I find it quite disturbing that they were even considering releasing this obviously faulty build and fixing it later. Do they not care about the name brand? It's already got people pissed off as it is.
Every automatic transmission I've seen limit the gear changes past the selection. So if you put it in 2nd, it doesn't start in second, it won't shift past second. It always starts in first gear. I tried this out on the van I drive occasionally for work.
The same van also would hunt for gears when going up inclines. On my vehicle (which is manual) it stays until I change it.
Engine braking is terrible on automatics. You have a fluid coupling between the engine and transmission that allows a lot of slip vs putting it in a lower gear and engaging it fully. Have you even driven a car with a manual transmission? This comment makes me think you haven't.
I prefer manuals, it offers the driver more control.
I drove a newer van with an automatic transmission with fly-by-wire throttle and it was a terrible experience. You barely touch the gas pedal and the ECU goes "OK, half throttle start!" They don't do this with a manual transmission.
A secondary effect (at least around where I live) is a manual transmission is actually a pretty good antitheft. If there are two identical cars parked beside each other, one with a manual and one with an automatic, the automatic gets stolen every time.
Sneeze in the inside of your elbow with it placed just above the nose. Whatever doesn't get absorbed by the clothes or arm, will get directed downward.
I do this all the time, just make sure nobody is sitting down nearby.
I bought mine 30 months ago, also not a Samsung or Apple, and it's just starting to show battery degradation.
Oh look, I found a new OEM battery from the manufacturer for $29, and all it takes is 10 seconds to pop the back cover off and change it, and it'll be good for another 30 months...
The only reason for engineering a non-replaceable battery in any device that requires one is planned obsolescence, period.
I mean, think about it. Would you buy a new car every 5 or so years because the automotive engineers decided it was better to seal the battery to the car and have it non-replaceable/non-servicable? Current flagship cell phones have been well over $500 for many years now. The cost of a replaceable battery in a model that has a user-swappable battery is about $30-$50. I've had the displeasure of having battery capacity issues as early as 16 months with a cell phone. (And yes, it was an iPhone 3G. That's when I said I'd never buy another phone with a sealed battery.)
but Apple apparently doesn't want you to know that's why your phone is slow. They want you to think it's slow because it's just not capable of it.
The real question here is will you get better performance after changing the battery. Or are they just slowing down all models x years old due to battery concerns. And, if performance is restored, will they recognize 3rd party battery replacements.
Given Apple's history on this sort of thing, I doubt it. So the only option is to buy another shiny, new Apple toy.
I use NoRedirect on FIrefox, and it's surprising how many sites do redirections. Ads are blocked, I'm talking about actual site redirections that want to send me to a different domain.
It probably did try to upgrade and failed. I just ran into this today. Open the registry and delete the 'Rollback' key from HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\OSUpgrade, reboot, and try getting an update. That actually worked for me, after rebooting, WU worked normally.
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So you plan to reward them by upgrading? Better to go back to a flip phone.
Microsoft announced LTSB will not work with Office, for one.
CIBC was in the news last year because they decided to outsource to India. I'd wager that security isn't high on their priorities list.
Glad to see it's working out for them. (More seriously, who didn't see this coming?)
Sounds like Microsoft and Google's telemetry collided and is causing chaos everywhere. The two threads are arguing about who gets to take what.
Disabling the update process is not as easy as disabling the Windows Update service. It will magically re-enable itself.
That's what a hammer is for.
I find it quite disturbing that they were even considering releasing this obviously faulty build and fixing it later. Do they not care about the name brand? It's already got people pissed off as it is.
Wow, you could get an abacus with apples in them?
Well sure, Firefox lets you quickly reopen closed tabs, it's not going to free memory that quickly.
Yes, the van in question is a 2017 Dodge with a modern six-speed auto. (Or is it a seven speed?)
It still hunts around for gears. I agree, it was much worse than the three and four-speed autos.
Every automatic transmission I've seen limit the gear changes past the selection. So if you put it in 2nd, it doesn't start in second, it won't shift past second. It always starts in first gear. I tried this out on the van I drive occasionally for work.
The same van also would hunt for gears when going up inclines. On my vehicle (which is manual) it stays until I change it.
Engine braking is terrible on automatics. You have a fluid coupling between the engine and transmission that allows a lot of slip vs putting it in a lower gear and engaging it fully. Have you even driven a car with a manual transmission? This comment makes me think you haven't.
Apple copied the look of their first iPhone.
I actually thought they might have installed some software from SourceForge on their servers.
I prefer manuals, it offers the driver more control.
I drove a newer van with an automatic transmission with fly-by-wire throttle and it was a terrible experience. You barely touch the gas pedal and the ECU goes "OK, half throttle start!" They don't do this with a manual transmission.
A secondary effect (at least around where I live) is a manual transmission is actually a pretty good antitheft. If there are two identical cars parked beside each other, one with a manual and one with an automatic, the automatic gets stolen every time.
Not only that, after a period of time after upgrading to Windows 10 they invalidate your Windows 7 key.
I do this all the time, just make sure nobody is sitting down nearby.
Sorry Bob! :*(
I bought mine 30 months ago, also not a Samsung or Apple, and it's just starting to show battery degradation.
Oh look, I found a new OEM battery from the manufacturer for $29, and all it takes is 10 seconds to pop the back cover off and change it, and it'll be good for another 30 months...
Intel probably submitted the fix to Microsoft, and Microsoft's wonderful QA/QC team tested this (not likely) and got it ready for distribution.
If you think about it, wouldn't Intel want all CPUs to have a significant performance penalty and not just their chips?
Batteries degrade. We all know this.
The only reason for engineering a non-replaceable battery in any device that requires one is planned obsolescence, period.
I mean, think about it. Would you buy a new car every 5 or so years because the automotive engineers decided it was better to seal the battery to the car and have it non-replaceable/non-servicable? Current flagship cell phones have been well over $500 for many years now. The cost of a replaceable battery in a model that has a user-swappable battery is about $30-$50. I've had the displeasure of having battery capacity issues as early as 16 months with a cell phone. (And yes, it was an iPhone 3G. That's when I said I'd never buy another phone with a sealed battery.)
The real question here is will you get better performance after changing the battery. Or are they just slowing down all models x years old due to battery concerns. And, if performance is restored, will they recognize 3rd party battery replacements.
Given Apple's history on this sort of thing, I doubt it. So the only option is to buy another shiny, new Apple toy.
It's probably a good idea to use Windows 10 LTSB if you can...
I don't recall ever seeing a redirect prompting for a redirection to the same domain. The ones it stops are when it redirects to a different domain.
I use NoRedirect on FIrefox, and it's surprising how many sites do redirections. Ads are blocked, I'm talking about actual site redirections that want to send me to a different domain.
It probably did try to upgrade and failed. I just ran into this today. Open the registry and delete the 'Rollback' key from HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\OSUpgrade, reboot, and try getting an update. That actually worked for me, after rebooting, WU worked normally.