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I've never owned a Huawei product before, but this is so unfair. They keep getting accused of stuff with no actual proof.

https://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-defining-essence-future-digix-huawei-global-smartphone-theme-/2019/04/15/8938118.htm
Everyone: EMUI sucks!
Huawei: So you guys don't like EMUI? Why don't you design something?

This is why I rarely buy first gen products.

It is enough but I do not recommend THAT especially if it’s a Corsair AIO. Consider NZXT M22.

He buys them all from Costco. Lmao
 
Are you going to buy socks and sandals as well?

Total PC computers: 55
Total laptops: 74
Total tablets: 145
Total cell phones: 25
 
Reasons for all the tech:. Most are used by students at my wife's school being that they don't have the budget for stronger computers. Nor do the students have the finances for them either. So I have built each machine and worked with several companies to fund these students with the technology to help them learn. Plus it's from donations from my own company as well. 

yeah like a gas car with a large tank

actually just put a large tank on a gas car and have the future now

Less greenhouse gases , with that power to weight ratio electric airplanes become real contenders and much cheaper energy costs.

Well at least since is doesn't say if affects them, my iPhone 6s will still be fine  

No
 
We say
Loonie for $1 coins
Twoonie for $2 coins
We say "a Borden" for $100 bill
In 2000 they stopped with $1000 bills
I used to have a paper drivers license, liquor stores were closed on weekends, smokes from a vending machine, smoke anywhere you wished to,
 
The funny with Linus is he quotes usd and yet is in canada and he or his staff never wear a poppy for respect. Newscasters wear them. Odd.
A true professional would use USD in prices, very easy and simple.

Agreed - if it is pre-existing slang, it's certainly not in common use throughout Canada. I also have never heard it used outside of LTT and the forum.

Nope... Literally never heard anyone other than Linus actually say that out loud.(or someone writing it on the forum)
 
There are certainly some slang that make reference to money, but Canadian rupees is just a joke Linus is saying to refer to the exchange rate with the US dollar.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_dollar
 
The Canadian Currency is the "Canadian Dollar" (CAD). Linus calls them Rupees as a joke, because compared to the US Dollar, they've lost quite a lot of value over the last 5+ years.

Check out the dell g3. It has a gtx1050ti gpu. And it’s under 1000usd.

2018 Macbook Pro 15”

Just checking into this since I got a PM that was concerned we were trying to conceal the Dbrand product placement and that was worried about us running afoul of sponsorship disclosure laws.Here's what I had to say about Switch Girl in response:
 
Clearly we were wrong in the sense that people didn't think it was funny. 
 
Swing and a miss...

Why is stuff like this a big deal? TV companies do this all the time, but when someone like Linus does it, you all freak out. Frankly, it's really none of your business how @LinusTech Decides to do any advertising. If that's the marketing plan they went with, you all should acknowledge that's what they decided to do and move on and stop wasting Linus' time in stupid marketing drama. This shouldn't be new to anyone. Let the poor man do what he loves, pay the bills for his family, and company, and continue to enjoy the great videos he makes! End of Story folks, now move on. Thank you. 

Well doing some reading about the Boeing NMA (797) @spongebob_27
 
" Boeing has not yet decided whether it will use a single engine type: CFM considers an all-new direct-drive engine, and Rolls-Royce proposes its Advance direct-drive engine before 2025 and its UltraFan geared design after, scalable from 25,000 to 110,000 lbf (110 to 490 kN).[50] As a new engine development costs $2.5 to $3 billion, GE has to evaluate its market opportunities, preferring a single-source for a low-volume airplane while Airbus would potentially need such an engine.[51] GE Aviation's offer would be through CFM, with the LEAP as the baseline for a bigger engine, half a generation further, with advanced but mature enough technology.[52] "

Technically that one is a 367-80 or Dash 80 for short, it was the prototype 707, you can tell from the design/position of the windows. Also, here's that very plane upside down during a demo flight 

I know, I've heard.
Seems like it's gonna be essentially a baby 787, which since they got the battery thing fixed. Is a very good thing.
I kinda expect the same or very similar CFM Leap engines to the 737MAX to be on the 797. But I don't know, maybe it wouldn't be possible to modify the CFM Leap to power something around the size of a 757 but made with lighter materials
 
I guess I'd hate to see the 767 go, but I understand that the economics of it. It doesn't make sense for Boeing to develop a 767X like they are for the 777

Microsoft will soon release a new Windows 10 update. This new update is called April Update. This new version of Windows 10 which was code name Redstone 4 will bring you to version 1803 Build 17134.
 
