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Windows 1 vs Windows 8: Spot the difference! Quote: "Windows 1.0 does not allow overlapping windows. Instead all windows are tiled. Only dialog boxes can appear over other windows." Yay, no overlapping windows...tiles.. even the logo is similar:

There are more WinRT limitations. Direct access of databases is forbbiden without a webservice middleman. That means software like Microsoft's own SQL Server Management Studio is impossible (richy corpy bastards will hate that!). Network access is severly gutted as well. Here's a list of more WinRT limits: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winappswithcsharp/thread/380b4b7b-72e2-4435-b7f7-0d2afca4eac0/?siteID=rGMTN56tf_w-N8Ke7Z7lut6ylsoiIQz3KA And don't forget - all the sandboxing makes any kind of sane plug-in system nigh on impossible, too - kiss goodbye to applications like MS Office and Photoshop! And no, Office 365 doesn't allow plug-ins as well as far as I know. BUSINESSES WILL HATE THAT!

I think there is an additional piece to the puzzle: I am pretty sure Thurrott, Ed Bott, Sinofsky, the metrotards etc. have completely bought into the idea that all people do with computers is facebooking, twittering and porning the whole day and nothing else. So the opposition against W8 comes as a complete shock to them. They can't fathom they were wrong and would rather blame the whole world than Windows 8. All the references to Steve Jobs and Apple are there because they have taken his "Post-PC" talk far more seriously than Jobs himself did (Jobs didn't convert the Mac line into touch abominations after all) - I am pretty sure the mSheep revere Jobs more than the average Apple user does: With Gates gone they had a vacuum to fill and Ballmer isn't exactly in the same league. They just can't admit that the whole Post-PC talk was a marketing stunt and that people do indeed "work" with their computers. That's why they even have to go as far and hate the typical Windows PC user and praise the Angry Birds addicted as "teh future".

Very true. There has been a transparent attempt by a few of the Windows 8 zealots to revise the history of that period, Win3.x to Win9x. There may have been a handful of people on Planet Earth that were wedded to the Windows 3.x interface, but even they were accomodated by being able to continue using PROGMAN in Win9x. The stuff about resistance to the Start Menu is just made up. Indeed. I've wrote about this on the technet forum: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w8itprogeneral/thread/fb17ba0e-f3b5-43ed-9170-33a810b76ef8/ Also: Windows 95 made it actually EASIER running the "legacy" applications - bootdisks for DOS applications and games became obsolete because that function was built-in into W95. And Windows 95's ability to run DOS games within Windows were greatly expanded as well. That's the complete opposite with W8, as it forces its restricted craplets on you and makes the desktop a hassle.

One thing pretty much everyone with a bit of brain grease knows is that you shouldn't annoy the people who have power and money. And although I dislike Win8 immensely I have to admit that Microsoft actually seems to be on some sort of strange anti-capitalist trip. The most loyal Windows strongholds are the corporations, governments and firms, the people with the POWER and the MONEY, yet Ballmer tries everything to annoy them! I mean WinRT doesn't even have APIs for scanner access: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-IE/tailoringappsfordevices/thread/539dc9f7-abbc-4798-8043-e144391a1d91 Scanning is not a supported Metro scenario in Windows 8. That means LOTS of businessy scenario is out of the window right there (document management, OCR, archiving software, lots of LOB cases etc.) Not to forget the other Metro limitations, Metro on Server 2012 and the hefty price increases for Office products recently. I mean even if the goal is to squeeze everyone on Azure and Office365 like some people are here thinking - how are you gonna fill these web interfaces with data in Metro 8 when most biz stuff involves mega-complicated forms, copying one set to another (thus multi-window) and very often scanning of documents? The former got vastly harder and the latter is impossible. So, think of W8 what you will, but you've got to admit that Ballmer is seriously sticking it at those rich, powerful corpy bastards! A brave man. The Robin Hood for the new millennium.

Found something funny: The bestselling notebook on Amazon Germany.. runs DOS! (FreeDOS) Top 10 list Asus F55A-SX091D It was released on November 6, 2012 - just in time for for the W8 release - that's what I call desperate measures! Here's the product spec in PDF format. Look out for "Free DOS".

Oh boy, open up Neowin. They have outdone themselves at whoring out. Sure it was always MS focused, but now it's just like an official press relations site at Microsoft.com Current headlines: "Microsoft updates financial app" "Microsoft adds spelling improvements to Bing search" "Colorful Microsoft infographic shows company's divisions": "A new infographic published by Microsoft shows the extent of the company's various divisions and how they all link with each other as a way to illustrate the various careers at Microsoft." ----- Why isn't that site part of the Microsoft subdomain system already? neowin.microsoft.com sounds actually quite nice.

Charlotte, I've been reading your posts here since a few days now. I am becoming a big fan! Your audience here is a bit limited though. You should post some stuff on the Windows 8 forum on Microsoft's own turf: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/w8itprogeneral/threads I am "VeryBoringNickname" there and posted my fair share of W8 rants, too: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w8itprogeneral/thread/2956149e-5ca6-4e5a-af76-d47547dc1a13/ http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w8itprogeneral/thread/25174c9d-3e10-4fc0-9ee0-148fe09e85c2/ People like you are severly needed there!