Taking away features is a reason not to buy it, and at this point I won't, ever. Not even used from one of the poor saps that paid the original price for something that the manufacturer purposely devalued.
Hell, I still have yellow dog as the alternative OS on my PS3 so you can depend on ME not accepting whatever bullshit they want to push.
Here's a list of what it's good for, from ms's webiste and reformatted somewhat... YOU may not use these functions but they exist and I'll bet that a couple of them will be useful to you, but just a couple.;)
Windows key+Tab Cycle through programs on the taskbar by using Aero Flip 3-D
Ctrl+Windows+Tab Use the arrow keys to cycle through programs on the taskbar by using Aero Flip 3-D
Windows logo key Open or close the Start menu.
Windows key +Pause Display the System Properties dialog box.
Windows key +D Display the desktop.
Windows key +M Minimize all windows.
Windows key +Shift+M Restore minimized windows to the desktop.
Windows key +E Open Computer.
Windows key +F Search for a file or folder.
Ctrl+Windows key +F Search for computers (if you're on a network).
Windows key +L Lock your computer or switch users.
Windows key +R Open the Run dialog box.
Windows key +T Cycle through programs on the taskbar.
Windows key+number Start the program pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number. If the program is already running, switch to that program.
Shift+Windows key+number Start a new instance of the program pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number.
Ctrl+Windows key+number Switch to the last active window of the program pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number.
Alt+Windows key+number Open the Jump List for the program pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number.
Windows key +Tab Cycle through programs on the taskbar by using Aero Flip 3-D.
Ctrl+Windows key +Tab Use the arrow keys to cycle through programs on the taskbar by using Aero Flip 3-D.
Ctrl+Windows key +B Switch to the program that displayed a message in the notification area.
Windows key +Spacebar Preview the desktop.
Windows key +Up Arrow Maximize the window.
Windows key +Left Arrow Maximize the window to the left side of the screen.
Windows key +Right Arrow Maximize the window to the right side of the screen.
Windows key +Down Arrow Minimize the window.
Windows key +Home Minimize all but the active window.
Windows key +Shift+Up Arrow Stretch the window to the top and bottom of the screen.
Windows key +Shift+Left Arrow or Right Arrow Move a window from one monitor to another.
Windows key +P Choose a presentation display mode.
Dude, Windows RT/surface, is completely locked into the Microsoft walled garden. You cannot buy or install an application from anywhere but the microsoft market.
So, Um, how is warning about that considered "fud"? It seems pretty fucking certain to me.
"Finders keepers" is a fine argument for the schoolyard, but it's moral value is negligible. Ownership rights come with responibilities, especially ownership rights to unique resources. If a party decides to take ownership of something with the sole purpose of ransoming it to an owner who will actually use it, that is not "free market" - it's exploitation.
So when applying that "logic" of yours to the oil and gas companies pulling the unique and limited resource of fossil fuels out of the ground, how exactly do you explain away the obvious moral problem?
It seems to me to be an argument for stagnation. Easy access to information / knowledge does not satiate all curiosity, there will always be people (or beings) that wish to know more than is currently known.
>Typing in a few keywords is not CLI. That's just data input in response to a prompt.
Have you used windows 7? the search bar searches programs and enter executes them, I'd say that 85% of my customers are typing excel instead of mousing through multiple menus.
Would you care to explain how AMD/ATI's revenue is different because I choose to use Linux instead of windows? I still paid the same amount of money for the card.
Furthermore, we all know for a fact (because it's happened for every other piece of hardware) that if they released the details needed for the Linux community to write it's own drivers, they'd never have to write another one for Linux, ever, AND they would benefit from being able to take the concepts and optimizations created by the Linux community and fold them into their windows drivers.
From the article, "We'd be increasing the real estate on the Internet," Nevett said. "We think they're good, generic terms that will give consumers more choice and benefits."
Um, snapping up domain names to sell at a premium to someone else later is not "increasing" anything, it's a land grab in hopes that the "land" grabbed will sell for more than it cost. When did this sort of behavior become a legitimate business plan instead of just being a sleazy attempt to squeeze money out of people that DO have business plans?
The fundamental flaw here is that Paramount and Al Perry's definition of "monetizing" is different than everyone else's definition. To them "monetizing" mean putting money in THEIR pockets which, obviously, Louis C.K. did not do.
Guess what tomhath, if you ask that at best buy, they will tell you no, pretty sharply while calling a manager over.
