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Microsoft Office Updated for Apple Silicon M1 Chip

January 19, 2022
By Ken Adams

Commentary

Did you know that Microsoft finally updated Office to support the Apple Silicon M1 chip natively ? Neither did anyone else !!! Office is still crap. And they did not update Teams. But it's somethin' at least.

Apple, Apple Silicon, Microsoft

Apple Silicon M1 ARM != Microsoft ARM & != Android ARM

November 11, 2021
By Ken Adams

Commentary

Apple critics the world over get it all wrong again. This time thinking that Apple's ARM based Silicon M1, M1 Pro and M1 Max chips and the same ARM chips that Microsoft used or Android uses.

Android, Apple, Apple Silicon, Mac, Microsoft

Windows 11 Preview Works on VMware Fusion for Mac

July 6, 2021
By Ken Adams

Engineering

Successfully tested the Windows 11 Insider Preview on VMware Fusion for Mac, and it works. Even though VMware Fusion is not officially supporting it yet. Here's how.

Apple, macOS, Microsoft, VMware, Windows

Microsoft Held A Windows 11 Announcement Event And…Well…So That Happened

June 27, 2021
By Ken Adams

Commentary, Engineering

Short on new features, light on tech details, no pricing, no specifics on availability, and oh yeah, they lied and exaggerated a lot. But... it's still good to finally see a new Windows version after 6 friggin' years.

Microsoft, Windows

Closed Windows: Microsoft Closing All Retail Stores

June 29, 2020
By Ken Adams

Commentary

More bad news for Microsoft on Friday, they announced they are closing ALL Microsoft Store physical locations.

Microsoft

Broken Windows: pro-Microsoft sites say Stability Going Downhill & Win Mail is Deleting Gmail

June 25, 2020
By Ken Adams

Commentary

Today's Broken Windows stories from pro-Microsoft web sites report more big bugs in Windows 10.

Microsoft, Windows

Broken Windows: Microsoft Keeps Making More Bugs Than Useful Features

June 18, 2020
By Ken Adams

Commentary, Engineering

Update after update, Microsoft just keeps breaking Windows. More proof that it was a good move, when I dumped Win-Blows for Mac. It was 10 years ago when I went Mac and never looked back.

Apple, Azure DevOps/VSTS, Mac, macOS, Microsoft, Windows

Lenovo Laptop with 2nd Screen – Please Don’t Do That

January 7, 2020
By Ken Adams

Commentary

From the "No body needs that, so please don't" department: At CES 2020 Lenovo announced a new ThinkBook Plus with a 10.8-inch E ink display on the lid. This is a really really bad idea that is a very bad User eXperience (UX) design. This is what happens when tech companies do something just because they can, even when they shouldn't.