Microsoft bought my beer.

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So I'm in Norway. On Wednesday I went down to visit my husband's friend at a startup work space in Oslo, at this place: Introducing Startup Summer 2012 teams | Startup Norway

It turned out we had missed the representative from Microsoft by about half an hour. He was down there to give a presentation on Windows 8, the developer environment for Metro apps, and the Surface. And just in case people needed some encouragement to go listen to the Microsoft fellow, he had brought along 144 beers for fewer than 20 people.

I was really bummed that I missed the Microsoft guy, evidently they only have one developer in the work space working on a metro app, and that guy has never used windows 8 on a touch device. It might have been fun to ask interesting questions about things like: "Hey Microsoft! Did you know that developers are making apps that are dependent on the codecs they have installed on their own machine without telling the user what codecs she'll need?" And "What do you intend to do about it?"

Oh well, I was in time to get slightly fewer than 7.2 free beers.
 

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    windows 8
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    Viliv S10 3G
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    Atom Z530 (1.6GHz)
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    1GB DDR2 SDRAM (533MHz)
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    Intel GMA 500
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    Realtek High Definition Audio
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    WiFi 802.11 b/g
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    Internal 3G (Huawei EM770W:
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    HSUPA: 5.76Mbps (UL) / HSDPA: 7.2Mbps (DL))
stefalopod said:
So I'm in Norway. On Wednesday I went down to visit my husband's friend at a startup work space in Oslo, at this place: Introducing Startup Summer 2012 teams | Startup Norway

It turned out we had missed the representative from Microsoft by about half an hour. He was down there to give a presentation on Windows 8, the developer environment for Metro apps, and the Surface. And just in case people needed some encouragement to go listen to the Microsoft fellow, he had brought along 144 beers for fewer than 20 people.

I was really bummed that I missed the Microsoft guy, evidently they only have one developer in the work space working on a metro app, and that guy has never used windows 8 on a touch device. It might have been fun to ask interesting questions about things like: "Hey Microsoft! Did you know that developers are making apps that are dependent on the codecs they have installed on their own machine without telling the user what codecs she'll need?" And "What do you intend to do about it?"

Oh well, I was in time to get slightly fewer than 7.2 free beers.
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Hope they visit Australia ... I might be able to get drunk enough to stop the recurring kaleidoscopic nightmares I have of Win8! :party:
 

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System One

  • OS
    1st PC: Win7 Ultimate 64bit Retail. 2nd PC: Vista Ulimtate 32bit OEM
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    Self assembled
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    Ist PC: Intel quad core i7-960 2nd PC: Intel quad core i5-2400
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    DX58SO2 Extreme; Intel DH67CL
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    12GB Kingston DDR3 1300; 8GB DDR3 1300
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    Gigabyte GTX 550 Ti Graphics/Sound card; Onboard graphics
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    Gigabyte GTX 550 Ti Graphics/Sound card; Onboard sound
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    Samsung S24B300H; S23A350H
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    1920 x 1080
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    124GB Corsair Performance SSD SATA3; 120GB Corsair Force SSD SATA3
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    Cooler Master CM690 II Advanced; Centurion 5 II
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    CPU, Back, Top & Rear extraction fans both PCs
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    Microsoft Wireless Multimedia
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless Optical
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    Theoretical max 100MB/sec Actual 0.5MB/sec
7.2 beers? Never a bad day with that in my book... :cool:
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
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    PC/Desktop
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    ASUS
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    AMD FX 8320
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    Crosshair V Formula-Z
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    16 gig DDR3
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    ASUS R9 270
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    1 TB Seagate Barracuda (starting to hate Seagate)
    x2 3 TB Toshibas
    Windows 8.1 is installed on a SanDisk Ultra Plus 256 GB
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    OCZ 500 watt
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    A current work in progres as I'll be building the physical case myself. It shall be fantastic.
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    Arctic Cooler with 3 heatpipes
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    Logitech K750 wireless solar powered keyboard
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    Microsoft Touch Mouse
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender, but I might go back on KIS 2014
I've been running Windows support forums for 7 years and the most I've had from them was a bag of jelly beans and a grow you own chillies kit :cry:
 

