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However, on a single screen desktop/laptop moving to the Start Screen from the Classic Desktop means that while viewing all of these live tiles you aren't able to see other items that might be very important to monitor (like new emails coming into Outlook, or an instant message coming in via a corporate Microsoft Lync server, on your help/desk ticketing system which is a standard windows desktop app, etc). Also, the flip side is true. If I setup the Mail app on the Start Screen to monitor my Hotmail/Gmail account, and I'm in the desktop doing corporate stuff (Outlook, CRM, etc) and I turn to talk to a coworkers and a new email comes into Hotmail/Gmail..aside from the 3 second notification that pops up, I have no way of knowing that I have an email unless I switch back to the Start Screen and check the live tile. < This means I am going to miss a ton of stuff, or at least be delayed significantly in my response.Live tiles that are at-a-glance informational and all in one place? Like active-scrolling unread emails -> various news/sports headlines -> weather in multiple cities -> Star Chart app info -> download notifications via the store -> personal game apps scores, just to name a few for starters. I'm sure more are being written. I think this is all being performed with less resources.
Perhaps it will for you.Here's a shot of my desktop. It will disappear soon. Probably by the next OS.
For many of us though, we use and will continue to use a ton of standard Windows apps that simply aren't going to have suitable "new UI apps" for quite some time...probably not by the time we have a new OS. And until the point in time comes when "apps" can be truly resized and we can support more than 2 apps per monitor (one getting 320pixels, and the other the rest of the screen), many of us will simply struggle to make do with the current state of applications.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 7
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Self-Built in July 2009
- CPU
- Intel Q9550 2.83Ghz OC'd to 3.40Ghz
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R rev. 1.1, F12 BIOS
- Memory
- 8GB G.Skill PI DDR2-800, 4-4-4-12 timings
- Graphics Card(s)
- EVGA 1280MB Nvidia GeForce GTX570
- Sound Card
- Realtek ALC899A 8 channel onboard audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 23" Acer x233H
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Hard Drives
- Intel X25-M 80GB Gen 2 SSD
Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black, 32MB cache. WD1001FALS
- PSU
- Corsair 620HX modular
- Case
- Antec P182
- Cooling
- stock
- Keyboard
- ABS M1 Mechanical
- Mouse
- Logitech G9 Laser Mouse
- Internet Speed
- 15/2 cable modem
- Other Info
- Windows and Linux enthusiast. Logitech G35 Headset.