On some of the more critical Windows 8 reviews, the idea that anybody who uses the new software will immediately be aware of why they should hate it is likely to be expressed. If not in the text of the article then certainly somebody will get around to it in the comments. Knee-jerk reactions like [...]
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After far too long of a wait we are finally starting to see reviewers getting their hands on Windows RT devices for at least brief preview encounters. The reactions have been more or less predictable. We already know that Windows 8 and therefore Windows RT perform well on touchscreen devices when using the Modern UI. [...]
Cheap Windows 8 Pro Upgrades We’ve been hearing for a while now that Microsoft was likely to be creating a deal on Windows 8 upgrades. The earliest rumors involved free upgrades for everybody who bought a new PC with Windows 7 or a copy of Windows 7 between the time the Release Preview was released [...]
It is hard to imagine anybody developing tablet apps for a living who has not managed to get their hands on an iPad yet. Let’s face it, that’s the only way to tap into the market at this point given that developers are reported to make almost five times as much on their iPad offerings [...]
While we can’t expect to see the full retail release of Windows 8 for at least several months, Microsoft released the Consumer Preview edition of their new OS on Wednesday. Now that we’ve had a chance to play around with its most recent iteration personally, we can start being a bit more specific about what [...]
In the most recent look at Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 operating system, we were surprised to note that the Start button, an iconic part of the Windows interface since Windows 95, has been removed. While probably an effort to adapt the interface to take advantage of the Metro UI style as much as possible, this [...]
If you use a PC of any variety, chances are good that you find booting and rebooting your system for any reason tedious. We all do. Still, according to Microsoft more than half of PC users running Windows 7 prefer to shut down their systems rather than Hibernate or Sleep. This means that the majority [...]