I noticed during checkout that the bottom seal on a cordless phone I was buying was torn open, upon opening and unpacking it while the manager was telling me loudly not to, it was clear that it had been opened before and everything had been previously taken out of the bags and un-packed, to top it off the handset battery was missing. He tried to make me buy that unit and return it for refund but I hadn't swiped my card yet and was not going to. It took the cops (that the manager called) to tell the manager that he wasn't allowed to sell previously returned merchandise as new at all, let alone when it was missing parts and that I was not "obligated to pay for it because I opened it" because I was clearly not the first one to do so.
As far as I know that jackhole is still the manager of that best buy, I honestly can't say for sure as I haven't set foot in that store since and the reply to my letter to BB corporate was a boilerplate "against our policy" and "we'll look into it".
So ya, sure, it's all the bad customers fault, you stick with that.
Metro, the same interface that makes everyone hate the windows phone? On the desktop, Ya, that'll go over like a lead balloon.
Everyone at microsoft that thought that was a GOOD idea, needs to be the first group laid off.
You don't succeed by taking an annoying failure and making it bigger and more annoying, it's time to shake up the management at microsoft and start listening to new idea people instead of retreading the same old crap with a new frontpage.
Can anyone explain why it is that my desktop PC with 6 gb of ram and a 1 tb hard drive can actually CLOSE a program when I exit it but my smartphone with a 1ghz processor and 1 gb of ram for memory and storage total keeps every damn program running forever?
Actually that is incorrect, computers were used for fire control on naval ships long before that, they were mechanical analog computers, but computers nonetheless.
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Activating hardware you already paid for but was kept "secret" by the manufacturers until they need to keep up with the PC's.
Mark my words, This gen it's free, next gen it's going to cost the end user for each "upgrade".
Taking away features is a reason not to buy it, and at this point I won't, ever.
Not even used from one of the poor saps that paid the original price for something that the manufacturer purposely devalued.
Hell, I still have yellow dog as the alternative OS on my PS3 so you can depend on ME not accepting whatever bullshit they want to push.
Here's a list of what it's good for, from ms's webiste and reformatted somewhat... ;)
YOU may not use these functions but they exist and I'll bet that a couple of them will be useful to you, but just a couple.
Windows key+Tab
Cycle through programs on the taskbar by using Aero Flip 3-D
Ctrl+Windows+Tab
Use the arrow keys to cycle through programs on the taskbar by using Aero Flip 3-D
Windows logo key
Open or close the Start menu.
Windows key +Pause
Display the System Properties dialog box.
Windows key +D
Display the desktop.
Windows key +M
Minimize all windows.
Windows key +Shift+M
Restore minimized windows to the desktop.
Windows key +E
Open Computer.
Windows key +F
Search for a file or folder.
Ctrl+Windows key +F
Search for computers (if you're on a network).
Windows key +L
Lock your computer or switch users.
Windows key +R
Open the Run dialog box.
Windows key +T
Cycle through programs on the taskbar.
Windows key+number
Start the program pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number. If the program is already running, switch to that program.
Shift+Windows key+number
Start a new instance of the program pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number.
Ctrl+Windows key+number
Switch to the last active window of the program pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number.
Alt+Windows key+number
Open the Jump List for the program pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number.
Windows key +Tab
Cycle through programs on the taskbar by using Aero Flip 3-D.
Ctrl+Windows key +Tab
Use the arrow keys to cycle through programs on the taskbar by using Aero Flip 3-D.
Ctrl+Windows key +B
Switch to the program that displayed a message in the notification area.
Windows key +Spacebar
Preview the desktop.
Windows key +Up Arrow
Maximize the window.
Windows key +Left Arrow
Maximize the window to the left side of the screen.
Windows key +Right Arrow
Maximize the window to the right side of the screen.
Windows key +Down Arrow
Minimize the window.
Windows key +Home
Minimize all but the active window.
Windows key +Shift+Up Arrow
Stretch the window to the top and bottom of the screen.
Windows key +Shift+Left Arrow or Right Arrow
Move a window from one monitor to another.
Windows key +P
Choose a presentation display mode.
Windows key +G
Cycle through gadgets.
Windows key +U
Open Ease of Access Center.
Windows key +X
Open Windows Mobility Center.
Dude, Windows RT/surface, is completely locked into the Microsoft walled garden. You cannot buy or install an application from anywhere but the microsoft market.
So, Um, how is warning about that considered "fud"? It seems pretty fucking certain to me.
I'd downmod you for being snarky but it's sadly true.
And I totally forgot about bing, so that's 4 strikes.
Mp3 players,
Smartphones,
tablets.
Three strikes and you are out Balmer...
