Oh wow, they're HYPERLINKED? So you mean if you have a phone number database and a phone number you're looking for, you can query the database for records it has pertaining that phone number? Mind. Blown.
Seriously though that statement doesn't mean anything. All it is is a technological shortcut that makes it easier to use the resources that we already established they had. Making hyperlinks does not automatically add any new capabilities or information.
You can be all Valve's games going forward will be cross platform. Both of their active engine versions (2007/2009-2011) are in beta on Linux right now.
Of course the status of their current "Source 2" or whatever engine is unknown. But even if it's not available at game launch I bet they will quickly port it thanks to their experience porting the older engine.
I am not going to remember accounts I created years ago on forums. Some of those forums might not even exist anymore, do they want those too?
Some forums may disappear and come back later, maybe under a different name and url, with the same account database. Am I expected to somehow magically know this?
If a friend registers an account somewhere for me as a joke and never tells me (maybe expects me to google my common username some day and find it), does that count?
Just realized it could be because I only have the RC. Final version is definitely different in some aspects, I noticed a screenshot indicates you can name Start screen groups in Windows 8 but you can't do this in the RC. Plus there seems to be separate Window Stores for the RC and final.
They are not widely used. Chrome and Firefox have tools to do this. Chrome's is hidden in the Tools menu and no one uses it. Firefox's is a separate application or an add-on. Again, it never caught on.
Also, now for every new website that launches I have to download software and run it on my computer? Yes, that definitely sounds safer.
What happens to cross-site links? Are you just going to block them to keep the user contained? This will make for a poor UX.
None of those tools take up a significant amount of space. You can remove them if you WANT to, but their usefulness far outweighs that.
Plus, the command prompt is needed if you want to run batch files. Some installers, even modern ones, do. And for workplaces, IT will likely have a bunch of logon scripts written that may rely on it.
Registry Editor, as well as most of the tools you named, would probably be more likely used by IT to try to diagnose problems with a device. Without it you can still use reg.exe to apply tweaks you find on the internet or whatever but it is not suitable for general registry browsing.
DirectX Diagnostic Tools is used by many game company support teams in order to get a profile of your system from you. It definitely should stay.
Notepad is a basic notepad, and is the default association of.txt and.log files. I shouldn't have to go into why this app should be included.
But let's see how much space you could save. Notepad is 200kb on Windows 7, and there are two copies. So 400kb. Regedit is ~450kb. Dxdiag is 350kb, as is cmd.exe. Congrats, you saved less than 2mb. Most of the support files are shared by other applications so you couldn't really increase this figure by much. I will be generous and say 10mb, which is still not significant enough to cut away the usefulness and compatibility (in the case of Command Prompt).
You can certainly cut out big chunks of the OS on the desktop (see: nLite, vLite) but it is likely MS has already done a LOT of this just to get it down to 13gb while still including all features the consumer would expect to see.
AFAIK patches are optional. So MS will release a hotfix for something that only affects a small subset of users but they never push it to Windows Update and don't include it in automatic updates since most users won't need it and they don't want to deploy it since it'll just risk breaking already-working code for them.
No need for anti-malware... it runs a super-locked down variant of Linux. OS partition is mounted read-only and hash checks are done on every boot so it would be much more difficult for malware to get a foothold.
Setup is fast and easy, with few more steps than Google Chrome's setup itself on other OSs. Even if you somehow break everything recovery is as easy as you would expect (get SD card/USB drive, run a Google tool on it, then boot the Chromebook from it to flash the system.
Updates are as seamless and as easy as the Chrome browser does them.
Everything is stored in the cloud so backups and data loss isn't a concern.
It's just a browser with a minimal OS shell around it, so things are speedy, so the hardware can be on the light side and save a few dollars without sacrificing as much performance as if you loaded Ubuntu or Windows on it (I can personally confirm for the Cr48 that Chrome OS is much speedier than Ubuntu 12.04).
Profile and settings sync means your settings, bookmarks, tabs, etc are synced between desktop, mobile (Chrome for Android), and laptop. If your Chromebook dies for some reason and you get a new one you will be quickly synced.
In short this is likely the ideal computer for someone who just uses their PC for the internet and a few things like word processing that they could be using the internet for. And it's great for someone who isn't technically inclined, no need for anti-malware and less opportunities for things to break and having to get a relative to fix it.
More improvements are coming in newer versions of Chrome/Chrome OS, including a set of APIs that allow for creating "native"-like applications that manage their own windows etc (still all HTML/JavaScript based of course).
If you have used Steam you have clicked on a steam:// link at some point. The built-in web browser uses links all over the place. The install button for installing your now-purchased games uses it. Every link that opens in a new browser window uses it.
It was my understanding that for traditional drives in a RAID you don't want to get all the same type of drive all made around the same time since they will fail around the same time too. Same would apply to SSDs.
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Oh wow, they're HYPERLINKED? So you mean if you have a phone number database and a phone number you're looking for, you can query the database for records it has pertaining that phone number? Mind. Blown.
