Darkness Flickers
As I close my eyes, the darkness flickers.
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Restless Dreams by Kyle Landry and Yarrow Whitfield
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Fixing Limited WiFi/Bluetooth on Surface Pro
This is a one time issue I ran into on both my first Surface Pro and its replacement, so I think it might be just a corrupt preinstalled driver.
The symptoms are if you, within the first week or so of using the Surface Pro, start having limited connection with any WiFi or Bluetooth network. For Bluetooth, you may also be getting the option to connect via "Direct Connection" instead of "Access Point".
The fix is to go to the Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Device Manager > Network Adapters.
Just uninstall all devices and restart.
Windows 8 will automatically reinstall the default drivers and everything works again.
Note: For Bluetooth, you also need to pair up your phone and laptop again. This is the case even with Windows Update updating your drivers, which can be annoying.
The symptoms are if you, within the first week or so of using the Surface Pro, start having limited connection with any WiFi or Bluetooth network. For Bluetooth, you may also be getting the option to connect via "Direct Connection" instead of "Access Point".
The fix is to go to the Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Device Manager > Network Adapters.
Just uninstall all devices and restart.
Windows 8 will automatically reinstall the default drivers and everything works again.
Note: For Bluetooth, you also need to pair up your phone and laptop again. This is the case even with Windows Update updating your drivers, which can be annoying.
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Surface Pro - First Impressions
So I picked up a Surface Pro on its release a couple days ago. Funny enough the Microsoft Store in Corte Madera was fairly empty and there was no trouble at all picking one up in 128GB (plenty of stock). Guess they aren't very good at marketing.
I installed pretty much everything I normally keep on my laptop onto it without a hitch. Virtually no cons so far. Runs Photoshop, Premiere, FL Studio, Visual Studio, WinSCP, etc all just fine. Type cover keyboard works great and I'm able to run anything I normally do on my regular desktop. If you don't like Windows 8, you can just download ClassicShell which brings back the Start menu and lets you switch to Desktop mode permanently, making it essentially Windows 7. Even the lack of 3G/4G is easily fixed by tethering it via Bluetooth to the cellphone in my pocket.
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I installed pretty much everything I normally keep on my laptop onto it without a hitch. Virtually no cons so far. Runs Photoshop, Premiere, FL Studio, Visual Studio, WinSCP, etc all just fine. Type cover keyboard works great and I'm able to run anything I normally do on my regular desktop. If you don't like Windows 8, you can just download ClassicShell which brings back the Start menu and lets you switch to Desktop mode permanently, making it essentially Windows 7. Even the lack of 3G/4G is easily fixed by tethering it via Bluetooth to the cellphone in my pocket.
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Best Laptop/Tablet PC So Far?
I've been trying to find something similar to the Surface Pro but even lighter, faster, and more battery life. Seems like the only other tablet in the same vein is the Kupa X15?
http://www.dynamism.com/top-notebooks/kupa_x15.shtml
I haven't been following this stuff for years now though, so I don't know if my Google searching skills are up to par.
Anyone know of anything even better?
http://www.dynamism.com/top-notebooks/kupa_x15.shtml
I haven't been following this stuff for years now though, so I don't know if my Google searching skills are up to par.
Anyone know of anything even better?
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Running Away
In loneliness, we run away... but the farther we run, the more isolated we become.
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