Windows 8.1 Update 1 leaked build suggests Microsoft is moving in the right direction

ZDNet ^ | 02/06/2014 | Adrian Kingsley Hughes

[chaosagent]

Simple fix...download start8 from stardock. It’s just like windows 7 but better.

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This.

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I’ve been very happy with ClassicShell. Anything better with Start8?

[dangerdoc]

thanks

[KevinB]

I’ve been very happy with ClassicShell. Anything better with Start8?

I haven't used ClassicShell so can't compare. I read great reviews of Start8 and it was only $5, so I went right to it.

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

That’s the presenters fault for not disabling the live tile. Your comment is dumb. Like saying someone used a inappropriate photo in a PowerPoint slideshow then it’s PowerPoints fault?

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

A lot has changed in three decades. Accept the changes or get left behind.

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

Yep. People complain and bitch because it’s easier than actually putting in the effort to learn something new. I’m a big W8 fan. System is much faster and great for multitasking with realizable screens side by side.

[Carriage Hill]

GUI.

It a tablet and phone UI shoved on to PCs and lappers. Major, major, major screw-up.

I know that there are utilities that can be used to make Windows 8 look like Windows 7- Start-8 and Classic Shell - are two that spring to mind, but using them feels like a dodge to me, and adds a layer between me and the operating system, something which makes troubleshooting tricky.

Why mess around installing Windows 8 and then making it look like Windows 7, when I can just install Windows 7? Riddle me that, MS.

http://www.nngroup.com/articles/windows-8-disappointing-usability/

[Carriage Hill]

Can I buy a vowel?

[GeronL]

Has anyone been paying attention to the progress (if any) that React OS is having? I understand they are doing Kickstarter fundraising drive.

React OS is planned, they hope, to be a free OS that can run Windows programs as if it were Windows itself. No third-party emulator to be needed although they have borrowed code from WINE.

If they ever release something, I would love to see it.

[aimhigh]

A lot has changed in three decades. Accept the changes or get left behind.

What is this, a new Obama slogan?

[SeekAndFind]

RE: I’ll wait until my Windows 7 wears out before I upgrade to Windows 8.

You might be on time for Windows 9 by then. :)

See here:

http://www.informationweek.com/software/operating-systems/windows-9-what-we-know/d/d-id/1113422

[Carriage Hill]

Until just now, I’ve never heard of it. Googling...

[ShadowAce]

They're the top story on Distrowatch

[Carriage Hill]

From the countdown clock, it looks like they’re going to fall short of the $120k needed to launch:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thorium/thorium-core-cloud-desktop

Sure sounds interesting...

[GeronL]

I think they can launch with less, probably. I assume they have some padding. Like Scotty always did with the warp drives

[for-q-clinton]

Exactly so when you add STart8 to the mix you have win7 UI 100% plus all the other benefits of win8.

[GeronL]

That is the cloud component I am not really interested in, I m more interested in the desktop/laptop OS

[for-q-clinton]

No way would that fly (I think). I’m sure they would be tied up in patent litigation forever.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Nothing says ‘professional’ like a Windows 8 tile to MSN reading ‘Inside Justin Beiber’s Marijuana-Fuelled Party Plane’ broadcast to the client’s executive staff.

I see this all the time. I wonder about people like that. Are they such techno dunces that they can't figure out how to change their home page to their company's website?

[GeronL]

If it uses no proprietary software it would eventually pass scrutiny of any court. But how much would the process cost and how much time would it take?