I like Aidan Finn's take on it from a while ago. I think he's nicer about it then I am. http://www.aidanfinn.com/?p=13212
While I don't recall the WIndows XP thing he references I do recall the progman > explorer start menu panic in the cube farms during WinNT3.51 -> Nt4. So far, every single co-worker that 'finally' took the plunge TO wiNDOWS 8 after a week has stopped ranting and started mumbling "it seems ok and I like <feature>" Feature usually is HyperV, multi-monitor support, task bar imporvements, task manger improvements or some combination of. tHE REASON THEY MUM On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > I suppose I'll have to grab a copy and see how it works. > > Kurt > > On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Michael B. Smith > <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is only true of metro apps. Desktop apps follow the standard we are > used to. > > > > And quite frankly, everyone (or most) on this mailing list will spend > almost all of their time on the desktop. IMO. YMMV. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 12:33 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: Windows 8 app behaviour > > > > Forgive my poor memory, but isn't this the kind of "multitasking" that > Win3.x brought us? > > > > Kurt > > > > On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 6:20 AM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> It seems that it is similar to the Windows Phone 7.5 model. After > “about” > >> six apps get suspended, Win8 starts closing the apps that have been > >> suspended the longest. > >> > >> > >> > >> I say “about” because it can fool you – several apps with different > >> UIs are actually a single app. For example, Mail and People are a > single app. > >> > >> > >> > >> From: James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] > >> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 9:13 AM > >> > >> > >> To: NT System Admin Issues > >> Subject: Re: Windows 8 app behaviour > >> > >> > >> > >> I bet it does add up when you multiply the suspension overhead by > >> (however many apps your average user can manage to open up in a single > >> session). I'm sure its better than the traditional model tho. > >> > >> On 11 October 2012 13:51, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> They get suspended when you move to another app. So, they do use > >> resources (some storage to store their suspended state), but that > >> resource usage shouldn’t slow down your computer (I think that’s how > >> the argument goes…) > >> > >> > >> > >> See: > >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh464925.aspx > >> > >> > >> > >> Cheers > >> > >> Ken > >> > >> > >> > >> From: James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] > >> Sent: Thursday, 11 October 2012 11:15 PM > >> > >> > >> To: NT System Admin Issues > >> Subject: Windows 8 app behaviour > >> > >> > >> > >> Just saw this from Brian Madden > >> > >> > >> > >> From the Win8 FAQ: "In Windows 8, apps you install from the Windows > >> Store don’t slow down your computer, so you don’t need to close them" > >> > >> Sounds novel, apps without resource footprints. 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