Mythbusters

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by Mythbusters 14y ago
Windows 8 shines on a touch screen laptop. I was in the market for one over the black Friday and not many were available at a decent price. If that picture changes then I am sure the adoption will accelerate.
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by Mythbusters 14y ago
It's odd that Microsoft's name does not come in the discussion that talks about technology giants. Google, Apple all are competing with Microsoft tooth and nail. Amazon and facebook maybe less so. Not mentioning it makes me question if its
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by Mythbusters 14y ago
have you?
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by Mythbusters 14y ago
You can download a free VM that runs on OSX to test.
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by Mythbusters 14y ago
yeah 3 million in 3 days that is almost as fast as how windows sold (4 million in 4 days) that really is impressive!
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by Mythbusters 14y ago
That tis not correct. It's much more than a gig.
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by Mythbusters 14y ago
Who cares? With most of the phones being sold with contract, this is just a gimmick. What does it have going for it other than a cheap price anyways? Poor camera? no expandable memory? No LTE? Poor speakers? Manufacturer with questionable q
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by Mythbusters 14y ago
9/10 really? Is this phone really better than GS III or Nokia 920? Doesn't look like.
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by Mythbusters 14y ago
It was chrome's marketing earlier now it's Microsoft's. I think they are both great browsers on their own. I find IE10 to be even better and so much faster though.
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by Mythbusters 14y ago
Right is subjective. Care to explain? Maybe there is no single device that gets everything right? But are there separate devices that each got one aspect right? Care to give examples? My pint is that Windows ecosystem is all about diversity
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by Mythbusters 14y ago
Likely. The other way to look at it is that many of the apps that are present in Windows phone app catalog are the ones where Microsoft convinced the app developer to write for the platform specifically. Now if that strategy is used then it
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by Mythbusters 14y ago
with kid's corner feature to boot so that you can have fine grain control over what the kids have access to.
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by Mythbusters 14y ago
It's not the difference in performance but having to compile against a different architecture altogether. These two are architecturally different and porting an old legacy app like office cross platform must not be an easy feat. I don't see
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by Mythbusters 14y ago
DMCA is ineffective anyways in doing what it was designed to do. Don't know why they have kept it around. Just search for NFL on youtube and you'd know what I mean
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by Mythbusters 14y ago
and the updated office runs on it beautifully. So what is your point again?
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by Mythbusters 14y ago
In case you are not trolling, time to educate yourself with the difference between these two architectures: http://www.brighthub.com/computing/hardware/articles/107133.... Surprise, if you copy an old mac app on your iPhone it won't run!
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by Mythbusters 14y ago
I was referring to ARM as the architecture. Should have been clearer
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by Mythbusters 14y ago
Hmmm you should really try skydrive in that case. Much more reliable and friendly to use.
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by Mythbusters 14y ago
Aren't we talking about the architecture here? Surface and the software on it is ARM architecture. Something that Office never ran on before. These are significantly different architectures and just because the graphics or processing capabi
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by Mythbusters 14y ago
Right and those office like apps are toys. Not a real productivity application. There were touch screen phones before iPhone and search engines before Google. I am not saying Office running on ARM is in the same league but there is no denyi
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by Mythbusters 14y ago
Anybody who shares their opinion should consider these points: 1. The office on surface is not the final version of software. It has RTM'ed so it should get updated with the final version pretty soon. 2. The fact that you have an ability to
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by Mythbusters 14y ago
>> while costing more than an iPad and where did you get that from?
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by Mythbusters 14y ago
>> The problem with Windows "apps" is that they are made inefficient and un-optimized by default Very knowledgeable opinion sir. This is indeed true. Us as windows developers are required to add a sleep statement every few lines of
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by Mythbusters 14y ago
Netflix is not at $5 but almost there. So is Hulu+. Does the Xbox music have subscription or is it free?
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by Mythbusters 14y ago
Checkout the surface Pro or many other similar products that came out recently (a windows 8 tablet that docks into a keyboard) The only tradeoff there is the smallish screen size and possibly price but those are to be expected I think.
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by Mythbusters 14y ago
I get that it was not a replacement for a desktop. That's a given. but I don't get "not a replacement for iPad" part. I don't see why it is not a replacement for iPad for doing most of what people do on iPad, browse, game, read, watch, list
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by Mythbusters 14y ago
Seems like an interesting choice not use the fast disk as a cache. This is the design that Windows 7 and beyond went with. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff356869.aspx
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by Mythbusters 14y ago
I don't know how it can be called a PC. Maybe the Surface Pro version that runs a full Windows 8 OS is the one they should be referring to. That is a true tablet with full support for legacy apps not this one.
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by Mythbusters 14y ago
I wonder why the author tried to treat this as a full desktop replacement knowing that this is ARM based unit and hence does not run full windows 8. The Surface Pro is the one that should fir the bill of a tablet that is a laptop replacemen
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by Mythbusters 14y ago
This one focuses on the hardware for the most part. Which I think is quite comparable to other options if not favorable. When it comes to Windows 8 though, its a personal taste. I love it even on my non-touch laptop and am looking forward t

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