I would love to read a new Penny Arcade review of this vs. Surface Pro 4. I hope it happens...
New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft
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Microsoft's server software is actually top-notch and has been for years. Server 2003 was rough, but after that MS really started improving the management tools and allowing a lot more command line via powershell, etc. And in corporate America, Microsoft's Server products are near-ubiquitous. Consider that most of the in-house workflow tools at any company are built in Sharepoint -- and Sharepoint is actually a great…
> Microsoft's server software is actually top-notch and has been for years. I disagree because I think there's a lot more important things to a server than those tools. What I want from a server is versatility. I want to learn one server OS and use it for all of my server needs (for the most part). I can't do that with Windows Server because it's not a good platform for non-Microsoft technologies.
If all you plan to do is develop applications for the web, then go for Linux.
If you ever plan to step foot into corporate IT, you're going to have to deal with Windows because Linux is a bad platform for Microsoft technologies -- and most corporate IT departments exist to deliver Microsoft technologies to end users. Exchange, Outlook, Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Sharepoint, etc. are the standard in the corporate world, and there really aren't any other applications that measure up.
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I don't like where they're placed on my keyboard either, so I use AutoHotkey to bind those functions to alt+arrows. Alt+up for page up, alt+down for page down, alt+left for home and alt+right for end. After a couple hours it became muscle memory again.
How do you press Shift+Alt+Up/Down/Left/Right? Text editors I use do vertical block selection for Shift+Alt+arrows. Doing this kind of remapping will give you Shift+PageUp/PageDown/Home/End which is not cool...
I use shift+alt+left/right to highlight lines, but I don't use shift+alt+up/down ever. I use my mouse for that.
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Pro and Enterprise versions of Windows 10 come with Bitlocker Drive Encryption, FYI.
Which is as trustworthy as mailing a copy of your HDD to the NSA directly. We, as users, have no way of verifying what BitLocker does, if it has backdoors, etc.
We really need to differentiate between the two types of "security" when we're talking about them. Are you worried about your personal information being stolen? That's security. Are you worrying about being spied on? That's privacy. People generally aren't worried that the NSA will steal their personal information, run up their credit card bill, etc. They're worried that the NSA will see something that could be used against them in court, or used to target government actions against them in any way. Not to say that an NSA backdoor couldn't compromise both security and privacy, but this is a simplified view.
BitLocker is secure in that it keeps out the attackers. If it keeps out the NSA is a different story (one that is much harder to determine).
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I found compiling on Windows always a bit of a PITA. On Linux I just install build-essentials and everything works fine. On Windows I had to install a specific version of VS and fiddle around with the path to get things running. But maybe there is something like the build-essentials package in chocolatey? The terminal command history also feels strange. But I like cls more than clear, haha :D
Compiling what? May be some of us can help you. If it's C++, I did learn cmake, and now I use the same script for Ubuntu and for Win7/VS2008 and Win8.1/VS2012, and so far I just don't care about compilation issues anymore. Sadly the VS site only has VS2015 now. But yes, the first time you have to check the VS version and add all the proper env vars for the cmake scripts to find the libraries. But anyway, it is much b…
Doesn't help the slow-as-molasses NTFS unfortunately, or the inefficient scheduler.
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Consider changing the title to mention Surface Pro 4, Lumia 950, Surface Book, and Band 2. The event was about more than the Surface Book.
Happy to, but won't people complain about the URL then?
Would this link work better?
http://blogs.windows.com/devices/2015/10/06/a-new-era-of-win...
Blog post with links to all the new devices.
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#598I'll be the odd one out and say that I will miss the kickstand on the Surface Book. For me, the kickstand is what has made the SP3 into the best computing device I've ever used. While a proper laptop will cover many of the same cases as the kickstand, there are times when the kickstand can function as a hook, allowing the surface to be used in positions a laptop simply wouldn't be practical. Probably my favorite exam…
There is still the Surface Pro 4 for the kickstand lovers among us.
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Its like Microsoft's Google Nexus series....
The Google Nexus never seemed to pull the rug under anyone, they weren't a best selling device in most circumstances. The Nexus devices were often also available straight from their vendor at the time in the same form or a slightly different model. And most importantly the Nexuses were always sourced from on of their partners, here MSFT is directly competing against their partners.
Suspect you might just be a tad over-negative about this.
First, Microsoft doesn't own any factories so the business is going to a partner (probably Pegatron).
Second, Microsoft partners can sign up to sell and support the Surface Pro range. Dell and HP have already done so. Shipping thousands of Surface Pros into businesses, imaging them, and supporting them on-site and remotely is the part of the PC business with margins, which are rather thin on Windows hardware.
Also, Microsoft isn't competing in the mainstream Windows market, where device prices are typically $200 to $500. In fact, it's mainly competing against Apple, which is arguably a good thing for the rest of the Windows ecosystem....
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Exactly this ... outside of ThinkPad, many Windows hardware options have been pretty embarrassing.
VAIO had an edge a while back. Toshiba still throw some stuff from time to time. Panasonic too but in the survivor category.
Somewhat off topic, what're Vaio users migrating to? I look every year or so to see what the current laptop offerings are, and nothing has convinced me to leave my 5+ year old Vaio.