"Finders keepers" is a fine argument for the schoolyard, but it's moral value is negligible. Ownership rights come with responibilities, especially ownership rights to unique resources. If a party decides to take ownership of something with the sole purpose of ransoming it to an owner who will actually use it, that is not "free
market" - it's exploitation.
So when applying that "logic" of yours to the oil and gas companies pulling the unique and limited resource of fossil fuels out of the ground, how exactly do you explain away the obvious moral problem?
It seems to me to be an argument for stagnation.
Easy access to information / knowledge does not satiate all curiosity, there will always be people (or beings) that wish to know more than is currently known.
Of a shotgun that fires spiders, less lethal shells use wolf spiders and the lethal shells use black widows.
*shudder!*
>Typing in a few keywords is not CLI. That's just data input in response to a prompt.
Have you used windows 7? the search bar searches programs and enter executes them, I'd say that 85% of my customers are typing excel instead of mousing through multiple menus.
If it says it supports that OS on the outside of the box then YES, I DO expect it to be included.
Would you care to explain how AMD/ATI's revenue is different because I choose to use Linux instead of windows?
I still paid the same amount of money for the card.
Furthermore, we all know for a fact (because it's happened for every other piece of hardware) that if they released the details needed for the Linux community to write it's own drivers, they'd never have to write another one for Linux, ever, AND they would benefit from being able to take the concepts and optimizations created by the Linux community and fold them into their windows drivers.
What's wrong with windows 8? This is best illustrated with a picture, (1000 words and all that)
http://imgur.com/nNcMm
Been there, moved on.
Says the anon coward. Pussy.
posting to undo a oops moderation
From the article,
"We'd be increasing the real estate on the Internet," Nevett said. "We think they're good, generic terms that will give consumers more choice and benefits."
Um, snapping up domain names to sell at a premium to someone else later is not "increasing" anything, it's a land grab in hopes that the "land" grabbed will sell for more than it cost.
When did this sort of behavior become a legitimate business plan instead of just being a sleazy attempt to squeeze money out of people that DO have business plans?
The fundamental flaw here is that Paramount and Al Perry's definition of "monetizing" is different than everyone else's definition.
To them "monetizing" mean putting money in THEIR pockets which, obviously, Louis C.K. did not do.
Sure, it's just me, not the the manager that re-packaged for sale as new, obviously returned goods, or insisted I had to buy it or called the cops.
You are as much of a dick as he is, shit you might even be him.
Guess what tomhath, if you ask that at best buy, they will tell you no, pretty sharply while calling a manager over.
I noticed during checkout that the bottom seal on a cordless phone I was buying was torn open, upon opening and unpacking it while the manager was telling me loudly not to, it was clear that it had been opened before and everything had been previously taken out of the bags and un-packed, to top it off the handset battery was missing. He tried to make me buy that unit and return it for refund but I hadn't swiped my card yet and was not going to.
It took the cops (that the manager called) to tell the manager that he wasn't allowed to sell previously returned merchandise as new at all, let alone when it was missing parts and that I was not "obligated to pay for it because I opened it" because I was clearly not the first one to do so.
As far as I know that jackhole is still the manager of that best buy, I honestly can't say for sure as I haven't set foot in that store since and the reply to my letter to BB corporate was a boilerplate "against our policy" and "we'll look into it".
So ya, sure, it's all the bad customers fault, you stick with that.
One more reason not to ever buy from best buy.
Minor point to consider, if the blue ray had been OPENED then they would not have taken it back, only exchanged it for the same title.
How returning an unopened unwanted product can be considered "abuse of the return system" is beyond me.
Most of the tablets I've seen are pretty tightly sealed, SD cards are replaceable but no battery doors.
Metro, the same interface that makes everyone hate the windows phone? On the desktop, Ya, that'll go over like a lead balloon.
Everyone at microsoft that thought that was a GOOD idea, needs to be the first group laid off.
You don't succeed by taking an annoying failure and making it bigger and more annoying, it's time to shake up the management at microsoft and start listening to new idea people instead of retreading the same old crap with a new frontpage.
Can anyone explain why it is that my desktop PC with 6 gb of ram and a 1 tb hard drive can actually CLOSE a program when I exit it but my smartphone with a 1ghz processor and 1 gb of ram for memory and storage total keeps every damn program running forever?
Who's idiot idea was this anyways?
Actually that is incorrect, computers were used for fire control on naval ships long before that, they were mechanical analog computers, but computers nonetheless.
See this US Navy training film from 1953 http://youtu.be/_8aH-M3PzM0
The need to make them small enough and light enough to put into a spacecraft brought about some major developments, but they existed long before that.