OUT NOW!
 
________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Download:
It will start coming out through Windows 10 Update starting May 8. If you want to get it now: You can use Microsoft Download Assistance: (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 - Pick "Update Now") You can use Media Creation Tool: (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 - Pick "Download tool now")  
________________________________________________________________________________________________________


What’s New?
 
The Exciting Stuff:
Fluent Design
 
Pushing forward with resigning and polishing the user interface of Windows 10, Microosft continues the implementation of the Fluent design language. Previously we only had a hint of it, but now it is more prominent, where you have glass frosted effect on the start menu, task bar, calendar (from the clock on the task bar), and so on. There is also a reveal effect which I can’t show properly via screen shots, but you’ll notice when you get the build. Basically, button edges reveal itself around the cursor. It is on everything UWP, so basically the Settings panels, Start menu, and so on.
 
Nearby Share
 
With Nearby Share enabled on your PC (Bluetooth required) from the Action Center, you can send via the Share menu a link or file to a PC near you. Simply hit the Share button and pick the PC from the list, and boom that selected PC will get it. The option is also found in the right-click menu when you right-click on a file on your system. This is a great way to send something to someone next to you without the need to use a USB flash

 
Quick Bluetooth Pairing

Windows 10 will now show a notification when it detects a Bluetooth device that is trying to be paired to, and from a quick press to the 'Connect' button on the notification, it will connect to it as expected. No need to go through the Settings panels, navigate to Devices, pick add Bluetooth, pick the type of Bluetooth devices it is, and wait for Windows to search for it. This should make connecting to your Bluetooth device for the first time much simpler.

(image source: https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/30/17301142/microsoft-windows-10-april-2018-update-features-review)
 
PWA - Progressive Web Apps
 
Joining Google, Microsoft introduces Progressive Web Apps (PWA) support. PWA are web apps, but is a big step forwards compared to the old web apps models. It is more than just a direct link in a web browser. The idea of PWA is to allow developers to make 1 app and be availible on all platform without having any limitations as if it were be a standard dedicated app with the same level of responsiveness, at least that is the idea.

To achieve this goal, PWA supports:
Offline mode (no internet connection to access the app and view its content.. of course the content won't be updated if it never has internet connectivity) Notification support. It can send notification even if the app is running on the background. Access sensor (assuming you give it permission) Access to Microphone and Webcam (permission required) Access to Contacts and other information (permission required) Access to Share menu Installable like normal apps Twitter is the first big app working on a PWA version for Windows 10. It will be available in the Store app soon. Please note that currently, Twitter app that is available now, is not the PWA version. It is expected that this same app, once complete, will be available on Android for those with the supported version, and replace the dedicated app.
 
 
Multi-GPU performance control on a per game/app basis.
 
If your system has a system with 2 non-identical GPUs, say a laptop with an Intel integrated graphics and a dedicated one, or external GPU (yes, it supports that) that you plug. You can tell Windows which graphics card to use game or application to use, for both UWP games/apps and Win32 games/programs.  The option is found under Settings > Display > Graphics settings (bottom of the page). All you have to do, is pick if you want to add a “Classic app” (standard Win32 game or application) or “Universal app” (a UWP), then pick on Browse, pick your executable file (for Universal apps, you’ll have a list of install UWP apps on your system instead), pick it, and add it. Now you can select the game or application in question, and select “Options”, and now you can pick which GPU you want it to use.
 
If you have the option in the Nvidia and AMD driver panel, those will remain and still works, however the Windows one (if defined) will take precedent. This was added to have an easier time in select UWP apps, and have a central, common location to set this up no matter the GPU setup you have.


