My understanding is that Widgets are gone.
I've downloaded, installed, and played with 8.1...and the start
button-ish is back...even setting the system to boot into the desktop is
doable within "normal" windows operations.
Personally, after playing with this tablet, I LOVE the touch screen for
some things...data entry isn't one of them. (Swiping left/right to go
forward and back in the browser is awesome.)
A touch-screen desk monitor wouldn't eliminate the mouse, just
supplement it.
By the way, the biggest pain I've found in Windows 8 on a table is that
they just don't "catch" when there is keystroke entry needed like
Android and Apple iPads do. Tap a text box to put the cursor
there...nothing happens (except you see the text bar in the text
box...blinking away.) Oh! Need a keyboard? Well, ya have to tap that
keyboard thing down near the clock...
I would like to commend Lenovo on this tablet design though...very nice
feel! Thin, light, but substantial. And the battery life is
awesome...best guess is around 6 hours of playing video/audio non stop
on Youtube.
Mike Copeland
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [NF] Does Windows Surface have a chance?
From: Allen <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: 9/18/2013 1:44 PM
The news is yes free to win 8 users. But pro is 199$ otherwise. And it seems
M$ are not going to do upgrades. 199$ is it. New or XP. Now I feel right
when I took advantage of the cheap upgrade when it came out. I got a whole
heap of PC's here updated then. And the other news is its due in October,
the 8.1 that is.
You don't really need touch for win 8. In fact once you get used to it, it's
neat. Like from the start screen, just type what you want. But I hope 8.1
puts the start menu back in as a choice. The other thing I miss is the
desktop widgets. You can get both start menu and widgets but not from
Microsoft and they do not have the finesse of win 7 versions. In fact
widgets are awful as they come overtop the apps.
Al
-----Original Message-----
I think I heard it here first (dunno who) but I would agree that my VFP app
seems snappier on Win8 than on Win7.
Now if 24" monitors with touch-interface were under $200...I'd be on
Win8 like a fly on a melted fudgesicle!
I hear Win8.1 is due mid-October-ish. And they'll be committing suicide if
they don't make it free for everyone with Win8.
[excessive quoting removed by server]
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