Wow, only $40? I think I'll give it a try. So you they can patent "live tiles"? Isn't that the same as what we've called "Dashboard" for years?
. On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:357236 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
