Windows 8 Early Build Hints At Apple, WebOS Competitor - EWeek

Microsoft's next Windows could be a cross-platform OS in the style of Apple's iOS or Hewlett-Packard's webOS, if supposed early builds are to be believed... "Bloggers Rafael Rivera and Paul Thurrott, in a series of April postings on Rivera’s Within Windows blog, have described the various features of what they claim is an early build of Windows 8: an Office-style ribbon integrated into Windows Explorer, complete with tools for viewing libraries, manipulating images and managing drive assets; an unlock screen that harkens to the 'Metro' design style already present in Windows Phone 7; an 'immersive' user interface and a built-in PDF reader they call 'Modern Reader.'"

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Change for change sake

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More changes for changes sake. I use Linux but I had to buy Win7 for testing. It is even more annoying than WinXP in so far as something small as the file manager in Win7. You can select the files, it tells you how many you selected, but it no longer says how many MB / GB of files you selected. It's stupid little things that Microsoft have take away that have made Win7 even more maddening for ex-WinXP users.

Why can't Microsoft just fix Windows first then worry about everything else?

I am glad I have a choice and stick with Linux and KDE4.