@aceinfinity - how is metro useful in a business environment?
it is coupons, social sites, shopping, news, and other time wasters.
the useful interface (the desktop) is first, hidden, and second is dull & lifeless. what is good about that?
how well it works in a business environment remains to be seen.
although i have my opinion, most it-industry magazines came out long ago against metro / 8 in the business world.
as far as competing w/ apple / android, i posted at forums.scotsnewsletter way way before 8 came out how both apple and ms were dumbing-down their systems to make them look feel and taste like these toys we call smart phones and tablets. my in-depth post pre-dated most magazine articles that would later agree with my view.
closed mind? shirley you jest.
i don't jump on a band wagon because this, that or the other company makes it.
that is closed minded.
You're talking about a visual style and implying that it can't be useful in a business environment because of "Metro". I thought the original topic was the OS itself; Windows 8? :confused2:
it is coupons, social sites, shopping, news, and other time wasters.
It is simplistic: lots of beginner users can use Windows 8, and that is useful in a business environment because less time and money is wasted on having to train your employees. It is cheap to buy too, Windows 8 comes at a reasonably decent price. For devices like the Microsoft Surface, you can easily now store files on the device, and transport it like you would an Ipad. Bring it to work and you can use the micro HDMI port to display on a larger screen for a conference presentation or meeting. Try doing that with Windows 7, sometimes, depending on the size of the display, you have to open up the Magnifier, and it's much more hassle. With Windows 8, you now have full screen apps that you can deal with without the need to have to resize a window to show another view. A simple gesture will take you where you need to be so less time is wasted fooling around with the OS itself during a presentation for instance.
Look at the Pro version ad Microsoft has, I think it puts out a pretty good idea of why it would be useful in a business environment:
the useful interface (the desktop) is first, hidden, and second is dull & lifeless. what is good about that?
You still have it available lol, and you can change your Windows 8 system to startup on the desktop when you login. :thumbsup: Your main concern here is that it doesn't start on the desktop? I don't understand... It only takes one click to get back to the desktop you know lol.
how well it works in a business environment remains to be seen.
Do you work in a business environment? What difficulties do you have with Windows 8 if that is the case?
as far as competing w/ apple / android, i posted at forums.scotsnewsletter way way before 8 came out how both apple and ms were dumbing-down their systems to make them look feel and taste like these toys we call smart phones and tablets. my in-depth post pre-dated most magazine articles that would later agree with my view.
What's bad about that? Windows 8 still has more functionality than Windows 7,
people from what I have seen, like yourself, and like myself even at one point in time, tend to focus on the new look though and forget that there's much more to Windows 8 than simply how it looks. It's minimum requirements is less so devices like the Surface for example and Windows Phone can run it too. :) I think it's not a disadvantage here. There's no drawbacks as far as I've seen. You've even got Windows 2 Go, at your disposal, which would be great for businesses. What did you have for Windows 7 similar to this?
I enjoy Windows 7, but I don't mind Windows 8 either. :)
closed mind? shirley you jest.
i don't jump on a band wagon because this, that or the other company makes it.
that is closed minded.
It's got a definition of many disguises. :) Judging Windows 8 solely on the former "Metro" style and nothing else is a bit closed minded. So far, your entire debate against Windows 8 has been because of the "Metro"/"Modern Design" style. Re-read what you've been saying, I'm not trying to make this stuff up lol. :lolg:
@aceinfinity - how is metro useful in a business environment?
it is coupons, social sites, shopping, news, and other time wasters. (There's many productivity tools available to the apps store as well; this is what you were referencing here I'm assuming.)
the useful interface (the desktop) is first, hidden, and second is dull & lifeless. what is good about that? (*The only thing you mentioned here was that the Windows 8 style is dull and lifeless.)
(*Continued notes about the Windows 8 style)
how well it works in a business environment remains to be seen.
although i have my opinion, most it-industry magazines came out long ago against metro / 8 in the business world.
(*Notes about the OS being dumbed down.)
as far as competing w/ apple / android, i posted at forums.scotsnewsletter way way before 8 came out how both apple and ms were dumbing-down their systems to make them look feel and taste like these toys we call smart phones and tablets. my in-depth post pre-dated most magazine articles that would later agree with my view.
Here is the most evidential post however:
(*The main statement for supporting evidence. "i. hate. 8. y? metro.")
i. hate. 8.
y?
1. metro. it's a child's toy, like smart phones & tablets.
(*Continued notes on the same topic.)
2. u have 2 fix it to be useful in a business environment.
(i intend to complete testing in a domain and post the results.)
3. it's interface is bleak as the arctic or the sahara.
(*Just a sidenote?)
4. ms alleges that the tcp/ip stack is new and improved. (that may be a good thing, considering its lanmanager roots.)
Not trying to criticize you for your own opinions and views, to each their own, but understand that everything you've had to say about Windows 8 is nothing about it as an OS, but for the way it looks with it's different visual.
No harm done. You seem to have a very opinionated view about Windows 8, and for nothing more than it's look.
:beerchug2:
~Ace
