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A look at Windows 8 screen shots - Dennis S - 09-13-2011
I usually don't get involved with this sort of thing, but damn, this is ugly.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/13/windows-8-pictures_n_960301.html#s359640&title=Lock_Screen
Re: A look at Windows 8 screen shots - john dough - 09-13-2011
Windows 8 is going to make me a TON of money ... for me to train all of my clients who want to learn how to use this OS.
Thanks Microsoft!
Re: A look at Windows 8 screen shots - N-OS X-tasy! - 09-13-2011
Wow.
Re: A look at Windows 8 screen shots - Lew Zealand - 09-13-2011
Looks like it might work on a tablet.
the size of Microsoft Surface.
Re: A look at Windows 8 screen shots - sekker - 09-14-2011
I think it looks ok.
I spent an hour test driving the Sony and HP Touchscreen PCs at the microsoft store. 24" multitouch screens.
Windows 7 was pretty worthless. My website that has some touch screen design plans in it was ok via Explorer.
But it does not look like a good platform for composing.
Re: A look at Windows 8 screen shots - mrlynn - 09-14-2011
Looks like M$ has abandoned what's left of the desktop metaphor in favor of making their OS look just like a website. Which is OK, as I never understood their desktop anyway, where you couldn't even see your drives without opening "My Computer" (and even that icon disappeared at some point).
/Mr Lynn
Re: A look at Windows 8 screen shots - onthedownlow - 09-14-2011
For those that are uninformed and jump to conclusions, the screenshots you are looking at are the 'Metro View'...which is geared towards tablets/phones/touch screens and various devices.
Windows 8 also retains the normal/classic 'Desktop View' which is "Windows 7-ish" and what 98% of the world will be using, especially in enterprise/government, and you can toggle between the two, depending on your preference with the computing device you are using.
FYI
Re: A look at Windows 8 screen shots - bazookaman - 09-14-2011
onthedownlow wrote:
For those that are uninformed and jump to conclusions, the screenshots you are looking at are the 'Metro View'...which is geared towards tablets/phones/touch screens and various devices.
Windows 8 also retains the normal/classic 'Desktop View' which is "Windows 7-ish" and what 98% of the world will be using, especially in enterprise/government, and you can toggle between the two, depending on your preference with the computing device you are using.
FYI
Ok. So "Metro" is just a view option. Which means the real Windows is still there...underneath. So that means you'll need a tablet that will have the minimum system requirements for Windows 8...which is a desktop OS...but for a tablet?
Re: A look at Windows 8 screen shots - N-OS X-tasy! - 09-14-2011
bazookaman wrote:
Ok. So "Metro" is just a view option. Which means the real Windows is still there...underneath.
More bad news!