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| Windows 8's desktop mode: Microsoft's 'Classic' |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2012-03-06 23:27:08 |
| As you may have seen, David's been taking care of OSNews for a few days because I'm quite busy with work. Still, there's one thing I'd like to talk about: the desktop mode in Windows 8. I wish I could've added this to the first impressions article, but I only arrived at this conclusion yesterday: desktop mode in Windows 8 is Microsoft's equivalent of Mac OS X's Classic mode. |
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| Metro |
| By Lorin on 2012-03-07 00:18:21 |
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A lot is riding on Metro in Windows 8. A losing bet unless it is their intention to force the corporate client base into Linux while catering to the non-technical user, serious development, be it software, hardware or any other kind of engineering will not be possible on Windows 8 without a major loss of productivity. |
 - Score: 5 |
| RE: Metro |
| By Thom_Holwerda on 2012-03-07 00:21:39 |
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Windows 7. No significant amount of people are going to switch to Linux because of Windows 8. Vista didn't either. If they don't like 8, they'll use 7. This meme really needs to stop. People don't want Linux. Deal with it. They want Windows or Mac OS X. Harsh and sad, but that's the reality supported by the facts. |
| - Score: 5 |
| fantastic? |
| By martini on 2012-03-07 00:29:52 |
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Thom. Do you really qualify Windows 7 as fantastic? I can say it is good, but fantastic? Are we going to start seeing MS banners on OSNews.com? ;P |
| - Score: -1 |
| Mac OS X's Classic mode |
| By martini on 2012-03-07 00:36:24 |
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If I don't recall it wrong, Mac OS X's Classic mode, was more like an virtual machine of Mac OS 9 inside Mac OS X. When you loaded a MacOS 8 o 9 app on OS X you will had to wait for a while for the classic mode to run. |
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| RE[2]: Metro |
| By Delgarde on 2012-03-07 01:00:13 |
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> Windows 7. No significant amount of people are going to switch to Linux because of Windows 8. Vista didn't either. If they don't like 8, they'll use 7. That, and many of the corporate desktops are still running XP. It's only been in the last six months or so that any of my customers have expressed interest in Windows 7... |
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| RE[2]: Metro |
| By orestes on 2012-03-07 01:02:02 |
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People are sheep who go with whatever's installed on their drive when they buy their computer. Always have been, always will be. If a Linux distro were to get the marketing right it could very well gain momentum. Not that I lament their not moving en masse to some form of Linux one bit. |
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| Bleh |
| By Kalessin on 2012-03-07 01:36:26 |
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May Metro die a quick death on the desktop. It may be great for tablets, but it's a huge step back for the desktop. I really hope that Microsoft gets some nasty backlash over it and stops trying to use it for desktop applications. The thought that Microsoft intends to switch everything over to Metro in the long run is truly horrifying. It wouldn't surprise me if Windows 8 did more to help Apple than Microsoft as far as desktops go, but so many people just use Windows without even considering the alternatives, that it probably won't make enough of a dent to matter. Best case, people refuse to switch, and a large enough group of people insist on Windows 7 over 8 that Windows 8 is a complete flop. But with the number of people who just buy a computer and use whatever comes on it, I suspect that that's not all that likely outside of the corporate world. And they wouldn't be switching even if Windows 8 were made of pixie dust, since they hate upgrading, and many of them have barely upgraded to 7 (with many still on XP). |
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| RE: Metro |
| By modmans2ndcoming on 2012-03-07 01:39:27 |
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I would really like to know what intrinsic property of windows 8 makes "serious" development impossible. I think there is huge potential for developers with windows 8 because of the live tiles. I have been using it on my laptop for over a week and my biggest problem with it is that I do not have more metro apps. |
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| RE: Mac OS X's Classic mode |
| By modmans2ndcoming on 2012-03-07 01:42:54 |
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And the reason for that was Apple implemented it in such a way as to provide an incentive for development and/or porting to OS X APIs. MS is doing something similar. All the bitching about the desktop not being integrated well is to push users to demand a better windows 8 experience from their applications and to push developers to use the new WinRT system APIs. |
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| RE: Bleh |
| By modmans2ndcoming on 2012-03-07 01:44:33 |
| It is great on laptops. It will be great for 24" and smaller screens. Mouse and Keyboard input is just as functional as touch. It isn't going anywhere. |
| - Score: -1 |
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