Activity History (Timeline) in Task View
 
Task View now feature a new feature called: Timeline. When you Win+Tab or hit the Task View button, you now not only get the currently running program you can switch as normal, but also past programs used (up to the past 30 days). Picking one of the past programs will open program (if it is not running already) and load the project file that was worked on, or what article you were viewing last, if it is something like the News app. It can even resume where you left off if the program supports that.
Timeline also sync between your PCs running Windows 10 with this new update. You can add multiple accounts too if you want or use a different account than the one you are using now. Up to you. You can also disable it as well. You can also clear the history, and remove an individual app, and you can set it to keep all activity to this PC only, and not sync it to MS cloud to reach your other systems.


A search button at the top right is there to allow you to search for an app in your activity history/timeline.
 
DPI scaling improvements
 
A new setting called “Fix scaling for apps” found under Settings > System > Display > Advanced scaling, can be enabled, to give you pop-up notification on apps that are already opened when you do a display scaring change (which can occur when you do a remote desktop on a PC, or change the display scaling on the fly without logging out and back in), which detects blurry apps and can restart the app in such a way to appear no more blurry

 
Notification that will show will look like this:
 

 
Another feature added to help improve DPI scaling of apps, is an option to override defined global settings on a per app basis. Simply go to the properties of a program executable or its shortcuts. Then under “Compatibility” tab, hit the “Change High DPI Settings” button, and in this panel you’ll find an option to override the scaring for that specific application.
 

 
 
Per application audio output and input
 
You can now set each program you have the audio source you want to use coming in and out of your system. So, if you have 2x sound card, and you want 1 app to use Sound card 1 and the other sound card 2, but you want both to use the same microphone. Well, you now can! A better example, is that you have a USB headset and speakers, and you can have your games go through your USB headset, but use your Blue Yeti Microsoft instead of the one from your headset, and all other programs use your speakers of your system. The list shows you currently running programs that outputted audio or registered itself to output audio. The app/game will disappear once it is closed, but the settings is kept in memory.
 

 
Swipe to type on the large keyboard layout
 
The on-screen touch keyboard of Windows now supports shape-writing. Now you can swipe your finger on letters as you do with WordFlow or Swift Keyboard on your mobile device, to type. This features was only available on the tiny thumb keyboard, now it is available on the big one.
 
More privacy options
 
          New options for Windows           Can now give permission rights to apps for access to the Picture, Video and Document folder. By default, apps no longer have access to these folders.           Delete diagnostic data collected. You can now delete diagnostic data collected within Windows at the press of a button. The new option is found under Settings > Privacy > Diagnostics & feedback.

What else has changed:
Windows Update.
 
o   Not going to sleep on you anymore. When Windows Update kicks in, and you are away, you will no longer need to fear that your system will go to sleep by itself, only to resume, and see that the system is updating (and have the update be corrupted). Windows will disable Sleep on idle timeout during this time. Please note that you can manually sleep your system at this time. It will not prevent this. This only occurs when you leave your system idle. Once the update is complete the computer will go to sleep as normal when idle after the specified time.
o   Reduce downtime. Microsoft has re-worked partially the Windows update process to reduce system downtime to apply an update. Once you have the Spring Creator Update, in the future, the next OS update will be faster. Basically, Microsoft was able to move operations it does during the update process from the actual update phase to the “installing update” phase while being in Windows. This means that the time the system need to restart to apply the update will be reduced dramatically than before., allowing you to be back up and running far quicker, reducing your down time.
 
Game Bar layout improvements.
Game Bar has a new look to be easier to use, nicer looking, and support dark and light theme.


 
Bye-Bye HomeGroup
 
Microsoft pulled the plug on the Home Group feature that introduced back in Windows 7 as a way to make it easier to network share between computer in a home environment. This was removed as now you have OneDrive, OneDrive Files On-Demand, Nearby Share, and Share feature, which all together makes HomeGroup not needed. As Microsoft put it

 "HomeGroup was terrific for the pre-cloud and pre-mobile era, but today this functionality is built right into Windows 10 and apps"
 
Calibrate your display for HDR.
For some displays, in order to have HDR support, the display needs to be calibrated at the factory. Microosft added a new option in Windows, which, if you have the tools, allows you to calibrate your display to make it HDR ready.

