Windows 8 contacts Microsoft every time software is installed

I thought that Windows had "phoned home" during installation for years (assuming the activation process connects you to MS?)

Interstingly the Mac's have a system thank ranks downloads and gives apps a saftey ranking and yet function needs to be disabled or bipassed to install programs such as open office. To think that its not going to be used to get people to think twice about using certain freeware software like Apple have used simlar labeling is intersting. As we all know how Microsoft allways looks after the consumer rather then its own profits.
I also agree with coments both sides have made that the internet is not that private place, however the home computer should be private for non-internet activity. In away though why should it worry me if they build up a profile about the kinda hardware set ups people use why not software as well?

In the long term its likely to be a move to stop pirates. Protect Micro$ofts profits and can you blame them for wanting to do this. In the end people are likely to make the move across to linux or Mac for office usage and to Game consoles like the PS3 for gaming if this continues.

Was installing soem windows upades and noticed some intersting terms and conditions even in windows 7 while updating. In the end its going to be interesting to see how things end up heading and long term wise home machine run apps will even be how things run in the future. In the future it could very well be a matter of cloud based hosts running all sorts of terminal inputs. It would have the advantage of being able to acess content of personal accounts and software from allmost any system in the world via web interface. Could run all sorts of encrytion over the set up. Attractive in ways but has its own risks.

Personaly I think the solution will be dual boot system before long, with getting a cheap microsoft 8 upgrade while they are still dirt cheap. Microsoft are wanting people to lead down the direction of windows 8 yet its not fully thought out. Get rid of start menu is not the end of the world though to have to switch screens to open and change programs would be annoying if required all the time. If you remove start you need some sort of quick menu like for example the Mac os with docking bay.

Microsoft have taken a punt on trying to intergrate things better, yet they have failed to see the biger picture. It will in the future come down to how I can use my tablet as part of my pc, as a touch input when at home, and wanting to do photography editing for example. Maybe a Ipad for tools and another for naviagation. While the computer and does the bulk of the processing load. How can I control a Media center from my tablet. Run complex web pages via my desktop to my tablet so I don't waiste resources on running flash. They took the punt that people are likely to be working on one system, rather then how can we better intergrate the tecknology to have them work along side each other.

haha same with me here..

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