Vernon on 17/1/2012 at 05:22
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Well I'll definitely have to agree with you on that point. I go to school with those people.
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Or do you believe it is Apple's intention for me to buy competing Microsoft products as part of their consumer blinding process?
eh. The good thing is you got me to think about some things. I just flew off the handle based on one sentence and learned a bit in the process. Good times. I just don't think it is healthy to think that Apple is undercutting Microsoft as a software developer when 99% of their products are locked to the platform.
Anyway. My problem with Metro is the obvious one: that Windows is a desktop powerhouse. They were going in the right direction with the Windows 7 interface. Strange that they took such a huge tangent so soon after their most successful software release in years.
I can only hope that they keep a very strong delineation between Metro and the traditional interface, i.e. Metro is maintained like a skin module that can just be turned off. I don't like Unity in Ubuntu - I've switched to XFCE on one of my machine and KDE on another. The 'press the big derpy button' paradigm just doesn't translate to desktop. I find it strange that they didn't just ask the GNOME group to make a touch interface. They would have almost certainly done a good job.
Anyway I can't see many reasons to switch anytime soon. If bitlocker is available out-of-the-box I will consider it.
The ARM thing is turning into a bit of a nightmare too - they've already pissed off a massive number of people, and just the idea of having another architecture to which a developer may or may not choose to port is going to create problems
Renzatic on 17/1/2012 at 07:15
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I find it strange that they didn't just ask the GNOME group to make a touch interface. They would have almost certainly done a good job.
Haven't they already? I got to play around with Gnome 3 recently, and the whole interface seems to be a compromise between desktop and touch usage, with a slight emphasis towards touch. Probably one of the reasons why I couldn't stand it.
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Anyway I can't see many reasons to switch anytime soon. If bitlocker is available out-of-the-box I will consider it.
I can think of a few great reasons to switch to Windows 8. It's even better on the resources for one. Boots up in half the time as Windows 7, and is generally more streamlined overall. On top of that, MS is building Hyper-V into every version of 8, which I believe is the first step towards cleaning up all the legacy cruft embedded into Windows.
Admittedly, it's ultimately an interim update, an even further refinement on what's already pretty damn decent. But there's enough good in it to consider making the jump when it comes out.
Cept for Metro anyway. I'm still not too sure on it. Like VA, I'm gonna hold out on judging it until I see it in the release candidate. There's a ton of potential for a full screen start menu replacement. It's whether MS does it right or not that's the big question.
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The ARM thing is turning into a bit of a nightmare too - they've already pissed off a massive number of people, and just the idea of having another architecture to which a developer may or may not choose to port is going to create problems
From what I hear, the process is pretty simple. Since all Metro apps are based around a common platform neutral language, the only really hard choice a programmer has to make is whether to compile it on ARM or x86. If he wants to make a proper Windows program...well, he's only got one choice. Nothing difficult about it.
