Oy. You know, I'm pretty easy-going about system changes. I'm not the type to lose their sh!t over Facebook changing it's interface (I actually like Timeline, for what it's worth), have used Macs & PCs in equal measure since before they became so similar, and have had no issues with my Vista laptop (that I got when my XP laptop bit the dust in spectacular kernal-error fashion just after Vista came out but before downgrades to XP became a standard option). I'm also quite happy with the few touchscreen devices in my life: my Droid smart phone and my Kindle.
Still, news like this makes me very antsy as I'm going to be replacing said laptop in the next few months and, yup, I think it's going to need to be before Windows 8 becomes standard (I'm waiting til I pay off my car in 2 months, or that's the plan). The screen shots of the new Start/Apps screen are garish and the popular opinion of the PC being an afterthought in Metro-land (i.e. tablet-standard, mouse workarounds) just sounds like more of a headache than I want right now. (And, yes, I'd get a Mac but my desktop is a Mac mini and I like having both systems at home, so the laptop stays PC for now. Not that a Mac-top is in the budget, anyway.) On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2012/06/windows_8_microsoft_s_radical_operating_system_redesign_will_aggravate_you_to_no_end_.html > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > -- Jennifer "Scraps" Walker The Helper Monkey Network http://www.jenniferwalkeronline.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
