There are at least 4 ways to close an app, several of them are exactly the same as they were on previous versions.
1) Alt-F4 - still works, just as it always has 2) Task Manager - still works, just as it always has 3) Swipe-Down/Drag-Down from top 4) Move cursor to upper left corner, right click on app thumbnail and choose close
Yeah, there's no big red X.. but then UI experts have complained about that for years, claiming it's way too easy to accidentally close applications because of it.
First, if touch gestures annoy you, you can turn them off.
Second, this is not actually a feature of Windows 8. It's a feature of the Synaptics touch pad drivers for Windows 8 that emulate touch screen gestures. Microsoft did NOT build touch pad support into windows.
Third, the driver only interprets gestures if you start at the very edge of the touch pad and swipe. You can solve this problem simply by starting your touch movements slightly away from the edge of the touch pad.
Fourth, THIS IS A FEATURE OF THE SYNAPTICS TOUCHPAD DRIVER AND NOT WINDOWS.
There always has to be a first. For instance, before Windows 95, no other previous version of Windows had had a button to get to your programs.
Once the initial adjustment period is over, everyone knows that corners are now where things get done, and in 15 more years people will complain about how their corners have been taken away and replaced with a stupid button.
They are when they turn into attacks, which the Cairo protest did. Certainly not as severe as the Benghazi attack, but lots of damage and threat to life none the less.
Take your Fox news ignorance and blow it. It's certainly true that the armed attack on the Benghazi consulate was orchestrated by the Libyan militia, but there was *also* a demonstration over the video that preceded it (there are various accounts about people chanting in the street over it). And the attack in Cairo was in fact due to the video.
We know you're a Fox zombie because you repeat the talking point word for word "attacks weren't over the YouTube video". (the use of the YouTube reference that ignores the video itself is intended to trivialize it and make it seem inconsequential, when in fact much of what happened that day was a result of it, just not everything.)
Sales tax transfers the burden from the company, to the consumer. This low-income people the hardest because there is no deduction for low-income people to offset it.
Actually, the US has no business exerting any pressure on other sovereign nations regarding what they do in their legal system, with perhaps exceptions for human trafficking, human rights abuses, and other such things.
The US should simply make it illegal for these US companies to do this. If they flaunt the law, then they should be punished for it. No need to fuck with other countries laws.
The per processor pricing you are referring to was part of Microsoft's original consent decree, and covered the time before Windows 95, much less IE was out there.
Microsoft moved to a per model method that meant they had to buy a windows license for every PC they sold of a given model. This allowed them to sell specific models without windows if they so wanted, but they could not sell a PC without Windows if that model was SKU'd as a windows model.
Here's a hint. Why don't you actually READ what it is you link to? Then you won't making a laughing stock of yourself.
Specifically, read sections 204-206. Here's an except:
"When Microsoft learned of Compaq's plans for the Presario, it informed Compaq that it considered the removal of the MSN and Internet Explorer icons to be a violation of the OPK process by which Compaq had previously agreed to abide."
Simply put, you are flat out wrong, and an idiot for linking to something you had not actually read.
That was the case back in the 90's.. you know, 25+ years ago?
The thing is, Microsoft offers OEM's volume licensing deals, and since Windows is primarily what they sell, getting more volume means lower margin costs and more profit. Thus, the OEM wants to sell you Windows because it helps lower their overall cost of the vast majority of machines they sell.
XBMC is *NOT* a TiVo. As anyone that has used a TiVo knows, the TiVo is all about the UI and (more importantly) the remote. The TiVo remote is the single most intuitive and easy to use remote on the planet.
What's more, I use the Bluetooth remote, which means I don't even need line of sight to the TiVo, and it can be hidden away in my cabinet.
Well, I do prefer my TiVo to any other interface I've used, and it's far better at finding new content for me to watch. And I do have a number of shows I like to watch right away rather than waiting for them to appear on Hulu or Netflix..
Certainly, I can torrent them at some point (again, usually a day or two later) but that's a huge pain to manage. TiVo is so much simpler.
As such, i'll probably keep my cable and TiVo subscriptions.
More than likely, this won't be an xBox at all, but rather a small ARM based version of Windows 8 RT with Media Center built-in, and Metro apps for things like Pandora, Netflix, Hulu, etc...
It doesn't make much sense to make it an xbox unless you're planning to run actual xbox titles.
The reason is that the BIOS is limited to 1MB in size, and if you use C, you will get far fewer functions to fit in the 1MB than if you wrote it in assembler.
I'm not sure where they got those specs, but many of them are wrong.
