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    zephaneas
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    http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/windows-8-slow-start-first-sales-reports-suggest-1C7316740[^] There's a surprise, considering it's crap.

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      http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/windows-8-slow-start-first-sales-reports-suggest-1C7316740[^] There's a surprise, considering it's crap.

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      zephaneas wrote:

      There's a surprise, considering it's crap.

      In your opinion. In the right form factor, it's actually very good.

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        http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/windows-8-slow-start-first-sales-reports-suggest-1C7316740[^] There's a surprise, considering it's crap.

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        Chris Meech
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        Hey Kevin, you've logged in with your old account again. :)

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          http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/windows-8-slow-start-first-sales-reports-suggest-1C7316740[^] There's a surprise, considering it's crap.

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          Marc A Brown
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          zephaneas wrote:

          it's crap.

          Hardly. I'm using Windows RT on my Surface and Windows 8 on a 4-year-old notebook (non-touchscreen) and am quite pleased with it. My wife also has a Surface and wants me to upgrade her notebook to Win 8 as well. And she's not an IT person.

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          • Z zephaneas

            http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/windows-8-slow-start-first-sales-reports-suggest-1C7316740[^] There's a surprise, considering it's crap.

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            I just googled "zephaneas" and it came back as a direct translation to "Apple Fanboy" :)

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              http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/windows-8-slow-start-first-sales-reports-suggest-1C7316740[^] There's a surprise, considering it's crap.

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              And Windows 98 was a huge success because they added over 4 million lines of code to the original windows 95 and it was the most user friendly OS that allowed easy access the internet. :confused:

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                I just googled "zephaneas" and it came back as a direct translation to "Apple Fanboy" :)

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                Well played, sir. :thumbsup:

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                  zephaneas wrote:

                  There's a surprise, considering it's crap.

                  In your opinion. In the right form factor, it's actually very good.

                  *pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington

                  "Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos

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                  On anything but a mobile device, it's crap.

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                    zephaneas wrote:

                    it's crap.

                    Hardly. I'm using Windows RT on my Surface and Windows 8 on a 4-year-old notebook (non-touchscreen) and am quite pleased with it. My wife also has a Surface and wants me to upgrade her notebook to Win 8 as well. And she's not an IT person.

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                    If you can't permanently turn off the tiled interface, I ain't interested... EDIT =============================== But it appears that you CAN: Windows 8 Classic Shell[^]

                    ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                    You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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                    "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                      If you can't permanently turn off the tiled interface, I ain't interested... EDIT =============================== But it appears that you CAN: Windows 8 Classic Shell[^]

                      ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                      You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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                      "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                      Good grief, John, it's the Start menu! If you're using desktop apps, you're only going to see the tiles when you need to launch an app (at least once you're at the desktop). But if you're satisfied with Windows 7, no one is forcing you to upgrade. I didn't really expect you to be one of the hand-wringers over the new (and improved in my opinion) design since the desktop is still there.

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                        Good grief, John, it's the Start menu! If you're using desktop apps, you're only going to see the tiles when you need to launch an app (at least once you're at the desktop). But if you're satisfied with Windows 7, no one is forcing you to upgrade. I didn't really expect you to be one of the hand-wringers over the new (and improved in my opinion) design since the desktop is still there.

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                        I'm not a hand wringer. I simply don't use a computer the way Microsoft insists that I should.

                        ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                        You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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                        "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                          I'm not a hand wringer. I simply don't use a computer the way Microsoft insists that I should.

                          ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                          -----
                          You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                          -----
                          "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                          John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                          I'm not a hand wringer

                          That's for sure. :) That said, I fail to see the reason for people's angst over the new Start screen. If you spend your time at the desktop, you're really not going to notice it much -- again, only when you go to start an app that you haven't pinned to the taskbar. I realized that I'm officially a fanboi at this point, but I'm also a desktop user, for app development at least, and am satisfied (to say the least) with Windows 8 on my non-touch, 4-year-old, notebook.

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