staknhalo
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As someone already using Win8, no. If I were using Win7, then yes.
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That is how the Start Screen opens.
Who the f.. uses a tablet OS for the PC in the first place?
The rumor is that a start icon will be placed in the desktop's lower left corner which will open the metro start screen in the Build 2013 preview release coming in late June.I mean I'd like to click that area of the taskbar without having the little Start Screen rectangle appearing. I know it's a small thing but I'm being picky.
I voted nothing more than Free. After a couple of registry modifications I'm much happier with Windows 8 now. The only thing they need to fix is to disable the hot corners. The Start Screen is great but just let me click the lower left taskbar to open it. Same for the charms bar, I disabled the charms hint, but it still annoys me when it comes up when I don't want it to.
no.
I hope they put the option to boot directly to the desktop.
Because I have no idea what it's going to update, I can't answer the question.
I'm currently happy with Windows 8, so it would have to offer me something that I don't already have that won't be hotfixed in later.
I missed Windows 7 upgrade. I have all the Windows 7 media from my son in laws computer and hopefully I can still buy a Windows 7 key from MS. After trying to work on my wife's new laptop this weekend, I have come to the conclusion that Windows 8 is a (multiple expletives deleted). It is a major PITA just to try to move files and trying to navigate just $***$. WHY DID MICROSOFT TURN MY WIFE'S LAPTOP INTO A CELL PHONE? (and yes I was shouting). Unless MS fixed Windows 8 to be more power user friendly I will move to another operating system.
The rumor is that a start icon will be placed in the desktop's lower left corner which will open the metro start screen in the Build 2013 preview release coming in late June.
So, it must have been a major PITA to move files and navigate in 7, Vista and xp, eh? Especially since on the desktop, it is exactly the same.
Hopefully I will be able to remove the button on my machines.
Oh so now you want choice. Ironic since when people asked for the choice to run with a start button, the answer from the MS investors was "deal with it". Too funny.
In any case, having more choices in the 8.1 update will be good for everyone, and its about time.
Oh so now you want choice. Ironic since when people asked for the choice to run with a start button, the answer from the MS investors was "deal with it". Too funny.
Oh so now you want choice. Ironic since when people asked for the choice to run with a start button, the answer from the MS investors was "deal with it". Too funny.
In any case, having more choices in the 8.1 update will be good for everyone, and its about time.
That's how the Start Button works. You can click at the bottom-left origin 0, 0.However, I personally find it quicker to and less need of accuracy to just stick the mouse in the lower left hand corner and click.
That's how the Start Button works. You can click at the bottom-left origin 0, 0.
That's not a colloquialism. Rather, he is disparaging Microsoft proponents by calling them investors. It is an obvious insult intended to discredit their opinions by implying that they are arrived at and held not by the use of reason but rather because of ulterior financial interests.He's referring to Microsoft proponents colloquially as "investors". I don't believe it's intended to be strictly literal.
Break out Webster's again: "one who likes" and "one who advocates for" aren't even vaguely similar.Are you seriously asserting that "Microsoft investor" is a colloquialism for "someone who likes Windows 8," or as you put it "Microsoft proponents?"
Yes. "Investor", in this case, is what I believe to be an informal term. Have I not communicated that clearly?Why, it means the use of conversational or informal terms
I agree. I also think you are the one who makes the unfair comparison by calling people in these threads "Microsoft Proponents." I see many posts by people who like Windows 8, but I don't remember any posts by people simply "advocating for" Microsoft. Perhaps the distinction is too subtle for you. I'll spell it out: simply liking and defending Windows 8 does not make someone a Microsoft proponent. Windows 8 and Microsoft are two different things. It's perfectly possible to like one and not the other. For example, someone could like OSX, but dislike Apple.Break out Webster's again: "one who likes" and "one who advocates for" aren't even vaguely similar.
You certainly have and that is what I cannot understand. A colloquialism is an informal or conversational expression that means the same thing as one that could be expressed in more formal terms. It is not a license to conflate or confuse expressions that have different meanings. As an example, let's accept your proposition that people in these threads are "advocates for" Microsoft or "Microsoft proponents." Surely you can see that that does not necessarily make them Microsoft "Investors." Your insistence that "Investor" is informal (which is also wrong, by the way) is simply beside the point. "Investor" is not a colloquialism for "Proponent."Yes. "Investor", in this case, is what I believe to be an informal term. Have I not communicated that clearly?
Then I would accuse you of either simply not paying attention or simply being dishonest. Granted, it could very well be both.I see many posts by people who like Windows 8, but I don't remember any posts by people simply "advocating for" Microsoft.
Again, the term "proponent" has nothing to do with "one who likes" or "one who dislikes". For a moment you appeared to grasp the understanding of the term and then in the next moment let it slip entirely from your comprehension.It's perfectly possible to like one and not the other.
That's the point.As an example, let's accept your proposition that people in these threads are "advocates for" Microsoft or "Microsoft proponents." Surely you can see that that does not necessarily make them Microsoft "Investors."
"It's wrong because I say it is". Alright.Your insistence that "Investor" is informal (which is also wrong, by the way)
I agree. I also think you are the one who makes the unfair comparison by calling people in these threads "Microsoft Proponents." I see many posts by people who like Windows 8, but I don't remember any posts by people simply "advocating for" Microsoft. Perhaps the distinction is too subtle for you. I'll spell it out: simply liking and defending Windows 8 does not make someone a Microsoft proponent. Windows 8 and Microsoft are two different things. It's perfectly possible to like one and not the other. For example, someone could like OSX, but dislike Apple.
I wonder if 8.1 will show up as a number on the "Store" tile they way upgrades to Metro apps do?This may be the first step in integrating Windows Update and Store. After all, Store apps already have a way of checking for updates, why not use that for everything. It would simplify the backend and make everything more consistent.
LOL!! I hadn't thought of that, but I suppose there will be people complaining about how 8.1 has ruined the Windows 8 experience!Also I think they may be trying to avoid any perception of forcing upgrades on users.
I don't know why there was ever any doubt about the cost. MS has always released substantial service packs for free, unlike Apple, and Blue is just another SP (in spirit if not in name).
MS has lost a lot of money already by pricing Windows 8 so much lower and it not meeting sales targets (even though 100m is quite a good number), so I'm sure they hope this upgrade will help sales. And I have no reason to doubt that, from what I've read many of the issues of desktop users have been addressed.
Now I'm going to miss the complaining, free is no fun.
As for what issues that many desktop users have concerns about, it does remain to be seen how the big ones will be addressed, the Start Button and Menu. The Start Button seems to coming back at least as an option, but the Start Menu isn't, and the missing Start Menu I think is the heart of the problem for desktop users having issues. So far there's really nothing in these leaked builds to indicate if there will be something to address the Start Menu problem and it's the thing that's going to probably attract the most amount of scrutiny.