Welcome to 2020!PT starts the year with a rant thoughtful commentary about the state of WindowsMJF looks back at the decade that MS became a cloud companyA couple of the original Red Dog 'dream team' reflect on the last decadeCES: Lots of new Windows 10 PCs, including a number of foldablesNo Windows 10X yetBut lots of dual- and folding-display designs for some reasonAnd some gaming PCs, etc.Let's talk Windows 7!Mary Jo has been using Windows 7 on her podcast PC. And Paul just switched back to Windows 7 temporarily. Some thoughts...Windows 7 gets its last free security update on Jan. 14Reminder: Security Essentials actually will keep getting updated after Jan. 14 (MS changed its documentation)Related: Chredge starts rolling out to the mainstream on Jan. 15 - And you can run it side-by-side with old Edge if you wantXboxMicrosoft and leakers start revealing more about Xbox One, Series X:Pricing thoughtsAMD dishes on the ports, incorrectlyAnd, in a leak, the real portsJanuary Games with GoldTips and picksTip of the week: Game Pass is still one of the best deals in gamingPlus: A quick update on Microsoft's Windows Weekly giveaways!App pick of the week: Vivaldi 2.10, another Chrome alternativeEnterprise pick of the week: Windows Server 2008/R2 users: You have an Azure outCodename pick(s) of the week: Spartan, Anaheim and O'Hare (oh my!)Beer pick of the week: Evil Twin's Even More Jesus
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