Majeztik12
Limp Gawd
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Anyone notice this article from Bloomberg? http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/the-kill-switch-comes-to-the-pc-02162012.html
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Kill switches are a standard part of most smartphones, tablets, and e-readers. Google, Apple, and Amazon all have the ability to reach into devices to delete illicit content or edit code without users’ permission.
Microsoft declined to answer questions about the kill switch in Windows 8 other than to say it will only be able to remove or change applications downloaded through the new app store.
I wonder if the new version of the Apple Mac OS X (whatever it is called) has this as well, since it can use the Apple app store.
I'm not worried.Microsoft declined to answer questions about the kill switch in Windows 8 other than to say it will only be able to remove or change applications downloaded through the new app store. Any software loaded from a flash drive, DVD, or directly from the Web will remain outside Microsoft’s control.
Windows7 is rapidly looking more like WinXP.
We're going to be moving our systems over the Windows 7 in the next year. I just can't imagine ever going to 8 based on what I've seen so far. Once 7 is in place, and now that Microsoft has extended support to 2020, I see us completely skipping Windows 8 and Windows 9.
I spoke with someone yesterday about buying their old touchscreen laptop once they decide to sell it. I plan on giving 8 a fair chance on hardware it was designed for, but I don't think it's going to go over well as the primary business desktop.
Old touchscreen laptops usually have resistive touch screens. As for the whole desktop usage, I could go on forever about why the start screen is actually superior to the start menu.
Even then, a lot of touchscreens, even capacitive ones, haven't been that great. I've used both a Dell Latitude XT (forget what its digitizer is, probably NTrig) and a Dell SX2210T touch monitor on Win7, and in both drawing a couple of straight lines in paint and seeing what the digitizer thinks is happening can be.....revealing. If I get a touch machine for Windows 8, I'll probably wait and buy new hardware.Most touch screen laptops in the last 3 to 4 years should have a capacitive touchscreens. I have an old HP tx2 from late 2008 that has a dual-mode N-Trig multi-touch and pen digitizer and I think the HP model just before it had a capacitive screen as well though most of the HP tx2000 series devices were pen and resistive touch.
Even then, a lot of touchscreens, even capacitive ones, haven't been that great. I've used both a Dell Latitude XT (forget what its digitizer is, probably NTrig) and a Dell SX2210T touch monitor on Win7, and in both drawing a couple of straight lines in paint and seeing what the digitizer thinks is happening can be.....revealing. If I get a touch machine for Windows 8, I'll probably wait and buy new hardware.
Google doesn't give a shit about your pirated 99 cent app or the pictures of your significant other's asshole, it's not that big of a deal.
And no one uses true linux releases for desktop use other than people who need something to complain about. Linux will never replace a Windows or Apple OS as a commercial desktop os regardless of what linux developers would like us to believe.