Recent content by dlls

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    A bad year for Intel. Are they still relevant?

    I don't see Qualcomm being relevant competition for real PCs chips (laptops included) any time soon. AMD is a real competitor though. And always connected PCs aren't real PCs as far as I'm concerned. The first generation didn't get any traction, I don't see why future generations would. A...
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    Windows Defender Security - Is it Enough?

    I don't use it myself, I don't use an antivirus at all, I have my own prevention and disaster recovery mechanisms in place. But it should be enough for most people. It's certainly better than 3rd party security suites which most times only create more problems and performance issues than they do...
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    Absolutely love Timeline

    I don't like the feature or need it so i turned it off. I want to work fast on the stuff I'm doing NOW. I couldn't care less what I did 10 days ago and I just want WIN+TAB to be a current tasks switcher. They should have focused on improving the multi-monitor experience instead.
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    MS trying to shove Edge down peoples' throats

    I don't care as long as the behavior can be changed (even via registry edits).
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    For a Microsoft eco-system purist, which is better: iPhone or Android?

    OS features and good enough MS services or not, my problem is that I simply can not find an Android flagship to match my aging Lumia 950XL. I let the removable battery requirement go eventually, but I still absolutely want: OLED screen, at least 5.8'', headphone jack, microsd slot, always-on...
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    What are your Pre/Post 'Spectre' (Bios Update) Benchmark Results

    I have the BIOS updates available but I have not patched any of my PCs and I probably never will. I also blocked KB4056892. I'm not willing to sacrifice performance and get possible random reboots because of the rushed fixes just so I can gain some false sense of security. The truth is the...
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    Why Can't Windows 10 Play Windows Phone Games?

    I'm afraid I'd have to say that this makes no sense whatsoever. If you have a PC then you can run real games.
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    How to use the Armchair CEO Forum!

    Drop the "refresh" mentality while there are still some people left who don't think that my company is a complete joke. I would also probably realize that the cloud services era won't last forever, and with no consumer and enterprise products to fall back to, the company I run would be pretty...
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    Do you use a VPN? Why or why not?

    Yes. I use my own server to connect my phone/laptops/work pcs to my home network. Paid VPN service is kind of silly. All it supposedly does is to anonymize your internet traffic. It doesn't do the really useful stuff like bridging private networks together. You can rent a cheap dedicated...
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    Does iPhone X grab you?

    No. It doesn't have anything more special than a 950XL. Just because they managed to put an OLED screen on it doesn't mean it's worth even considering at over 1000 euros. Maybe when they manage to put a headphone jack in and sell this otherwise unimpressive phone for 500 Euros, it would be worth...
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    Microsoft owes us that have stuck with them since Windows Phone 7 and even beyond!!!

    They owe everyone for destroying Nokia. I like W10M but, I still can't get over all the crap, inconsistency and lack of commitment they showed for the past 2-3 years. At this point, I doubt I will embrace anything new they come up with. It's going to take a lot of time to regain some trust.
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    I need to know a good music player compatible with windows 10

    Foobar2000 for local playback. Plex for remote playback. Used to use Groove with subscription for a while but the audio quality of the WMA files Microsoft provides is a joke. Might be good enough for deaf kids using Beats headphones but I'm not that guy.
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    The Story Behind the Lumia 620 Battery

    1430 mAh BL-5J work perfectly on Lumia 620 and they provide about 10% longer battery life. I think Mugen bateries are kind of nonsense for the price they ask for them. $50 simply isn't worth it, I could buy 4x BL-5J batteries for that money.
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    Official Lumia 620 Amber Update Thread

    If you have the Hong Kong version, you'll have to wait for the update to be available for Hong Kong (it isn't at the moment, according to Nokia's update availability website). It doesn't matter what country you're in or what carrier you're on, all that matters is the phone's product code...