So, since I have a Windows based laptop that sits around doing nothing and I was bored, I decided to upgrade it to Windows 8 yesterday. The installation was seamless, but then it was installed over a fresh version of Windows 7 so no surprise there. It's an interesting version to say the least. Last night I was getting frustrated with it but when I logged back onto my machine this morning with fresh eyes and a fresh brain, it was actually pretty easy to figure out. It's pretty intuitive and actually easy to use once you find out where everything is. IIS and MySQL installed very easily as well. have not put CF on it yet though. I'll get around to that later on today. Office 2007 also installed very easily. I can't find my office 10 download so I don't know how well that will go. Chrome also installed easily and it did not take long for MS to figure out there was another browser and I of course go the "hey, look at me, I am not the default browser" nag screen that I got rid of pretty fast. And so far I have not had any of those annoying ass pop ups asking me if I really want to install something because MS automatically assumes I am an idiot. I noticed no difference in the speed of my machine from Windows 7. In fact, I did not have any web development software installed on it before the upgrade yesterday, and it's still running as good as it did last night with a fresh install of 7. What I also find interesting is that it's the first version of windows that I recently bought that is under $100.00.
Interestingly enough, but to no surprise, MS is already being sued. http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57542863-75/microsoft-sued-over-windows-live-tiles/?tag=nl.e703&s_cid=e703 Apparently SurfCast had the idea of live tiles patented several years ago, and they allege that MS knew this as recently as three years ago. It will be interesting to see how this one turns out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:357232 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
