How many of those 33% would go and buy the PC through the Microsoft Store? Why wouldn't they just buy it from Lenovo if they don't want to run Windows?

I think this is just Apple mocking the entire patent system.

No. I hope you do not. I don't run as admin on my Windows machines either. I run as Standard User so even if something bypasses UAC it can't do much because my account simply doesn't have those rights.

Lip service isn't support. It's action that matters. Read the platform for your party to see how they really feel about the LGBTQ community.

Agree. I have two systems in the Insider program but neither are my main machine. It's actually part of the agreement you click is that you won't be installing it on your main machine.

\_()_/

There's a very visible off switch in the start menu settings for that.

Linux is getting close to Windows Phone in popularity!

The problem is that from a business perspective they've not failed. Far from it. They just executed the most successful OS rollout of any OS is history. In only a few months more people were running Win10 than OSX and Linux combined. It overtook XP quickly too which was key. Eventually people will realize that telemetry is built into the fabric of the framework that makes up the machinery of our entire society. Your phone, your credit cards, probably even your car track aspects of your behavior. That's not intended to encourage you to stop complaining. I'm all for complaining about things I don't like but it does seem to be the reality of the situation and I don't think there's much anyone can do about it. Sure, I could start using Linux but all things considered it just doesn't seem worth the trouble.

Describing the collection of anonymized data as spyware is dishonest and false for two reasons. First, it's anonymous so it can't be used to spy on anyone. Second, they are not hiding that they collect it; normally if you are spying on someone you don't tell them.

Aside from that it's just an overblow worry. People who have this concern typically have no problem using a smartphone or google products. They just use it as a flimsy prop for their anti-ms bias.

Then I think they're getting off easy being able to get the data back for $500. If the drive goes tits up it probably costs more than that and the data may be gone for good at any price.

The most popular game engine uses .Net so it's likely that most of the games on iOS and Android already use it. It's fun to read some of the /. reaction to this but they are doing some really cool things.

"Now we have C#, Go and Swift running on all of the major platforms."

I've read that there are ways to use Swift on Windows but it doesn't seem like a first class citizen.

Yeah, I guess if you are already wasting resources porting something to mac you might as well port it to Linux too.

I kid I kid. At least a little bit I kid.

Lol, so once you get it working 10% or so of the market they get the other 1.79% for free? Still a waste of time.