Channel 9 - Discussions by mawcc http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Discussions by mawcc http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/mawcc/Discussions Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/mawcc/Discussions en Sat, 18 May 2013 21:00:27 GMT Sat, 18 May 2013 21:00:27 GMT Rev9 0 0 0 Coffeehouse - There is Flat, and there is iFlat Oh the irony regarding the codename "Innsbruck". As someone living there I can attest to the fact that "flat" is not something you would associate with Innsbruck.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/There-is-Flat-and-there-is-iFlat/07c81b28a2f84e8b84efa1b1012667b3#07c81b28a2f84e8b84efa1b1012667b3 Wed, 01 May 2013 17:51:53 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/There-is-Flat-and-there-is-iFlat/07c81b28a2f84e8b84efa1b1012667b3#07c81b28a2f84e8b84efa1b1012667b3 Martin Ennemoser 27 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/mawcc/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Fanbois are the plague You are so right. I'm now going to sue every single computer manufacturer, because on every computer I have ever bought, part of the hard drive space is occupied by the operating system, leaving less free space than advertised!

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Fanbois-are-the-plague/34e2a1a7b6ba406099eaa10a01712dee#34e2a1a7b6ba406099eaa10a01712dee Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:24:08 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Fanbois-are-the-plague/34e2a1a7b6ba406099eaa10a01712dee#34e2a1a7b6ba406099eaa10a01712dee Martin Ennemoser 31 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/mawcc/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Win8 Clean install is not clean. please help. @magicalclick:Use Disk Cleanup (properties menu on the drive), it can remove folders from previous Windows installations. You probably have to click the "Clean up system files" button.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Confused-where-is-windows-Image-Backup-for-win8/acefefd39cac4254ae79a0f700d45ce3#acefefd39cac4254ae79a0f700d45ce3 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 12:53:11 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Confused-where-is-windows-Image-Backup-for-win8/acefefd39cac4254ae79a0f700d45ce3#acefefd39cac4254ae79a0f700d45ce3 Martin Ennemoser 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/mawcc/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Microsoft Surface RT Reviews MJF has a good, probably more balanced roundup of reviews than Business Insider: http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-surface-rt-a-review-roundup-7000006319/

 

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, cbae wrote

*snip*

8 out of 10 isn't "enthusiastic"? Really?

Here's a literally enthusiastic review:

http://www.zdnet.com/hands-on-with-microsofts-surface-rt-can-it-hit-the-sweet-spot-7000006258/

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Still you find sentences like "The 720p HD cameras — front and rear — are junk. There's no other way to put it.". Of course the cameras are not very important in a device like this, but would it have been so hard to include "decent" cameras, not "junk" cameras?

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Of course I will pass a final judgment only after I have experienced the device myself (I have an iPad 3rd gen so I will be able to compare), but currently I´m a little bit worried about Windows RT/8 tablets in general, because Surface is such an important device in this category.

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, cbae wrote

I lost interest in Windows 8 after I found out that the Windows 7 display driver that I used for the Dev Preview doesn't work in the Consumer Preview. I don't understand how this is the case though. Did they drastically change the driver model at some point between builds?

I suppose I'll see if I can scrounge up a hacked driver when I get more time.

Do you also have an AMD 7970 card? I find it very annoying that AMD has Windows 8 CP drivers for all their cards except the latest.

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Okay, harddrive space is cheap and plentiful ...

SSD drive space is scarce and expensive Smiley

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/416382-Do-you-find-WPF-to-be-unnatural--unlogical/24cb413c87434bbb967f9fc80149967e#24cb413c87434bbb967f9fc80149967e Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:59:59 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/416382-Do-you-find-WPF-to-be-unnatural--unlogical/24cb413c87434bbb967f9fc80149967e#24cb413c87434bbb967f9fc80149967e Martin Ennemoser 138 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/mawcc/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Silverlight 5 coming really sooon ??? Still no word about a release date for SL5? According to MJF there were rumors about it coming last week, but now it looks as it won't even be out this week because of Thanksgiving.

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, vesuvius wrote

@Charles:I think the bug fixes in WPF are going to make pretty much everything that uses the technology much faster. Just wish there was a way to update pre .NET 4.5 versions and that the bug fixes had been made in the .NET 3.5 SP1 stage - they really should have identified, prioritised and fixed the issues then. 

At least .NET 4 apps should benefit from the fixes, because as I understand it, .NET 4.5 is an in-place update for .NET 4.

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Interestingly, it doesn't even bother supporting IE (not even IE9).

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Trello/5e0dddcfb5544bfba3009f97012241f7#5e0dddcfb5544bfba3009f97012241f7 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:36:47 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Trello/5e0dddcfb5544bfba3009f97012241f7#5e0dddcfb5544bfba3009f97012241f7 Martin Ennemoser 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/mawcc/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - What's that globe in the top bar? Not sure if this is related to this "gone global" change, but C9 site performance has been very bad for me in the last couple of days. Videos are OK, but forum pages often either won't load on first try or take several seconds. Reply and Quote also didn't work (at least today). I'm on "Nothern Europe".

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Can someone shed a light on this?

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,vesuvius wrote

@mawcc:Why would this be beneficial? No-one knows if Windows Phone will be a success yet, if Nokia fail to come up with hardware and this all fails, Microsoft have far less to lose. Nokia is not what anyone would call an investment, it is going the way myspace.com went

Success of Windows Phone depends as much on hardware as it does on software, and if Microsoft really want's to succeed it should try everything to also get that second part of the equation right. Of course one strategy is to just let the hardware partners do their job and hope for the best, but the other one would be to take more control of the hardware by doing it yourself. I guess both approaches are valid, I just thought that maybe now would be a good time to rethink the strategy.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Google-buys-Motorolas-phone-division/0e59f154c3e34897bc569f4000ceef5d#0e59f154c3e34897bc569f4000ceef5d Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:33:25 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Google-buys-Motorolas-phone-division/0e59f154c3e34897bc569f4000ceef5d#0e59f154c3e34897bc569f4000ceef5d Martin Ennemoser 53 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/mawcc/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Android, your thoughts? Just noticed that WP7 phones are crazy cheap now. In Germany I could order one for around € 250,-

http://www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__mk_de_DE=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=windows+phone+7

or even as low as € 172,- if you don't mind the Vodafone branding

http://www.amazon.de/Optimus-Smartphone-Vodafone-Branding-Windows/dp/B0049I4EFG/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1311334995&sr=8-3)

And that's without a contract.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Channel-9-Live-Event/4752591aeb14492eab6d9f020119433b#4752591aeb14492eab6d9f020119433b Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:04:02 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Channel-9-Live-Event/4752591aeb14492eab6d9f020119433b#4752591aeb14492eab6d9f020119433b Martin Ennemoser 30 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/mawcc/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Channel 9 Live Event Release of Kinect SDK?

Some official statement regarding Win8 + .NET/Silverlight?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Channel-9-Live-Event/b77255c084874b16892a9f0200eecfa2#b77255c084874b16892a9f0200eecfa2 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:29:29 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Channel-9-Live-Event/b77255c084874b16892a9f0200eecfa2#b77255c084874b16892a9f0200eecfa2 Martin Ennemoser 30 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/mawcc/Discussions/RSS