For example, I have a galaxy SIII 32GB, it has 16GB internal and a 16GB sdcard. The specs claim the galaxy has 32GB internal, which isn't the case, and the Ativ S has the same expandability.
Unlike Android, however, there's none of that dual brained BS with sdcards.
It's true about the dual core vs quad core, but I'd much rather have a faster dual core than a slower quad core.
The Ativ S does have navigation.
It's true the Ativ doesn't have Gorilla Glass. That's because it has Gorilla Glass 2. Sheesh.
It's true, there are differences, and the Galaxy does beat the Ativ in some of them, but the reverse is also true.
Dude. That's not Integrated Authentication. Those are security zones. Security zones turn on and off various features, like ActiveX and what not. It has *NOTHING* to do with Integrated authentication.
Integrated Authentication is when the site automatically uses your Windows domain username and password without prompting you for it.
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Except it has. IE 10 includes a back-port of DX 11.1, with everything but the WDM 1.2 specific features (like stereoscopic rendering).
You DO realize that Surface has keyboard options. Right? Not only is there a keyboard cover (which works surprisingly well), but there's a standard keyboard option as well.
Unlike Apple tablets, Surface has real USB ports, and you can plug any keyboard you want into it. And it has real HDMI, so you can plug it into a real monitor without expensive adapters as well.
You really should learn a little something about it before you criticize it.
Maybe not, but it's certainly going to be a lot better for Windows Phone than previous years.
Nobody, not even Microsoft, expects Windows Phones to beat iPhone's popularity, or surpass Android in total units. But, it could put a huge dent in both's market share.
Uhhh.. Methinks you don't quite understand the concept of Integrated authentication. You don't have a "list of domains", there is only one domain.. the domain you are joined to.
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There are at least 4 ways to close an app, several of them are exactly the same as they were on previous versions.
1) Alt-F4 - still works, just as it always has
2) Task Manager - still works, just as it always has
3) Swipe-Down/Drag-Down from top
4) Move cursor to upper left corner, right click on app thumbnail and choose close
Yeah, there's no big red X.. but then UI experts have complained about that for years, claiming it's way too easy to accidentally close applications because of it.
That's false.
First, if touch gestures annoy you, you can turn them off.
Second, this is not actually a feature of Windows 8. It's a feature of the Synaptics touch pad drivers for Windows 8 that emulate touch screen gestures. Microsoft did NOT build touch pad support into windows.
Third, the driver only interprets gestures if you start at the very edge of the touch pad and swipe. You can solve this problem simply by starting your touch movements slightly away from the edge of the touch pad.
Fourth, THIS IS A FEATURE OF THE SYNAPTICS TOUCHPAD DRIVER AND NOT WINDOWS.
In case you didn't catch that.
By that logic, nothing would ever change.
There always has to be a first. For instance, before Windows 95, no other previous version of Windows had had a button to get to your programs.
Once the initial adjustment period is over, everyone knows that corners are now where things get done, and in 15 more years people will complain about how their corners have been taken away and replaced with a stupid button.
They are when they turn into attacks, which the Cairo protest did. Certainly not as severe as the Benghazi attack, but lots of damage and threat to life none the less.
Take your Fox news ignorance and blow it. It's certainly true that the armed attack on the Benghazi consulate was orchestrated by the Libyan militia, but there was *also* a demonstration over the video that preceded it (there are various accounts about people chanting in the street over it). And the attack in Cairo was in fact due to the video.
We know you're a Fox zombie because you repeat the talking point word for word "attacks weren't over the YouTube video". (the use of the YouTube reference that ignores the video itself is intended to trivialize it and make it seem inconsequential, when in fact much of what happened that day was a result of it, just not everything.)
Sales tax transfers the burden from the company, to the consumer. This low-income people the hardest because there is no deduction for low-income people to offset it.
Actually, the US has no business exerting any pressure on other sovereign nations regarding what they do in their legal system, with perhaps exceptions for human trafficking, human rights abuses, and other such things.
The US should simply make it illegal for these US companies to do this. If they flaunt the law, then they should be punished for it. No need to fuck with other countries laws.
What are you talking about? Of course it has a back button.
http://images.pcworld.com/images/article/2012/03/windows8biglist-11329785.jpg
See that thing in the upper left corner? That's a back button.
The per processor pricing you are referring to was part of Microsoft's original consent decree, and covered the time before Windows 95, much less IE was out there.
Microsoft moved to a per model method that meant they had to buy a windows license for every PC they sold of a given model. This allowed them to sell specific models without windows if they so wanted, but they could not sell a PC without Windows if that model was SKU'd as a windows model.
