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Small-Scale Question Sunday for June 23, 2024

Do you have a dumb question that you're kind of embarrassed to ask in the main thread? Is there something you're just not sure about?

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Honestly, it sounds more like they gave you a crappy computer more than any problem with Microsoft. I haven't used Teams so I don't know if the problems you describe are endemic to the software or downstream of the issues you seem to be having with your computer, but I'd say that in general it isn't fair to judge a company based on one product that isn't anywhere near a flagship. I agree with you on Outlook but I've used both it and Gmail and both have their problems depending on what you're trying to do. Microsoft Office in general is miles ahead of what little competition there is, and I say this as someone who has tried to implement non-Microsoft solutions for business purposes and been forced to use Google products by employers. I worked for a company that wanted us to use G-suite and the whole thing was garbage to the point that it was easier to just do the work in Office and convert it rather than use G-Suite directly. It all depends on what you're comparing it to.