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Alleged Microsoft memo says Surface reliability issues are fixed
Last week, Consumer Reports removed its "recommended" rating from four of Microsoft's Surface laptops and tablets, citing reliability concerns: 25 percent of the 90,000 users they surveyed reported freezing and shutdowns in the first couple years of device use. The tech giant took issue with the publication's data and reported significantly lower failure rates. But a company VP allegedly sent an internal memo picking apart which device failures tipped the scales and caused Consumer Reports to slam the whole Surface family.
Microsoft's next-gen HoloLens reportedly won't arrive until 2019
If you've been hoping for a cheaper, smaller HoloLens to come out soon, you might be disappointed. Microsoft-focused news site Thurrott reports that the company is eschewing a more incremental follow-up device in favor of something with significant upgrades. For tech enthusiasts, this means it will be at least a couple years before we see a new HoloLens for consumers, as Microsoft allegedly plans to release this more advanced device sometime in 2019.
Thurrott likes the MacBook...that's good, right?
Keeping up with his recent tradition of destroying the status quo and confusing the Mac world by praising Apple products, Paul "Closet Fanboy" Thurrott recently bought himself one of those slick new white MacBooks and put it through its paces...primarily by installing Windows and seeing if it behaves well as a standard PC. His conclusion? Yes, yes it does. In fact, Thurrott writes, "I've thrown my entire collection of always-installed applications at the MacBook, and the performance has been incredible, quite a bit better than any of the low-end Windows notebooks I've tried over the years.... Overall, I'm quite satisfied... Apple has a winner on its hands." Thurrott also discusses some roadblocks (right-click, anyone?) and how he got around them.So, let's mark that off on our Impending Apacolypse checklist: Apple Makes iTunes Available on Windows - Check Apple Switches to Intel - Check Apple Enables Windows to Run on Macs - Check Paul Thurrott Buys a Mac to Run Windows - Check All that's left is "Apple Switches OS X to Windows Kernel" and "Bill Gates Becomes CEO of Apple" and we'll have a full-blown Revelation-esque Judgement Day ahead of us. Stock up on canned goods, folks.On a slightly related note: On his blog, Thurrott wonders how well Vista will run on the MacBooks, considering they don't have a dedicated video card. I also wonder this -- so let's hear it: have you installed Vista on a MacBook? How does it work?[via MacDailyNews]
