Re: [NF] Jeff asks: What are they doing, Paul Thurrott answers

Author: Jeff Johnson

Posted: 2014-02-13 at 10:33:41

On 2/13/2014 9:23 AM, Tracy Pearson wrote:

> 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: I found it, but the reason I was looking for it was I was on a

conference call with 10 people from Arizona to India and places in

between and a loud video started in my browser. Yikes!

--

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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