I still remember the smell of Card Catalogs; a nice mix of old paper and even older wood. Video instructions are often faster and easier to understand. They're also more accessible.
Everyone can live their lives without TikTok, YouTube...
I was an adult before YT and I don't want to go back to a time before it existed. It's just too damn useful as a self education tool. Need to learn how to DIY a plumbing problem? Youtube. Need to learn how to subnet a network? Youtube. Interested in the History of Moldova? Youtube.
I finished my basement by watching youtube videos and learning how to do everything from framing to electrical to drywall to finishing work. There isn't anywhere else you can freely get the same breadth of knowledge on-demand.
If the ban was effective immediately a bunch of things would have to be pulled from shelves and that would impact everything from Acetaminophen to Maraschino cherries to some vegetarian faux-meats. There's over 9,000 (lol) products across a wide number of industries that use Red 3.
M365 runs on Azure which is why is why I phrased it the way I did. Although in retrospect I should have said Azure / GCP or M365 / Workspace instead of mingling the terms.
This is why both Google and Microsoft dumped untold billions of dollars into developing Azure (Microsoft) and Workspace (Google). Those OS agnostic corporate productivity suites are meant to keep those companies relevant.
Oh it will be the year of the Windows 11 refresh, there's no question of that. Untold millions of business PCs will be making the change as Windows 10 goes EoL.
It's a very different story in the home market. Frankly the only thing holding Windows Gaming in place is decades of increasing personal PC ownership but that ownership / use rate is now decliningas normal people transition to using smartphones and tablets.
In just a few short years, ten at most, gaming on Windows will be about as relevant as gaming on Mac. It may still be called "PC Gaming", you can already see media trying to redefine gaming on SteamDeck and other handhelds as "PC Gaming", but those games won't be built around the Windows OS.
Could be that they are taking a loss on the initial units in order to get going. Once the campaign backers are taken care the product is commercialized and then the price goes up. I've seen more than one Kickstart campaign used to launch a company in just this way. (Tempest PWS is another example).
Anyway they aren't vaporware. I backed the campaign and received my units today.
I'm popping by to let you know that I received mine today. I won't have time to play with them until tonight but I did unbox one and they look just as advertised.
Maybe, maybe, maybe we’ll finally see another OS take a big bite out of the OS market.
Which OS Market? The are several and the only one that Microsoft dominates is General Purpose PCs (Desktops & Laptops). Every other OS Market has a different major player. Nintendo owns handhelds with Valve as the secondary. Sony is on top in consoles with Microsoft as the secondary. Tablets are owned by Apple with Android as a strong secondary. Smartphones are the same as tablets.
I could type several paragraphs about why MS is still relevant, although less so as time goes on, for GP Computer OS but instead I'll point out that the reason so many games target Windows OS is simply because it gives access to the largest number of buyers.
IMO opinion the decades of continually increasing DOS & Windows PC based ownership that got the gaming industry to this point is quickly running out. Personal computer ownership has been steadily declining for years as people increasingly use mobile platforms like Smartphones and Tablets. Assuming that trend continue then it won't be long at all, maybe five years, before gaming companies find that Windows OS compatibility no longer provides a large enough target audience.
When, if, that happens there will be a rapid sea change in the gaming industry. I strongly suspect that this is why MS have invested so much money into creating platforms for game streaming. It's the only way they can stay in the game, lol, as personal computer ownership declines.
It’s going to be a flagship game that releases with a newer engine.
I'm pretty sure they already said that its going to run the same engine as Starfield.
A less hopeful take is that the success of ESO is going to prevent them releasing anything else in the universe until it dies.
This is what I'm worried about but I'm somewhat encouraged though because Rockstar is finally going to release GTA:6; perhaps the era of local games isn't dead quite yet.
All models except the Roku Ultra will likely need to be replaced every 12-18 months. After that they start getting incredibly slow. The Ultra's seem to hang in there for at least 36 months, sometimes longer.
Good luck to convince the U.S. government to do that about anything.
The Puerto Rico Energy Resilience Fund program went live almost two years ago and will provide solar panels and battery storage systems to low-income households in Puerto Rico with zero upfront costs.
The citizens of PR seemingly have better access to Solar and Battery subsidies than most people living in an actual State.
I happened to be in my email when the survey link came through so I had it filled out within 2-3 minutes. BTW I goofed, I got the "reward shipped" email two days ago and not last week. So it's with China shipping but hasn't hit a domestic carrier yet.
I still remember the smell of Card Catalogs; a nice mix of old paper and even older wood. Video instructions are often faster and easier to understand. They're also more accessible.