I've been using the various release previews on a vm on my laptop, and just recently installed in on my desktop. And yet I still can't get why everyone is complaining. They took the start menu and changed it to fill the whole screen. OK. I understand that, no problem. Yet I collectively see from all across the internet: "OH DEAR LORD WHAT IS THIS UNHOLY ABOMINATION THAT STEALS MY SCREEN REAL ESTATE EVERY TIME I PRESS THE WINDOWS KEY? WHERE'S MY MENU???" Or worse yet: "It has a touch friendly interface? THIS INSTANTLY MEANS ITS USELESS WITH A MOUSE AND KEYBOARD." So hey, those are reasonable reactions. I applaud Microsoft for going out on a limb and merging the tablet and desktop OS. And I think think they've hit the mark to be honest. It's faster and prettier than 7, and I feel it's more user friendly. I really get the impression that those who are complaining the most either A) haven't spent time with it and are going off the complaints of others, or B) tried it out, looking for something to complain about.

I think I've trudged through enough insufferable comments blowing hot air, so if you've found mine insufferable in any way, welcome to the club.

I'm just sick of the herpring and the derping surrounding this software.

Lmao, I'd mod this up in a heartbeat if I could

Just drive between KC and Wichita, acres upon acres of rolling hills. I-35 goes right through the Flint Hills, they're damn beautiful. It rarely stays flat across the state. I love living here, the open prairie really is gorgeous. Great fishing too :-D

Lol, I allllllllmost didn't catch the sarcasm in that. It's late, in need to get to bed...

Uhhh, that's in Coffeyville dood, wrong corner of the state lol. But mickmel is right, Lawrence, KS is on there because of McClendon. That's also why KU's famous Allen Fieldhouse was one of the first full 3D buildings in Google Earth. Last fall he handed out free Motorola Xoom's to EE, CE, and CS students, me being one of them ;-)

He's just proud to be a Jayhawk, and so am I! Rock chalk!

Ignore the other guys. Moving to have injunctions placed against directly competing products for a patented feature which is actually used in multiple markets is highly anti-competitive. I'd say Apple's moves are fully indicative they're getting scared by the competition. It's sad that they feel they can only beat the competition in the court room.

I've seen many apps, not just games, that were offered for free on Android and in many reviews the user said they would pay for the app. Now you can't say that means they would go back and pay now, but it seems to me, if people are given the option to donate instead of being forced to pay upfront, they will opt to put forth some cash for what they consider good work. Haven't music artists done this to some success with making their music available online?

Agreed. This marks a couple articles I've see now calling for the end of the ever increasing phone screen size. Seems the people calling for this are those who've grown so accustomed to smaller form factors they don't even want to admit there's a trend and demand for larger screen sizes. And the fact is, a sizable portion of smartphones users do prefer larger form factors. I myself do, for many reasons: more spacious screens are easier to type on, easier to see content, larger phones fit better in my large hands (I could never live with an iphone, I don't care how well you say it works, every time I hold one I'm afraid its gonna slip right out of my hand, they're just too damn small for me). And the fact is many of these larger phones still remain quite pocketable. I remember reading a review/critique of the Galaxy Note a while back on BGR and all the author did was whine about how it was too big. But sure enough, looking through the comments, several puzzled Note owners had weighed in, all praising the device and wondering what had crawled up the author's butt.

It's like saying don't buy a truck, because its' wheels are bigger than a sedan's. It's just silly. I'll continue to vote larger with my wallet.

Now there's a frood I'd like to sass. Always knows where his towel is!

Don't know if you've already looked into it, but it sounds like the Razr Maxx might be the smartphone you're looking for. A 3300 mAh battery is packed into that thing making it chunky compared to the other sliver phones out there, but in reality still remains thin. Only downside I can tell is you're stuck with verizon as the carrier.

Normal is not normal.

More power to them. I don't know much in the area of finance and the like, but stories like this continue to give me the impression large financial institutions like to play fast and loose with other people's (read: little guy's) money. Too big to fail? More like too big to be allowed continued operation.