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The 30 Best Features of Windows

Posted by timothy on from the double-glazing-is-delicious dept.

Barence writes "PC Pro has picked out its 30 best features of Windows 8. Its countdown includes features such as the revamped Task Manager, the option to run ISOs and VHDs natively, and Windows To Go, which allows you to take a portable installation of Windows 8 with you." They've also listed ten features they'd like to see added to Windows 8, "including the return of the Start button on the desktop, virtual desktops and one-click sharing of optical drives."

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  1. The real news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is that Windows 8 has 30 features

    1. Re:The real news by c0lo · · Score: 5, Funny

      Is that Windows 8 has 30 features

      It doesn't. Actually, the bad mouths say there are 2 features and 28 bugs.

      (takes cover)

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  2. Re:Features already present in previous versions by larry+bagina · · Score: 5, Funny

    Windows 8 lets you install Linux!

    Windows 8 throws a meaty bone to power users – namely, the ability to run ISO and virtual hard disk (VHD) images natively. It’s possible, for example, to download the ISO of a Linux distribution or another piece of software to the desktop, double-click to “mount” the file, and run the setup executable without having to physically burn the ISO to disc.

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  3. Re:Features already present in previous versions by Aug+Leopold · · Score: 5, Funny

    Truthfully it only has one color, Brushed metal.

  4. Empathy for the Start button by hcs_$reboot · · Score: 5, Funny

    ten features they'd like to see added to Windows 8, including the return of the Start button on the desktop

    It's called the Stockholm syndrome, an "apparently paradoxical psychological phenomenon in which hostages express empathy and have positive feelings towards their captors, sometimes to the point of defending them"

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