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how the gently caress does this happen it's absolutely lol but I'm feeling confused and sad and angry
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Ice_2_c_u posted:how the gently caress does this happen microsofts internal culture (stack ranking) actively encourages people to sabotage other projects and seek out troubled, mediocre teams to be a part of
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Cardboard Box A posted:"Microsoft promised cheaper Windows tablets with its "Windows 8.1 with Bing" option for manufacturers, and they’re now starting to arrive. so? "Windows 8.1" doesn't support 1024x600. for that you need to buy the "Windows 8.1 with Bing" sku
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Ice_2_c_u posted:how the gently caress does this happen well you see the first guy asked us to make an os like this  and the second guy asked us to make a tablet like this  so i was just following orders sir
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Sep 3, 2014 20:05
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Cardboard Box A posted:http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/3/6100741/toshiba-encore-mini-windows-tablet motherfucker
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theyre going to just quietly remove the screen resolution requirement and give app developers different sizes to design for. because what the windows app store needs is more obstacles to development.
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Sep 3, 2014 20:32
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Cardboard Box A posted:1024 x 600 how in the gently caress?
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Sep 3, 2014 21:43
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Don't worry. They won't actually sell any so nobody will notice.
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Cardboard Box A posted:http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/3/6100741/toshiba-encore-mini-windows-tablet read the rest of the article for extra laffs, people. "There’s no Windows button on the Encore Mini, meaning [b]you’ll need to swipe for the Charms bar to navigate around. The display also has extremely bad viewing angles when you’re navigating around, so you’re really getting what you pay for here. There’s also the issue of a full version of Windows running on such a small device, and with manufacturers now technically able to run Windows Phone at 7 inches it would make more sense for these types of devices to opt for Microsoft’s true mobile operating system in future." It's me I'm running Windows Phone 8.1 SP2 with Bing on my lovely tablet (because I couldn't afford a used iPad) " HP is also planning to release 7- and 8-inch versions of its new "Stream" PC line for just $99 this holiday season, both running Windows. " Oldsmobile posted:Don't worry. They won't actually sell any so nobody will notice. at those price points? so long as the things are not actively catching on fire they'll sell a buttload. OTOH gently caress practicality and usability its like Vista all over again. Take a much-maligned OS, package it with poo poo-spec hardware and then act surprised, surprised! when it fails. I for one look forward to picking up one of these to play with when they hit ebay as "refurbs" sometinme in January '15 for like $60 bucks
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microsoft's corporate strategy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGyEd0aKWZE
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I'm p.sure I saw our good friend paulie t hyping some $130 hp windows craplets on his twitter today or yesterday
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Sep 3, 2014 22:38
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so is windows or android occupying the low end poo poo tablet market now if you exclude importing something thats going to kill you?
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Thanks Ants posted:so is windows or android occupying the low end poo poo tablet market now if you exclude importing something thats going to kill you? windows is trying to be even lower end than android in order to gain any kind of market share at all
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Android isn't free to companies like Toshiba and Samsung, since Microsoft is dinging them with patent licensing. So I'd imagine the way it works here is that they tell the OEMs they'll waive patent licenses for X devices if you build and ship X Windows tablets.
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pseudorandom name posted:windows is trying to be even lower end than android in order to gain any kind of market share at all
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HAIL eSATA-n posted:while still charging for windows naw With Bing Edition is free to OEMs
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Thanks Ants posted:so is windows or android occupying the low end poo poo tablet market now if you exclude importing something thats going to kill you? im excited to see the garbage anroid manufacturers will pop out to compete w/these
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counting down to the first set of toshiba android tablets that look suspiciously like the windows ones, running an x86 android build and a custom app store.
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raruler posted:Android isn't free to companies like Toshiba and Samsung, since Microsoft is dinging them with patent licensing. I think Samsung stopped paying the royalties because MS china leaked the patents that MS claims and Samsung thinks its BS. edit: http://rcpmag.com/articles/2014/08/04/microsoft-sues-samsung.aspx mod sassinator fucked around with this message at 23:18 on Sep 3, 2014 |
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remember when toshiba made good computer electronics?
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toshiba made that funny youtube about perpendicular bits I think
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their crt tvs were good. er maybe air conditioners? mitsubishi pretty much own that market though.
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I had one of their tv's but it has some garbage skin tone correction that you couldn't turn off and it was always a frame or two behind so when you had someone face moving across the screen quickly there would be a red shadow following them gently caress their poo poo
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Shinku ABOOKEN posted:remember when toshiba made good computer electronics? ...and the screen randomly turns off.
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qirex posted:toshiba made that funny youtube about perpendicular bits I think That was Hitachi.
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http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-gears-up-to-mass-produce-large-screen-touch-displays-7000033257/quote:Stephen Elop, Microsoft's Executive Vice President of Devices, told attendees of Microsoft's Australian Partner Conference on September 2 that Microsoft was gearing up to "mass produce" PPI displays. That report comes via The Australian, which reported on Elop's remarks at the conference. (One of my Twitter contacts, @walksm8, confirmed Elop's PPI comments.) ahhh yes, because the problem with windows 8 and the surface is that they just aren't big enough
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mod sassinator posted:http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-gears-up-to-mass-produce-large-screen-touch-displays-7000033257/ The original surface is making a comeback in a big  way
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mod sassinator posted:http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-gears-up-to-mass-produce-large-screen-touch-displays-7000033257/ microsoft still think the future of computing is automated homes with centralized home servers and giant screens on every wall. they've been persuing this vision for years despite multiple failures along the way
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mod sassinator posted:http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-gears-up-to-mass-produce-large-screen-touch-displays-7000033257/
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i seriously think execs like balmer and elop live in this fantasy world where they use stuff like that and think it is perfectly viable consumer technology. meanwhile they have an army of aids and staff that make poo poo work behind the scenes to make the illusion work. it's like reagan and star wars defense initiative
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mod sassinator posted:i seriously think execs like balmer and elop live in this fantasy world where they use stuff like that and think it is perfectly viable consumer technology. meanwhile they have an army of aids and staff that make poo poo work behind the scenes to make the illusion work. can we get dweezil zappa to sing "sur face won't worrrk"
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mod sassinator posted:i seriously think execs like balmer and elop live in this fantasy world where they use stuff like that and think it is perfectly viable consumer technology. meanwhile they have an army of aids and staff that make poo poo work behind the scenes to make the illusion work. it's gate's fault. he's still the "visionary" behind all of the microsoft blunders. balmer and elop follow his orders. Bill Gates posted:I just got my Surface Pro a week ago and it is very nice.
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