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REVIEW - windows weekly

episode # 363

[subjects-summary]

  1. [00:00] smalltalk
    1. ] 
  2. ] NO surface mini @ device announce
    1. ] delayed, NOT enough differentiation
    2. "] PT - reliable source, last minute decision to delay release,
    3. ] knew earlier, but didnt want to potentially out his source, surface 'guys' are incredibly sensitive about leaks 
    4. ] initial event invitation even said a 'small'
    5. ] speculation about why 'the mini' was delayed or even if it is cancelled
    6. ] Nadella & Elop, 11th hour decision, its another me too device
    7. "] MJF - Neilsen posted msft may have already mfg 15-20k units
    8. "] MJF - asked Panos Pany(surface division head) - 'still believes there is life left in the 8" form factor"
    9. ] never quite made sense was the fact that it was going to run Windows RT because it was ARM based. We already know that Microsoft’s not going to have Windows RT as an exists today continue. They’re reworking the operating system and merging the phone operating system and the Windows RT operating system in some way so that will be a new sku probably about the time of Threshold next year
    10. ] gemini touch first apps were not ready either
    11. "]PT - Nadella said - "we are NOT going to compete with our OEM's", isnt that exactly what Surface is doing, competing with their OEMs, lots of 8 in devices that could be used as a note taker, competing with the OEM’s. Not to put them out of business but to show them how Microsoft felt these devices should be
    12. ] new plan is for them to make a "differentiated devices" that can sit in the market alongside competing devices that aren’t exactly the same kind of thing.  
    13. ] ? re OEMs - hp spectre = macbook air clone, already has dr beats
  3. ] NEW msft SURFACE 3
    1. ] new 12" screen VS previous 10.x"
    2. ] new 3:2 screen ratio on surface3 
    3. ] same aspect ratio as piece of paper, more natural than 16x9
    4. ] laptop ? tablet
    5. ] 96% of tablets owners have a laptop,
    6. ] pushing for commercial sales, business customers, businesses paying for 3 devices (laptop, tablet, phone
    7. ] pt uses tablet for consumption only ( screen too big, mini tablet does the trick for that )
  4. ] - mj -  why NOT a laptop - portability  / LAP - ability
    1. ] students, journalists USE CASE is different than business users use case, more portability required, LAP ability
    2. ] business people use laptops/tablets differenlty, ie mostly on a desk
    3. ] MJ need/likes ( hinge, keyoard, flatbase)
  5. x] SURFACE 3 - PRICE POINTS - includes Surface and Pen, no keyboard
    1. [price USD] - [SSD] / [Ram] / [Process]
    2. $800  -  64/4/i3
    3. $1000 -  64/4/i5  
    4. $1300 - 256/8/i5
    5. $2000 - 512/8/i7
    6. $130 keyboard
    7. pricing is inline with macbook air prices, a premium product at a premium price
  6. x] SURFACE 3 - quotes, notes ] 
    1. ] quality is astonishing thin-ness
    2. ] kickstand is great
    3. ] pen is new( not wacom, now ntrig)
    4. ] button is linked to onenote,
    5. ] some controversy re pen change, old wacom pen had 1000+ pressure sensitivity levels to 256, difference in pp is non existant to most users
    6. ] lance ulanoff on mashable, drew a portrait, amazing
    7. ] no eraser on pen, different actions,
    8. ] trackpad, attach a mouse,
    9. ] touch it, its instantaneous, its beautiful
    10. ] feels way bigger
    11. ] ratio may make it seem even bigger
    12. ] i7 hyperthreaded, minimal batter differences
    13. ] cool feature - snap 3 apps - side by side
  7. x] SURFACE PRO 3 - NEGATIVES
    1. x] still only 1 usb port
    2. x] NO LTE
    3. * aside DEVICE - octoport with ethernet/
  8. x] SURFACE PRO 2 - the previous generation
    1. x] will sell out the current inventory ( smaller screen, different pen)
    2. x] discounts ??? - TBD
  9. x] What about the surface RT -
    1. x] not dead, maybe replaced with a surface mini when it releases
  10. x] interview w/Mark Russinovich - Technichal Fellow @ Azure,
    1. ] founder @sysInternals, which was aquired by msft
    2. ] works @msft on azure
  11. x] now also an Author of "Rogue Code"
    1. ] book on the 'stock exchange' and how it works now
    2. ] WHAT IF malware was operating on the SE to make money
    3. ] method 1 - q jumping
    4. ] method 2 - backing out of orders
    5. ] example of 2010 incident where market lost 10% value in 20 minutes, computerized trading, high frequency trading
    6. ] Michael Lewis book, zero day,
    7. ] steve gibson, says book is fabulous, PT/MJ likes it too,  
  12. x] no news on xamarin
    1. x] looking like its less likely that it will happend
  13. ] final draft for script writing
    1. ] windows handwriting recognition
    2. ] search of
    3. ] handwriting is first class citizens, can search ,built into OS,
    4. ] voice recogition
  14. ] new msft digital inking strategy
    1. ] leaked video, on research site,
    2. ] 1 msft -  different teams working together on 1 product,
    3. ] common gestures, common
    4. ] 1 pen to rule them all
  15. ] china bans windows 8
    1. ] b/c xp is no longer being updated
    2. ] NSA
    3. ] related story = us gov accusing chinese officials of spying
    4. ] large % of 400m exisiting XP users, high percentage of those are pirated
    5. ] only to gov purchases of new PCs
  16. ] SAP
    1. ] hard times, layoffs,
    2. ] working with msft to move their apps to be available on ...
  17. x] XBOX one update
    1. ] many msft products have regular updates, many tied to a specific time, update tuesday, ... 
    2. ] small update for this week
    3. ] coming in june, a major update, answer many common complaints,
    4. ] new FEATURE of increasing capacity of system with external usb storage
    5. ] new FEATURE option of real name id VS gamer name,
  18. ] this WEEKS Tips, Picks and beer
    1. ] TIP bing news app - hiqh quality sites, select your content, sycnh content across devices,  
    2. ] SW assassins creed pirates - web - touch enabled
    3. ] big enterprize  -
    4. ] biztalk services 'bridging' between privace cloud, public cloud,
    5. ] codename - win 95 WAS chicago but it also had codenames for different components of it including + jaguar, cougar, panther, and stippy,
    6. ] BEER - speakeasy spiced payback porter -  

[objects]

  1. [tech-sw] 
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  2. [tech-hw]
    1. ] surface mini
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[objects]

  1. [tech-sw] 
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  2. [tech-hw]
    1. ] surface-pro-3 -
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[people]

  1. ] host - Leo Laporte - 
  2. ] co-host - Paul Thurrott - 
  3. ] co-host - Mary Jo Foley - 
  4. ] guest - Mark Russinovich

[events]

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[places]

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