Posted on 06/19/2012 9:08:43 AM PDT by Notary Sojac
Windows 8 is obviously geared toward smartphones and tablets, or as we should call them, stupidphones and craplets. Lovely. Except, Windows 8 will also be shipped to customers running normal computers where battery life is of no consideration, screen size is ample, and productivity and efficiency are more important than looking cool.
OK, let me be blunt. No one is going to write their business PowerPoint presentations on a smartphone. No one is going to design a new car on a tablet. No one will run protein folding on their smartphone. No one will play ArmA II on a smartphone. No one will use those little bricks of plastic diarrhea for anything more than updating the status of their miserable existence on some social network. Mindless drones worldwide will bend over for you, but they will not bring you any cash, because mindless drones earn less than smart people. If you think smartphones are the future rather than yet another complimentary piece of electronics for your household repertoire of pr0n devices, then you should probably go to a weapons store, buy a pistol, buy one bullet, chamber the bullet, cock the weapon, flip the safety pin down, aim for your already lobotomized forehead, and pull the trigger.
....if you are willing to use a touch interface for viewing content, underneath a solid film of peeled skin and grease, food stains and fingernail cuts, then you are officially a retard.
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This seems like it is geared towards tablets and phones- they should have just aimed it that way and made a professional version for Desktop (and laptop) workstations
Spot. On.
“This seems like it is geared towards tablets and phones- they should have just aimed it that way and made a professional version for Desktop (and laptop) workstations.”
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Yes. I am waiting for the Win8 phones to come out, and a worthy competitor for the iPad, with some PC functionality would be great. Accessing the local network, anyone?
On the Desktop, I’m still settling it with Win7. MS pushes the OS turnover cycle way too frequently.
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Is there a code of silence in Redmond or has anyone at any level had the courage to speak up and ask ‘Why are people - especially corporations - still using Windows XP?’
Could it be that the interface struck the right balance between gee-whiz graphics and speed? Could it be that it was finally made stable enough and had the buy-in of developers that Microsoft claims to love?
Could it be that file searches completed before your birthday, your anniversary and Christmas elapsed as contrasted with Vista and 7?
Could it be that an OPERATING system, i.e. an environment that allowed applications to run and work to be one, is what the people wanted, not a hodgepodge of kindergarten-level primary colors and choice-defying proprietary search engines, browsers, etc.?
Software ‘synergy’ was old hat a decade ago. People want the best of breed, period. Colorforms Windows? No thanks.
Always sell short on the EVEN numbered releases from Microsoft
Hey now. HEY NOW!
At a dr appointment, so no time to read the story. Hopefully, they pointed out that you do not have to use the touch interface and can switch to a traditional desktop when using a PC.
At a dr appointment, so no time to read the story. Hopefully, they pointed out that you do not have to use the touch interface and can switch to a traditional desktop when using a PC.
At a dr appointment, so no time to read the story. Hopefully, they pointed out that you do not have to use the touch interface and can switch to a traditional desktop when using a PC.
At a dr appointment, so no time to read the story. Hopefully, they pointed out that you do not have to use the touch interface and can switch to a traditional desktop when using a PC.
After reading the full article, I’m starting to suspect that the author just might not like Windows 8. But it’s hard to tell, as he’s so reserved in his language.
At the doc for a case of multi-postitis? :)
The author says that despie being able to use a traditional desktop in the developer previews, he could not do so in the consumer preview; a major change he was unhappy with (and a significant source of his dislike, having previously been positive about the developer preview).
Win 98SE was a win. Sell short releases from Microsoft with a name but no number. (Millenium Edition, Vista.)
Win 2000 Pro was a win, too, in terms of Microsoft.
All the even numbered Windoze OSes are crap. All the odd numbered ones work a bit better.
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