Startup Settings in Settings panel
 
The Settings panel now have the ability to manage your startup apps. You can find the option under: Settings > Apps > Startup
 
Adjust the brightness of SDR content on your HDR display
 
Windows now lets you adjust how bright SDR content appears when running in HDR mode on the desktop. On an HDR capable system, you will see a slider in the “HDR and advanced color settings” page under Settings > System > Display. This is one of the improvements to HDR image quality that we have planned based on feedback from Insiders.
 

 
 
Dictation
Win+H on your keyboard will show the new dictation bar which you can use with any app. Use it to enter text in any program text field or Word document.
 
File Explorer
 
Cloud state icon on Navigation Pane.

 
 
 
 
 
Focus Assist
 
                Quiet Hours is now called Focus Assist  
                It will automatically turn on once you connect your system to a second display, so you will no longer be getting pop-up notifications when you do a presentation.                 It will also automatically turn on when you play a full screen exclusive DirectX game.
Cortana improvements
Cortana notifications and pop-ups are now all regrouped in the Action Center. No longer split between Cortana panel and Action Center. Notebook area got a cleanup and new look:

  New Cortana commands to control your music: Play Christmas music on Spotify Play my discover weekly playlist on Spotify Play <Artist/Track/Title/Genre/Mood> on <AppName> Play some Drake Play focus music Play rock music Play my tracks What’s playing?  
 
My People
 
        You can now pin more contacts on the task bar               You can now drag and drop a contact from the People list to the task bar               You can now re-arrange people in the task bar Settings
 
Settings panel home screen got redesigned

 
 
Disk Clean up now in Settings panel (old one still there, for now)
Under Storage Settings, you can now clean your disk freeing up storage. You can clean, like the old Disk Cleaner utility of Windows, old Windows installs, Temp files, Thumbnail cache, Recycling Bin, Temp. Internet Files (for IE and Edge), etc.
 
Fonts
 
 
Font management has been added to the Settings panel under Personalization > Fonts.
Designed for developers, the Font preview panel allows you to preview your own text, and not some generic one, by typing what you want to see in the preview in a box, and you can adjust the width and size via sliders.
You can also now download and purchase fonts from the Store app.
 
Revamp Ease of Access Settings
 
Ease of Access section of the Settings panels got revamp and reorganized, with the inclusion of group separation in the menu navigation. The changes reflect the ongoing effort to implement Fluent Design language that the company is going with, and to have the Settings panel be the central to manage all OS options. Expect more of this in the future.

Chinese text appears better than ever.
 
Microsoft has reworked the Microsoft Yahei Font to improve readability of simplified Chinese.
 
Touch Keyboard
             Touch screen keyboard Fluent Design  
        The on-screen touch keyboard got the Fluent Design treatment              More language  
         Over 190 keyboard layouts have been added to the OS
Handwriting panel Improvements
 
             Streamlined text insertion and removal           You can now insert/remove spaces and commit an entry via new pen gestures. Draw a “split” gesture between two words in the handwriting panel by drawing a vertical line between them. More space will be created where you drew the line so that you can write more in the newly-created space. As a reminder you can also draw a split gesture inside a word to break apart the word and ink more characters in the new space.

   

 
 
         Improved re-recognition of words including Hindi         Embedded Handwriting panel on UWP apps, as you tap a text box with your pen, the text box will grow and allow you to write inside.            Improved Text suggestions for Japanese language   You can now choose a different font for the text being displayed in the input panel. The choices are now: Segoe UI (default), Segoe Print, and Segoe Script  
Text suggestions as you type on a physical keyboard
 
Text suggestion on supported apps used to be only for touch screen keyboard. Now it is coming even if you use an actual keyboard. To enable the feature, make sure English (United States) language is added in Settings > Time & languages > Region & languages, then set this feature to “On” by enabling the “Show text suggestions as I type on hardware keyboard” setting under Settings > Devices > Typing.
 

Emoji Panel
 
You can now insert multiple emoji’s at once from the emoji panel, and supports more languages
 
 

 
Start menu
 
            Jump to the UWP app Settings from the right-click menu
           
 
 
 
Data settings for cellular usage
 
A variety of options has been added to Windows 10 to improve data management of LTE powered devices. Like your cellphone, you can now make your system switch to LTE if Wi-Fi is poor, force switch to Wi-Fi if you are close to your limit on your data plan, and more.
From there you can directly configure the app Privacy options related to it, force terminate it, Reset, manage the app DLC and add-ons if any, and Uninstall the app.

