On 2/13/2014 9:02 AM, Alan Bourke wrote:

> This about sums it up for me:

>

> "It doesn't do a thing to address the fact that Windows isn't a single

> OS. It's two of them, mobile and desktop, fused together unnaturally

> like a Frankenstein's monster."

>

> And it's sad, because from what I've seen of 8.1, especially on the

> eldest kid's laptop, it is an improvement over 7 in a lot of ways.

> Starts up like a rocket for one. If you could just boot it straight into

> a desktop/Start menu that is like Windows 7, or to the Metro UI on a

> tablet, and never the twain meet, it would be great. Or if it were easy

> to implement an alternative shell, like the *nix world, but that would

> leave them open to the sort of Gnome vs KDE vs whatever infighting that

> plagues that platform.

>

Windows 8 (besides the connectivity problems I am having) is great for

the reasons you mention. It is the user interface that is all over the

board. I have to Google just about everything.

Quick, how do you turn down the sound?

> --

> Jeff

>

> Jeff Johnson

> jeff@san-dc.com

> SanDC, Inc.

> 623-582-0323

> Fax 623-869-0675

>

> http://www.san-dc.com

>

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