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Now, I support metro design and the Start Screen and I believe that and the Desktop should mesh together. It should be Start Screen AND Desktop, not Start Screen versus Desktop.
That got me thinking and playing around. I found out that you can literally close down the Desktop view just like an app can be. You have to have all your windows minimized, then the cursor turns into a little hand and you can close it down, resulting in the Start Screen.
Now, this seems odd.
It shouldn't really work like that on for the Desktop if the scenario was Start Screen and Desktop. That furthers my beliefs that Microsoft is going on the route of segregating interfaces, and not joining them together in a harmonious way. I still will use it as a Start Screen and Desktop. But this gets me thinking, the Start Screen literally can have almost anything pinned to it, somewhat like the Desktop. You can have people pinned to it, RSS apps, news apps, and the such. There is even the app snap feature, which I think isn't that great since it's split in either one third or two thirds of the screen and little manipulation. This sounds like the Desktop. Microsoft is calling Windows 8 the reimagining of Windows, but the Start Screen can't simply be just the reimagination along with the Desktop still being there? If one were to use the Start Screen by itself and use the features of it, it actually becomes what the Desktop is. The Start Screen is both Taskbar and start menu, the app switcher on the left side becomes the Live Preview thumbnails of the Taskbar. The App Snap is Aero Snap, and the swiping of apps is like using the Win+Tab key in Windows 7.
That there is really what the reimagining of Windows is. The Desktop I bet, will be gone by the end of this decade and will be replaced with Start Screen and morphed into its metro design. Windows 8 is that transitional threshold to that future.
Personally, I'm not actually against that happening. To be successful in the tech industry, companies actually have to kill their successful products in order to have something new and better. Granted, Start Screen isn't greater or better than the Desktop, but that could change in the near to distant future.
I'm slightly excited to see that happen. It's a new generation of Windows, and we're living through the Start of the Future.
That got me thinking and playing around. I found out that you can literally close down the Desktop view just like an app can be. You have to have all your windows minimized, then the cursor turns into a little hand and you can close it down, resulting in the Start Screen.
Now, this seems odd.
It shouldn't really work like that on for the Desktop if the scenario was Start Screen and Desktop. That furthers my beliefs that Microsoft is going on the route of segregating interfaces, and not joining them together in a harmonious way. I still will use it as a Start Screen and Desktop. But this gets me thinking, the Start Screen literally can have almost anything pinned to it, somewhat like the Desktop. You can have people pinned to it, RSS apps, news apps, and the such. There is even the app snap feature, which I think isn't that great since it's split in either one third or two thirds of the screen and little manipulation. This sounds like the Desktop. Microsoft is calling Windows 8 the reimagining of Windows, but the Start Screen can't simply be just the reimagination along with the Desktop still being there? If one were to use the Start Screen by itself and use the features of it, it actually becomes what the Desktop is. The Start Screen is both Taskbar and start menu, the app switcher on the left side becomes the Live Preview thumbnails of the Taskbar. The App Snap is Aero Snap, and the swiping of apps is like using the Win+Tab key in Windows 7.
That there is really what the reimagining of Windows is. The Desktop I bet, will be gone by the end of this decade and will be replaced with Start Screen and morphed into its metro design. Windows 8 is that transitional threshold to that future.
Personally, I'm not actually against that happening. To be successful in the tech industry, companies actually have to kill their successful products in order to have something new and better. Granted, Start Screen isn't greater or better than the Desktop, but that could change in the near to distant future.
I'm slightly excited to see that happen. It's a new generation of Windows, and we're living through the Start of the Future.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 Pro
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- ASUS
- CPU
- AMD FX 8320
- Motherboard
- Crosshair V Formula-Z
- Memory
- 16 gig DDR3
- Graphics Card(s)
- ASUS R9 270
- Screen Resolution
- 1440x900
- Hard Drives
- 1 TB Seagate Barracuda (starting to hate Seagate)
x2 3 TB Toshibas
Windows 8.1 is installed on a SanDisk Ultra Plus 256 GB
- PSU
- OCZ 500 watt
- Case
- A current work in progres as I'll be building the physical case myself. It shall be fantastic.
- Cooling
- Arctic Cooler with 3 heatpipes
- Keyboard
- Logitech K750 wireless solar powered keyboard
- Mouse
- Microsoft Touch Mouse
- Browser
- Internet Explorer 11
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender, but I might go back on KIS 2014