I have the Nokia 920. It's pretty awesome. One of the best screens available on any phone combined with one of the best cameras available on any phone. And WP8 is pretty nice too, so far. Great on-screen keyboard and far better auto-correct than iPhone.
The source makes it ironic.
But it does not mean it's untrue.
The statement is valid, regardless of who is making it. And as ironic as it is, given Microsoft's history, they have to be given at least a little credit for some of their most recent work at being standards compliant, and contributing to the standards process. Even if you don't always agree with their decisions, they're certainly better than they used to be.
Did you play the DLCs to the original game? They were even better than the base game itself. And in the first one, that one-legged blind guy makes a re-appearance. Yes, he does. And it's freakin' hilarious.
I'm a 40-something tech guy with Windows at home instead of Macs. I'm looking at the Nokia Lumia 920 for my next phone (current is iPhone 4). iOS is kinda boring. WP8 is new and different.
I'm an end-user consumer, and I want a Windows Phone... and probably a Surface Pro too.
Your sweeping generalization is a bit too sweeping and too generalized I think.
(for the record, WP8 does integrate with Exchange, but isn't managed by ActiveDirectory).
You understand that the Start Screen is customizable, right? If you put what you use up front, and delete the things you don't want (they're all still available via search or "All Programs"), you odn't have to scroll much at all. Also, there's semantic zoom, where even if you do have a very wide/long start screen, you can jump from one end to the other very rapidly (using either mouse, keyboard, or touch).
And if you're keyboard only, you can be really efficient... once you take the time to learn all the new key-combos of course. It does take a little investment, but there is a definite reward for the work.
Of all the words written about the controversy and boycott, on each side, this single essay says it the best and most clearly IMHO.
Written by a gay Christian, it's respectful, yet passionate; personal, yet relatable and approachable.
Don't be put off by the cheeky headline, the actual text of the article is serious and very well written. A "must read" if you haven't seen it make the rounds on Twitter or Facebook already:
It's pretty awesome. I have no idea what you're even talking about. It's brilliant. Hilarious. Touching. Entertaining.
You have absolutely no proof of that.
It's an American Broadcast Television Network... like ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, FOX... CW is the newest of them I believe, but it's been around a while. It's the network that Buffy moved to for the final two seasons. It features shows like "Smallville", "Vampire Diaries", and a bunch of other teen shows that I don't really watch.
but I hope this isn't *all* Microsoft have when it comes to Windows 8.
Of course not.
Dramatically faster install, reinstall speeds along with new refresh/reset functions for fast snapshotting and reverting to snapshots.
Dramatically faster boot/sleep/hybernate/resume/shutdown times.
New "Storage Spaces", a dynamic pooled storage feature.
Built in Hyper-V virtualization support.
New syncing and roaming support (use same login on different machines, get the same settings, metro apps, and data).
Integrated SkyDrive cloud storage support.
Integrated USB3.0 support
New faster/better networking support for mobile devices, including support for metered access and monitoring and smart network switching (won't download updates on metered connection, for example).
Better memory use via resusing redundant memory, smaller working set, smaller set of active services running.
Improved integrated security and malware protection, as well as more and better protections throughout the OS (better address randomization, etc).
Improved multi-file-copy/move experience through the UI, including improved conflict resolution.
Native support for creating/mounting
More and better language and keyboard support.
Improved PowerShell scripting support.
New "File History" feature (easier to use, more "Time Machine"-like file backups and restores)
Improved Task Manager and resource monitoring in general.
Great story, except that Windows 7 required less memory than Windows Vista... and Windows 8 requires significantly less memory and CPU than Windows 7.
The start menu is completely unnecessary. Almost all its functionality is available elsewhere. But yes, you have to actually learn new things.
If you can't break your old habits, just check out "Start8" from StarDock. It'll give you want you want, including the ability to boot straight to desktop.
...when looked at by political groupings, did any particular political grouping's perceptions of the temperate correlate more closely to reality than the others?
i.e. was there one or more political ideologies that was more divorced from reality than the others, by any meaningful statistical deviation? Or were they all off, just in different directions based on political ideology?
I guess it should be noted that for Win8 Pro (not WinRT), if the lame Metro email client doesn't work for you, you can always install Windows Live Mail on the desktop and continue to work exactly like you always did in Windows 7.
I imagine the Mail client, along with the others, will continue to get aggressive upgdates after Win8 release, via the Microsoft App Store. Since they finalized the WinRT APIs that Metro Apps use only since the "Release Preview" it doesn't really shock me that the apps are behind. But I think it's missing the point to assume that the state of the apps at release is exactly how they'll be a month or three after release... the apps can and will be updated independently, post-Win8-release.
But yeah, as it stands now, it's lame enough for me to consider it unusable and worthless. There are some, though, who ONLY have email on gmail or hotmail or exhange, who will be able to function with it.
You're right, I didn't mention those... and should have.
And yes, those are some large "niches".
But they're still small compared to the size of the pool of consumers that will ultimately be using portable computers in the form of smart-phones, tablets, and light laptops/notebooks.
I didn't say the desktop was DYING. I was saying it was receeding. My parents won't buy another tower. Neither will my cousin. They're not technical people. Their needs are completely met by laptops, tablets, and/or smartphones.
I'm not even sure *I* will buy another desktop for my home. While I DO use one at work and will continue to (software development, multi-monitors, and terrabytes of hard disk), since I got my "ultrabook" at home, I barely use my desktop any more. I can't justify the price. Even my gaming has moved primarily to the XBox.
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