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Microsoft Surface Go Review: Introduction
This is a multi-part review. Make sure to check the whole thing out with the links below!
* Part 1: Introduction
* Part 2: Hardware
* Part 3: Type Cover and Surface Pen
* Part 4: Performance, Where Art Thou?
* Part 5: Maximum Flexibility
* Part 6: Conclusion
The Microsoft Surface Go was always going to be a hard
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The Case for the Kickstand
The most notable hardware feature on the Microsoft Surface line of computers in the kickstand. Not a single commercial for a Surface will go by without them showing you that sweet kickstand at all sorts of crazy angles. While I’m far from the biggest Windows fan, I have to get something off my chest:
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Windows on Chromebooks will Burn Microsoft?
Android Central has this piece on why allowing Microsoft Windows to dual boot on Chromebooks will end up ruining, uh, Windows’ reputation.
The touted advantages of a simpler, faster and smoother Chrome experience on inexpensive hardware not optimized for Windows may be exaggerated when Windows is "unfairly" assessed in a "side-by-
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Office, Netflix, and Web Browsing (podcast #120)
The Windows-centric tech press is talking about the Surface Go's perfjoamcne in terms of "what more could you expect from a $400 tablet?" The answer is incredibly obvious, the $329 iPad, and I think makes the Go look worse than it would in a Windows-only vacuum.
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Ghost Blogging Platform Hits 2.0
I was a big supporter of Ghost, the open source blogging platform when it launch years ago, and they just announced they’re releasing their version 2.0 today (well, yesterday).
I haven’t used them in years, and I never stuck around for too long since it lacked a lot of third party integrations
Amazon Ends 20% Off Game Pre-Orders Deal
Amazon is ending it's 20% off deal on video game pre-orders and I can't say I'm surprised. Video game software sales are a low margin segment anyway, and discounting new games by 20% absolutely made it so Amazon was losing money on every game sold.
My suspicion is
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1 Hour for Every 1 Minute (podcast #119)
* Amount of work for a blog post: minimal
* Amount of work for a podcast: a bit, but not terrible
* Amount of work for a video: for-freaking-ever
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Surface Go and iPad (2017 model) Speed Test
https://youtu.be/P-werjTSYGs
My biggest concern with the Surface Go so far has been it's overall performance. Things have sped up a little bit since I first got this, but it's still not a very zippy computer. To see how it stood up to something more my speed, I
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Windows Completely Breaks My Blogging Workflow
Writing for this site is a hobby I’ve had for close to a decade at this point, and in that time, the workflow for getting content from my head to the site has gone through a million variations and has changed a ton. As technology has improved and App Stores have have allowed more
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The Surface Go Performance (or lack thereof) (podcast #118)
The biggest question surrounding the Surface Go since its launch a few weeks ago is how well it performs. I didn't want to weigh in too early on this one, but I feel like I know what this device is and I need to talk about this.
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OneDrive Now Syncs Your Desktop and Documents Folders
OneDrive just rolled out a feature called "Known Folder Move" which might be the worst possible name for the best possible service. This feature has OneDrive backup 3 of your most important folders: Desktop, Documents, and Pictures.
If that sounds familiar, it is of course exactly in line with what Apple added to
Lofree's Digit Calculator is Here
Lofree is back with their smallest product yet: the Digit Calculator.
This calculator looks great, and I actually think their non-traditional (or too traditional?) key shape actually works great here, even though I never found the full computer keybord easy enough to get used to.
I personally have zero need for a physical calculator,
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Oh, Hello
I'm just a normal guy with an iPhone 8 Plus, not an X, so I'm not used to having a device that unlocks just by looking at my smug mug. But Windows has a feature called "Windows Hello" that does exactly that. Of course I turned it on as
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Windows Getting Online Clipboard Sync
Windows Central on this new feature coming in the next Windows release:
With Cloud Clipboard, Microsoft is creating a virtual clipboard that can be shared across all your Windows 10 devices, allowing you to copy something on one PC and then paste it on another. This is useful if you're someone with multiple
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Surface is Changing My View of the Mac (podcast #117)
The Surface Go is only making me appreciate my iPad more, but it's also making me feel a little less enthusiastic about the mobile Mac lineup. If the Mac is going to stick around for the long haul, I'd love to see Apple start to play around more with the form
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Appearance on The Outpost Podcast
I had the honor of joining the lovely Daryl Baxter on his podcast, The Outpost Show, this week. If you don't know Daryl, he's an iPad fiend like myself, and we spent an hour talking about everything iPad. Topics include:
* Why a 27" iPad is a great idea
* How we
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USB-C on iOS Could “Lift All Ships”
Chris Hannah on an advantage of iPads getting USB-C:
It would boost the USB C world just slightly more. Or at least move in the direction of having a single port that’s available on all Apple devices.
I waxed (semi) poetic about why I didn’t see a big draw to Apple adopting
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Android Pie Review: All the Little Things
This was originally going to be a longer review with more than 2 short parts, but as I looked at what else had changed in Pie compared to Oreo, I found myself at a loss for how much could be said about each change. There’s a fair number of things happening behind the scenes,