Windows 8 discussion

True...

They have to.

By the time you started this discussion, the earlier DP had already generated so much consternation that I was convinced Microsoft was shrewdly using us as a "focus group" -- far beyond usual beta-testers. The number of third-party "tweakers" had been so huge and so immediate, that there is simply no way the Final Release will not include many/most of those changes or, at the very least, the ability to toggle interfaces.

Reading thru this thread, one sees many open-minded 'purists' attempting to make the most of this Metro paradigm shift, only to resort to DOS-day keyboard shortcuts, ad hoc quick-launch folders, quick-launch bars, etc., just to be able to work as they had become accustomed.

My tea leaves tell me that Microsoft will hit a towering home run because the Final of the faster, more resource efficient Windows 8 will be easily switchable from the familiar for work desktop to the playtime Metro UI. It scales so beautifully from my 7" to 32" displays, that it is poised to take a serious run at the Android OS' dominance of mobile-device deployment simply because the 'consumer' will find it familiar AND cool while business will be able to move more seamlessly from the office to on-the-go without loss of compatibility, security, etc.

I second that.
That being said, as SNGX said, we have yet to see the final release. Maybe we won't have anything to complain about by then? Fingers crossed.

Good people forgive our mistakes but no one forgets our cruelty.

Please use the "edit" button wisely and quickly.

Done. I'll be more careful now on.

You the Man.
Finger-crossing not necessary: I'm so sure they'll greatly improve the Metro-cious interface that, if I'm wrong, dinner is on me for you and your BGF.

MacDonalds, Taco Bell, Wendy's, ....

I'd bet you're right. I'd also rather have an option to switch interfaces. Such a sudden transition can be difficult.
P.s.: I prefer KFC.

In fact, I've always counted on it....:rolleyes: :haha:

+1 - My mistakes are so numerous that I have rubber stamps that read, "Pardon me", I'm sorry", "Oops", etc., etc. 'Sides, I don't think you're all that cranky; you just want a hug! That's why it's so easy for me to forgive your leaving out a "t" in your signature.

Hmmm...I'm heading to the stationary shop first thing tomorrow. I seriously need those!

Hm, that's odd. I thought there was one too many. I couldn't find a Latin conjugation table for "salutare".

The slogan I'm paraphrasing has been printed as, "salutamos", ("amos", is still relevant as the first person plural in Spanish), and "salutant". However, "tant" as a conjugation, doesn't occur in modern Spanish. Could it be first person plural future subjunctive....? Who knows? As long as the meaning doesn't get obscured by this discrepancy, I'm good.....:rolleyes:

BTW, I'm way too old for a simple hug to cure what ails me. Not that it wouldn't help at all, But think more along the lines of money changing hands, and requests for acts that possibly might even not be well received by a working professional.

Or, it could be I simply missed the joke...

What is it?

Windows 8: Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Well it's certainly not Superman! When I first booted into Windows 8 Metro I thought I was having a kaleidoscopic nightmare, and had switched on my Sony Ericsson Android iPhone by mistake. I almost tried to phone someone in the confusion but couldn't find the phone pad icon!

Could it be Microsoft are economizing by trying to have one platform for their Desktop, Laptop, Notepad, Tablet and iPhone products? Hmmmmm?

I've been a loyal follower from Win98, Win98 2nd Ed, XP Home Upgrade, XP Pro, Vista Ultimate and Win7 Ultimate. But Win8 is out of control. :blackeye:

Time to consider Apple Mac, LInux, or whatever!

If ever a Windows version cried out for a picture of the airplanes hitting the World Trade Center set as wallpaper, this would be it.

A bit too squeamish for that? The next best wallpaper pic, would be the Hindenburg's final docking at Lakehurst, NJ

The short answer is an emphatic, "YES". Although you did forget to include "imbeciles" in your list of target implementations.

The idea came to mind of a desktop pic of the final moments of the Titanic that "couldn't be sunk". The word titanic seemed to correlate fairly accurately to Microsoft's self-assessment of indestructibility beyond the consumers' preferences.

I asked a few of the Microsoft "purist" justifiers of the new system if they could define the noun "imbecile", but they said it was too confusing to understand my question. They went on to say that imbecile was missing from the thesaurus in Office Word; and that perhaps it was a verb not a noun! One respondent thought it was a synonym of "purchaser of Microsoft products"! I think he meant antonym! :haha:

I kind of like the fireworks displays and card dealing graphics on the Vista/ Win7 "Spider Solitare" game.

How ever, M$ trashed the game coding itself. One operation has to be completed, before the next can begin. In XP, you can move cards to complete a stack, while the last rack is compiling at the bottom. Not so with Win 7. You just gotta wait. It takes all the fun out of lining them all up with one move to go, then getting rid of the cards all at once.

When M$ went from "Flight Simulator 2004", to "Flight Simulator X", all the game junkies with really high end machines were complaing how much hardware it took to run. Hell, "FS 2004" will run on Intel 915 IGP, and look as good as it's ever going to. (Or thereabouts).

For anyone who'd like to revive the start button here is a guide at techrepublic. It can't be termed as 'real' start menu, but it gives users an alternative without having to resort to a third party utility.

So far, it seems remarkably like Win7 with a different GUI stuck on, I think I'll be with XP/7/Linux for a while yet.

I ran into a similar problem with installing Vista. This is what I had to do...
*Note: this will delete your data but this is the easiest/best way possible.

-When you reach the screen with your current partitions (where it asks you where to install Windows) press SHIFT + F10
-This brings up a terminal now type: DISKPART
-Now type: LIST DISK
-Now type: SELECT DISK <disk number> ... where disk number is the the number of the disk (NOT the partition) If you only have one HDD in your computer than it is disk 0
-Now type: SELECT PARTITION <partition number> (the number of the partition you want formatted)
-Now type: CLEAN (wipes data on partition) give it a few seconds then...
-Type: CONVERT GPT

That's it