Windows 8 Might Suck

[Argo]

Imagine in 10 years time taking your high end hand held device plugging it into a docking station with a 25" monitor (touch or not) and fullsize keyboard and having a big machine computing experience on a device that also offers the small screen.  I think that is revolutionary.

Manufacturers and aligned global corporates don't, because they want you to have a device for every desired UX, more devices for everyone.  I only want one.

http://www.asus.com/Mobile/PadFone

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[Argo]

Hi,

You really should try Windows 7, I think it is the best OS microsoft has ever brought out.

Windows 8 will probably be good for tablets and laptops from what I read.

smerf

Agreed. To me Win 7 is the next XP.  I have a few 8-10 year old computers I tinker around on and use for loaners. They all have been upgraded from XP to Win 7 and preform just as well as they did running XP. I did try Vista on one of the better speced one's and could not even stream video with out it looking like a slideshow and devices that worked under XP didn't work under Vista. Though under Win 7, I found I could use them again.

[Argo]

On a positive note, Microsoft can't possibly do worse than what's going on in Linux land as far as desktop environments go.

The stuff major distros are pushing out is bizarre. I setup Fedora 16 on a machine about a week ago. Out of the box the "desktop" has no icons. It literally does nothing. Minimize and maximize buttons are gone from all windows in all applications and there is no analog of the "dock" or "task bar". I feel that UI designers have forgotten that many of use actually use computers to do real work.

Dude, that sounds like a UI that is not a UI. Take about minimal!
Might as well dump you at a command prompt like proper Unix!:lol:

[Argo]

Yeah almost there, but that's 2 devices...

Nope, exactly what you said we would have in 10 years. Just not 25". Phone goes into tablet, you have a tablet. Tablet into keyboard dock, you have a netbook/notebook. All run by the phone. If Asus is smart they will partner or just produce a TV that can dock the phone and get in to the Roku marketspace.
I did see a video form CES this year where the phone docking setup was hooked up to a 42" TV.
Might be ubiquitous tech in 10 or less years. It starts here.