Here's a hint. Why don't you actually READ what it is you link to? Then you won't making a laughing stock of yourself.
Specifically, read sections 204-206. Here's an except:
"When Microsoft learned of Compaq's plans for the Presario, it informed Compaq that it considered the removal of the MSN and Internet Explorer icons to be a violation of the OPK process by which Compaq had previously agreed to abide."
Simply put, you are flat out wrong, and an idiot for linking to something you had not actually read.
That's not what happened.
Microsoft threatened Compaq's license not because they wanted to include a different browser, but because they wanted to remove IE.
They had no problem with MS including a different browser, so long as IE was kept as well.
You are mistaken.
Not only can you use MySQL with asp.net (and pretty much any other database), you can run asp.net on Apache using Mono
That was the case back in the 90's.. you know, 25+ years ago?
The thing is, Microsoft offers OEM's volume licensing deals, and since Windows is primarily what they sell, getting more volume means lower margin costs and more profit. Thus, the OEM wants to sell you Windows because it helps lower their overall cost of the vast majority of machines they sell.
I'm not sure what you're referring to about power. Windows 8 RT is the ARM based version of Windows, and has nothing to do with power of any kind.
XBMC is *NOT* a TiVo. As anyone that has used a TiVo knows, the TiVo is all about the UI and (more importantly) the remote. The TiVo remote is the single most intuitive and easy to use remote on the planet.
What's more, I use the Bluetooth remote, which means I don't even need line of sight to the TiVo, and it can be hidden away in my cabinet.
Well, I do prefer my TiVo to any other interface I've used, and it's far better at finding new content for me to watch. And I do have a number of shows I like to watch right away rather than waiting for them to appear on Hulu or Netflix..
Certainly, I can torrent them at some point (again, usually a day or two later) but that's a huge pain to manage. TiVo is so much simpler.
As such, i'll probably keep my cable and TiVo subscriptions.
More than likely, this won't be an xBox at all, but rather a small ARM based version of Windows 8 RT with Media Center built-in, and Metro apps for things like Pandora, Netflix, Hulu, etc...
It doesn't make much sense to make it an xbox unless you're planning to run actual xbox titles.
The reason is that the BIOS is limited to 1MB in size, and if you use C, you will get far fewer functions to fit in the 1MB than if you wrote it in assembler.
I'm not sure where they got those specs, but many of them are wrong.
For example, I have a galaxy SIII 32GB, it has 16GB internal and a 16GB sdcard. The specs claim the galaxy has 32GB internal, which isn't the case, and the Ativ S has the same expandability.
Unlike Android, however, there's none of that dual brained BS with sdcards.
It's true about the dual core vs quad core, but I'd much rather have a faster dual core than a slower quad core.
The Ativ S does have navigation.
It's true the Ativ doesn't have Gorilla Glass. That's because it has Gorilla Glass 2. Sheesh.
It's true, there are differences, and the Galaxy does beat the Ativ in some of them, but the reverse is also true.
Samnsung, HTC, and LG are not exclusive to Android. They all have Windows Phone 8 devices, either announced or already shipping.
Check the specs on these:
http://www.samsung.com/global/ativ/ativ_s.html#features
http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_windows_phone_8x-4975.php
People desire iOS and Android phones because Microsoft has done a shit job of marketing Windows Phones. That is changing.
Dude. That's not Integrated Authentication. Those are security zones. Security zones turn on and off various features, like ActiveX and what not. It has *NOTHING* to do with Integrated authentication.
Integrated Authentication is when the site automatically uses your Windows domain username and password without prompting you for it.
Except it has. IE 10 includes a back-port of DX 11.1, with everything but the WDM 1.2 specific features (like stereoscopic rendering).
More rumors that people keep repeating.
You DO realize that Surface has keyboard options. Right? Not only is there a keyboard cover (which works surprisingly well), but there's a standard keyboard option as well.
Unlike Apple tablets, Surface has real USB ports, and you can plug any keyboard you want into it. And it has real HDMI, so you can plug it into a real monitor without expensive adapters as well.
You really should learn a little something about it before you criticize it.
Maybe not, but it's certainly going to be a lot better for Windows Phone than previous years.
Nobody, not even Microsoft, expects Windows Phones to beat iPhone's popularity, or surpass Android in total units. But, it could put a huge dent in both's market share.
Uhhh.. Methinks you don't quite understand the concept of Integrated authentication. You don't have a "list of domains", there is only one domain.. the domain you are joined to.