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abe2010

abe2010

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3TrueFans said:
You pin frequently used programs to the taskbar and you'll nearly never have to use the start screen.
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Today i used the calculator, notepad, word, excel, internet, Labview, Kinect SDK, adobe, etc. I can't pin that many and it's annoying to have to search for the calculator in the app section.

Plus, Labview generated about 50 apps that completely make the app page useless.
 
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abe2010 said:
... and it's annoying to have to search for the calculator in the app section.
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I am only going to nitpick on this part of the comment, but have you just tried typing "calc" at the start screen?

I actually like Win8, but I don't use it for work. Other than the simplest of things, the desktop/settings search also sucks. I much prefer Ubuntu 12.04 and Unity's search.
 
klamath632

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abe2010 said:
Today i used the calculator, notepad, word, excel, internet, Labview, Kinect SDK, adobe, etc. I can't pin that many and it's annoying to have to search for the calculator in the app section.

Plus, Labview generated about 50 apps that completely make the app page useless.
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Then pin them to Start. It's not hard to do.
 
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Rofl. I just checked out the articles about Windows 10. The screenshots of the Start Menu crack me up. Can't anybody see that it's the Start Screen, just minimized to only take up 1/3 of the screen? Other than that change, it's still the same thing.
 
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3TrueFans

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abe2010 said:
Today i used the calculator, notepad, word, excel, internet, Labview, Kinect SDK, adobe, etc. I can't pin that many and it's annoying to have to search for the calculator in the app section.

Plus, Labview generated about 50 apps that completely make the app page useless.
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Unless you're using a pretty small monitor there's room to pin at least 20-30 programs if you really use that many regularly though.
 
Goothrey

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And what is so difficult about moving your mouse to the top right corner and using "search" to find your program? Or the pinned shortcut to your C drive?
 
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klamath632 said:
Rofl. I just checked out the articles about Windows 10. The screenshots of the Start Menu crack me up. Can't anybody see that it's the Start Screen, just minimized to only take up 1/3 of the screen? Other than that change, it's still the same thing.
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The search and application sorting is much more similar to Windows 7 than it is Windows 8. It also does a much better job making applications run like "windows" in the desktop mode. It's actually not a pain to use Modern apps now on a desktop
 
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danielyp29

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CysRage said:
So if the pattern for Microsoft's operating systems continue, the new OS should be successful and popular. It's been an almost perfect trend since Windows 98.

98-Good
ME-Bad
XP-Good
Vista-Bad
7-Good
8-Bad
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It's probably by design that it's like that. If you look at their release version numbers, it's:

Windows 7NT 6.1
Windows VistaNT 6.0
Windows XPNT 5.1
Windows 2000NT 5.0
Windows 98NT 4.1
Windows 95NT 4.00










It looks like Windows 8/8.1/10 are still following 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 version numbers, but it seemed like Windows 8 was just Windows 7 that they tried to make it Xbox/Tablet friendly. They're almost releasing an earlier version so that they can just fix the bugs and call it a different OS.
 
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I just recently bought a Chromebook and I have to say I'm very impressed. So impressed that I connected it my monitor and shut off my Windows 8 desktop. The only time I plan on using my old desktop is for Itunes and pics/music/ etc storage and at that point I'll just use Chrome remote desktop. If you're like me and 99% of what you do is online, I would seriously consider a chromebook or chromebox.
 
jdoggivjc

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3TrueFans said:
You pin frequently used programs to the taskbar and you'll nearly never have to use the start screen.
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Which is great for frequently used programs, something I did even when I had a Start Menu. It's for those infrequently used programs, the ones that you don't want cluttering up your taskbar or desktop where you really miss the Start Menu.
 
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MaccloNe said:
Just get a Macbook.
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Or you could buy a decent Dell Laptop, Season Tickets and a couple bottles of Rum for about the same price.
I kid...I kid...

Got a few people at work always hating on PCs and pimping their macs. The thing they don't realize is that the Mac cost them 3500 bucks. (complete setup) and you can't compare it to a normal PC.

We push policies to Macs at work also so they feel the rath of not being able to do anything on it....lol.
 
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3TrueFans

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jdoggivjc said:
Which is great for frequently used programs, something I did even when I had a Start Menu. It's for those infrequently used programs, the ones that you don't want cluttering up your taskbar or desktop where you really miss the Start Menu.
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Why exactly? You control what you want on the start screen and where you want it.
 
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