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[Wiktor]

Is our generation fucked because we, outside of enthusiasts, barely know anything about how cars work compared to our parents who had less advanced cars and actually had to know what the hell a transmission is to keep a car running?
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Cars aren't anywhere near as important as computers in our life (our - this forum I mean). But let's stick to this analogy. Cars have barely improved in decades. So I hope you're ready for lack of software advancements and innovation. I mean..hey...we can easily drive 15 years old car, no reason why we should be using anything but 15 years software either. Not to mention the problems would far greater, because software is a lot faster moving market, one where a small company made by few people can radically change everything. Nothing like that is ever going to happen in cars again. Heck, in most countries you can;t even drive a car you've built from the ground up yourself.

Also...a lot of engenuity that went into car tinkering moved to computers. It still tickled the same parts of brain with kids. Mobile devices are completely passive. You can't take really them apart and tweak. You also can't use them to program. What they are are mostly slot machines when you throw dollars in and content comes out.

 

[Bravocado]

I don't give a damn if its a 180.

Good. Do it. More.

180 All Day.

This. I've been holding off upgrading to 8.1 ever since I tried regular 8 on someone else's computer.

 

[jstripes]

The never ending 180s.

Microsoft's business strategy:

GET WABBIT!

 

[richiek]

*shrug* it was going to happen anyway as computer hardware and software got better at adjusting to humans rather than the other way around.

Is our generation fucked because we, outside of enthusiasts, barely know anything about how cars work compared to our parents who had less advanced cars and actually had to know what the hell a transmission is to keep a car running?

Kids who care will search out desktops and teach themselves just like kids who care about cars today can still go out and build their own hotrod.

Car ownership has been declining for years.

 

[NotBacon]

So they're ditching the metro interface, the interface they've been pushing like crazy and advertising all over for the last 2 years. What.
This is why I left Windows.

 

[AstroNut325]

Car ownership has been declining for years.

WHOA. Thank you for this. I had no idea such a trend was occurring. Good news if you ask me.

 

[Alx]

So they're ditching the metro interface, the interface they've been pushing like crazy and advertising all over for the last 2 years. What.

No they're not, the interface is mostly the same (with a few tweakings probably). They only changed the default settings, and instead of being greeted by the start screen and having the desktop one click away, you're greeted by the desktop and the start screen is one click away.

 

[opticalmace]

---snip---Watch trying to use the Yoga 2 Pro (which is sub-4K resolution) in Metro vs. Desktop.---snip---

I don't understand that video. Can you not run the display in "retina" 1600x900? I just assumed that would be the default behaviour.

 

[Edvardelis]

I don't mind the start screen. I do mind that metro apps are uselessly big on a 27" 2650x1440 display.

 

[kehs]

Microsoft's business strategy:

GET WABBIT!

perfect

 

[dLMN8R]

How so ? All the metro features are still there, exactly the same as they were at the beginning. Desktop and metro are not in competition with each other on a Win8 PC, they coexist in the same system. All they did was change the welcome page from start screen to desktop.

It's like saying that, on Windows 95 through Windows 7, the "start menu was hidden".

 

[Penguins&PolarBears]

What exactly is the issue some people have with using the Metro environment with a mouse/keyboard? That's exactly how I use it on my computer for the past 2 years and I have no issues. Touch might be more fun, but the mouse in Metro is still the fastest and most precise way to use the Metro UI.

As I said, make it an option. I never said that has to ditch the Metro interface but at least make it an option for those who do not want it to disable it at least. If you're on a tablet, then it's fine to use that tile interface but since I'm on a computer using a mouse and a physical keyboard, have me the option to just use the legacy interface (classic start menu, etc).

The amount of people who are on Windows 8 tablets is less than those on Windows Phones. You can't get businesses and developers to make software for your app store if you don't have a user base to even access the store. The vast majority of people downloading software from the Windows Store are not on tablets.

Windows tablets aren't popular enough to carry an app store at this point. The amount of development support Windows Store has received already never would have been possible without Windows PC users. Windows 8 received apps in year one that Windows Phone hasn't received after 3+ years on the market.