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Surface extravaganza: a review of Windows 11 and Microsoft’s new Surface lineup

The Vergecast

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Is the Task Bar in the Middle of a Sea of Other Icons?

The latest version of Windows 8.1 is available for download from the Mac App Store now. The operating system was final then, in like a relative terms. But i feel like they're going to do that a lot more now. So it's going to be a monthly thing. I'm having so much trouble with those new action center options. It's harder to get to the apset or running and things like that. A chat icon forces teams on me. And i can't right click and remove that. This is a theme across mac and windows and chromoes - even one guy who likes live tiles says he doesn't use them. For me, the big one is the

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