Sep 4th 2019
Windows Weekly 637
A Portion of Insiders
Acer & Razer at IFA 2019, that weird CPU spike, Firefox 69, and Ignite sessions
Records live every Wednesday at 2:00pm Eastern / 11:00am Pacific / 19:00 UTC.
The Internet-centric Windows that could have been...
- Heading into 1997, Microsoft planned to replace Windows with an Internet platform that would be open and cross-platform. What happened? And what might the world have been like if it hadn't switched back to a Windows-based strategy?
IFA News
- Anything interesting coming out of IFA so far? Acer and Razer
- Other hardware stuff: USB4 = USB-C + Thunderbolt 3, as expected, and HoloLens 2 could go on sale starting this month
Windows 10
- New 20H1 build adds promised cloud-reset option, new tablet mode
- 19H2: Still an undecipherable mess. But RTMing "soon" - if only we could test it
- Microsoft has released ISOs for Insiders for 19H2 and 20H1 this week
- Windows 10 1903 users: Beware of a CPU spike introduced by an optional Cumulative Update last week
- Related: Microsoft confirms no more Flash in Chredge towards the end of 2020
Tips and picks
- Tip of the week: It's that time of the month again. Microsoft details Xbox Game Pass and Games with Gold titles for console and PC
- App pick of the week: Firefox 69
- Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft starts posting Ignite sessions
- Enterprise pick No. 2 of the week: VMWare and Microsoft make nice
- Beer pick of the week: Jack's Abby S'mores
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Links
- Programming Windows: Civil War (Premium)
- Windows Legend
- What did Microsoft learn from Vista?
- Acer Announces New Chromebooks, PCs, and Displays
- Razer Upgrades the Blade Stealth 13 to Make It the ‘World’s First Gaming Ultrabook’
- It’s Official: USB4 Incorporates Thunderbolt 3
- Microsoft's HoloLens 2 looks ready to go on sale in September
- Microsoft's latest Windows 10 20H1 test build adds cloud-reset option
- Explaining the 1903/1909 Explanation (Premium)
- Microsoft is now acknowledging that it is investigating high CPU usage after installing an optional Aug 30 update
- Microsoft: Flash will die on Windows 10's new Edge in line with Google Chrome
- Gears 5, More Coming to Xbox Game Pass on Console and PC
- Microsoft Announces September Games with Gold Titles
- Firefox 69 Arrives with Enhanced Tracking Protection on by Default
- Session catalog
- VMware and Microsoft Supporting Hyper-V for VMware Workstation Product
- Barrel-Aged Framinghammer - S'mores