I've used Google Reader for so long I don't even think I remember how to use individual websites. We used to use....they were called bookmarks weren't they?

I find Metro to be awful on the a traditional desktop. Never use it. But I don't miss the start menu that much as I found that I had stopped using it anyway.

In windows 7 I pinned my most used apps to the taskbar. The only time I used the start menu was by pressing the win key and starting to type to perform a search. It works the same way in Windows 8. If I had any complaints it would be that being a metro app the search takes up the full screen.

I get the idea of apps that make win8 boot straight to desktop. But it seems a bit of overkill for something that can be accomplished by pressing win+d?

5) Getting a perfect pause picture. That was the big "whoa" moment for me when I moved from VHS. Silly I know, but I still remember it.

I don't think you can use that excuse any more. In the early days of netbooks Linux had a head start. For whatever reasons the majority of people preferred windows. I remember reading that retailers were reporting a high return rate on the linux versions, can't remember where I read that though.

I also bought Fences Pro. Despite the website saying you require impulse, the confirmation email they sent contained a direct download link for the program as well as a link for Impulse. The config screen for Fences allows you to both manually check for updates as well as set it to automatically check. I have not had to install Impulse to download, use or update this program. I think in this case they must have realised forcing the use of Impulse for a simple util was overkill.

Under the current system, which I believe is intended to continue, they don't actually search the internet for RC'd material. Instead they only act on pages to which someone has submitted a complaint about. Only then do they go and check to see if it would be RC'd. If yes, they add to the secret black list.

> 1. Vista was considered to be crap. EVERYBODY was saying it, the NYT, CNN, everybody.

Ran fine for me. Apart from the first month when there was no drivers for my soundcard. I even ran it on my gaming machine with no issues. If anything I was always mystified at how much trouble everyone else seemed to be having with it.

But yes, it did get a lot of bad press.

Isn't this story perhaps a little hysterical? When the RC came out they were very clear that this would happen, they even gave the dates. They were also very clear you may not be able to upgrade from the RC.

Now it's about to happen and people are surprised? People agreed to help test an RC and in return they got almost a years worth of free use out of a fairly stable OS. Trials over, pay up.

If every free web based news site were to go behind a pay wall I would have far more time at work for work. I would just devolve to watching free to air news on TV. Though I would probably set up my PVR to tape it and watch it at my convenience.

Next time my mum calls with a computer problem, can I give her your number?

It stops my in-laws from screwing over their machine. I told them, "If that pops up and you didn't do anything to make it pop up, decline it". They also know that random web visits should not pop UAC up. Nor should things that people send them. Some updates confuse them, but over time they've created a handwritten whitelist of programs that might pop it up that it is ok to say yes to.

UAC also doesn't stop the user from taking the side of their computer off and filling it with cement. I don't see what your point is?

Sadly, they are similiar in that people cheat either way.

Whether it's loaded dice or insider data, someone is always happy to rip someone else off.