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waste of time
Doesn't that prove my point I originally made. No one knows shit about when this thing is being released.
We know it will hit at the end of the month.
So you can say with 100% certainty, that a delay is indisputably out of the question?
brotkasten
Member
That's the official line. What else do you want? I don't get mad, because I can't pre-order the iPad Mini 2013 yet either.
I'm an expert
Formerly worldrevolution. The only reason I am nice to anyone else is to avoid being banned.
It's more about the perception of this product release. It makes it seem like MS doesn't really give a shit about the thing. Obviously as a first gen adopter I want to know MS is really behind it and that it will be their flagship model for at least a year.
In simpler terms, I WANT HYPE.
iFootball
Member
zephervack
Member
Cant wait for reviews!
brotkasten
Member
I'll only consider one if Panay drops one on stage.
What kind of stuff do you need being done? There are a couple that can do some basic stuff like filters, cropping, and editing some basic things like brightness, contrast.
Fhotoroom is one such, haven't messed with it though, just saw it on there.
Crop, clone, cut, paste, rotate, lasso and text manipulation. Think high quality meme generation tools, or photo caption mockery.
brotkasten
Member
Don't you have Paint on your RT desktop?
Paint has clone? Goes to look...
http://www.greatwindowsapps.com/browse/top/photo
Pick your poison.
And BTW, Snes8X is now available on Windows Phone 8: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/snes8x/f8b632b0-1cac-4acd-b66e-d2154766e92a
Pick your poison.
And BTW, Snes8X is now available on Windows Phone 8: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/snes8x/f8b632b0-1cac-4acd-b66e-d2154766e92a
PowerPoint
Alx
Member
I have an annoying problem I already faced last week : while doing a presentation (second monitor connected to the video output), I'm trying to display a Google Doc worksheet with IE, and I get a message saying that the resolution is too high to be displayed, and the app will exit. The thing is, after toying with desktop display modes (Win+P : duplicated/extended) and relaunching IE, it can display the required page just fine, either on the tablet or the screen.
I don't know why I'm getting the first error, or if there is a way to avoid it ?
I don't know why I'm getting the first error, or if there is a way to avoid it ?
a secret-boss
Banned
so gaming GAF think itza XBUX720 announcement
but I think its Surface Pro will finally be announced for sale
Event Details:
DATE: Thursday, January 24, 2013
LOCATION: Microsoft Technology Center, Microsoft Mountain View Campus, 1065 La Avenida, Building 1, Mountain View CA 94043
TIME: 5:30pm - 8:30pm
5:30pm - Registration
6:15pm - 8:15pm - Presentations, networking, product demo'ing
8:30pm - Event concludes
but I think its Surface Pro will finally be announced for sale
Event Details:
DATE: Thursday, January 24, 2013
LOCATION: Microsoft Technology Center, Microsoft Mountain View Campus, 1065 La Avenida, Building 1, Mountain View CA 94043
TIME: 5:30pm - 8:30pm
5:30pm - Registration
6:15pm - 8:15pm - Presentations, networking, product demo'ing
8:30pm - Event concludes
https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032540902&culture=en-US
Edit: oh I see. The invite seems to spell it all out. Gaf is going to be disappointed as always. https://msftopenhousesvc.eventbrite.com/#
a secret-boss
Banned
ah bollocks.
I guess its too much for a Surface Pro sale announcement to be an event.
I guess I'll just wait for engadget or Verge to break it. like the specs for Surface Pro was
I guess its too much for a Surface Pro sale announcement to be an event.
I guess I'll just wait for engadget or Verge to break it. like the specs for Surface Pro was
I hope so. Talk about xBox the whole time and then end it with an announcement of Surface Pro release date.
I'm an expert
Formerly worldrevolution. The only reason I am nice to anyone else is to avoid being banned.
You guys are gettin a lil desperate..I'd def drop $1500 on the thing if I could pick it up right now though.
killer rin
Member
Come to think of it, PowerPoint and Snipping Tool would be perfect for meme generation
how do I activate the OS snipping tool in RT?
Alex Kipman talk should be cool.
Gamer @ Heart
Member
I am not a pc gamer, but before i realized how poor my laptop was relative to my expectations, i did buy a few games for it, including the witcher 1 and Stalker.
I really really want to play through stalker.
Would the Intel HD4000 in the surface pro be able to blaze through these old games?
I really really want to play through stalker.
Would the Intel HD4000 in the surface pro be able to blaze through these old games?
It isn't going to blaze through them, but you probably can play them on low settings at 1080p and mediumish at 720p. Here's a benchmark of the HD4000 and it should have comparable performance in the surface pro.
I'm an expert
Formerly worldrevolution. The only reason I am nice to anyone else is to avoid being banned.
Went to a Bestbuy to finally try out the touch cover and there..was no Surface display. There were plenty of tablets, Apple shit, but nothing related to the Surface. Then I found it, a few pink touch covers hangin in a corner with a Surface banner underneath them and a machine.. the machine? Some Asus laptop. Fuuuuuuckkkk..
plagiarize
Banned
I'm putting AVP Classic on mine, and that is going to make me very happy all by itself.
Except the ulv haswell wont exist in retail until the second half of this year. Not to mention that its the same process as ivy bridge so even with the redesign of the gpu and steps to make it all more energy efficient its still not going to make today's games more playable. Then you have to factor in that newer games from this year will face the same problems as 2012 games on ivy bridge.
Broadwell will combine a micron drop along with improvements to the cpu and gpu.
BigWeather
Member
Is anyone having difficulty installing updates? The store indicates four are available but when I click it just sits and spins.
KamenSenshi
Junior Member
Was having that issue but after rebooting a couple times over a few days it finally let me update. Not sure what the issue was, it would just spin for a bit and then say it couldn't connect to the store.
BigWeather
Member
Yup, exactly what I'm seeing. I'll try rebooting and see if that works -- thanks!
jchap
Member
This is always true no matter when you buy
Finally, a release date. http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2013/01/22/growing-the-surface-family-surface-windows-8-pro-availability-confirmed.aspx
Oh and look at that, it's not in January.
Oh and look at that, it's not in January.
This. I was seriously considering going down to Buffalo on release day to pick one up if it wasn't available in Canada on the same day. Pumped to pick this up. I wonder when pre orders start.
brotkasten
Member
lastflowers
Banned
Nope, never coming out. They're just going to push it to 2014.
a secret-boss
Banned
Making the wait for Helix much easier