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« Reply #15 on: June 14, 2011, 04:05:12 PM »
The widget front screen thingy is webified. The background is pretty much windows 7.

I dunno what everyone is up in arms about. If anything it's a good move. Silverlight didn't take.
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« Reply #16 on: June 15, 2011, 05:21:23 AM »
Thankfully they still have a desktop mode.
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« Reply #17 on: June 15, 2011, 12:29:03 PM »
Quote from: Player 3 on June 15, 2011, 05:21:23 AM
Thankfully they still have a desktop mode.
Unfortunately I haven't seen anything really change with that. So far it seems like a waste of $120 if all I get is a useless touchscreen mode.
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« Reply #18 on: June 15, 2011, 02:13:55 PM »
Quote from: Sakar on June 15, 2011, 12:29:03 PM
So far it seems like a waste of $120 if all I get is a useless touchscreen mode.

That most (or at least many) of us can't even use.
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« Reply #19 on: June 15, 2011, 02:50:25 PM »
Quote from: Sakar on June 15, 2011, 12:29:03 PM
Quote from: Player 3 on June 15, 2011, 05:21:23 AM
Thankfully they still have a desktop mode.
Unfortunately I haven't seen anything really change with that. So far it seems like a waste of $120 if all I get is a useless touchscreen mode.
What saw was just a small preview, Micro-Soft said, so it doesn't have all the "different" features planned. What was the difference between Windows 95 and 98 in this case?
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« Reply #20 on: June 17, 2011, 10:57:58 PM »
Wow, that article was horrible.

Yes, we programmers have favourite languages, for whatever reason. We can also learn new ones. What's the big deal?

I in no way believe Ars Technica saying that current programs won't run on Win8. But then again, what else can I expect from a publication that thinks C++ is "low-level" and HTML5 is "mid-level"?

What's high level programming, Ars Technica? Writing Excel formulas?

/ call me back when you're just coding 1's and 0's for processor opcodes
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« Reply #21 on: June 20, 2011, 08:50:10 PM »
Quote from: Player 3 on June 15, 2011, 02:50:25 PM
What was the difference between Windows 95 and 98 in this case?

IIRC, the introduction of "Plug and Play." Durr...?

At first, it was affectionately referred to as "Plug and Pray." But before that, every piece of equipment that could plug into your computer (besides maybe headphones) required running a setup disk and a system restart.
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