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Review: Windows 8 Is Both Infuriating And Brilliant
Business Insider ^
| 10/19/2012
| Julie Bort
Posted on 10/19/2012 7:26:57 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: tacticalogic
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posted on
10/19/2012 7:58:58 AM PDT
by
Psycho_Bunny
(Thought Puzzle: Describe Islam without using the phrase "mental disorder" more than four times.)
To: SeekAndFind
It looks like an operating system for morons.
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posted on
10/19/2012 7:59:25 AM PDT
by
TopDog2
To: SeekAndFind
Win7 was bad enough with the ridiculous ribbon menues. And the ‘links’ are no longer obvious (as in a buttons). Instead, one has to move the mouse pointer all over the screen to ‘discover’ ahhhh! there’s the link. And their file explorer that jumps around and hides items is another problem.
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posted on
10/19/2012 7:59:51 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: SeekAndFind
“The familiar “X” is gone. Now you have to tap a window until it changes size, then drag it to the bottom of the screen, and for some reason, this doesn’t always work with every app.”
Just dang.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4Z_qG6YJIM
ZZ TOP - Heard It On The X
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posted on
10/19/2012 8:01:25 AM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: Psycho_Bunny
Point missed.It's a box of swithes.
If it offends your delicate aesthetic sensibilities to look at it, buy somehting else.
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posted on
10/19/2012 8:03:48 AM PDT
by
tacticalogic
("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: SeekAndFind
The excuse would be that it is helpful on a small cellphone screen, but on a full PC or tablet screen, you’re right it is very unnecessarily jarring and untranquil.
To: ArrogantBustard
That interface is incredibly ugly ... theres absolutely no excuse for each to take up that huge amount of screen space, and completely obscure the background. You got that right, such a hideous waste of space.
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posted on
10/19/2012 8:09:48 AM PDT
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: eaglescout1998
sandwiched between Windows XP and Windows 7 was Windows Vista
I've had many PCs (and OSs) since the PC XT.
Have run Vista on multiple PCs for years now and never a problem. Why the thumbs down?
28
posted on
10/19/2012 8:10:43 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: OneWingedShark
Tile sizes can be changed if you wish. I’ve been using Win 8 for over 6 months and I really like it. Become more intuitive the more you use it and it is a great hybrid between the ipad and fully functioning PC.
To: ArrogantBustard
I’m not big into this stuff, I only want it all to work...but you’re right. Looks like shi’ite, even to me.
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posted on
10/19/2012 8:18:42 AM PDT
by
Lee'sGhost
(Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
To: USNBandit
Of course the program I need that for the most isn't 7 compatible and I am stuck running it in a virtual XP environment.
I have the Home Premium Win 7 on both my laptop and desktop. When I first started going from XP to Win7, I had several 'must have for me' programs that wouldn't work on Win7. I managed to tweak some of them and got them to work. A few others, however, wouldn't. Some of my 'must have for me' programs are no longer supported and I cannot find comparable replacements.
I hate upgrades, updates, NEW versions! They tend to break more things than they fix.
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posted on
10/19/2012 8:25:08 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: fireman15
Their next legal claim will be that touching a computer screen, even if it produces no response by the computer, is a violation of their copyright, and spelling the word “apple” is a trademark violation.
32
posted on
10/19/2012 8:29:08 AM PDT
by
Pecos
(Double tap: the only acceptable gun control)
To: TopDog2
It looks like an operating system for morons.
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posted on
10/19/2012 8:31:19 AM PDT
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: eaglescout1998
ME was an unmitigated disaster, but Vista was not. I have never understood the intense hatred for Vista. Granted, I picked it up after SP1, but it was just as flawless as 7 has been.
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posted on
10/19/2012 8:37:23 AM PDT
by
flintsilver7
(Honest reporting hasn't caught on in the United States.)
To: PaForBush
Tile sizes can be changed if you wish. Ive been using Win 8 for over 6 months and I really like it. Become more intuitive the more you use it and it is a great hybrid between the ipad and fully functioning PC.
in·tu·i·tive adjective
- perceiving by intuition, as a person or the mind.
- perceived by, resulting from, or involving intuition: intuitive knowledge.
- having or possessing intuition: an intuitive person.
- capable of being perceived or known by intuition.
Which means we need to know what intuition is:
in·tu·i·tion noun
- direct perception of truth, fact, etc., independent of any reasoning process; immediate apprehension.
- a fact, truth, etc., perceived in this way.
- a keen and quick insight.
- the quality or ability of having such direct perception or quick insight.
- Philosophy.
- an immediate cognition of an object not inferred or determined by a previous cognition of the same object.
- any object or truth so discerned.
- pure, untaught, noninferential knowledge.
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posted on
10/19/2012 8:48:04 AM PDT
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
10/19/2012 8:50:06 AM PDT
by
ExGeeEye
(Wait a minute! Romney doesn't suck? I'm trying to keep up.)
To: flintsilver7
I have a Vista laptop and PC for years now (both Dell’s)...I have had zero OS problems with them. I just replaced the motherboard in the PC myself and got it back up and running without any major brain damage.
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posted on
10/19/2012 8:50:53 AM PDT
by
BreezyDog
(PLAN A: A Peaceful Restoration of the Republic.....PLAN B: A Restoration of the Republic)
To: OneWingedShark
Looks like a screen designed by lawyers. “We have to make it this ugly so that Apple doesn’t try to sue us for patent infringement.”
38
posted on
10/19/2012 8:52:57 AM PDT
by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
To: SeekAndFind
WTH??? MS needs to fire some people here!
First the screw up Office with that cryptic, useless “ribbon” interface. Now, they’ve decided to dumb down Windows with the Playskool interface. That is downright kindergarden-ish. Something I’d buy for a 2 year old!
39
posted on
10/19/2012 8:55:36 AM PDT
by
meyer
(It's 1860 all over again - the taxpayer is the new "N" word)
To: eaglescout1998
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