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    I'm still trying to figure it out. I think the Xbox brand will still exist for software and maybe input devices. It sounds like...
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    Apparently the next Xbox will just be a PC. It will have access to the full Windows desktop and compatibility with all Windows desktop...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Empire in Decline.
    I think the next step in the decline is when the dollar stops being the currency of global finance. I think it will happen during...
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    Apparently the big news now is that Microsoft is expecting its gaming projects to hit 30% profit margins, which is somewhat...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread question Which Tablets.
    For what it's worth, there have been supported Microsoft OS releases on ARM since Windows 8. They might not be well supported and they...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Empire in Decline.
    A happier thought for just a moment: If Trump is allowed to run in 2028, the Democrats could potentially nominate Obama. He's not...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Hard drive Failure Rates.
    Backblaze data seems to suggest that the bathtub curve for drive replacement is getting wider. Big drives really do seem to be lasting...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread question Which Tablets.
    I know that Marine tablets are a thing. I've been out on Lake Michigan and seen them in action, but I can't say for sure that it's not...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.
    Someone asked me this morning to remote in and connect his second monitor.
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Empire in Decline.
    I went to protests on Saturday in Valparaiso, Indiana. There were around 1000 people there, which is about 950 more people than these...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread question Which Tablets.
    I'm also on the lookout for one of those things, just to satisfy my personal curiosity. I know one person who has an Asus Snapdragon X...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.
    The application I support is still largely Visual Basic. We need to move our development to C# and two of my three developers are in...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.
    The Better Offline podcast has a 100-minute long interview with the guy from Gamer's Nexus today. There's a lot of discussion of...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Windows 10.
    Pour one out for Windows 10. Somewhere, LunarMist is cursing the $10,000 Mac Studio he was no doubt forced to buy thanks to the end of...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread question Which Tablets.
    For a mixed use device, a Lenovo IP Duet 5 (13Q7C6) is genuinely pretty nice. FullHD OLED, 8GB RAM and better-than-advertised ~14 hour...
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