So does anyone know if this is a doorbuster only or can we order online?
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So does anyone know if this is a doorbuster only or can we order online?
Thank you
Source pls.Yeah depending on benchmarks between 950 and 950 XL, and first hand impressions, I'll decide on which one.
maximum360
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Thank you
Yeah depending on benchmarks between 950 and 950 XL, and first hand impressions, I'll decide on which one.
I haven't ready anywhere that both have liquid cooling. Only the 810s really needed it anyway due to overheating. I don't see MS spending extra resources to include something that wasn't necessary to begin with.
Since both handsets have gone through the FCC I am cautiously optimistic about rumors recently suggested a release on the 20th of 27th of November. Even my brothers who a big Android handset junky is considering the 950 or 950 XL. I was shocked.
Also Russia and Poland have launch events on the 24th of November.
http://blogs.windows.com/windowsexp...-major-update-for-windows-10-available-today/
Wait, it's ready to go?
TheBryanJZX90
Member
Holy crap that article on Windows Central is embarrassing
Steelyuhas
Member
10586 is TH2 on desktop, mobile, and Xbox. So yeah it's ready to go (unless they are still recompiling that build on mobile for fixes).
Stopped reading after that 300 movie or whatever analogy.
brotkasten
Member
What is it about?
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Or even a link, yeesh, why assume we all know about it?
NeOak
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brotkasten
Member
What a bunch of a-holes. Suddenly it makes sense that they're on the same blogger network as Crackberry.
You mess with it in person?
Sweet. Hope the phone one is good too.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
Urmphf.
brotkasten
Member
Well, does it?
maximum360
Member
My SP4 impressions:
More of the same, but everything is a bit better than before. It's ever so slightly lighter - almost imperceptible when you pick it up, but holding it for a while that actually makes quite a difference. The screen was good before, now it's excellent. Just really sharp and the colours pop. The speakers are much, much better and Hello, for me, is a big thing.
If they wouldn't have tempted me so much with the trade in offers I wouldn't have gone for it, but now I'm really happy that I have.
2 things that aren't great:
- I miss having a Windows button. It was annoying and I hit it all the time when I didn't want to (the placement was just shit on SP3), but I still miss it. Now I have to have the taskbar visible at all times and when you use it as a tablet, that's not great. A button at the bottom of the screen where you don't actually hold the device would be much preferable.
- there is definitely a bit of lag with the pen. Not a problem when you are writing, but certainly not brilliant for artists. I hope they fix this with a driver upgrade. Other than that the pen is a good upgrade, nicer to use and the magnetic strip is much better than the loop. Didn't fall off in my bag either, btw.
More of the same, but everything is a bit better than before. It's ever so slightly lighter - almost imperceptible when you pick it up, but holding it for a while that actually makes quite a difference. The screen was good before, now it's excellent. Just really sharp and the colours pop. The speakers are much, much better and Hello, for me, is a big thing.
If they wouldn't have tempted me so much with the trade in offers I wouldn't have gone for it, but now I'm really happy that I have.
2 things that aren't great:
- I miss having a Windows button. It was annoying and I hit it all the time when I didn't want to (the placement was just shit on SP3), but I still miss it. Now I have to have the taskbar visible at all times and when you use it as a tablet, that's not great. A button at the bottom of the screen where you don't actually hold the device would be much preferable.
- there is definitely a bit of lag with the pen. Not a problem when you are writing, but certainly not brilliant for artists. I hope they fix this with a driver upgrade. Other than that the pen is a good upgrade, nicer to use and the magnetic strip is much better than the loop. Didn't fall off in my bag either, btw.
maximum360
Member
I didn't do the SP4 upgrade since my SP3 is quite a capable machine. The main downsides of the SP3 were the black levels which were not the best in a dark room. Initially the wifi was really spotty but that was mostly addressed with some updates a few weeks to months after release. Also the fan would randomly go into beast mode while doing nothing more than browsing the internet. Lastly the type cover was passable.
I picked up the type cover 4 with fingerprint reader. Typing on it is so much better and was worthy of the upgrade price. Signing in with the fingerprint reader is good but it gets occasionally glitchy and does not work. Also the SP3 will just randomly not recognized input from the keyboard trackpad which is only corrected with a soft reset. That gets old fast. I'm guessing these will be addressed with an update soon. I'm not sure if there's a way to use the fingerprint reader for logging in not only to windows but to all websites/apps. My HP laptop had this option 8 years ago and it was great.
I picked up the type cover 4 with fingerprint reader. Typing on it is so much better and was worthy of the upgrade price. Signing in with the fingerprint reader is good but it gets occasionally glitchy and does not work. Also the SP3 will just randomly not recognized input from the keyboard trackpad which is only corrected with a soft reset. That gets old fast. I'm guessing these will be addressed with an update soon. I'm not sure if there's a way to use the fingerprint reader for logging in not only to windows but to all websites/apps. My HP laptop had this option 8 years ago and it was great.
n64coder
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So my Windows 10 phone is stuck on a version from July 2015. It's my understanding that I should use the recovery tool to go back to 8.1. I did that and during the phone setup, it's asking if I want to restore from backup. Should I?
I want to get to the latest Windows 10 preview on the phone.
I want to get to the latest Windows 10 preview on the phone.
No i would sign in with another account, upgrade to W10, reset then sign in with your main account and restore from back up.
What trade in offers did you get?
Steelyuhas
Member
The baconit win10 update is awesome. Liking what I've seen from Universal apps from they ones we've seen so far.
Twitter, pls update mobile to the universal app.
Twitter, pls update mobile to the universal app.
brotkasten
Member
Did his display driver crash, too?
lastflowers
Banned
good to hear. I'll pass it along to him. He seemed as if he was hard at work on it for a while
Anton Sugar
Member
"Looks like Rodgers is a little frustrated with his iPad, Joe!"
CaptainABAB
Member
He didn't see a wide open receiver during the play. But he did once he watched the replay on the surface
So yeah, he was pissed at himself.
2 x 200 quid for a SRT and a S2. And a decent price for my SP3 on ebay, hopefully.
Kinky John
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7echnicolor
Member
Ah man I was worried for second, glad Islandwood (iOS ports) is still a thing. Really hope something comes from it. Even just Snapchat..
Isn't that what lastflowers was working on as well?
NeOak
Member
Yes, but unless you want to get him fired, don't ask him.
Fucking hell.
W10 beta mobile performance got better after they axed it. Good riddance if so.
Hopefully he moves to the Surface or Xbox team. Mobile team is zzz right now.