WW 654: I Hate Products, She Hates People




Windows Weekly (Video LO) show

Summary: <p>Welcome to 2020!</p><ul> <li>PT starts the year with a rant thoughtful commentary about the state of Windows</li> <li>MJF looks back at the decade that MS became a cloud company</li> <li>A couple of the original Red Dog 'dream team' reflect on the last decade</li> </ul><p>CES: Lots of new Windows 10 PCs, including a number of foldables</p><ul> <li>No Windows 10X yet</li> <li>But lots of dual- and folding-display designs for some reason</li> <li>And some gaming PCs, etc.</li> </ul><p>Let's talk Windows 7!</p><ul> <li>Mary Jo has been using Windows 7 on her podcast PC. And Paul just switched back to Windows 7 temporarily. Some thoughts...</li> <li>Windows 7 gets its last free security update on Jan. 14</li> <li>Reminder: Security Essentials actually will keep getting updated after Jan. 14 (MS changed its documentation)</li> <li>Related: Chredge starts rolling out to the mainstream on Jan. 15 - And you can run it side-by-side with old Edge if you want</li> </ul><p>Xbox</p><ul> <li>Microsoft and leakers start revealing more about Xbox One, Series X:</li> <li>Pricing thoughts</li> <li>AMD dishes on the ports, incorrectly</li> <li>And, in a leak, the real ports</li> <li>January Games with Gold</li> </ul><p>Tips and picks</p><ul> <li>Tip of the week: Game Pass is still one of the best deals in gaming</li> <li>Plus: A quick update on Microsoft's Windows Weekly giveaways!</li> <li>App pick of the week: Vivaldi 2.10, another Chrome alternative</li> <li>Enterprise pick of the week: Windows Server 2008/R2 users: You have an Azure out</li> <li>Codename pick(s) of the week: Spartan, Anaheim and O'Hare (oh my!)</li> <li>Beer pick of the week: Evil Twin's Even More Jesus</li> </ul> <p><strong>Hosts:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/mikah-sargent">Mikah Sargent</a>, <a href="https://twit.tv/people/mary-jo-foley">Mary Jo Foley</a>, and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/paul-thurrott">Paul Thurrott</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to this show at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly">https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly</a></p> <p>Check out Paul's blog at <a href="https://www.thurrott.com/" target="_blank">thurrott.com</a></p> <p>Check out Mary Jo's blog at <a href="http://allaboutmicrosoft.com/" target="_blank">AllAboutMicrosoft.com</a></p> <p>The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of <a href="https://twitter.com/carlfranklin" target="_blank">Carl Franklin</a>.</p> <p><strong>Sponsor:</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="http://Melissa.com/twit">Melissa.com/twit</a></li> </ul>