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Fun story. Guess i'll leave that stuff as it is. [e digicons]^_^[/e] After i bought my first android tablet, i bought two more since humping them around was too much hassle. So now i have 3 remote controls for my JRiver Mediacenter running on my windows server. One in the bathroom, one in the bedroom and one in the study. The bedroom one also serves as smart TV linked up via hdmi to my flatscreen. Also i use it to take over my Windows workstation in bed and browse

Reply to Start 8 And Multiplicity 2.0 In PCWorld's "100 Best Products of 2012" in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I didn't look but i guess W8 isn't in the list or should be around #99. Bit of pearls before swine, making a crappy UI dissappear. Oh well, if it gets your name out there.....

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Good luck with paying through your nose: Windows Blue looks likely to replace Windows 8 as early as next year, according to Microsoft insiders. According to unnamed sources speaking to a Chinese news site, first spotted and translated into English by ZDNet, Microsoft is planning a major update to its operating system towards the second half of 2013 - and it is likely to keep doing so every year thereafter in a serious change to its release schedule that will see it brought

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It's an article straight from my heart. Could have written it so much it resembles my idea's, but too many words [e digicons]:banhammer:[/e]

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[quote who="Daiwa" reply="158" id="3283118"] Mind you, this doesn't have to actually come to pass. It's just clear that's what MS wants to come to pass.[/quote] Well, i am not going to take the risk. Evidently there are a shitload of gullible people out there voluntarily helping this coming to pass. The problem is once you go down the 'all new never seen before except many times' honeytrap you are stuck there. You can't revert without formattin

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It's not about the OS, it's about the paradigm shift. W8, if you take away the Modern UI is just Win7 cleaned up a bit with and with some minor extra facilities build in. Nothing major there. Easy to live with. You don't need a stardock application to get rid of the hideous interface, the net abounds with 'solutions'. The big difference is the going for the Apple tablet route on the pc. A proprietary system where you can install only applications via a tigh

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As W8 is the norm Stardock loses at least one faithful client (been since OS/2) No way in hell i am going to install the MS cash machine. I can understand MS is frantically looking to retain their 30.000% profit margin but in the (finally) changing world that is going to be impossible. So they put their beady eye on the successes of Apple and Google stores and want a piece of that action. Since they are proprietary they'll go the Apple route, and add to it that only MS store insta

Reply to Start8 v1.03 Released-Bringing the Windows 8 Start Menu Back! in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Best way to bring Start back (and usability) uninstall W8.

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[quote who="starkers" reply="148" id="3282299"]I really can't understand all this opposition and negativity towards Win 8, it genuinely is a robust and somewhat faster OS than Win 7 and has some great featres built in... like native ISO and virtual disc support, which I've found highly useful for some games I have. True, the appearance of Metro was off-putting to begin with, but I rarely see that as I go about my daily computing, and since those early days, when Metro was m

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[quote who="starkers" reply="94" id="3275522"] Quoting petrossa, reply 92 In other words it's pretty much win7 but without the freedom to do with as you please? What? I'm doing pretty much everything I did in Win 7... and more. [/quote] Someone called me delusional. Now it's my turn. Anyone who believes the plan was that win32 will stay part of Windows and you won't be locked into MS store is delusional. However seeing t

Reply to IS Microsoft Surface the Zune of tablets? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Guess that makes me the real expert then Jafo, since it was my field from day one, 1976 CPM.

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[quote who="Jafo" reply="37" id="3273831"]Ah....so in 1992 you had to do a thesis for school.... [/quote] Actually i was running a software development business, with me as systems Analyst/programmer. In 1999 i sold my business and since then live care free in the South of France from the returns. And you?

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[quote]petrossareply 32the rest: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1828618/gui.doc Link's a dud.[/quote] Works fine, it's a standard dropbox link. Here is the integral text then: The Ergonomics of Graphical User Interfaces revealed Sometimes it can happen that a group of people accepts a basic concept on a false premise, and from that basic concept th

Reply to Who the hell signed off Windows 8 at Microsoft?? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="starkers" reply="91" id="3271547"] Other than that, Win 8 is turning out to be a bloody good OS and I'm happy to use it as my primary OS.[/quote] In other words it's pretty much win7 but without the freedom to do with as you please?

