On February 13, 2014 11:09:54 AM EST, Jeff Johnson <jeff@san-dc.com> wrote:

>

>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

>>

>

Ted,

Charms (Windows + C), Settings, is where I found it on my windows 8 tablet.

--

Tracy

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