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univbee
Jun 3, 2004




Ads, or rather "suggested apps", are a thing now on the Start Menu in the new build.



You can turn them off, at least.

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theultimo
Aug 2, 2004

An RSS feed bot who makes questionable purchasing decisions.
Pillbug

univbee posted:

Ads, or rather "suggested apps", are a thing now on the Start Menu in the new build.



You can turn them off, at least.

Just wait until the become pop-up notifications like TRY OFFICE 365 PLEASE REALLY FREE FOR A MONTH JUST TRY IT notifications

The MUMPSorceress
Jan 6, 2012


^SHTPSTS

Gary’s Answer

univbee posted:

Ads, or rather "suggested apps", are a thing now on the Start Menu in the new build.



You can turn them off, at least.

new from samgsun, window x.

Dolomite
Jul 26, 2000
Cars & Legs

theultimo posted:

Just wait until the become pop-up notifications like TRY OFFICE 365 PLEASE REALLY FREE FOR A MONTH JUST TRY IT notifications

even with office 2013 or 2016 installed it still nags about 365

Juul-Whip
Mar 10, 2008

my stepdads beer posted:

what a catchy hashtag

they tried to make #cortanacashhaveawesome happen and they had shirts printed up within seconds

turnways
Jun 22, 2004

Phoenixan posted:



entering the isometric zone

i regredit

cremnob
Jun 30, 2010

:siren: :siren: :siren:

http://9to5mac.com/2015/10/15/ibm-mac-support/

this is the IT janitor's worst nightmare

duTrieux.
Oct 9, 2003

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/10/windows-10-upgrade-installing-automatically-on-some-windows-7-8-systems/

Windows 10 upgrade installing automatically on some Windows 7, 8 systems

Microsoft says that the optional update was enabled by mistake.

cremnob
Jun 30, 2010

thirsty

cremnob
Jun 30, 2010

the PC does what ads are here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhFQvClyftY

qirex
Feb 15, 2001

wow those are terrible

I'm pretty sure microsoft has the worst marketing roi of any company ever

qirex fucked around with this message at 20:24 on Oct 15, 2015

Scott Forstall
Aug 16, 2003

MMM THAT FAUX LEATHER

lol loving hell

I imagine eddy cue running into phil schiller's office saying, "dudedudedude, you have to see this."

and then they lol and smoke weed for the rest of the day

Perplx
Jun 26, 2004


Best viewed on Orgasma Plasma
Lipstick Apathy
pc does all these things!
but no pc actually has all the featured they showed

thin, infinity edge, 18 hour battery, good sound, convertible, discreet video card

qirex
Feb 15, 2001

that's the pc ~*ecosystem*~ a million different models and not one of them 100% good

theultimo
Aug 2, 2004

An RSS feed bot who makes questionable purchasing decisions.
Pillbug

Perplx posted:

pc does all these things!
but no pc actually has all the featured they showed

thin, infinity edge, 18 hour battery, good sound, convertible, discreet video card

Microsoft bo:lol:


Can't finish that.

duTrieux.
Oct 9, 2003

microsoft bool

MrMoo
Sep 14, 2000


no why.

The china.jpg thread is leaking.

Thanks Ants
May 21, 2004

#essereFerrari


lol what poo poo carpentry if you can slide a laptop under a door

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

Thanks Ants posted:

lol what poo poo carpentry if you can slide a laptop under a door

a place that used to have carpet and now doesnt

bring back old gbs
Feb 28, 2007

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Smythe posted:

a place that used to have carpet and now doesnt

Then buy some weather stripping u bitch!!!!!!!!'!!!!!!!

pram
Jun 10, 2001

cremnob posted:

:siren: :siren: :siren:

http://9to5mac.com/2015/10/15/ibm-mac-support/

this is the IT janitor's worst nightmare

heh look at these ibm idiots missing out on epic thinkpads

Clockwerk
Apr 6, 2005


just lol if you've never felt the gentle touch of a Lenovo Thinkpad w740

HAIL eSATA-n
Apr 7, 2007


duTrieux. posted:

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/10/windows-10-upgrade-installing-automatically-on-some-windows-7-8-systems/

Windows 10 upgrade installing automatically on some Windows 7, 8 systems

Microsoft says that the optional update was enabled by mistake.

ms posted:

As part of our effort to bring Windows 10 to existing genuine Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 customers, the Windows 10 upgrade may appear as an optional update in the Windows Update (WU) control panel. This is an intuitive and trusted place people go to find Recommended and Optional updates to Windows. In the recent Windows update, this option was checked as default; this was a mistake and we are removing the check.
lol not anymore

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



this is why microsoft is piss

Clockwerk
Apr 6, 2005


Snapchat A Titty posted:

this is why microsoft is piss

a piss c does what??

