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Arif Bacchus

Arif is a freelance technology writer for OnMSFT and Digital Trends. He has over five years of experience covering all things Microsoft, including Surface, Windows 10, Xbox, Microsoft 365, and more. He also writes how-to guides, op-eds, reviews, and loves to play with the latest tech --- Microsoft or not.

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News

Microsoft’s Surface Duo is “not meant to be repaired,” says iFixit

Repair website iFixIt is back with a new teardown, and despite the gains Microsoft made with the Surface Pro X…

Arif Bacchus · September 11, 2020 · 2 min read

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Don’t like dual screens? Surface Solo is a cool new Surface phone concept with just a single screen

The Surface Duo just launched yesterday, but one artist has a new vision of a Microsoft Android-powered phone that’s not…

Arif Bacchus · September 11, 2020 · 2 min read

Feature

Microsoft Surface Duo unboxing and quick impressions: We can get used to dual-screens

After a year of anticipation, the Surface Duo is finally here, and today, we’ll be unboxing it. Available from Microsoft…

Arif Bacchus · September 10, 2020 · 4 min read

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Surface Duo review round-up: Solid hardware, a camera that falls short, and buggy, unpolished software

Today marks Surface Duo Launch day, and after tech reviewers had the last two weeks to spend time with the…

Arif Bacchus · September 10, 2020 · 6 min read

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Microsoft’s Surface Duo is now available and shipping in the US

After more than a year of waiting, one of Microsoft’s most anticipated and much talked about products is finally here.…

Arif Bacchus · September 10, 2020 · 2 min read

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The Surface Duo is already out of stock at the Microsoft Store, just one day before it releases [Update: It is back!]

Update: It appears as though the Duo is now back in stock at Microsoft. Our original article still can be…

Arif Bacchus · September 9, 2020 · 2 min read

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Microsoft Edge Dev channel gets its first major version 87 release, with lots of new features

Right on time, Microsoft has released a new update to the Edge Dev channel. This week’s update is the first…

Arif Bacchus · September 9, 2020 · 3 min read

How-to

How to recover unsaved or corrupted Excel Notebooks

How to recover unsaved or corrupted Excel Notebooks Did you know that Excel can recover unsaved or lost workbooks? Here’s…

Arif Bacchus · September 9, 2020 · 2 min read

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A new Surface Duo pre-order ad is here, and it’s a little bit odd

Microsoft has released a pre-order ad for the Surface Duo, and it is a little bit strange. The 28-second long…

Arif Bacchus · September 8, 2020 · 2 min read

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Microsoft’s Surface Duo support pages are now live

We’re now less than two days away from the launch of the Surface Duo, and Microsoft is now taking internal…

Arif Bacchus · September 8, 2020 · 2 min read