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Metro doesn't bother me one bit. I like it, in fact.
Metro doesn't bother me one bit. I like it, in fact.
And once you have to start paying for every single worthwhile app I'm sure you'll like it even more.
Metro doesn't bother me one bit. I like it, in fact.
And once you have to start paying for every single worthwhile app I'm sure you'll like it even more.
Who said I was going to have to buy apps?
And once you have to start paying for every single worthwhile app I'm sure you'll like it even more.
Who said I was going to have to buy apps?
That's the whole point of Metro. Just like Apple's iOS, you'll soon have to buy the best apps via the Marketplace. It's meant to turn the operating system in to a cash cow for Microsoft, just as the App Store has become for Apple. If you think otherwise then you're living in a dream world I'm afraid.
Wow.....
First off, vista shouldn't be mentioned and Windows Phone shouldn't even be in that sentence either. Windows Phone is a great product and has receive stellar critic reviews and a vast majority of people that have one would recommend it. That is highly short sighted of one to say Windows Phone is a disaster considering the phone market is totally different than the PC one. Microsoft is trying to make it into that market faced with cell carriers more interested in selling cheap crapdroid phones than quality ones. That my friend, is the truth.
Secondly, Windows 8 isn't for everyone. It's for the people that want better form factor choices than just a desktop. Have you seen what a best buy looks like now? It's filled with laptops to the brim. No one buys desktops as much as they used to because given the option, people choose what's better to them: be mobile and not have to hassle with cables or stay in one place and deal with cords. You might think that just because there are cables, that isn't the reason why it turns people off because it actually does.
Even then, I've been using Windows 8 since last September on my desktop and I have no problems with it other than overly large text that has been fixed since then. One should look into customization and personalization and learn how to use a new UI to suit their work flow. I personally don't spend a lot of time in metro apps, since I use the Desktop. I only use a few metro apps and metro IE. There's a reason why Microsoft is calling Windows 8 "Windows Reimagined." It's not because it's Windows 7 but faster, it's a whole new break from what the evolution of Windows has been. No longer is a new OS a simple warmed over version from the past, but a whole change that doesn't even look or act as the one before.
Besides, just because someone's a PC doesn't mean it's a desktop. Just like the people that use Windows, form factors vary. A PC can be desktop. A PC can be an ultrabook, netbook, notebook, or a laptop. A PC can be tablet or a slate or an All In One PC or an AIO with a touch screen. Though those varied form factors, the one thing that unites them all is Windows.
Awesome! I have a Nokia Lumia 900! I don't think it's just that the average consumer doesn't care, it's that the average consumer doesn't know much and cell carriers take advantage of that. Seriously, walk into your local Verzion store ask about the Windows Phone. Either a) they'll look at you weird and ask what that is or b) they're COMPLETELY uninformed about it. I went with a friend a couple months ago and the lady there said that one of the reasons why Windows Phone is bad is because there are only 4,000 apps for it. There are over 80,000. Not only that, go to T-Mobile, and their Windows Phones aren't even displayed or the floor models aren't in working condition. Go to sprint, the same. But ATT is the only provider that will sell you a Windows Phone because they need a new flagship phone since the iphone isn't exclusive to them anymore. It all comes down to money for the providers. If you have a mid range android device that costs less to subsidize and the provider can sell not only talk and text, but a pricy data plan; that there is their cash cow. An iphone is their expensive cash cow because it's the latest fashion accessory that is constantly connected but perpetually disconnected.Wow.....
First off, vista shouldn't be mentioned and Windows Phone shouldn't even be in that sentence either. Windows Phone is a great product and has receive stellar critic reviews and a vast majority of people that have one would recommend it. That is highly short sighted of one to say Windows Phone is a disaster considering the phone market is totally different than the PC one. Microsoft is trying to make it into that market faced with cell carriers more interested in selling cheap crapdroid phones than quality ones. That my friend, is the truth.
Secondly, Windows 8 isn't for everyone. It's for the people that want better form factor choices than just a desktop. Have you seen what a best buy looks like now? It's filled with laptops to the brim. No one buys desktops as much as they used to because given the option, people choose what's better to them: be mobile and not have to hassle with cables or stay in one place and deal with cords. You might think that just because there are cables, that isn't the reason why it turns people off because it actually does.
Even then, I've been using Windows 8 since last September on my desktop and I have no problems with it other than overly large text that has been fixed since then. One should look into customization and personalization and learn how to use a new UI to suit their work flow. I personally don't spend a lot of time in metro apps, since I use the Desktop. I only use a few metro apps and metro IE. There's a reason why Microsoft is calling Windows 8 "Windows Reimagined." It's not because it's Windows 7 but faster, it's a whole new break from what the evolution of Windows has been. No longer is a new OS a simple warmed over version from the past, but a whole change that doesn't even look or act as the one before.
Besides, just because someone's a PC doesn't mean it's a desktop. Just like the people that use Windows, form factors vary. A PC can be desktop. A PC can be an ultrabook, netbook, notebook, or a laptop. A PC can be tablet or a slate or an All In One PC or an AIO with a touch screen. Though those varied form factors, the one thing that unites them all is Windows.
