>>>>>>>>Speaking of programming messes.. it would be hard to top this one!
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>>>>>>>>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100713593
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>>>>>>>I was just wondering, even with the benefit of hindsight, what MS should have done after W7 ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>(a) Ignored the huge surge to tablet/ touch devices and stuck to desktop/laptop based OS.
>>>>>>>(b) Written a separate OS for the phone/tablet market.
>>>>>>>(c) Develop an OS capable of a similar look and feel across all platforms.
>>>>>>>(d) ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Seems to me that (c), which is what they attempted, would be the best option.
>>>>>>>FWIW nearly all W8 complaints I have seen/heard come from existing MS OS desktop users. Most people I know who have bought a W8 phone or tablet seem to like or even prefer the interface if they have previously had Android devices.....
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>My guess is that MS will just make it easier to work with W8 in the classic mode.....
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>>>>>>Seemed to me an obvious feature (maybe it's there - know nothing of Windows 8 just as I have never tasted New Coke ) would to sense if it was running on a touch-screen and launching classic if not and Windows Touchy if so. For my money for a mouse, keyboard setup "metro" ( which I really think is ugly ) is just annoying.
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>>>>>>Oh, and they should find out who authorized that god-awful TV add with the clapping of the keybaord/touchpad/kickstand thing on their tablet and have them killed.
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>>>>>Not being a TV watcher I've no idea if that ad appeared over here. But MS, generally, seems to be crap at marketing....
>>>>>
>>>>>On one of my original points : Have you heard anyone except existing MS desktop users complain about W8 ?
>>>>>Seems to me there is a large element of the 'don't like it because it is different' syndrome....
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>>>>Here it's I don't like it because I think it sucks. Different I can take. I immediately embraced the Mac, for example. I just don't like Metro, especially on the desktop.
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>>>No argument that 'metro' isn't great for a desktop/laptop - touch screen doesn't work well in that environment. Wait for better facial recognition - look at an app, smile to open, frown to close. Widen eyes to zoom, narrow to close :-}
>>>
>>>For tablets I don't think there is much to choose (interface wise) between W8 and, say, Android.
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>>The last thing in the world I want is a computer that is monitoring my facial expressions and thinking it therefore knows what I want. I have a wife for that and even with her advanced degrees in soft voodoo sciences she gets it wrong a lot.
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>>What I would really like to see on a tablet is 8 gb of RAM and the same multitasking I get in Windows. My biggest annoyance on my tablet ( the ASUS 700 which I love ) is that I can't do n+ things at once on the same screen. It is ADD hell ! :-)
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>>I do understand Samsung has addressed this somewhat on their phones but I still want the 8gb of ram and quad core processor. (and a Silver Cloud Mk II ... )
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>You need an iPad, Charles ;-)

I didn't know you could have more than one app displayed on an iPad ?

Off topic: I must be getting senile. Just spent a couple of minutes trying to find my keyboard to type this :-{