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Re: Morning Tech Bits |
May 17, 2013, 21:53 |
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I just went to a conference where MS showed off a lot of stuff, including Win 8 on a touchscreen.
For presentation lecterns, Windows 8 with touch is awesome. For the desktop the interface is seriously meh. If they had just done a dual mode they would have been so much better off.
Beyond that MS has a ton of really useful tools for enterprise needs. That helps them make money hand over fist. They could probably shut down their whole OS division and still be a corporate behemoth.
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May 12, 2013, 11:53 |
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That comic had it spot-on.
I wish the board games that included novel-length manuals would include a few hours worth of tutorials on Youtube. I just don't have the patience to wade through all that, but I could pick it up pretty easily with 20 minutes of video.
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May 12, 2013, 11:45 |
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His "exploit" requires you to have access to the console.
Wow. What a non-story. There are probably a million ways to make the game crash or otherwise screw up when you have access to the console.
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May 9, 2013, 09:50 |
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Trucks, etc. all come in automatic too. It's an okay skill to have, but you can go an entire lifetime and never need or use it.
If that kids parents think a manual is going to keep him from texting and driving, well... That's cute.
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Apr 19, 2013, 09:52 |
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PC Manufacturers without tablets or mobile devices angry they didn't release a tablet or mobile device - blame it on Windows 8.
That's my version of the headline.
Seriously, if your big sales push relies on somebody else to hype up the entire industry you'll just have to take the lumps that are handed to you.
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Apr 15, 2013, 14:45 |
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If DF ever gets a decent interface I will definitely check it out again. At the moment it's a little too grognard for me. I just don't have that kind of time to invest.
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Re: Morning Tech Bits |
Apr 11, 2013, 14:59 |
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InBlack wrote on Apr 11, 2013, 09:42:
Take it from me. I have it at work. Apart from performance (which is on par with Win7) Windows8 is the worst windows ever released by Microsoft.
No it's still not worse than Windows ME.
Windows 8 is basically just like 7 if you run the classic shell.
PC sales are probably slumping because there's no reason to upgrade as often anymore. Desktop computers got "fast enough" for most people a few years ago and when you have a desktop that's "fast enough" and you have cash to burn, you start looking at tablets and smartphones and other gadgets like that.
My desktop from ages ago will still run most of the new games at high settings. Why upgrade? Well, I still did because I enjoy building them and I'm a gamer, but most won't. |
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| News Comments > Morning Consolidation |
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Mar 27, 2013, 14:18 |
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| I just buy Nintendo consoles for Zelda and Mario - so whenever they release those games I'll look at Wii U. By then it will probably have had a price drop too. |
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| News Comments > Morning Metaverse |
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Mar 25, 2013, 09:41 |
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Is watching more Youtube and less TV really generational (aside from Boomers)?
Seems to me like it's just something everyone 40 and under is just doing by default. |
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