Windows Phone is a great product, I even have an HTC Radar. The problem is that your average consumer is not interested in it. It is not a good seller. We can sing it's praises here but that's what it comes down to. It is not selling in any way near the way it was expected to. It is not available on the handsets people want to own and its got a bad name for itself in the marketplace. That's not to say that it's bad name is in any way justified, that's just how it is I'm afraid. Windows Phone does not sell in great numbers.
As for cables and desktops, that problem was solved years ago with bluetooth, wireless and wi-fi. No need for lots of cables if you run a desktop PC these days. Like many others, I use a laptop for its portability, a desktop because I like having a large monitor when working on certain projects and a tablet for minor playtime activities, such as the odd e-mail check and You Tube film. I can't do any real work on a tablet, without a physical keyboard and real programmes designed to do actual work on I consider tablets playtime devices at this point.
Trying to combine the desktop and tablet experience in to one operating system has, as far as I'm concerned, not been a success. In order to make it work to most peoples satisfaction it still needs a lot of work.
I think the conclusion that even the M$ fanbois are admitting to is that to survive they need the cash from the apps they will sell through Windows 8 Metro.....so why doesn't MS just admit this publically, and also offer a version of Windows 8 with the default UI as the desktop for a higher price than the Metro based version?
Considering that many folks will NOT pay a red cent for ANY metro apps, this would be something significant to consider, I for one would be willing to pay more LESS in this case.
It cannot be cannot be said enough, MS is DESTROYING the loyality of nearly their entire desktop customer base. This is a fact.
I used to be very supportive of MS because I believed that they were the more benevolent major OS company around, with Apple and Jobs being a capitalist robber baron in the most insidious way. I also continually have praised them in their continuing to support the much loved but now very outdated Windows XP, this probably cost them money but it solidified the loyality of its users and MS could have been sure that when they purchased their new OS it would be a Windows product because of the long lasting support they had.
I hate to break it to you fanbois but MS is throwing customer loyality all away, which is invaluable.
MS had been the cool, reasoned, pragmatic option in operating systems that yes did try to please everybody and often times did just that.
Of course I will NEVER EVER purchased that damned fruit company OSX, but MS is forcing my hand with their sudden arrogance and will absolutely lose many loyalists to Linux, and yes even some to freaking Apple OSX.
@coke robot, I think you and I are the only ones who can see the future of computing on Windows 8.
Well, besides Microsoft that is.
I think the conclusion that even the M$ fanbois are admitting to is that to survive they need the cash from the apps they will sell through Windows 8 Metro.....so why doesn't MS just admit this publically, and also offer a version of Windows 8 with the default UI as the desktop for a higher price than the Metro based version?
Considering that many folks will NOT pay a red cent for ANY metro apps, this would be something significant to consider, I for one would be willing to pay more LESS in this case.
It cannot be cannot be said enough, MS is DESTROYING the loyality of nearly their entire desktop customer base. This is a fact.
I used to be very supportive of MS because I believed that they were the more benevolent major OS company around, with Apple and Jobs being a capitalist robber baron in the most insidious way. I also continually have praised them in their continuing to support the much loved but now very outdated Windows XP, this probably cost them money but it solidified the loyality of its users and MS could have been sure that when they purchased their new OS it would be a Windows product because of the long lasting support they had.
I hate to break it to you fanbois but MS is throwing customer loyality all away, which is invaluable.
MS had been the cool, reasoned, pragmatic option in operating systems that yes did try to please everybody and often times did just that.
Of course I will NEVER EVER purchased that damned fruit company OSX, but MS is forcing my hand with their sudden arrogance and will absolutely lose many loyalists to Linux, and yes even some to freaking Apple OSX.
They could do what we've been telling them (and you) for the last six months or more.
Simply give us the option to turn Metro AND the Start Button/Menu on or off.
How hard can that be to do? OR understand?
Microsoft wants everyone developing Metro applications. They want to capture the tablet market and they're doing whatever they think it's necessary to accomplish that, desktop users be damned. Do they care so much if we, disappointed traditional desktop users stick with Windows 7 or even some go to Mac/Linux/BSD/whatever? That's the point of view you need to understand what they're thinking.They could do what we've been telling them (and you) for the last six months or more.Simply give us the option to turn Metro AND the Start Button/Menu on or off.How hard can that be to do? OR understand?
@coke robot, I think you and I are the only ones who can see the future of computing on Windows 8.
Well, besides Microsoft that is.
I, like most, have always stated that what's been done with Windows 8 under the bonnet is very worthwhile. It's fast, responsive and generally works very well. It's not the operating system per se that I have a problem with, it's things like the removal of the choice to switch Metro off and on, the ability to choose how folders and files are displayed [we now have 2 options instead of the 8 we have in Windows 7, multitasking Windows 8: Thrown into a multi-tasking mosh pit ? The Register etc.. Dumbing down the whole UI for those who only use the operating system for checking a few E-mails and play a few games is bizarre.
They could do what we've been telling them (and you) for the last six months or more.
Simply give us the option to turn Metro AND the Start Button/Menu on or off.
How hard can that be to do? OR understand?
Why?
@coke robot, I think you and I are the only ones who can see the future of computing on Windows 8.
Well, besides Microsoft that is.