That would just be stoopid, even in light of what egregiously bad things they've done already. Gee, I hope this doesn't mean Microsoft thinks they can get away with removing all the desktop-based dialogs for configuration. The Metro-style PC Settings section is dramatically expanded and includes virtually every Windows setting that was previously part of the desktop Control Panel. One has difficulty deciding to laugh or to cry!!! That a bare-bones, s implistic OS is "digitally authentic"!!! Who thinks of these? He/She needs an award on creative fiction. I guess in all these decades, we had not figured out that full screen applications were " immersive" and It just took only 30 years and we are back to where we started from (Metro fanboys will claim that this is ***progress***). Snapping applications were all the rage in Windows 1.0 (assuming that anybody did run Win 1.0)!! I can only laugh with this one!!! Forward to the past!!! Those that can't will get a scrollbar like they do now presumably. Well app developers already had to put up with snapping Metro apps, so the good apps can already handle this situation. Overlapping and freely moving windows are, of course, far superior because they allow the user to configure the screen any way the user wants. Of possible intellectual property conflicts. Of course, at that point Microsoft adopted the "tiled" screen approach (now "snap") because Windows 1 looks.lol Metro/Modern is highly reminiscent of Windows 1 with its full screen or tiled screen presentation. Does that mean each one gets less than 1024x768? Now you can have multiple Metro tiled screens. We wanted developers to be able to tailor and refine their layouts to make use of every available pixel on 1024x768, without having to compromise the layout for a smaller resolution." Microsoft, one of the big selling points for developers was that they never had to deal with less than 1024x768: "As we worked on different design layouts for apps, we found that the higher the minimum resolution, the richer and more tailored the app couldīe. I wonder what the changes in app behavior will do to all the existing apps. A few seconds is totally irrelevant in a work day! Mentions the faster booting times one more time, I 'll scream. Thus, what's the possible justification for even considering Win8.1? I cannot think of a single one. I do not want to be exposed to anything full screen and I do not see any new functionality in the desktop. I have no intention whatsoever to contaminate my systems with Win8.x in any of its flavors.Įven assuming that I install Win8.x, I would be booting directly in the desktop. On the basis of the full description of Win8.1, I intend to remain with Win7 in the foreseeable future. One good thing I have to say for Windows 8 - I'm selling a lot of books to people who desperately want it to work better! Thank you Microsoft!Ĭonfigure The Windows 7 "To Work" Options Configure The Windows 8 "To Work" Options I can hardly wait to go through it all again. Yep, seems to be about the right time for Windows 8.1 to come along and break all that. *might* not delete it and seek a Windows 7 installation disc - at least not right away. ThisĮnvironment provides me a FAR better ability to judge the differences between the two systems side by side than any "immersive" experience (such as dual booting).Īfter all this research, after all this discussion, after all this tweaking, I'm finally starting to feel that if I were forced to run Windows 8 (e.g., on a new machine or something), given all my "To Work" options and 3rd party software I I appreciate your ability to boot either, Carey, but since I'm able to change back and forth on a whim, I can on a moment's notice be using one system or another - I don't even need to boot, I just minimize or restore the Windows 8 VMware VM. What a tremendous improvement in visual usability this one little thing gives! I've done an unprecedented amount of tweaking to Windows 8, most recently with the addition of a 3rd party tool that actually restores Aero Glass effects and - more importantly - the ability to override the theme resources without hacking systemįiles, which means I can actually get drop shadows around my desktop windows again. I run Windows 7 on my main workstation, on which I run VMware and (among others) a Windows 8 Enterprise VM.
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