Comment If so... (Score 1) 395
...which means mass-production of said battery will never see the light of day...
Comment Re:booting directly into the desktop (Score 1) 663
I actually doubt that will happen. I suspect that M$ will force users to change similar to the Office change to the Office Ribbon a few years ago. The goal is to get developers developers developers to write apps for Metro, and if they give users a way to turn off metro they are basically telling developers not to bother. The metro interface is likely here to stay and will probably get more obnoxious and invasive in future Windows releases.
Comment Re:My solution for just about anything, actually (Score 1) 332
One problem...FSC cigs (mandated now in all fiddy states) will likely put themselves out before you can flick it at the pump...yep...screwed by uncle sam again...
Submission + - Windows Vista worse for user efficiency than XP
erikvlie writes: "Pfeiffer Consulting released a report on User Interface Friction, comparing Windows Vista/Aero with Windows XP and Mac OS X. The report concludes Vista/Aero is worse in terms of desktop operations, menu latency and mouse precision than XP — which was and still is said to be a lot worse in those areas than Mac OS X.
The report was independently financed. The IT-Enquirer editor has read the report and summarised the most important findings."
