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To use metro apps you don't have to close everything. They can all run side by side.
Almost all third party software that runs on Windows Vista/7 should run on Windows 8.
Windows 8 maintains backwards compatibility.
Metro apps are not windowed. They are either full screen, 80%, or a 20% wide strip along the side. No movable windows, no 50/50 split. You cannot run a metro app along side a desktop app in any useable manner.
Expecting Solitaire to be in Windows 8 is reasonable. Removing it is just as reasonable. Throwing a hissy fit because they removed it is dumb. Even worse is trying to suggest that it's a reason why Windows failed.
I never said removing Solitaire is a reason for Win8's failure. But removing it is another example of a stupid anti-customer decision that Microsoft is making a lot of lately. You'd be surprised how many people play it.
^ So, I am not the only one still running a P4 3.0 or 3.2. LOL Mine are socket 478, even. Circa 2003-2004. Proof that it pays to pick a great mobo to begin with.
My youngest son had the last 478 in the house. I Replaced that last summer and couldn't find anything useful to do with it so it's in "the pile".
My HTPC is build out the leftovers from the ancient feeling 775 that I retired last year, but will probably get replaced with an i3 or i5 in a few months.
Metro apps are not windowed. They are either full screen, 80%, or a 20% wide strip along the side. No movable windows, no 50/50 split. You cannot run a metro app along side a desktop app in any useable manner.
Unless you have multiple monitors, then the Start Screen / Metro apps only appear on one of them and the desktop stays on the rest.
Microsoft has been going in the wrong direction for years, in my opinion. First the Windows Media Player interface overhaul, then the Office Ribbon Interface, now this. I'm not one to dislike change, but when it is for the worse, then yes.
It was Linux that was leading the way for how desktop environments should be with Compiz and the like until they hopped on the Windows/Mac bandwagon.
I love Office 2010. Huge improvement over 2003.
When you hightlight text and right click it you have all your most common tools right there. When you highlight text and change the font it shows you in real time what the change will look like. These are big time savers.
Once you figure out the ribbon, there is a beauty in the way it's setup.
I love Office 2010. Huge improvement over 2003.
When you hightlight text and right click it you have all your most common tools right there. When you highlight text and change the font it shows you in real time what the change will look like. These are big time savers.
Once you figure out the ribbon, there is a beauty in the way it's setup.
Absolutely. It takes some time to get used to the ribbon but you quickly realize how great it is. It's hard to go back to 2003 now.
I recently started using Office 365 and am glad to see that it is a great improvement as well. I like the pricing structure a lot better.
and its generally known that with microsoft, there is the Y and X OS. what do I mean? that every other OS is Y(es) to get followed by the X(no) ones. you had 98(Y),ME(X),XP(Y),Vista(X),win7(Y),win8(X)
and its generally known that with microsoft, there is the Y and X OS. what do I mean? that every other OS is Y(es) to get followed by the X(no) ones. you had 98(Y),ME(X),XP(Y),Vista(X),win7(Y),win8(X)
Except that this completely fails when consider:
- You are merging two different product lines to come up with this pattern
- You are leaving out several OS's of each product line.
- Vista was a marketing disaster. Not a product disaster. The product was perfectly fine. And Windows 7 was a minor update... Windows 8 as well.
I know that MS has had it's ups and downs with releases, but I wish people would stop throwing around these incorrect patterns.
Windows 8 is very much like apple having to buy apps and a s service not ownership . And there are very few of them worth the effort. a bait and switch. a dirty deal for the consumer.
Windows 7 you owned your vast selection of programs, and installed them forever.
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