Happy_Misanthrope
Aug 3, 2007

"I wanted to kill you, go to your funeral, and anyone who showed up to mourn you, I wanted to kill them too."
swipe left Dale nooooooooooooo

theultimo
Aug 2, 2004

An RSS feed bot who makes questionable purchasing decisions.
Pillbug

Happy_Misanthrope posted:

swipe left Dale nooooooooooooo



drat you dew

pram
Jun 10, 2001

qirex posted:

wow those are terrible

I'm pretty sure microsoft has the worst marketing roi of any company ever

lol

pram
Jun 10, 2001
PC DOES WHAT????

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



*squirt*

fart simpson
Jul 2, 2005

DEATH TO AMERICA
:xickos:


what the heck

Space-Pope
Aug 13, 2003

by zen death robot
why are small bezels a feature

who cares about the loving bezels

PleasureKevin
Jan 2, 2011

pram posted:

PC DOES WHAT????

chicken butt

triple sulk
Sep 17, 2014




holy poo poo

Trashman
Sep 11, 2000

You trash eating stink bag!
Fun Shoe

cremnob posted:

:siren: :siren: :siren:

http://9to5mac.com/2015/10/15/ibm-mac-support/

this is the IT janitor's worst nightmare

lol at the Windows janitors trying to argue this in the comments

DaNzA
Sep 11, 2001

:D
Grimey Drawer

Trashman posted:

lol at the Windows janitors trying to argue this in the comments

OS and applications run on hardware. The reason why apple doesn’t have as many issues there is because they unify the platform into a few tested models each year that run the software. If you buy off the shelf pcs and a different model for each employee, so models will fail with the same is and software, some won’t. So if you test your platform before you rollout you can expect consistent performance for your users. This is why lots of companies don’t allow users to install new software. So they know that things perform in an expected planned way.

I would say I’m not focus on hardware. I’m focused on a holistic review. Buy going with Apple they are simply eliminating variables. That doesn’t mean they couldn’t eliminate variables and have more powerfully pcs for a lower cost that they could support in house. That is just not what they chose to do.

Without knowing how the pcs became a problem you can’t say that Mac was the only solution or even a better solution. It’s possible that they just didn’t have a disciplined team controlling rollout.

When you have to support staff that can choose any pc and software you will have massive support costs. So a real comparison would be with a business that rolled out one model of pc to all its users and then supported it. Because that is effectively what Apple is, a pc option that effectively has one model.

The article suggests the user should make the leap that Apple is superior. That is an unfair and dishonest assessment because it is apples to oranges.

The move from pcs is plotted on a single dimension, support costs. It doesn’t take into account that you can make a large amount of those improvements and still use pcs and it doesn’t say anything about the cost of purchase Apple machines vs. pcs, or the relative value to power of those machines.

It is just spin, in might not be wrong, but leaving out the other dimensions makes it spin.

Phoenixan
Jan 16, 2010

Just Keep Cool-idge
huh, i wonder if the verge if fawning over this



of course they are

carry on then
Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

(and can't post for 10 years!)

DaNzA posted:

OS and applications run on hardware. The reason why apple doesn’t have as many issues there is because they unify the platform into a few tested models each year that run the software. If you buy off the shelf pcs and a different model for each employee, so models will fail with the same is and software, some won’t. So if you test your platform before you rollout you can expect consistent performance for your users. This is why lots of companies don’t allow users to install new software. So they know that things perform in an expected planned way.

I would say I’m not focus on hardware. I’m focused on a holistic review. Buy going with Apple they are simply eliminating variables. That doesn’t mean they couldn’t eliminate variables and have more powerfully pcs for a lower cost that they could support in house. That is just not what they chose to do.

Without knowing how the pcs became a problem you can’t say that Mac was the only solution or even a better solution. It’s possible that they just didn’t have a disciplined team controlling rollout.

When you have to support staff that can choose any pc and software you will have massive support costs. So a real comparison would be with a business that rolled out one model of pc to all its users and then supported it. Because that is effectively what Apple is, a pc option that effectively has one model.

The article suggests the user should make the leap that Apple is superior. That is an unfair and dishonest assessment because it is apples to oranges.

The move from pcs is plotted on a single dimension, support costs. It doesn’t take into account that you can make a large amount of those improvements and still use pcs and it doesn’t say anything about the cost of purchase Apple machines vs. pcs, or the relative value to power of those machines.

It is just spin, in might not be wrong, but leaving out the other dimensions makes it spin.

lol there was only one choice before, at least for developers. you got whatever the thinkpad workstation laptop was at the time

PleasureKevin
Jan 2, 2011

whereas PCs have to support parts from AMD nVidia and Intel Macs are a unified platform restricted to AMD nVidia and Intel so of course there's less bugs

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Dubstep Jesus
Jun 27, 2012

by exmarx

cremnob posted:

:siren: :siren: :siren:

http://9to5mac.com/2015/10/15/ibm-mac-support/

this is the IT janitor's worst nightmare

With all these Macs, what does IBM use for Office documents?

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