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Wed, 27 Mar 2024 03:47:25
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My surface pen stopped working yesterday.  My previous one lasted me 6 years, this one crapped out in less than 6 months.  It's still in waranty and all, so I'll send it in and receive a new, boring grey one to replace it.  Still, it's something I use multiple times a day.  Great tech, big bummer.

And now it's working again.  Praise the technology Gods.

I honestly thought MS had stopped doing surface hardware. Nice stuff, bit overpriced though.  Do they do a tablet only or are they all convertibles -- I'll have to Bing it.

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Wed, 27 Mar 2024 05:53:28
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I'd so watch that. Some of the cast are so spot on it's creapy.
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Wed, 27 Mar 2024 05:57:30
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I honestly thought MS had stopped doing surface hardware. Nice stuff, bit overpriced though.  Do they do a tablet only or are they all convertibles -- I'll have to Bing it.

they're all tablet only untill you buy the essential keyboard and pen. It's a whole line now with a range of smaller tablets, laptops and the most desirable all in one around.

And yes they're expensive, but the tablet is a unique proposition that fits my workflow perfectly. I've also never bought one for full price. There are some good sales to be found when the yearly update launches.
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Wed, 27 Mar 2024 06:00:31
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See news below. I don;t think MS is going to get out of hardware, but I think there is something to these undercurrent stories coming out of GDC. I am getting serious SEGA going multi-plat vibes from back in the decline of the Dreamcast days.

I agree with te strategy, keep XBOX going so normal people can understand the concept of Gamepass and keep releasing your titles day one as part of Gamepass, but make all the other platform users pay through the nose to play the games on their own console until the end consumer appreciates the value of Gamepass.

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“Majority of games” from Xbox coming to PS5Says credible source.

Publishers reportedly questioning support for XboxAmid ‘flatlining’ sales

I don't know. How long will it take them to realize that this relegates the hardware to little more than a very expensive advertising campaign? They'll sell less and less consoles to the point where it's just not worth investing the sunk cost.
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Wed, 27 Mar 2024 10:15:32
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I'm a little burned out on Microsoft physical technology. I've bought Windows phones and Surface tablets and Xboxes.

I feel like they've looked at others succesful products, tried to do the same and just either faded away or failed to be successful enough to care.

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Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:49:06
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I feel that their phones and computer hardware have generally been very well built.  Their phone business was an attempt to break into the smartphone market and launch windows as a mobile OS, which predictably failed misserably.  I still use a Windows skin on my android phone though, the UI at least was very pleasing.  As for their surface line, it's all very premium stuff, but I don't think their laptops justify the cost.  MS really did create a whole new type of device with the original surface tablet convertables which Apple then gratefully copied.  As for their all-in-one, it's the best looking computer in my opinion.  A bit of a shame that the components always seem to lag a gen or two behind on the cutting edge stuff, and the price is very steep for what is in essence a beautifull monitor with a middling computer jammed into it.  I saw that in the US MS offers their own refurbs at a reasonable price.  If they did the same in Europe I'd be mighty tempted to buy one.

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Wed, 27 Mar 2024 19:06:43
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I feel that their phones and computer hardware have generally been very well built.  Their phone business was an attempt to break into the smartphone market and launch windows as a mobile OS, which predictably failed misserably.  I still use a Windows skin on my android phone though, the UI at least was very pleasing.  As for their surface line, it's all very premium stuff, but I don't think their laptops justify the cost.  MS really did create a whole new type of device with the original surface tablet convertables which Apple then gratefully copied.  As for their all-in-one, it's the best looking computer in my opinion.  A bit of a shame that the components always seem to lag a gen or two behind on the cutting edge stuff, and the price is very steep for what is in essence a beautifull monitor with a middling computer jammed into it.  I saw that in the US MS offers their own refurbs at a reasonable price.  If they did the same in Europe I'd be mighty tempted to buy one.

Didn't they make an mp3 player called Zune or something?

I initially loved my Windows phone, so I bought another more powerful one. It worked okay at first,  before eventually randomly resetting itself. They as tike went gone, not only was there an absence of popular apps. Apps which I had been using started being withdrawn, Ebay, WhatsApp etc.

It was miserable.

My surface Pro 4 was pretty decent, but the battery lasted about 3 hours. My previous Asus tablet had an IPS screen and lasted for 8hrs, but became so slow over time. The Surface isn't bad but when I realised I could do most stuff on my phone it became redundant. I even use my phone over WiFi to print shipping labels.

I just wish Steam was on my new phone and that decent controllers weren't so expensive.

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Wed, 27 Mar 2024 22:40:13

I've had good luck with Microsoft Surface adn Phones.

I do need to get a tablet, I've had some android ones which were utter garbage, and I don't like iOS or overpaying for Apple, so I'll see what they have.  My Kindle White just died after 15 years of abuse, so I'll have to explore what they are up to these days as well (talking about black mirrors).

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Wed, 27 Mar 2024 22:48:11

I gotta chuckle.  Anytime someone starts a sentence with "Now, I'm not "blank" but, .... " (where blank = racist, homophobic, liberal, anti-gun, pro-life, religious)

No. Shut up, you are a "blank", whatever you are about to say will cancel that out.

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Thu, 28 Mar 2024 00:30:31

Oh another blank was filled in with Yooka Laylee.

The paths that lead to nowhere, turns out some of them are for when you expand the levels. I've actually been enjoying the third level, feels almost identical to Banjo kazooie.

So basically the choice the game gives you, actually works against your enjoyment. To play this game in an enjoyable way, you must learn all the moves from the top down in sequential order.

And you must expand each level as soon as you can.

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