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kevm14
On The Verge since Dec 31, 2011
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I don’t think so. My 7 year old Vaio with T7600 and shitty Intel GMA950 graphics can do all streaming, multitasking and whatever else. The SSD helps.
It’s true. For most casual use, computers have been fast enough for 5+ years now (7 in my case).
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Only for consumer stuff though. Metro/WinRT is a long way from replacing Win32 for all the uses in the world. But yeah, MS would like regular consumers to basically switch to metro. Ideally, the folks who are turning off their computers for days or weeks at a time and not replacing them when they break because they think their iPad is just so cool. MS wants those folks to stay on Windows…
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I was with you until the last sentence. On a real computer with large screen, keyboard and mouse, I stay mostly in the desktop. But unlike some people, I don’t stubbornly avoid the start screen. I just refer old school window management on my 1200p display.
On my 13.3" 1280×800 laptop however, I like staying in metro. I am glad for the ability to make my own use cases. Also also unlike some folks, I don’t think the start screen/metro is useless without touch. It’s just BETTER with touch, that’s all.
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No. They had the chance to take a clean break from the impossible-to-secure open Win32 environment and took it. It was the right move, for sure.
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No it’s not, unless you’re new to computers.
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Yeah. Performance issues are really both Tegra 3 plus the current limitations of WinRT. Before you blame the slow SoC, for example, try the WinRT app you are questioning on a fast desktop or laptop. You may find that it still has issues (though will likely be faster). That means more software optimization is needed…which I think is good news for Tegra 3 owners.
about 15 hours ago on Windows RT is Windows 1 recommend
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Good point, though Windows RT is the “Windows 8 but with only WinRT apps.” So they took the first word and the last two letters and named the OS that.
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But it’s only a branding problem. Evaluated for what it is (rather than whatever the hell the reviewer tells you he thinks it should do), I think it’s fine for as young as it is. They could just hire a consultant to fix the branding, then…
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Win 8 RT is redundant in the taxonomy sense. Windows 8 already has WinRT built in. But it’s still a terrible name. Win 8 tablet is clearer, but a mouthful. Win 8 RT is tempting though, except it’s easy to just truncate the name and say “so…this is supposed to be Win 8 but I can’t run XYZ??? FAIL!” That could have been even worse than MS giving Windows RT its very own name!
about 15 hours ago on Windows RT is Windows 1 recommend
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That’s cause you couldn’t hear my tone while I was saying it. Or see my hand gestures.
about 16 hours ago on MS should probably just give up in the consumer space
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It’s the aspect ratio of the video. I noticed it, too.
1 day ago on Microsoft's new commercial finally sells the benefits of Surface RT
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Recommended Krinos's comment in MS should probably just give up in the consumer space
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If he had a Zune HD and didn’t love it, then he has no credibility. No one doesn’t love the Zune HD if they actually owned one.
1 day ago on MS should probably just give up in the consumer space
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Recommended mgk69's comment in MS should probably just give up in the consumer space
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Who fucking recommended this? Seriously. MS didn’t “steal and hack around” ANYTHING. I’m sure you think so because of the terribly misleading wording in the verge article, though. Which is why we Tribers get so pissed off sometimes.
1 day ago on MS should probably just give up in the consumer space 1 recommend
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That’s another one – the blogosphere never gave the Zune software any credit.
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Recommended urpert's comment in Leaked Scroogled video sees Microsoft parody Google's Chrome ad
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Recommended Kit Y's comment in Leaked Scroogled video sees Microsoft parody Google's Chrome ad
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Oh I remember that moment very clearly. I was all kinds of raging in the car (podcast). I almost said nerd-rage but honestly, it was just regular rage, because of the objectively shitty journalism, with snark added on top.
3 days ago on MS should probably just give up in the consumer space 1 reply
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This is a good point. Maybe that will work.
3 days ago on MS should probably just give up in the consumer space
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How exactly did MS start this war? And please don’t tell me “Scroogled” because you have a very short memory.
3 days ago on Microsoft responds to YouTube demands, 'more than happy' to include ads if Google allows it 3 recommends
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Yeah cause simple YouTube app = entire Office suite.
3 days ago on Microsoft responds to YouTube demands, 'more than happy' to include ads if Google allows it 1 reply 4 recommends
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And that phrasing was a bunch of biased horseshit. They didn’t work around anything. Not implementing an API that doesn’t exist is hardly a work around.
4 days ago on Microsoft responds to YouTube demands, 'more than happy' to include ads if Google allows it 4 recommends
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But, but….content creators!
4 days ago on Microsoft responds to YouTube demands, 'more than happy' to include ads if Google allows it 1 reply 5 recommends
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Dude. So they can say it’s not a usable platform. Because it doesn’t have an official Youtube app. This is obvious.
4 days ago on Microsoft responds to YouTube demands, 'more than happy' to include ads if Google allows it 1 reply 4 recommends
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I switched to Bing. I’m in the US though.
4 days ago on Microsoft responds to YouTube demands, 'more than happy' to include ads if Google allows it 13 recommends
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Let me guess – you gleaned this “fact” from the typically biased way this article was written, and believed it? Classic. No, literally – this is classic.
4 days ago on Google demands Microsoft remove YouTube Windows Phone app, cites lack of ads 3 recommends
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I love that quote. What a bunch of jack shit.
How it sounds: MS said….let’s see if we can hack a way to remove ads and be evil!
How it actually works: There is no API to enable advertising. It doesn’t exist publicly. Therefore, there is no way to enable ads. This is very different than “features that prevent ads from playing.” Not implementing an API that doesn’t exist is NOT a fucking feature. Goddamn…
4 days ago on Google demands Microsoft remove YouTube Windows Phone app, cites lack of ads 1 reply 8 recommends