Reply to Personalize your Windows start screen with Decor8! BETA Available Now. in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Incredible. I believe i entered another world where bad taste reigns. No disrespect for the application itself, but seriously, that is what is called 'beautiful' nowadays? Garish colored blocks that clash with anything known to man on a hardly visible background..... [e digicons]x_x[/e]

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[quote who="WhiteElk" reply="17" id="3269744"] I use a stylus... works fine.hmm this got me thinkin down a broader tangent.. i wonder about the effects of Metro on the evolution of external pointing devices. PCs merge towards ever smaller form. Legacy pointing schemes are not well suited for the apparent future of Mobile and Disconnected computing. But touchscreen computing dont cut it either. Has big and wide use, but far short of universal. [i'd love a big screen attache

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[quote who="Frogboy" reply="8" id="3269583"] Quoting DrJBHL, reply 6The Surface is no bargain... An iPad 4 apparently is quite a bit better, according to Chris Pirillo. The iPad 4 doesn't come with Office, can't be hooked up to a mouse and used as a regular notebook PC.[/quote] http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2223454/microsoft-readies-office-for-ip

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Personally i'll stick with W7 till death do us part. It works fine, there is/will be nothing major in W8,9,10,11 that is so earth shattering it'll be giving me so much additional value it'll make up for being trapped into MS's version of Apple. Security is not an argument, you can't make an OS safe against human stupidity. If you get an email with "your bank needs you to confirm your details" and you answer it no OS is going to safe your ass. Already compared betwe

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[quote who="Jafo" reply="66" id="3269904"] Quoting petrossa, reply 60Remember who said is first, keep this post, print it and hang it on the wall of your office. In 5+ years time you can tell me i am a visionary. If you think you're the first to say that skinning is dead, defunct or an unwanted minority niche.....whatever....you are quite deluded. People have been saying that for DECADES......[/quote] I am not deluded, i have given are very good analysis

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[quote who="Jafo" reply="24" id="3269590"] Quoting petrossa, reply 7I'm afraid this is the death toll for SD. XP was the 'death toll' for SD because it supposedly looked sexier in default than 98 ....until someone said 'Fisher Price'. 7 was the 'death toll' for SD because it DID look sexier in default than XP....until the novelty wore off. 8 was the 'death toll' for SD because it looked like there was no relevance....un

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One look at the history of those who trusted MS on their word (os/2 anyone) should convince anybody it's not a good idea to do so. The only thing that is going to save MS's ass in the long term is an Apple style locked in system. Sooner or later the OS will be a blackbox where only MS certified apps run. There is just no other way. Smart cookie or not.

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Wait till win32 and the whole current aero substructure gets phased out and see where you get with skinning. I'm afraid this is the death toll for SD.

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Yeah, i've got splashtop too. Even handles multi-monitor setups very well. But doing it on the tablet directly is too fiddly for me with that tiny screen, my fingers are too clumsy, on the tv it is alright. What is fun i've installed Multiplicity from stardock so i can also control my server with the tablet via my pc. People tend to foget one doesn't stay in their 20's forever, one day also those who can easily see the tablet's tiny stuff will get bad eyes. It's

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@roloccolor Sure there are advantages. I have 2 Motorola Xoom tablets which i use as dlna/internet streaming endstations for my flatscreen tv's in the bedroom and kitchen. Handy as hell. Hooked up via HDMI cable i can watch movies, listen to music, surf a bit etc in bed on my tv. Who needs a smart tv? Outside they are pretty useless in sunlight, whichever the make. In europe wifi in the train is spotty and then i'm being kind. Free wifi is only in MacDo which i can't s

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@rolocolor It's not the specs, who cares. It is that using a touch interface to do normal everyday work on is a nightmare. Let's face it, most work being done is dataentry/retrieval in some form or another. Not tweeting or playing angry birds. So you need a large screen to actually see well, and keep on seeing well as you age, plus a decent keyboard. The movement between your screen and your keyboard only adds stress on your back and neck muscles giving you serious rsi issues