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Building Windows 8: I need longer arms!

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KynloStephen66515:
On the same note as "Nobody is gonna use this"...do you mean like nobody ever uses the Win+Tab key in Windows 7 for that 3D slidey crap...except to maybe impress someone who has never seen it before?

nudone:
call it Windows H8.
-Stoic Joker (September 09, 2011, 06:41 AM)
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Heheheheh, perfect.

Carol Haynes:
My biggest question is how many years did they spend on the killer OS? And what did we get? Vista ...

superboyac:
I have high hopes for Windows 8.  I'm not necessarily in the camp that thinks MS is caving to Apple pressure.  I think they realize they have to have touchscreen capabilities that are better than the win7 version.  But there is a bug difference between an ipad and a Windows tablet even if everything looks exactly the same superficially.  With Windows, we'll have unfettered access to files and folders, which will change the tablet game dramatically in a way Apple will never do.  We'll have tight integration with our desktop software for that reason alone.  And that just means we'll be able to do a whole lot of cool things with it.  I'm really looking forward to it.

steeladept:
I too have high hopes and truly hope rgdot is right - that is will just be window dressing that can be turned off.  Microsoft has a habit of trying to force things on users lately (just like Apple), pushing their vision of Touch everywhere.  I do see Touch as an important thing - no argument there - but it doesn't have to be enabled everywhere.  And where it isn't enabled, it shouldn't force me to give up real estate to finger-sized icons forcing me to go to multiple screens, which in turn more or less force touch interface.  It actually relegates the mouse/keyboard to a secondary input device rather than primary.

Don't get me wrong, like I said before, I generally like Microsoft products and I hope this is just them showing off what is new rather than showing what it is.  I just don't hold out high hopes for that.  The ribbon interface was proof that they are willing to trash user preference (again like Apple).  As for Windows H8; remember XP, the most loved version of Windows to date started as the "bad" OS where Windows 98 ruled the desktop and Windows 2000 ruled the server room.  Both of those were considered the best OS of their time, and XP was the "down" one (OK, there was ME on the desktop side, but nothing after 2000).  Also, Vista was SO MUCH a disaster - that sting is still raw in Microsoft's mind.  I think 8 will be generally good for it's target market (Tablets).  I am just concerned they will try to shoehorn it onto other platforms beyond it's target...aka Desktop/Laptop.

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