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by fuzzylizard 5395 days ago
If MS continues with their ideas for Windows 8, then Windows 7 will be the last OS I own from them. I really do not understand the rational for wanting to make desktop PCs look and act like tablets. I really don't want full screen apps on my 24" monitor. And that start screen looks like it was written for 5 year olds.
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_debug_ 5395 days ago
> And that start screen looks like it was written for 5 year olds.

That's how the average user IS. That's what Apple has shown us with the phenomenal success of their iPhone, iPad products. It's the "Don't make me think" philosophy taken to an extreme.

I'm guessing that you are probably like me, a command line aficionado. They call it "simplification" of the user interface, but we feel that there's an element of idioticization there, too! :-) I mean, how do they get things done when there's no place to TYPE?! It's scary to have no place to type. :-)

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rodion_89 5395 days ago
It's funny that you say that because as a programmer I feel the same way.

On the other hand, my girlfriend is not as tech savvy and, for the first time, has been stolen away from the clutches of her Apple products to play with Windows 8.

The simplicity and intuitiveness have really opened the doors for the real consumer market on this one (remember, we aren't the target market).

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