WW 898: It's Notable When It Works - IFA Berlin 2024, PS5 Pro, Bonjourr
Windows Weekly (Audio)
Leo Laporte
4.4 • 928 Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2024
⏱️ 143 minutes
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Summary
Paul is back from Berlin! Mikah Sargent subs in for Leo, while Richard brings a glass of Einar's whisky to the show! They talk about the latest from IFA 2024, including the state of Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm. Later, tune in for intriguing updates about Parallels Desktop, Windows 10's Photos app, and Apple's lineup of (currently) AI-less devices.
IFA Part Deux
- More perspective from industry insiders on where Intel, AMD and Qualcomm are at now
- Why did Qualcomm launch lower-end Snapdragon X chips now?
- Intel bails on 20A manufacturing process to focus on 18A - making lemonade
- Intel lands a punch with Lunar Lake. Is it enough for a comeback?
- Qualcomm has reportedly been trying to buy Intel's chip design business for months
- Lenovo launches new PCs with Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm chips - Photo gallery
- Copilot+ PC-class PCs with AMD and Intel chips come with 24H2e
Windows
- Patch Tuesday arrives - 22H2/23H2 and 24H2 all get updates - same as last month's preview updates, of course
- Microsoft still doesn't list 24H2 in Windows 11 Update History on the Support sit
- Parallels Desktop 20 will benefit from Microsoft's Prism emulator too
- Microsoft is updating Photos app in Windows 10 too
- It's not just macOS Sequoia, ChromeOS is copying Windows's Snap feature too
Apple launches new devices but AI is not ready
- Apple launches iPhone 16 series without AI, plus new Apple Watch and AirPods 4 also without AI... and confirms next software updates, also without AI - AI is for later, sometimes much later
- This was a lackluster launch by any measure. But AI might make things more interesting in time
- Dashlane recommends skipping out on Apple Passwords
Microsoft 365, AI, more
- Microsoft opens up Ignite 2024 registration
- Windows App set to replace various RDP apps
Xbox
- Sony tips PS5 Pro for a November 7 launch at $699
- Xbox Game Pass Standard launches
- Netflix allegedly saw 210 million game downloads
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Lose the bookmarks, gain a (free) New tab page
- Tip of the week #2: Amazon Prime Games has free games too
- RunAs Radio this week: Microsoft 365 and PowerShell with Tony Redmond
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Einar's Great Skua Single Malt
Hosts: Paul Thurrott, Richard Campbell, and Mikah Sargent
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on Windows Weekly, I'm Micah Sergeant Subbing in for Leo La Port this week and we kick off things with Paul Thorat talking about his time at EFA. |
| 0:10.0 | We also have a conversation about Intel's current run of processors, where Qualcomm comes in to play, |
| 0:19.0 | and kind of the current state of the chips being used in PCs and what we might expect in the future for the |
| 0:27.6 | Co-Pilot Plus PC lineup. After that it is our typical conversation about Windows updates and a little opportunity |
| 0:36.9 | to talk about Windows Recall. A touch of information about Apple's event and what we can expect from the iPhones and of course |
| 0:45.6 | as you might expect we get around to Xbox Corner and your tips and picks of the week. |
| 0:50.9 | All of that plus so much, coming up on Windows Weekly. |
| 0:54.1 | Podcasts you love. |
| 0:59.3 | From people you trust. |
| 1:00.6 | This is Twit. |
| 1:09.6 | This is |
| 1:09.8 | This is Windows Weekly with Paul Thorat, Richard Campbell, and me, Micah Sergeant, episode 898, recorded |
| 1:17.3 | Wednesday, September 11, 2024. |
| 1:21.3 | It's notable when it works. It's |
| 1:25.0 | time for Windows Weekly, the show where we talk to two of the foremost Windows Watchers in the world. |
| 1:32.0 | I am your host this week Micah |
| 1:34.8 | Sergeant subbing in for Leo Leport who is on vacation somewhere on a ship |
| 1:41.9 | or something who knows maybe he's on a ship or something, who knows. |
| 1:43.5 | Maybe he's on a horse, but I am not on a horse. |
| 1:46.1 | I am in the saddle. |
| 1:48.4 | Joining us this week. |
| 1:50.3 | What's happening? |
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