Seriously though that statement doesn't mean anything. All it is is a technological shortcut that makes it easier to use the resources that we already established they had. Making hyperlinks does not automatically add any new capabilities or information.
Windows 8 comes pre-loaded with a version of MSE rebranded as Windows Defender.
Is it really ported or still running on Java? The API for hooking into the game world and controlling it sounds pretty cool though.
You can be all Valve's games going forward will be cross platform. Both of their active engine versions (2007/2009-2011) are in beta on Linux right now.
Of course the status of their current "Source 2" or whatever engine is unknown. But even if it's not available at game launch I bet they will quickly port it thanks to their experience porting the older engine.
Each process is limited to 2gb but you can run multiple processes.
Probably not emscripten-based, but here you go.
Thanks, you don't need Win 8 for that. I just opted out on my live account for all PCs/browsers I use.
There are other possible holes I see too.
I am not going to remember accounts I created years ago on forums. Some of those forums might not even exist anymore, do they want those too?
Some forums may disappear and come back later, maybe under a different name and url, with the same account database. Am I expected to somehow magically know this?
If a friend registers an account somewhere for me as a joke and never tells me (maybe expects me to google my common username some day and find it), does that count?
Actually it's a button click. You can set it for the current browser, or to apply account-wide if you sign in with your live account.
Just realized it could be because I only have the RC. Final version is definitely different in some aspects, I noticed a screenshot indicates you can name Start screen groups in Windows 8 but you can't do this in the RC. Plus there seems to be separate Window Stores for the RC and final.
Windows 8 copy dialog does show the actual speed of the transfer, you have to expand details and it shows in the graph IIRC.
They are not widely used. Chrome and Firefox have tools to do this. Chrome's is hidden in the Tools menu and no one uses it. Firefox's is a separate application or an add-on. Again, it never caught on.
Also, now for every new website that launches I have to download software and run it on my computer? Yes, that definitely sounds safer.
What happens to cross-site links? Are you just going to block them to keep the user contained? This will make for a poor UX.
Not host, it's just a domain name.
None of those tools take up a significant amount of space. You can remove them if you WANT to, but their usefulness far outweighs that.
Plus, the command prompt is needed if you want to run batch files. Some installers, even modern ones, do. And for workplaces, IT will likely have a bunch of logon scripts written that may rely on it.
Registry Editor, as well as most of the tools you named, would probably be more likely used by IT to try to diagnose problems with a device. Without it you can still use reg.exe to apply tweaks you find on the internet or whatever but it is not suitable for general registry browsing.
DirectX Diagnostic Tools is used by many game company support teams in order to get a profile of your system from you. It definitely should stay.
Notepad is a basic notepad, and is the default association of .txt and .log files. I shouldn't have to go into why this app should be included.
But let's see how much space you could save. Notepad is 200kb on Windows 7, and there are two copies. So 400kb. Regedit is ~450kb. Dxdiag is 350kb, as is cmd.exe. Congrats, you saved less than 2mb. Most of the support files are shared by other applications so you couldn't really increase this figure by much. I will be generous and say 10mb, which is still not significant enough to cut away the usefulness and compatibility (in the case of Command Prompt).
You can certainly cut out big chunks of the OS on the desktop (see: nLite, vLite) but it is likely MS has already done a LOT of this just to get it down to 13gb while still including all features the consumer would expect to see.
13GB is not bad. I made the mistake of getting a 40gb SSD for my Windows 7 partition. I recently upgraded it to a 120GB one, much better.
Presumably this "solution" would include refusing to work if the Kinect is broken or "broken".
Still good for backups, as long as you encrypt the data before uploading it.
Though no X yet. http://chromeos-cr48.blogspot.com/2012/10/first-steps.html
AFAIK patches are optional. So MS will release a hotfix for something that only affects a small subset of users but they never push it to Windows Update and don't include it in automatic updates since most users won't need it and they don't want to deploy it since it'll just risk breaking already-working code for them.
Inside of Body somewhere, which in turn is inside Html.
It's all about Chrome OS.
In short this is likely the ideal computer for someone who just uses their PC for the internet and a few things like word processing that they could be using the internet for. And it's great for someone who isn't technically inclined, no need for anti-malware and less opportunities for things to break and having to get a relative to fix it.
More improvements are coming in newer versions of Chrome/Chrome OS, including a set of APIs that allow for creating "native"-like applications that manage their own windows etc (still all HTML/JavaScript based of course).
But what UNIT of 14, hmm? Atoms might be a tempting choice, if I was in their shoes...
Also: Steam will reregister the steam:// protocol every time you start it up, since it would be very broken without it.
If you have used Steam you have clicked on a steam:// link at some point. The built-in web browser uses links all over the place. The install button for installing your now-purchased games uses it. Every link that opens in a new browser window uses it.
It was my understanding that for traditional drives in a RAID you don't want to get all the same type of drive all made around the same time since they will fail around the same time too. Same would apply to SSDs.