Heh - I've agreed to be a "guinea pig" for our company with Windows 8.  I
have already identified a couple add-ons that enable a computer with
Windows 8 to look like a Windows 7 machine.

What I dislike is that Microsoft presumes how you want these apps to be
"tiled" on the desktop.  For my iPhone, I have arranged icons into a slew
of folders that make organizational sense to me...but perhaps make no sense
to anyone else.

Microsoft recognizes that the iPad has made significant inroads as a
portable, personal computing device, and its touch screen interface is
intuitive and easy to use.  IT departments are scrambling with executives
who want to use their personal iPads to access company IT resources - this
has resulted in the "Bring Your Own Device" (BYOD) terminology entering the
vocabulary.

RC


On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Joe Buch <[email protected]> wrote:

> They probably changed for the same reason Microsoft feels it necessary to
> modify their man/machine interface (apology to Maryanne Kehoe) just when
> their customers have gotten use to the previous operating system version.
>  Windows 8 is a totally useless "upgrade" to anyone who is quite happy with
> a mouse and keyboard.  Some time ago Microsoft figured out they could
> really baffle their customers by requiring them close down the computer by
> going to a button in the bottom left corner of the screen labeled "start"
> instead of "end" or "stop".  In Windows 8 they have chosen to hide the
> "start" button.  My guess is that the guy who publishes "Windows 8 For
> Dummies" bribed Microsoft to make the interface more confusing than
> required to sell more books/DVDs.
>
>
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