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I have to say, I purchased a Surface Book 2 last year with the intent of it being my primary, daily computer. The feature set, impressive performance (the 15” with the GTX 1060), and aesthetics were all very impressive. The keyboard was great and the trackpad, while small, was very good. It is, without question, the closest thing to the Mac feel that can be had on the Windows side.

However, I ended up returning it after 3 weeks because Windows itself is just not there. It’s very good and MUCH better than it’s ever been, but macOS is so much cleaner, smoother, and overall easier to use and maintain. The trackpad on my MacBook Pro is MASSIVE and absolutely perfect, I’m one of the crazy people that love the feel of the butterfly keys, and the performance is great. The integration with my phone, watch, and Apple TV is the clincher, too.

claire1 said:

Hmmm. Would Apple have rooted for an opposing team? I think inclusion is important and they should have but would they have?

Apple is an American company, and that is where their connection to the American women's team is. Apple has no connection to The Netherlands women's team, so it'd be a little odd seeing Apple congratulate them on an American technology web site after theoretically beating the American team. Apple has a plenty good enough track record with inclusion when it comes to Pride Month, Black History Month, Women's History Month, Chinese New Year, etc. They are also the only major tech company that includes all religious holidays in their holiday calendar (Ramadan, Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, etc.). Most other calendar providers, including Google, only provide the typical Easter, Christmas, etc. There are plenty of things you can criticize Apple for, but being inclusive is not one of them. As a straight, white, Christian, conservative (gasp!) American male, I appreciate what Apple does, and hope they can lead other technology companies to do that same by example.

seanismorris said:

Congratulations ladies!  The women are the most fun to watch!

Question:  Does the governments pay their World Cup players to participate? Or, is it FIFA and backed by advertising? Or, a bit of both...

The vast majority of the players’ money comes from sponsorship deals and the contracts they have with their club teams. The average national team player makes around $40,000, and the teams have a salary cap of $800,000, so there’s not a lot of relative money to go around. Even the best women’s players like Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan probably are multi-millionaires in the sense that they have around $2 million. It’s why they fight so hard for equal pay, because at least in their case, they are a more attractive draw for fans than our men’s team is for sure.

rotateleftbyte said:

Good! Throw the book at them.

There was a report on BBC Radio a little while ago about the increasing number of companies that are banning Smartphones in the workplace because employees were spending far too much time 'on social media' while they were supposed to be working.

Social media is addictive. No, make that highly addcitive and needs to be treated as such.

You won't find me on any social media site as I think they are all a total waste of time. All you do is expose your life so that advertisers can try to sell you more tat that you don't need and probably can't afford. Welcome to the machine people!

Says the guy with over 1100 posts on a technology enthusiast web site that consistently tries to sell people (primarily) Apple devices that you don’t need and probably can’t afford, AND who’s primary source of revenue is advertising against those users. Look, I’m not judging, I’m here too, posting, but your hypocrisy is pretty funny.

mike1 said:

Any word on what's happening with iTunes for Windows?

iTunes for Windows is remaining unchanged for now, and will operate as it has. No words on if that might change in the future, but that’s the near term fate of it.