Recent content by jbaylon

Meh, good luck to me!

Why does it use so much of the CPU? I recently throttled the CPU (the i7, with 16 G RAM, if it matters) to max out at 75% under one of my more conservative power plans, and now video gets choppy (1 second of play, pause for half a second, repeat over and over again). It's not my internet...

Is there anything actually better about OneNote 2016 vs. 2013? I usually use 2013 over the app, since there are some features missing (e.g. handwriting recognition) in the app. As for how to do it, just open the "Surface" app that comes installed on the SP4. After one of the recent updates...

Wow. First, "programs are getting more efficient" is patently false, borderline delusional. The more efficient programs get, the more features they cram in. Particularly as 8 GB and beyond becomes the norm. Second, bringing up the fact that they have windows 10 running on Lumia phones is wildly...

So I'm a fairly standard user, I think, and I'm currently running two instances of Chrome (4 tabs total), and I have one document open in Visio and one in Word. My RAM has flatlined at 3.2GB used (out of 8GB available). My install of Windows 10 is also brand new (3 days old, I think), and...

Shoot, I didn't realize. 1 GHz processor? It's easily most economical to pull that computer from 1997 out of the dumpster in your apartment complex. Give it a new hard drive and you'll be jetting through documents like its 2005!

I also have an i7/16/256 version, and ho buddy it's gorgeous. I'd agree that waiting until sleep issues are patched isn't a bad idea, but I just revised the power plan to make the device hibernate instead of sleep most of the time. It takes a few extra seconds to start when I hit the power...

shoot, awesome. Thanks for the help! I'll post back if anything seems awry =)

I am getting a brand new surface pro 4 (i7) this evening. A couple questions: What tests/checks should I perform to ensure there is nothing wrong with the hardware? Are there common issues with the screen or backlight or anything else that I should double check? Also, what sequence should I go...

Not that I'm that experienced with the OS (only had it for 24 hours now), but literally nothing has crashed or seemed glitchy or unstable. The only eyebrow raiser for me is higher battery drain than I'm used to, but it's not unusable now, and I hope (and, maybe, expect) that over the next few...

Got 10586 yesterday evening, and so far my experience is a mostly positive one. First off: HOLY COW, IT'S GORGEOUS. Just so, so pretty. UI elements are well thought out. I'm honestly very impressed at how fluid and intuitive and pretty it comes across when there are really only very minimal...

Welp, Taking the plunge. Thanks for the suggestions, I'll be prepared to roll back to 8.1 if necessary. I'll let you know how it feels after the install!

I've got an HTX One M8 on AT&T, and I noticed recently that Microsoft has listed my phone as compatible for the windows 10 Mobile updates. Honestly, I'm a bit tired of waiting for windows 10, and I want to install it on my phone. However, I've got two concerns I'd need more confidence in before...

Heyo, I'm just wondering if it's possible to get a 10% student discount when buying from Amazon. I know the Microsoft store offers the 10%, but it is preferable for me to buy from Amazon if the student discount is also available. Thanks!

Hmm. Thanks for the feedback! Would you expect the i7 version to take a hit on battery life? Also, processing power aside, do you know anything about the integrated graphics performance of the i7 (iris, I think it's called...) compared to the i5 (HD520, I think....)?