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  • OS
    Windows 10
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    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    me
    CPU
    i9
They conduct preview and with beer.:thumb:
Would people appreciate what they have presented!? :D
 

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  • OS
    8 Release Preview, 7 Home Premium
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    ASUS K53SJ Notebook
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    CPU @ 2.10GHz
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    Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2310M Processor
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    DDR3 1333 MHz SDRAM, 2 x SO-DIMM socket for expansion up to 8 G SDRAM
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    NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 520M with 1GB DDR3 VRAM
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    15.6" 16:9 HD (1366x768) LED Backlight
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    500GB 5400rpm/7200rpm
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    Aluminum Blue
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    Built in
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    HP 2.4 GHz Wireless Optical Mobile Mouse
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I reckon given the price of beer in Norway it would have been cheaper to give away Win8 licences.....
 

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System One

  • OS
    WIN7 Home Premium 64-bit
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    Homebuilt
    CPU
    Intel I7 920
    Motherboard
    Asus P6T-Se
    Memory
    6Gb
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    Sapphire HD5770
    Sound Card
    On-board
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    ASUS VW246H, Samsing Syncmaster 2233, Samsung Syncmaster T200HD
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500Gb
    PSU
    Coolermaster Silent Pro M700
    Case
    NOX
    Mouse
    Logitech Marble
    Internet Speed
    10Mbps
    Other Info
    Dell Inspiron 1501 with Win 8 CP 32 Bit - flying along!
poppa bear said:
I might be able to get drunk enough to stop the recurring kaleidoscopic nightmares I have of Win8! :party:
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Do you suppose there's enough beer in Australia?
 

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  • OS
    windows 8
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Viliv S10 3G
    CPU
    Atom Z530 (1.6GHz)
    Memory
    1GB DDR2 SDRAM (533MHz)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel GMA 500
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Screen Resolution
    1366/768
    Hard Drives
    SanDisk 64GB SSD
    Internet Speed
    6.41/5.47 MBPS
    Other Info
    WiFi 802.11 b/g
    Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
    Internal 3G (Huawei EM770W:
    HSPA/UMTS 850/900/1900/2100MHz,
    HSUPA: 5.76Mbps (UL) / HSDPA: 7.2Mbps (DL))

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    1st PC: Win7 Ultimate 64bit Retail. 2nd PC: Vista Ulimtate 32bit OEM
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Self assembled
    CPU
    Ist PC: Intel quad core i7-960 2nd PC: Intel quad core i5-2400
    Motherboard
    DX58SO2 Extreme; Intel DH67CL
    Memory
    12GB Kingston DDR3 1300; 8GB DDR3 1300
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte GTX 550 Ti Graphics/Sound card; Onboard graphics
    Sound Card
    Gigabyte GTX 550 Ti Graphics/Sound card; Onboard sound
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung S24B300H; S23A350H
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    124GB Corsair Performance SSD SATA3; 120GB Corsair Force SSD SATA3
    Case
    Cooler Master CM690 II Advanced; Centurion 5 II
    Cooling
    CPU, Back, Top & Rear extraction fans both PCs
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Wireless Multimedia
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless Optical
    Internet Speed
    Theoretical max 100MB/sec Actual 0.5MB/sec
MadHorseman said:
I reckon given the price of beer in Norway it would have been cheaper to give away Win8 licences.....
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Lol, I wonder if people would have been quite as happy to accept them ;)
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Viliv S10 3G
    CPU
    Atom Z530 (1.6GHz)
    Memory
    1GB DDR2 SDRAM (533MHz)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel GMA 500
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Screen Resolution
    1366/768
    Hard Drives
    SanDisk 64GB SSD
    Internet Speed
    6.41/5.47 MBPS
    Other Info
    WiFi 802.11 b/g
    Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
    Internal 3G (Huawei EM770W:
    HSPA/UMTS 850/900/1900/2100MHz,
    HSUPA: 5.76Mbps (UL) / HSDPA: 7.2Mbps (DL))
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