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2011-09-15 08:18Ed Leafe : [NF] Windows 1 vs. Windows 8
2011-09-15 12:34Dan Covill : Re: [NF] Windows 1 vs. Windows 8
2011-09-15 12:40Richard Kaye : RE: [NF] Windows 1 vs. Windows 8
2011-09-15 12:50Stephen Russell : Re: [NF] Windows 1 vs. Windows 8
2011-09-15 13:04Lou Syracuse : RE: [NF] Windows 1 vs. Windows 8
2011-09-15 13:41lelandj : Re: [NF] Windows 1 vs. Windows 8
2011-09-15 16:14Nicholas Geti : Re: [NF] Windows 1 vs. Windows 8
2011-09-15 17:56Alan Bourke : Re: [NF] Windows 1 vs. Windows 8
2011-09-15 21:32<kamcginnis@gmail.com>: Re: [NF] Windows 1 vs. Windows 8
2011-09-16 04:02Alan Bourke : Re: [NF] Windows 1 vs. Windows 8
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[NF] Windows 1 vs. Windows 8

Author: Ed Leafe

Posted: 2011-09-15 08:18:17   Link

So amazing to see the progress...

http://i.imgur.com/MTBjU.jpg

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Re: [NF] Windows 1 vs. Windows 8

Author: Dan Covill

Posted: 2011-09-15 12:34:07   Link

Let's face it, Ed, that 'Metro' stuff is for small touchscreens - i.e.,

smart phones and xpads. Can you see an insurance company with a roomful

of clerks entering data on a 'virtual keyboard'?

Seems to me that MS' goal is to cover both the desktop and portable

markets with a single OS. If they succeed, it will be a good idea.

That's a great webpage, tho!

Dan Covill

On 09/15/11 05:18, Ed Leafe wrote:

> So amazing to see the progress...

>

> http://i.imgur.com/MTBjU.jpg

>

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RE: [NF] Windows 1 vs. Windows 8

Author: Richard Kaye

Posted: 2011-09-15 12:40:48   Link

Based on the little bit I've seen and read about it, it seems to me that's the direction Apple is headed with Lion, too.

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Let's face it, Ed, that 'Metro' stuff is for small touchscreens - i.e., smart phones and xpads. Can you see an insurance company with a roomful of clerks entering data on a 'virtual keyboard'?

Seems to me that MS' goal is to cover both the desktop and portable markets with a single OS. If they succeed, it will be a good idea.

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Re: [NF] Windows 1 vs. Windows 8

Author: Stephen Russell

Posted: 2011-09-15 12:50:19   Link

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Dan Covill <dcovill@san.rr.com> wrote:

> Let's face it, Ed, that 'Metro' stuff is for small touchscreens - i.e.,

> smart phones and xpads.  Can you see an insurance company with a roomful

> of clerks entering data on a 'virtual keyboard'?

>

> Seems to me that MS' goal is to cover both the desktop and portable

> markets with a single OS.  If they succeed, it will be a good idea.

>

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I only see disaster coming from Mordor. One Ring to bind them will

defeat the Borg.

If they keep the PhoneOS and make a Tablet OS that is customized to

tablet life it is a win. Sure make the "pc" version as well.

In that concept I use a term version. If you scale the os to the

device you might make that device better. I would not want to use the

phone to work on spreadsheet or word docs. I would like to use the

tablet for those but not for mouse intensive operations.

I see M$ screwing the pooch with this next release.

Just Saying

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RE: [NF] Windows 1 vs. Windows 8

Author: Lou Syracuse

Posted: 2011-09-15 13:04:42   Link

Isn't that Microsoft's track record with OS'? Make a mess with every other version of Windows, and clean it up in the one after that?

Windows ME (What a mess)

XP

Vista (An even bigger mess)

Windows 7

... next?

ls

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I only see disaster coming from Mordor. One Ring to bind them will

defeat the Borg.

If they keep the PhoneOS and make a Tablet OS that is customized to

tablet life it is a win. Sure make the "pc" version as well.

In that concept I use a term version. If you scale the os to the

device you might make that device better. I would not want to use the

phone to work on spreadsheet or word docs. I would like to use the

tablet for those but not for mouse intensive operations.

I see M$ screwing the pooch with this next release.

Just Saying

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Re: [NF] Windows 1 vs. Windows 8

Author: lelandj

Posted: 2011-09-15 13:41:36   Link

The real action for Microsoft might come from its improved Window Server

8 OS, which should give commercial versions of Linux and Unix OS(s) like

Redhat, SUSE, and Macs running osX more competition. Window Server 8

also targets VMware and other proprietary offerings from

hardware/software giants like IBM and HP. It will also compete with

third parties that offer cloud computing; because, it offers the cloud

within an enterprise.

http://www.infoworld.com/d/microsoft-windows/10-best-new-features-windows-server-8-173124

http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2011/09/windows-server-8-built-for-the-cloud-built-for-virtualization.ars

Regards,

LelandJ

On 09/15/2011 07:18 AM, Ed Leafe wrote:

> So amazing to see the progress...

>

> http://i.imgur.com/MTBjU.jpg

>

>

>

> -- Ed Leafe

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Re: [NF] Windows 1 vs. Windows 8

Author: Nicholas Geti

Posted: 2011-09-15 16:14:50   Link

What? I can move and resize windows all I want.

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> So amazing to see the progress...

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> http://i.imgur.com/MTBjU.jpg

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> -- Ed Leafe

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Re: [NF] Windows 1 vs. Windows 8

Author: Alan Bourke

Posted: 2011-09-15 17:56:28   Link

On Thursday, September 15, 2011 4:14 PM, "Nicholas Geti"

<ngeti@optonline.net> wrote:

> What? I can move and resize windows all I want.

>

It's probably aimed at the Metro UI, for touchscreen devices, which

apparently doesn't allow overlapping windows. As opposed to say iOS on

the iPad which doesn't allow multiple windows at all. But the cartoonist

obviously didn't want to let facts get in the way of a half-informed

troll.

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Re: [NF] Windows 1 vs. Windows 8

Author: <kamcginnis@gmail.com>

Posted: 2011-09-15 21:32:01   Link

Still, it is funny and maybe not 100% accurate, just 99.99999% accurate

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On Thursday, September 15, 2011 4:14 PM, "Nicholas Geti"

<ngeti@optonline.net> wrote:

> What? I can move and resize windows all I want.

>

It's probably aimed at the Metro UI, for touchscreen devices, which

apparently doesn't allow overlapping windows. As opposed to say iOS on

the iPad which doesn't allow multiple windows at all. But the cartoonist

obviously didn't want to let facts get in the way of a half-informed

troll.

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Re: [NF] Windows 1 vs. Windows 8

Author: Alan Bourke

Posted: 2011-09-16 04:02:32   Link

On Thursday, September 15, 2011 6:32 PM, kamcginnis@gmail.com wrote:

> Still, it is funny and maybe not 100% accurate, just 99.99999% accurate

>

>

10% accurate, at most ;)

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