Livin' the dream here, Apple OS all the way, baby! :-)
On Feb 8, 2013, at 3:15 PM, Richard Cuff <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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