Windows 8

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by LeeNetworX

What's the Bing button? As for weight, 4.94 oz for my current iPhone 4s, 6.5 oz for the Lumia 920. I can't tell too much difference in my hand and considering the added real estate it seems reasonable.

The search button on the bottom.

[EpyonXero]

I bought a small touch screen laptop a few weeks ago with Windows 8. I took me a few days to figure out some things like how to quit a tile app and how to stop some apps like Chrome from going full screen but now its just like Windows 7 without the Start menu, I dont even see the tile interface unless I bring it up on purpose.

[fatbuckRTO]

My wife recently got a new laptop with Windows 8 on it. All I can say is "Wow, why does Microsoft hate its customers?" No multitasking? Are you shitting me? Laptops and desktops are not tablets. Why in the hell would you try to treat them as such?

I'm buying a copy of Windows 7. When it comes time to trade up on my computer, if I have to buy Windows 8 it's coming right the fuck off that machine and Windows 7 is going on.

[LeeNetworX]

Originally Posted by fatbuckRTO

No multitasking? Are you shitting me?

Win8 still multi-tasks - I can't think of any OS today that doesn't. Maybe I'm not understanding what you are getting at?

[fatbuckRTO]

Originally Posted by LeeNetworX

Win8 still multi-tasks - I can't think of any OS today that doesn't. Maybe I'm not understanding what you are getting at?

When my wife opens IE, for instance. It seems to act like a phone app, where you can't just minimize and maximize windows to scroll through active programs. When we were on Skype with her mother trying to plan a cabin rental, we could Skype or we could surf the internet. But we couldn't do both. Maybe I didn't understand what I was seeing.

That said, I know for certain that while proponents of Windows 8 are quick to point out that it has the same functionality as previous Windows programs, you damn sure have to hunt for it. Over and over. Why would you make your customers solve a puzzle just to use functions they've been using for decades?

It's supposed to work interchangeably for tablets and PC's. Great concept. But if the military taught me one thing, it's that modular design ends up costing more in money, time, and effort, in the long run. Just ask the beautiful minds responsible for the Army's ACU's, or the JSF.

[Homeslice]

It's still the best deal in phones right now. Did you get it on contract or not? Not sure what the unlocked prices are going for, but on contract it was $99 (actually $49 for a few weeks last year), and that's for a phone with 32GB, better resolution than Apple, better camera, better battery, and you can place calls while tethering.

[LeeNetworX]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

It's still the best deal in phones right now. Did you get it on contract or not? Not sure what the unlocked prices are going for, but on contract it was $99 (actually $49 for a few weeks last year), and that's for a phone with 32GB, better resolution than Apple, better camera, better battery, and you can place calls while tethering.

I don't buy mobile phones, tablets or computers. My company bought it for me so it was purchased w/no contract - $450. I got the AT&T version and just plop my SIM in to use it for phone/LTE. I haven't used the phone functionality much but it does seem clearer than the iPhone.

[LeeNetworX]

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/addres...165739696.html

"One leading research firm, International Data Corp., said Windows 8 contributed to a 14 percent decline in worldwide PC sales during the first three months of the year — the biggest year-over-year drop ever."

[LeeNetworX]