1 point
  26. Microsoft removes the Surface Neo from its website

    The Duo must've flopped real hard for them to can the Neo.
    1 point
  27. Pale Moon 28.14.2 [Update]

    Waterfox was bought by System1, a U.S. pay-per-click ad company. https://www.reddit.com/r/firef...rfox_appears_to_be_sold_to/ ... Am I missing something here? Is that the reason why Waterfox doesn't have release articles like other software? I'm asking because it's quite an arbitrary reason if it is, I'm sure there are companies behind other apps that also have similar business models (thinking about Chrome with Google behind it, or Opera which some people distrust because of its company as well). In any case, this comment from Waterfox' dev addressed what you pointed to: https://www.reddit.com/r/water...ears_to_be_sold_to/fhistpt/ Additional links: https://www.waterfox.net/blog/waterfox-has-joined-system1/ https://www.ghacks.net/2020/02...eb-browser-sold-to-system1/
    1 point
  28. Agreed. I don't feel the need to go out and upgrade my existing one. Love my current Pro X. Not owned every type of Surface but had quite a few now. Pro X is my favourite so far
    1 point
  29. At the base configuration, you're almost better off getting the Go 2, though keyboard would be a separate purchase. I would only consider getting the i5/128. The i5/256 is too expensive. BUT it still has the same issue as the Surface Laptop. Why can't they just add more ports? The space on the chassis is there.
    1 point
  30. The Pro X now has 4 configs, the lower 2 are SQ1 and the higher 2 are SQ2 based. Makes sense, at some point as they work through the cheaper SQ1 versions those could get replaced with SQ2s. But I figure by then we could be talking about a true Pro X2 version coming.
    1 point
  31. Pale Moon 28.14.2 [Update]

    Waterfox was bought by System1, a U.S. pay-per-click ad company. https://www.reddit.com/r/firef...rfox_appears_to_be_sold_to/ ... Am I missing something here? Is that the reason why Waterfox doesn't have release articles like other software? I'm asking because it's quite an arbitrary reason if it is, I'm sure there are companies behind other apps that also have similar business models (thinking about Chrome with Google behind it, or Opera which some people distrust because of its company as well). In any case, this comment from Waterfox' dev addressed what you pointed to: https://www.reddit.com/r/water...ears_to_be_sold_to/fhistpt/
    1 point
  32. Microsoft Outlook down for users worldwide, Teams also affected [Update]

    Worldwide might be a exaggeration, I've seen posts saying it's working fine in different parts of the world. Will be interesting to see what happened.
    1 point
  33. Microsoft Outlook down for users worldwide, Teams also affected [Update]

    Weird. It's working like a charm on my end here in Florida. No issues at all. Just tried it.
    1 point
  34. Gateway Solo PII 300 Jan 1999

    The Tardis have one?
    1 point
  35. Gateway Solo PII 300 Jan 1999

    Some say it's needed for time travel, sadly the main components stopped working with the Y2K bug
    1 point
  36. It's official: x64 emulation is coming to Windows on ARM

    After so many unfulfilled promises by MS, that's not quite how it works. Now they deliver first, and THEN I might consider buying something from them. Btw. I own a Surface Go in S Mode, and to this day, I can't run Teams on it, because there's no Store app. It's been years and it should take like 20 minutes do make an app. It's all just Electron lol.
    1 point
  37. Google announces the new Chromecast with Google TV

    I bought the Miracast and it had garbage performance. Huge amounts of lag, basically unusable for anything other than a Powerpoint slideshow.
    1 point
  38. An Apple TV app is coming to Xbox consoles

    But video streaming apps on iOS don't force developers to submit each show individually. And that is the point. I don't quite understand. So Apple lets other developers publish video streaming services as they please, and Microsoft has usually done the same. If Microsoft wanted to start a video streaming service and put it on iOS, they could do that without a problem. Why should they stop Apple from making their service available in the same way? But Microsoft at least gets 30% of the TV+ subscription fee, right?
    1 point
  39. Twitch now lets streamers use licensed music without worrying over DMCA claims

    In all this time, it is freaking amazing that YouTube hasn't just done a similar deal. (They have to spend more on DMCA BS and detection that a liberal licensing deal would cost.)
    1 point
  40. An Apple TV app is coming to Xbox consoles

    Microsoft should ask Apple to submit every show and every movie into a separate app in order to be able to properly represent the age rating of every show.
    1 point
  41. Wow that's killer. If only it were OLED but LCDs can look very good and still deliver bright HDR with good black levels. Xiaomi picks good ones. The Redmi Note 8 Pro has a great looking LCD and this one seems to have similar specs.
    1 point
  42. Google adds six Stadia Pro games for October 2020

    I know this sounds iffy but, I know a guy who works at google, and even their own employees make fun of Stadia on the internal chat. And now Amazon kicked off it's own version of Stadia, I don't know how this is all going to play out but it really wouldn't surprise many if they dropped this at some point when it's just eating up money and not making any.
    1 point
  43. I use DDG 99% of the time, it is only if I can not get a result i will use Google, but it is very rare I do that. As for Bing, well enough said about that, apart from Amazon, please use a different search engine for the Echo units.
    1 point
  44. I use DDG about 90% of the time. If I can't find it on DDG, then for what I use, it isn't worth finding as it is usually spam, porn, pirate crap or just junk.
    1 point
  45. Who is this person anyway? What's his credentials? Just another blogger who writes about fahsionable subjects?
    1 point
  46. Not going to happen. They can't even force a 64-bit version of Windows 10 yet. Until they make it 64-bit only this will never happen. Old stuff needs to fade away.
    1 point
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  48. It certainly does look like a Matte Black Macbook, which does not exist for some reason
    1 point
  49. The best SwiftKey for Android features you must know about

    It is the opposite for me. SwiftKey's prediction system is miles ahead of Gboard for me.
    1 point
  50. The backup feature is only supported for Google Drive accounts, Microsoft's own OneDrive is not supported. This sucks for people that want to use as little of Google's services as possible.
    1 point