Re:Windows 8 Pro Upgrade to cost $39.99
by novalis on Monday July 02, 2012 @04:15PM
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I'll use it in a VM until the dev tools I work with start to support it, then I'll go all in. It is always the same thing when a full OS update comes, this is not any diff from the others. I'll keep my linux machines handy on the side as always. I don't see what the ten-foot pole security counter measures bring to the table at this point.
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Re:Windows 8 Pro Upgrade to cost $39.99
by WiseWeasel on Monday July 02, 2012 @04:18PM
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The pole is to keep that cluttered ribbon interface away from my relatively clean Explorer windows, the touch-centric gestures away from my mouse-driven desktop, and to ward off the mental expense of context changes as my environment switches between the classic desktop with classic apps, the start screen and various metro apps.
Hey, I skipped ME and Vista, that is why the VM gets a whirl first. We shall see.
>The pole is to keep that cluttered ribbon interface away from my relatively clean Explorer windows
The ribbon is minimized by default.
What's cluttered about this more than Windows 7? http://techdows.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/expand-the-ri...
Re:Windows 8 Pro Upgrade to cost $39.99
by WiseWeasel on Monday July 02, 2012 @05:16PM
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The most glaring offense is the poor organization and positioning of the elements. Notice the many different areas the groups of widgets are scattered.