 
 
High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF).
 
Windows now support HEIF formatted image. This means that now the Photo app can view them.
 
Edge
Edge isn't left out, of course, and got a nice set of features
You can now mute a tab from the right-clicking on the tab, or hitting the speaker icon on the tab. Auto Fill forms (here is a demo video of it: ) Push notification. Edge now support Service Workers and push notifications Offline website. Edge finally support offline websites. Ability to adjust the text spacing like on eBooks in Reading View Ability to save free EPUB (eBooks) books on your system. Managed acquired EPUB books in Edge by right-clicking on them:
Fluent Design Redesigned Favorites/History/Download/Reading List/Books panel. The new look is no longer a cram mess, but rather, a polished experience. EPUB and Reading View now has some grammar options, where you can have Edge highlight adjectives or verbs or Nouns New full screen reading experience Improve roaming of Table of Content and inserted Notes and highlights. EPUB Media Overlay support Option to never save passwords for a site In Private Mode, you can now have Edge auto fill passwords that were previously saved In Private Mode now supports Extensions Dev tools of Edge can now be dock not only at the bottom of the web browser, or make it a floating panel, but it can be put on the right side.  
For the Devs
Windows Subsystem for Linux
·        You can now run WSL in the background
·        Elevated and non-elevated WSL instances can run simultaneously
 
·        WSL is now supported when connected via OpenSSH, VPN, Enter-PSSession, and/or other similar Windows remoting tools
·        Wslpath tool has been added to convert Linux path to Windows-friendly paths
 
Windows
·        Windows Command line now support CURL and bsdtar (tar)
·        Unix style socket are now available (AF_UNIX)
 
 
For the IT
·          New GPO can be set for Deliver Optimization options (Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Delivery Optimization)
·          New “Registry” Process in the Task Manager, showing you the registry hive loaded in memory by the registry.Microsoft says:
 
Getting the Update
 
There is no exact release dates, but it should be coming in several days. As always, the update will be released in waves.
 
Here is a good overview of many of the changes in this new version:
 
 
Reminder
I recommend the following before upgrading the latest version:
Backup your data before upgrading, if you are forcing it, as if it is not released yet for you, you are not part of the wave or your system configuration has been reported to have issue that needs to be resolved first by Microsoft. Uninstall your A/V and security software (beside Windows Defender), and restart your PC, before upgrading. Install them back once the update is complete. Normally it should be no problem if you ensure your security software are fully updated before starting the process, but just in case, as they are always reported issues since ever when it comes to these big updates (from Service Packs updates from the old days, to Windows 10 update builds) If you used a registry cleaner at some point, you increased your chances of having a broken experience after upgrade If you have had a virus or malware on your system that executed, as your A/V didn't catch it in time, then remember that your A/V doesn't fix registry changes or system file changes, and that can lead to broken Windows or failed update. Ensure that ALL your drivers are FULLY updated before starting the upgrade process (Keyboard (if any), Mouse (if any), Motherboard chipset, Audio, Graphics card, peripherals, and any other cards installed)  
What's After?
Code name Redstone 5. It will be the last version with the code name "Redstone" in the name. It is expected to further push the fluent design It is expected that Cortana to be moved from the Search box to the Action Center. We see part of it already being the case with this new update. Tabs everywhere, called Sets. You can create groups of apps Win32 and UWP, including mixing them, and folders, which you can switch between, save/restore.  
What was Before?
 
Sources and pictures: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/tag/windows-insider-program/#f20JRcOPBKi1PbX2.97
 
 

I'd love to work for Linus too. 
 
Recent work experience :
- dropped my phone 2 months ago
- dropped it again last month
- dropped one of my external HDDs this afternoon
 
If I move to Canada, do I qualify?

Neither are good options. Acer Swift 3 is clearly better. However, if you really need to choose one between these two, Aspire E15 is better.

The MX150 is an entry level GPU. It's a GT1030 for laptops (literally the same GPU) so it's nothing exciting. Casual games will play just fine, or more demanding games @ 720p.
 
I'd say get the acer + another 4GB of RAM and possibly a SSD. The Lenovo has 8GB but a useless and slow 2TB harddisk.