August 21, 2024

Windows Weekly 895: I'm Done Transitioning

2 hours 36 minutes

This episode of Windows Weekly has Paul, Richard, and Leo chatting about everything from Microsoft Recall's upcoming availability to AMD's move to acquire ZT Systems. Paul reviews a new Meteor Lake-equipped laptop from HP, and Leo shows off his Diablo skills on iPad. The group also takes a look at gamescom news, including a trailer for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (which has a release date!) and an awesome Xbox Adaptive Joystick for accessibility.

Windows 11

Recall will ship with Windows 11 24H2 in preview in October

Canary (last week) - New Sandbox, FAT32 improvements, more

Dev and Beta - One new feature, one removed feature

Lenovo revenues point to ongoing PC market rebound

HP's efforts to overcome Meteor Lake problems are about as successful as they can be

Microsoft 365

Unified Teams client is now available

Supposedly Loop 2.0 is out and/or coming soon as well

Proton shifts ownership to non-profit foundation

AI/Hardware

Paul: I will not pay for AI

AMD tries to acquire its way into being an Nvidia competitor

There's a cheaper new Raspberry 5

Antitrust

Judge in Epic v. Google: Oh, Google is going to pay

Dev

Quick follow-up to last week's VS 2022 releases

Microsoft didn't document an important change to how Windows 11 theming works in .NET 9 Preview, all hell broke loose

Continued work on WPF app modernization—dialogs, custom title bar area—and a long chat with Rafael uncovers the serious problems remaining here

Xbox

Xbox Insiders can test Game Pass Standard for $1

Microsoft shows off lots of Xbox games and one PS5 game at gamescom

Phil Spencer defends this strategy at the show

Microsoft's Xbox Series X|S refreshes are available for preorder, ship in October

Microsoft announces new Xbox accessibility accessories

New Game Pass titles to include early access to COD: Black Ops 6

Nvidia GeForce Now adds auto sign in to Xbox

Epic Games Store launches on Android and iOS

It's not just regular laptops that are getting better at gaming: AAA mobile gaming is real

New Atari 7800

Tips and Picks

Tip of the week: Windows on Arm - Then and Now

App pick of the week: Start11

RunAs Radio this week: Threat Modeling in the Cloud with Romina Druta & Daniela Cruzes

Brown liquor pick of the week: Armorik Sherry Cask

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly

Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com

The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.

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August 21, 2024

Windows Weekly 895: I'm Done Transitioning

2 hours 36 minutes

Windows 11

Recall will ship with Windows 11 24H2 in preview in October

Canary (last week) - New Sandbox, FAT32 improvements, more

Dev and Beta - One new feature, one removed feature

Lenovo revenues point to ongoing PC market rebound

HP's efforts to overcome Meteor Lake problems are about as successful as they can be

Microsoft 365

Unified Teams client is now available

Supposedly Loop 2.0 is out and/or coming soon as well

Proton shifts ownership to non-profit foundation

AI/Hardware

Paul: I will not pay for AI

AMD tries to acquire its way into being an Nvidia competitor

There's a cheaper new Raspberry 5

Antitrust

Judge in Epic v. Google: Oh, Google is going to pay

Dev

Quick follow-up to last week's VS 2022 releases

Microsoft didn't document an important change to how Windows 11 theming works in .NET 9 Preview, all hell broke loose

Continued work on WPF app modernization—dialogs, custom title bar area—and a long chat with Rafael uncovers the serious problems remaining here

Xbox

Xbox Insiders can test Game Pass Standard for $1

Microsoft shows off lots of Xbox games and one PS5 game at gamescom

Phil Spencer defends this strategy at the show

Microsoft's Xbox Series X|S refreshes are available for preorder, ship in October

Microsoft announces new Xbox accessibility accessories

New Game Pass titles to include early access to COD: Black Ops 6

Nvidia GeForce Now adds auto sign in to Xbox

Epic Games Store launches on Android and iOS

It's not just regular laptops that are getting better at gaming: AAA mobile gaming is real

New Atari 7800

Tips and Picks

Tip of the week: Windows on Arm - Then and Now

App pick of the week: Start11

RunAs Radio this week: Threat Modeling in the Cloud with Romina Druta & Daniela Cruzes

Brown liquor pick of the week: Armorik Sherry Cask

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly

Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com

The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.

Sponsors:

canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT

1password.com/windowsweekly

bigid.com/windows

betterhelp.com/WINDOWS

...more

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