00:00 – Intro

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• Welcome to the Show

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• We are part of the Tech Podcast Network

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• rWord of the Week is “Support”r

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01:30 – Tip of the Week – Saving Battery

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• Lower brightness, disable radios not being used like WiFi and Bluetooth

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• Disable Turbo-boost

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02:45 – New of the Week

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• Microsoft pushes back Windows 10 ‘Redstone’ 2 to Spring 2017 to line up with new Microsoft device wave

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• Microsoft is buying mobile tool vendor Xamarin

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• Microsoft to start shipping $3,000 HoloLens developer kits on March 30

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• Microsoft expands Cortana support, features in new Windows 10 ‘Redstone’ build

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• Microsoft hones MVP program to focus on developers, IT pros

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• Microsoft releases Class Notebook add-in for OneNote 2016, brings new distribution methods

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• Microsoft needs to fix whatever is going on with Windows 10 Mobile right now

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• HP just made the ‘Surface Phone’ and it’s called the Elite x3Correction: Phone does not contain an Intel Atom processor, rather a Qualcomm Snapdragon

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• Surface Pro 4 Type Cover with Fingerprint ID now available for pre-order in 26 regions – Including Canada

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15:00 – Interview Clint Wyckoff @ClinkWyckoff

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• Technical Evangelist for Veeam Software

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• Podcast vBrisket – smoke meat and virtualization

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• rFree backup system from Veeamr

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30:00 – Matt

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• rMatt is leaving the podcast to spend more time with his new band! Bandcamp Siter

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30:02 – Catching Up with David

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• Had fun in Japan

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• Surface Book released in Japan

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• Brought Back Whisky from Japan!

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35:00 – RANT – Microsoft Support Failure!

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• It took 4 weeks to replace broken Surface Book

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• The replacement Surface Book was broken – Tablet battery didn’t work

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• They can’t send me a replacement because they haven’t received my Surface Book back – yet they had!

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• Escalated to “Microsoft Customer Advocacy”

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• If David had bought a Mac in November – would he have had to wait a month for a replacement?

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• Update: My Surface Book as replaced with a new one – it works perfectly!

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43:00 – RANT – PARTY BUS

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• TV and Power Didn’t work

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• Blew 2 tires

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• Brakes failed

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46:00 – Outro – Call for your help with the podcast, please…

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• Follow and Re-tweet, @SurfaceSmiths

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• Facebook www.facebook.com/SurfaceSmithsPodcast

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• Listen www.SurfaceSmiths.com

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• Email Podcast@SurfaceSmith.com

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• Purchase Amazon A Store

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48:00 – Whiskey of the Week

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• rAnother Japanese Whiskeyr

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