Brett Ostrum awakwardly smiling with the text: Awkward, stiff, and pathetic.

Trafotin Watches: Microsoft's Modern Work Event

Microsoft kicks off their year with their Surface tablets, but this time for business! What better way to celebrate than featuring presenters held hostage and completely redundant information about Windows?

March 30, 2024 Â· 2 min Â· Trafotin
The Windows Update screeen with the title: Just use automatic updates!!!

A Survival Guide to Windows Update

Windows Update is one of the worst things about Windows. What’s the best way to deal with its problems? Here’s my game plan to survive Patch Tuesday, but you could just use automatic updates…

February 24, 2024 Â· 10 min Â· Trafotin
A photo of Satya Nadella with the text: Windows AI out of control!

Trafotin Watches: Microsoft's Copilot Consumer Event

Just when you thought Windows couldn’t get any worse, order from on high decrees that they add AI to literally everything. They just couldn’t add it to the title.

September 29, 2023 Â· 1 min Â· Trafotin

Microsoft Buys Activision: The Ultimate Long Con

Microsoft has been dragged to court again because they decided to buy out the beloved video game giant Activision/Blizzard. Everyone’s gathered around to see what the outcome will be, so why not pile in on the crystal ball peering? Because I’m making the prediction the buyout of Activision holds dire consequences for Microsoft’s monopoly way off into the future and why it will harm everyone, and not just gamers, going forward! ...

July 7, 2023 Â· 8 min Â· Trafotin