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by folkert
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6/20/12 7:27:38 PM
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New So... since W8 will be a steaming pile...
And Since you are bored with current iterations, what *DO* you want in a new "desktop" paradigm now?
Post #359,271
by pwhysall
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6/21/12 2:21:13 AM
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New It's all about bridging the touch/point divide
In order get to get over the "two devices" problem.

I'm running W8 right now. It's not awful, by any stretch of the imagination.

The new Explorer is a great improvement. I like the new Start screen, too.

But then, I like Metro, a lot.
     Digitimes: 7-inch Google/Asus tablet coming soon. $199. - (Another Scott) - (16) - June 19, 2012, 10:27:16 PM EDT
         Surface... - (malraux) - (12) - June 19, 2012, 11:06:42 PM EDT
             It has one real chance in the enterprise, AFAICT: - (pwhysall) - (11) - June 20, 2012, 04:56:04 AM EDT
                 Isn't it really just PenWindows v. 4 or something? - (Another Scott) - (9) - June 20, 2012, 07:16:26 AM EDT
                     No. - (pwhysall) - (3) - June 20, 2012, 07:49:39 AM EDT
                         So... since W8 will be a steaming pile... - (folkert) - (1) - June 20, 2012, 07:27:38 PM EDT
                             It's all about bridging the touch/point divide - (pwhysall) - June 21, 2012, 02:21:13 AM EDT
                         Re: Win32 (actually it is still there) - (altmann) - June 21, 2012, 08:02:37 PM EDT
                     You may have already seen a Fujitsu tablet. - (static) - (4) - June 20, 2012, 09:09:30 AM EDT
                         UPS (and probably FedEx) have similar things here. - (Another Scott) - (3) - June 20, 2012, 09:56:21 AM EDT
                             It was the only example I could think of. - (static) - (2) - June 20, 2012, 05:22:45 PM EDT
                                 you mean like here? /me flees - (boxley) - (1) - June 20, 2012, 05:31:48 PM EDT
                                     :-D Yes. -NT - (static) - June 21, 2012, 06:51:57 AM EDT
                 Office 2007 on your Apple iPad or Android tablet - (lincoln) - June 20, 2012, 06:44:49 PM EDT
         Re: Digitimes: 7-inch Google/Asus tablet coming soon. $199. - (Bman) - (1) - June 20, 2012, 09:08:21 AM EDT
             :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - June 20, 2012, 09:46:32 AM EDT
         Rumored specs. - (Another Scott) - June 26, 2012, 08:15:55 AM EDT

It's Microsoft clearly boiling the frogs...
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