I think Microsoft has made its statement literally or figuratively that Tiles is where it's heading. I can't see them backtracking, other than perhaps to have some functionality which disables it for enterprise users, maybe.
Microsoft desperately wants its phone & tablet platforms to succeed. Its strategy is to offer a consistent UI amongst all 3 platforms, which will encourage desktop users to buy other Windows devices. Only time will tell if this strategy succeeds.
Windows 8 is significantly faster than Windows 7 when you compare its desktop interface.
Windows 8 is significantly faster than Windows 7 when you compare its desktop interface.
Can anyone remember how long it said it would take the mediacentre product key to be emailed to you?
f1only
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bigboss said:
That may be true on a touch screen with a decent processor, it's no faster on my laptop compared to W7 & both start up in less than 15 seconds.
I used it on the pre release beta for the best part of 6 months & have now gone back to W7.
I dont agree with having to pay extra for Windows media centre it should be included, VLC media player is so much better & free
Apart from the startup time, I'm finding Windows 8 Pro to be significantly faster than Windows 7 in general. I can't comment on the pre-release version as I didn't try it properly.
f1only said:I dont agree with having to pay extra for Windows media centre it should be included, VLC media player is so much better & free
Microsoft was forced by the judge to not offer Windows Media Center as standard. Although even I'm surprised at the decision to charge for it (although Pro users will get it for free).
Wow, switching between tile and classic mode is a mess.
It really is not worth changing to this from Windows 7 for Me.
Very disappointed.
It really is not worth changing to this from Windows 7 for Me.
Very disappointed.
f1only
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It is a good way of getting more cash out of consumers who have used it in the past & feel they can not do without it. I suppose it is bit like selling a car with no radio in but having the speakers already installed.
Has windows media center gone the same way as windows mail, whats going on ? i think i will stick with vista.
All this initial apprehension & negativity is understandable, given how radically different Windows 8 is. Only time will tell if Microsoft is successful with this. It was rotting with an ageing software & competitors were steaming far ahead. Looks like the giant has woken up, & has dared to be innovative. Has it hit bulls eye, or is wildly off target? Let's see.
Things will get more interesting from now on. Apple is evidently scared, by refreshing the iPad within 6 months.
Things will get more interesting from now on. Apple is evidently scared, by refreshing the iPad within 6 months.
Hopefully Apple will quit the reactionary responses and not do anything silly with Apple OS. We're upto 10.8 now so it doesn't take a genius to work out they must be working on OS11, even if the next release is 10.9
I'm suspecting the next wave of MacBooks will include a touch screen (yet another U-turn from Apple) if Windows 8 hybrid ultrabooks succeed.
I could live with that, but I don't want some kind of expansion of iOS to be the default desktop experience.
I think Microsoft are right though in the long-term. Touch-fed UI is the future and it makes sense to have a unified OS across devices. Imagine being able to work on Word documents or Excel spreadsheets on an iPad-like device, saving them securely to the cloud and accessing them instantly from your desktop PC and laptop. That's what MS are facilitating. The next step along the road to utopia will be a fully cloud-based profile (including all your applications) which, if you want it to be, will be common across your devices, truly giving you everything anywhere. Though don't expect that just yet. Something like synchronous 40meg connection to the 'net across all devices both wireless and wired will need to be common before that's at all practical.
I think Microsoft are right though in the long-term. Touch-fed UI is the future and it makes sense to have a unified OS across devices. Imagine being able to work on Word documents or Excel spreadsheets on an iPad-like device, saving them securely to the cloud and accessing them instantly from your desktop PC and laptop. That's what MS are facilitating. The next step along the road to utopia will be a fully cloud-based profile (including all your applications) which, if you want it to be, will be common across your devices, truly giving you everything anywhere. Though don't expect that just yet. Something like synchronous 40meg connection to the 'net across all devices both wireless and wired will need to be common before that's at all practical.
bigboss said:
I just submitted the request again using a different email address and it arrived instantly...
AnotherJoe said:
I submitted 3 requests yesterday with no response. Finally got the product key today!
Just wanted to report the first major problem I faced today. For some reason, a couple of programmes (Microsoft Word & Adobe Reader) were not responding. Eventually had to restart my PC. Problem has not recurred since.
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