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Microsoft Pulls Windows 8.1 Update (Bricks RT Devices)
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| Oct 19, 2013
| Adario Strange
Posted on 10/19/2013 1:06:03 PM PDT by dayglored
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Uh, oh. This appears to be limited to RT (ARM-based) devices, but a lot of people don't know the distinction, so it's bound to hurt the mainline Intel-based product also, which is a drag.
OTOH, this could be Microsoft's quiet effort to kill off RT, which has not done well. Shades of Win-ME, which was "broken by design" to kill off the DOS-based Windows product line.
Anyway, if you have RT devices, don't upgrade yet.
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posted on
10/19/2013 1:06:03 PM PDT
by
dayglored
To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; Salo; JosephW; Only1choice____Freedom; amigatec; Still Thinking; ...
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posted on
10/19/2013 1:06:32 PM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ShadowAce
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posted on
10/19/2013 1:07:00 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...starting to sound pretty good actually)
To: dayglored
I was going to download the update onto my laptop until I read this. What is an RT device?
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posted on
10/19/2013 1:10:32 PM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
(NRA)
To: dayglored
My two surface RT’s updated ok. I LOVE the new OS. I now have full office 2013 including Outlook on my surfaces.
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posted on
10/19/2013 1:10:50 PM PDT
by
bigtoona
To: ShadowAce
Geez, you’re clairvoyant! :)
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posted on
10/19/2013 1:10:53 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...starting to sound pretty good actually)
To: Inyo-Mono
>
I was going to download the update onto my laptop until I read this. What is an RT device? The lower-priced tablets (mainly) that run Windows-RT rather than Windows-Pro. They are built around a different kind of CPU chip (ARM) not aa standard Intel (x86) chip.
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posted on
10/19/2013 1:12:37 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...starting to sound pretty good actually)
To: dayglored
Hmmm....shoving out a bad product that is “broken by design” for self-serving reasons...
Perhaps we should refer to Obamacare as the “Windows ME of healthcare reform”.
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posted on
10/19/2013 1:13:14 PM PDT
by
bigbob
(The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
To: dayglored
How ‘bricked’ is bricked one wonders...Hard to believe one has to pitch the machine... which is what ‘bricked’ used to mean...
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posted on
10/19/2013 1:13:28 PM PDT
by
roamer_1
(Globalism is just socialism in a business suit.)
To: dayglored
Well, I guess there are reasons to upgrade to 8 but I fail to understand why...
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posted on
10/19/2013 1:15:03 PM PDT
by
Deagle
(m)
To: dayglored
Obama should take the hint here.
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posted on
10/19/2013 1:15:17 PM PDT
by
tje
To: bigtoona
>
My two surface RTs updated ok. I LOVE the new OS. I now have full office 2013 including Outlook on my surfaces. Cool, yeah if I had an RT tab I would probably have updated already also, for much the same reason. If this reported problem turns out to be widespread, it'll hurt a lot of people who were holding out hope for their RT devices, though.
I haven't seen any indication of what they think is causing some to brick and others to be fine. Have you seen any reports with additional data?
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posted on
10/19/2013 1:15:18 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...starting to sound pretty good actually)
To: dayglored
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posted on
10/19/2013 1:16:02 PM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
(NRA)
To: bigtoona
Heh... You are one of the faithful!
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posted on
10/19/2013 1:16:06 PM PDT
by
Deagle
(m)
To: roamer_1
>
How bricked is bricked one wonders...Hard to believe one has to pitch the machine... which is what bricked used to mean... I doubt they're really in "Permanent Doorstop Mode" -- hopefully they just fail to boot, and can be booted from another device to clear and reload. The reported failure of a boot-from-USB doesn't sound good, though.
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posted on
10/19/2013 1:17:07 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...starting to sound pretty good actually)
To: Inyo-Mono
Windows 8 RT is for ARM-based tablet devices. Your laptop is not RT.
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posted on
10/19/2013 1:17:47 PM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(I'd give up chocolate but I'm no quitter)
To: dayglored
Hope is synonymous with Microsoft these days...
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posted on
10/19/2013 1:18:54 PM PDT
by
Deagle
(m)
To: dayglored
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posted on
10/19/2013 1:19:11 PM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Deagle
>
Well, I guess there are reasons to upgrade to 8 but I fail to understand why... Personally I'm a huge fan of Windows 7 Pro, and have no reason to migrate to Win8.
It does look like a decent interface for a tablet. I presently have an older iPad, but when I upgrade that I intend to at least evaluate the Surface line that exists at that time.
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posted on
10/19/2013 1:19:27 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...starting to sound pretty good actually)
To: dayglored
It has not been a red-letter day for Microsoft. Windows 8 has not been doing well by any means. The patch was developed to return Windows 8 usability, customer familiarity to be more reminiscent of Windows 7. Meanwhile, the future of computers is in the mobile arena which does not play to Microsoft’s strengths. The future of computers on the desktop, Microsoft does not look upbeat as sales continue spiraling downward. the prospects for Microsoft does not appear to be
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posted on
10/19/2013 1:20:24 PM PDT
by
lbryce
(Obama:The Worst is Yet To Come)
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