Stick with the fall builds if you can. Spring builds always seem to be buggier since they introduce more stuff.

That’s because they worked those out in the alpha and beta. Which is how it should work.

There were no calls to ban alcohol, but there were calls for stricter DUI laws. Which were implemented and are updated on a fairly regular basis.

My point isn’t that there’s a gun problem, my point is that people get fixated on something because people are dying, but don’t say shit about something that kills even more people.

Steve Jobs would’ve never allowed this.

He would and did.

For the record, the only one with a problem here is you. Yes these are edge cases that won’t affect most, but all the OP did was express a wish. They weren’t complaining, and you’re the one who turned this into more than it should be.

Using a monopoly in one market to push for additional market share in other markets violates antitrust law.

People are responsible for their own actions. You can say that money and power influenced him, but at the end of the day his decisions were his own. Ultimately that’s why this whole thing is discussed this way.

Sure, but if a company REALLY wants you gone there is no shortage of excuses they can use. And technically they don’t even have to fire you. I’ve seen plenty of times where people have been minimized or moved to different positions and ultimately quit on their own.

Difficult to for union members to be replaced, yes (in theory anyway). Difficult to find replacements, no. Contractors, vendors and temps are a dime a dozen.

Depends on the laptop and what you’re doing. I’ve got a XPS 13 and XPS 15, and the 13 doesn’t feel small while the 15 feels huge, circa 17" laptop days. My XPS 15 is my workhorse, but for just hopping between meetings at work, the XPS 13 wins hands down.

Depends on what you’re doing. If you’re a cloud storage user then 256GB may be enough. I have TBs of data, but I’m only working with maybe 60GB - 80GB at a time. So a fast 256GB SSD is more valuable than a slower 512GB or 1TB SSD.

The technology is here, and has been for some time. It’s people’s access to the technology (i.e. Internet speeds) that keeps it on the shelf. If everyone had access to fast internet (say 30Mbps+) then game streaming would have been a done deal years ago.

You’re still going on about “anti-consumer” but never explaining why. Maybe because you don’t know the meaning of the phrase?

Yep, it’s a hard lesson that a lot of us have to learn. I did something similar with my parent’s networking. Setup a whole mini infrastructure out of some Cisco gear, and what a mistake that was. Fast forward two years and I just got them the Amplifi mesh setup. I haven’t had a “support call” in almost 6 months and I…

Why wouldn’t they return to Xbox? If this generation showed us anything it’s that a convincing argument will make people switch platforms. For the most part the 360 won the last generation, and a lot of those people jumped ship to the PS4. Whats to say the opposite can’t happen this generation?

How exactly are XBL and PSN anti-consumer? Because they cost money? And by your logic, based on how Sony handled the PS3 people are idiots for buying the PS4?

Because the ecosystem is more than just games and hardware, it’s services too. MS lost the hardware war handily this generation (mostly due to stupidity), but the services and backend continue to be miles ahead of everyone else. That combined with xcloud (if it turns out as described) makes for several solid reasons…

Anyone who builds software knows that having ‘unlimited’ of something is generally a bad idea.