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Oct 27, 2012 | 5:44 pm
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Oct 27, 2012 | 9:01 pm
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He also has a good point on waiting for the Pro version for his personal situation - but I personally want a lightweight machine with longer battery life. Pro sounds awesome, but it'll cost more, weigh more and last shorter on its battery. As long as most of my apps eventually make it to RT, I'll be happy.
Even though I'm a massive Android fan, I feel that Surface is in many ways lightyears ahead of what Google has done for the tablet look and feel of their devices.
Oct 28, 2012 | 6:50 pm
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Second day in - I've mastered all the gestures and can swipe my way around now. Still find it odd how the desktop mode is even around. New apps pop up daily, some lousy, some amazing.
Oct 29, 2012 | 5:42 am
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It would have been better to have 2 Windows 8's front doors. Have Metro default as "on" to touch enabled devices. Leave it as an option for non touch, with the classic UI as the default.
Kinda the way Apple did with iOS/OSX Launchpad.
Kinda the way Apple did with iOS/OSX Launchpad.
Oct 31, 2012 | 7:30 am
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After a couple of days with W8 on all my devices and my Surface on its first trip, I disagree - Metro is the new way to go, and even on my non-touch Asus laptop, I love having it. I think they did the right thing to try and get people away from the old and over to the new.
Oct 31, 2012 | 7:37 am
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After a couple of days with W8 on all my devices and my Surface on its first trip, I disagree - Metro is the new way to go, and even on my non-touch Asus laptop, I love having it. I think they did the right thing to try and get people away from the old and over to the new.
Oct 31, 2012 | 8:02 am
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Apparently already 4 million people upgraded over the weekend - not a bad start.
Oct 31, 2012 | 10:40 am
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After a couple of days with W8 on all my devices and my Surface on its first trip, I disagree - Metro is the new way to go, and even on my non-touch Asus laptop, I love having it. I think they did the right thing to try and get people away from the old and over to the new.
Oct 31, 2012 | 10:43 am
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Desktop mode is needed for legacy apps, I presume?
Legacy software helps keep the Windows monopoly entrenched.
So what is the upgrade policy for popular software, like Quicken, Office, Photoshop Elements, etc., when they come out with metro-fied versions?
If people couldn't run their existing apps. people might hold off on upgrading.
Legacy software helps keep the Windows monopoly entrenched.
So what is the upgrade policy for popular software, like Quicken, Office, Photoshop Elements, etc., when they come out with metro-fied versions?
If people couldn't run their existing apps. people might hold off on upgrading.
Oct 31, 2012 | 11:40 am
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T'is a good question. I can see why they have it on the upcoming pro, but don't quite get why it is there on RT. I like having it, as it does give me a "real" windows environment, but it still only works with RT apps.
Flew out of Seattle yesterday and got quite a few people stop and ask me about it at the airport
Flew out of Seattle yesterday and got quite a few people stop and ask me about it at the airport
Oct 31, 2012 | 1:54 pm
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Desktop mode is needed for legacy apps, I presume?
Legacy software helps keep the Windows monopoly entrenched.
So what is the upgrade policy for popular software, like Quicken, Office, Photoshop Elements, etc., when they come out with metro-fied versions?
If people couldn't run their existing apps. people might hold off on upgrading.
Legacy software helps keep the Windows monopoly entrenched.
So what is the upgrade policy for popular software, like Quicken, Office, Photoshop Elements, etc., when they come out with metro-fied versions?
If people couldn't run their existing apps. people might hold off on upgrading.
Nov 1, 2012 | 5:49 pm
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Nov 1, 2012 | 11:21 pm
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Office has live tiles preinstalled to launch its apps. Yes, there is still an old school control panel if you want to tinker with things. The vast majority of those settings are also available in the modern settings swipe.