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[commodorejohn]

True, this is exactly why MS made the "Metro" interface. All of these problems are now gone. The desktop was a kludge stacked on kludge's .NET fixed some of these problems but a clean sheet was the way to go.

Still gonna need the desktop but development of metro apps will be hardware agnostic more or less.

That's complete nonsense. Windows has had hardware-agnostic APIs for years now. It's the quirks of driver interactions and system addons that cause bizarre behavior that makes PC debugging hectic. Metro (or any other aspect of Win8) will do jack to fix that.

[partycentralpartygirl]

That's complete nonsense. Windows has had hardware-agnostic APIs for years now. It's the quirks of driver interactions and system addons that cause bizarre behavior that makes PC debugging hectic. Metro (or any other aspect of Win8) will do jack to fix that.

FALSE. :quickdraw: It's a major step towards solving a bunch of problems.

My bet is Metro style apps will run without problems in 10 years from now on the latest version of Windows. Will bump thread in a decade to confirm.

[commodorejohn]

My bet is Metro style apps will run without problems in 10 years from now on the latest version of Windows. Will bump thread in a decade to confirm.

I guess we'll see - but the question for most people is how they'll run in the meantime...

[partycentralpartygirl]

I guess we'll see - but the question for most people is how they'll run in the meantime...

In ten years we will find out. I will also bump the thread "Any more news on the laptop" to see if we have any more information on it as well.

[commodorejohn]

In ten years we will find out. I will also bump the thread "Any more news on the laptop" to see if we have any more information on it as well.

I'm betting that'll be a "no" :lol:

[partycentralpartygirl]

I'm betting that'll be a "no" :lol:

Nah, probably "Big announcement in two weeks."

[psxphill]

It's not free as in beer, it's free as in freedom.

And you have the freedom free to write any software you like for windows 8 tablets. The thing that is being complained about is that it costs money.

[runequester]

And you have the freedom free to write any software you like for windows 8 tablets. The thing that is being complained about is that it costs money.

Money isnt a concern. People steal windows all the time if they feel its too ****e to pay for. Ditto for photoshop and all the other wondefull killer applications people yammer on about.

As far as freedom, you know it isn't about "free to write a program"'. Its about freedom to do whatever you damn well want with the software on your computer.

[Bamiga2002]

You just need a Mom that loves you more and then you will get a new Quad Core with a shiny new Radeon. Works for my son.

Guess so . Being 35 and not living at home (=parents) anymore may set its limitations on that :rolleyes:

[partycentralpartygirl]

Guess so . Being 35 and not living at home (=parents) anymore may set its limitations on that :rolleyes:

Try being cuter, that is what my son does. If you are super cute you can get way better things. True Story.

[Lurch]

Once you use IE10 (the windows 8 app version) you wont go back. Quick, full screen... no annoying bars.

Right click and up comes the tabs and url boxes amazing. Speed, really quick. Pages just appear loaded in less than a second. Hard to describe.

[Thorham]

Hooray! Red Dead Redemption for PC!!!!

Or all the cool Cave shoot'em ups that will probably never, ever see the light of day on the PC

[psxphill]

As far as freedom, you know it isn't about "free to write a program"'. Its about freedom to do whatever you damn well want with the software on your computer.

And there is nothing to stop you doing what you damn well want with the software on your computer either.
 
People have been making **** up about Microsoft locking your computer down in the "next version of Windows" for ages.
 
Anyone who thinks it will ever happen needs to put their tin hats back on so nobody can steal their thoughts.

[TCMSLP]

With all the other options that exist nowadays I find it hard to believe people still get excited about, or even use - whatever Microsoft release.

I'm not anti-Microsoft in the was I was 15 years ago, I'm happy with whatever OS runs the apps I need and gets the job done with the minimum of hassle.  It just so happens, the answer is rarely a Microsoft product.

[psxphill]

I'm not anti-Microsoft in the was I was 15 years ago, I'm happy with whatever OS runs the apps I need and gets the job done with the minimum of hassle. It just so happens, the answer is rarely a Microsoft product.

I've never been anti-Microsoft, but I didn't have a windows machine until 12 years ago. For the majority of people Windows is the minimum hassle. They know that they can buy a printer in PC world and it'll work.
 
I like visual studio and use that a lot. I don't use Office much, but I don't use anything in it's place either.
 
I've tried other browsers and email clients but always end up back with IE & Windows Live Mail.
 
I've tried Linux and ended up back on Windows again. I use Linux and unix at work because I have to, it's not that I don't know how to use it.
 
And I like running (or at least trying) the latest versions of software, for various reasons.
 
I could waste time lolling on message boards about how Microsoft sucks because they aren't perfect, but nothing is.

[runequester]

And there is nothing to stop you doing what you damn well want with the software on your computer either.
 
People have been making **** up about Microsoft locking your computer down in the "next version of Windows" for ages.
 
Anyone who thinks it will ever happen needs to put their tin hats back on so nobody can steal their thoughts.

You're missing the point comrade.

Windows will always be locked down, because it's proprietary. I can't copy and distribute it. I can't peek at the code. You're forced to colour within the lines. Someone else owns the software you happen to be borrowing at the time.

As one example: On my linux box, I've swapped out the entire GUI multiple times: From Gnome to Unity to KDE to Openbox. Can't do that on a windows box.


For some people that doesn't matter. For others it does.