Posts by Mikel

Oops

When I suggested here that Windows as a service meant Microsoft would make it PXE boot from their servers even on a mobile device, I was Just Kidding. Sheesh you guys, you don't have to implement every offhanded joke.

Or

You can run Linux VDI. As many desktops and server based incidences as you want. Thousands of them for the low, low price of free. No worries about licensing, tracking licensing, auditing, expense. Just fire it up and go!

And it works better on cheaper hardware too.

Softness

>“With so much of distribution business still reliant on PC revenues, softness in this sector prior to the launch of Windows 10 could depress sales and lower growth,” he said.

Softness in this sector after the launch of Windows 10 should depress PC sales and lower growth permanently. How many years has it been since PC makers saw a robust Q4? Five? How much of this can they take?

Dawn will be orbiting Ceres for a very long time

Personally I can't wait to see what the lowest orbit reveals.

Once in the lowest orbit Dawn will likely be out of fuel. The views will be stunning.

Great image to accompany the article

Water, water everywhere

But not a drop to drink.

Promises for an indefinite future date

Microsoft seems to be post-dating a lot of checks for "someday" lately. Most of the hype about Windows 10 seems to be due to come after launch with an update some day. How much of it is finished? Half? None?

Musk does not intend the trip to take that long. We will go much faster.

I can't boo this one

I've been saying Windows belongs in a virtual machine for years. This will off course do away with running Windows in this more secure mode as a VM under a real hypervisor.

Dispelling myths

So much for the oft-repeated trope that Windows is a festering cesspool of malware because it is the most popular. Windows is clearly not the most popular any more, but it remains a spectacle of software abuse beyond compare.

700 TB?

Maybe it's time to leave that Wintel legacy behind.

exFAT is required for SD

That is the only serious patent - and the patent is for dual namespace for long filename and 8.3 filename. I.e. it goes back to DOS.

Chinese companies have taken to calling the expandable storage Trans Flash now, so no SD and no exFAT problems.

Edit para 6

Legislation -> litigation.

I musk be patient

It will go when it's time.

- impatient to see the reusable rocket era kick off.

News from the future

Bill Veghte inherits HP's profitless client PC unit. Immediately bets the farm on W10 to the exclusion of all else. W10 is as popular as Vista, running the company into the ground. Veghte returns to Redmond the conquering hero, dragging the corpse behind him. 95% of staff are made redundant on arrival. The acquisition is written down shortly thereafter.

It's like we've seen this movie before. Was Matt Damon in the first one?

Quacks like a duck

“This is not a crash, even if it looks like one,”

This ended the scourge of illegal drugs forever

It was so successful the NSA had no choice but to emulate it.

Hold the phone - stop the presses!

Microsoft did something praiseworthy. This, if it turns out not to be the dog's breakfast, was the right thing for once. They did some other thing in the late '90s, but it has been so long I forget what it was.

Delays

Surely they are just polishing the Cortana, Twitter, XBox and Facebook integration. Patience.

Caption 1: no stickers

Photo 2: sticker.

1% is great

Considering how open it is, how many people use dodgy software sources, 1% is pretty darned good. Stick with Google Play Store and you should be golden. This is why when looking for a tablet I say "No Play? No way!"

They still have IE

Nobody who cares about security is using IE anyway, so they probably always will.

Chrome OS and Android are both Linux

Fancy operating environment shells over a hardened Linux core is what they are. A lot of people who use them scratch a hole in the veneer and expose the full power underneath.

With Microsoft going full out to win the profitless PC hardware market, their PC partners are well advised to read this list:

Lumia 1020

Lumia 1320

Lumia 1520

Lumia 520

Lumia 525

Lumia 526

Lumia 530

Lumia 530 Dual SIM

Lumia 535

Lumia 620

Lumia 625

Lumia 630

Lumia 630 Dual SIM

Lumia 635

Lumia 636

Lumia 638

Lumia 720

Lumia 730

Lumia 730 Dual SIM

Lumia 735

Lumia 810

Lumia 820

Lumia 822

Lumia 830

Lumia 920

Lumia 925

Lumia 928

Lumia ICON

Microsoft Lumia 430

Microsoft Lumia 435

Microsoft Lumia 435 Dual SIM

Microsoft Lumia 435 Dual SIM DTV

Microsoft Lumia 532

Microsoft Lumia 532 Dual SIM

Microsoft Lumia 640 Dual SIM

Microsoft Lumia 535 Dual SIM

Those are the phones in testing for Windows 10. Do you see any non-Microsoft devices on that list? No. That is what happens when your software partner competes with you in hardware.

The RK3288 looks like an interesting device. Full 4K support, I see. That will be an impressive device for the cost and size. Can't wait to see the Steam Streamer version.

A lot of diversity

It is good to see third party OEM devices figure prominently in this early list as first class citizens. It should help allay concerns of some parties that competing with Microsoft on hardware when they are providing the software platform as well might be ill advised.

Google bashing

no substance

Well that was clear as mud

Communications must not be Microsoft's strong point.

What horror

Google let people find cheap medicine, opposed SOPA, supported network neutrality, told sites if they didn't want to show up in Google's search results they didn't have to. What jerks.

Makes a dreamy monitor

Not as interesting in my mind for watching the babble box but the spreadsheets, database forms and code windows are amazing.

What this means

We can look forward to hearing from Rob Enderle again.

Still Gigabytes

This is not slim.