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Microsoft Rumors Say Big Changes Coming in Windows 8.2
The Guardian Express ^ | 11/23/2013 | Brent Matsalla

Posted on 11/23/2013 8:24:35 PM PST by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 11/23/2013 8:24:36 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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BIG DEAL ,, MS is tired of paying for high call center / helpdesk bills and will now make the settings people have always wanted the default...


2 posted on 11/23/2013 8:28:48 PM PST by Neidermeyer (I used to be disgusted , now I try to be amused.)
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and will now make the settings people have always wanted the default...

It only took what? 25 years?

3 posted on 11/23/2013 8:31:57 PM PST by null and void (I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
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Windowscare... the fix that didn't
4 posted on 11/23/2013 8:32:12 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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5 posted on 11/23/2013 8:36:45 PM PST by umgud (2A can't survive dem majorities)
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"Microsoft’s attempt at making the OS a lot more intuitive for the user"

Uh, we've been trained for graphical interfaces over the last 30 years. It's difficult to see where a change would be an obvious improvement.

(I've experienced 8.0 and found it to be NO BIG DEAL.

6 posted on 11/23/2013 8:37:12 PM PST by Paladin2
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I’ll stick with my Macs........


7 posted on 11/23/2013 8:37:27 PM PST by basil (2ASisters.org)
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"Microsoft’s attempt at making the OS a lot more intuitive for the user"

Uh, we've been trained for graphical interfaces over the last 30 years. It's difficult to see where a change would be an obvious improvement.

(I've experienced 8.0 and found it to be NO BIG DEAL.)

8 posted on 11/23/2013 8:38:19 PM PST by Paladin2
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yay! you mean it will be more like windows 7?


9 posted on 11/23/2013 8:49:14 PM PST by Mr. K
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I’m with you re Mac, but I’m sure disappointed in how things are sliding downhill quickly since Jobs passed. The UI in iTunes 11 is incomprehensible and there are many, many synch problems between iTunes and iPhones running IOS 6 and 7. Buggy products are being released with insufficient testing — things that would have led to wholesale firings under Jobs. I hope they are able to right their ship.


10 posted on 11/23/2013 8:50:11 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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Seven works fine on my desktop. I tried 8; back to 7


11 posted on 11/23/2013 8:51:35 PM PST by Loud Mime (Living Orwell's nightmare)
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It’ll crash more spectacularly than a Zeppelin?


12 posted on 11/23/2013 9:03:45 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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Change for the sake of change is killing Windows.

They have reached a point where they cannot add actual improvements, so they just change things to give the appearance of being improvements. By doing so, they make computer use more complicated.

Many people still do more that just read email and load web pages. They actually use their computers to do productive work.

Mozilla is doing similar with their Firefox rapid release insanity. They took a good browser and have been trying to kill it since about version 7.


13 posted on 11/23/2013 9:07:00 PM PST by TomGuy (.)
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So.. Windows 9 will only be functional if you are always online with a high-speed connection?


14 posted on 11/23/2013 9:10:19 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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“Microsoft is about to introduce big changes”.

Oh god, here we go again,,,,


15 posted on 11/23/2013 9:11:18 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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BOOKMARK.


16 posted on 11/23/2013 9:16:08 PM PST by The Cajun (Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert......Nuff said.)
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heh heh...Window 9.0 will be codenamed “Linux”


17 posted on 11/23/2013 9:24:44 PM PST by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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So.. Windows 9 will only be functional if you are always online with a high-speed connection?

Pretty much...

CA....

18 posted on 11/23/2013 9:45:30 PM PST by Chances Are (Seems I've found that silly grin again....)
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This may also suggest that they have finally acknowledged that many of the critics wanted a traditional Windows desktop interface and that the majority might not yet own a touch screen.

...or ever wish to.

19 posted on 11/23/2013 10:15:08 PM PST by publius911 ( At least Nixon had the good grace to resign!)
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To: SeekAndFind; null and void

20 posted on 11/23/2013 10:48:10 PM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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