Windows Weekly 602

Our Predictions for Microsoft in 2019

Mary Jo Foley's list

•  Microsoft's obsession with Chromebooks and ChromeOS continues (alongside its Chromium Edge work)
•  More of a push to sell to "first-line workers." This is where MS sees its untapped audience for Office, Windows, more
•  Microsoft 365 Consumer plan launches
•  Microsoft does something (though not actually sure what) to address Win 10 quality issues
•  Surface team continues to iterate on a handful of laptop form factors
•  New HoloLens debuts and is focused almost 100% on business users
•  Microsoft is going to get quieter about new products (not just Windows). They think this is a feature, not a bug!

Paul Thurrott's list

•  Microsoft Edge + Chromium: What's the expected timing and how will this change affect the UX
•  Windows 10 will put the updating terribleness of 2018 behind it in 2019
•  Related: Where we're at as we enter the New Year
•  What still needs work: Updating a PC is a freaking nightmare
•  Windows 10 Lean (Lite?) - What is it and when will it ship
•  Windows 10 on ARM: Is 2019 the year Qualcomm and MSFT overcome the performance and compatibility issues?
•  And will Surface Go 2 ship and utilize an ARM chipset?
•  Xbox One vNext - before the cloud, Microsoft will improve its console yet again
•  Short term: CES is next week. Expect a lot of iterative new PCs

Also:

•  Windows 10 usage finally surpasses that of Windows 7
•  As it turns out, Edge still retains its battery life advantage over Chrome Tips and picks
•  Tip of the week: Properly set up Windows 10
•  Plus: Games with Gold, baby! Plus, new Game Pass titles too!
•  App pick of the week: Microsoft Launcher
•  Enterprise pick of the week: New Microsoft 365 commercial plans
•  Codename pick of the week: Bari
• Beer pick of the week: Burlington Beer Company, Chunky & Jelly

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Links

• Microsoft is readying a consumer Microsoft 365 subscription bundle
• Microsoft re-releases Windows Server 2019
• What makes Microsoft tick?
• The State of Windows 10 in 2019
• Keeping a Windows PC Up-to-Date is a Nightmare (Premium)
• Report: Windows 10 Takes Over Windows 7
• Microsoft: More than half of Windows devices in the enterprise are now on Windows 10
• Microsoft Edge Retains Its Battery Life Advantage in Windows 10 Version 1809
• This is How I Configure Windows 10 (Premium)
• Here Are the First Xbox Games With Gold Coming Next Year
• Just Cause 3, Farming Simulator 17, More Join Xbox Game Pass This Month
• Microsoft Launcher’s Digital Health Features, To-Do Integration, Now Available to All Users
• Microsoft to add two new Microsoft 365 security, compliance bundles to its line-up
• Microsoft Plans a New Family of Webcams for 2019
• Microsoft's Upcoming Webcams are Codenamed Bari
• Chunky & Jelly | Burlington Beer Co.