Windows 8 is shaping up to be pretty damn amazing. I'm really looking forward to all the device launches that will accompany this hot new product from Microsoft.
Apple Mail is the biggest piece of shit software Apple has ever made. It drives me absolutely bonkers that it takes forever to send a message and it always forgets passwords from Keychain. What is up with that? Also, if my internet connection is slow, it will time out.
While Apple Mail is not as well engineered as it could be I think these particular "hates" are mostly to do with your slow/unreliable internet connection. Mail.app does not forget keychain passwords, the "please enter your password" prompt is Apple's default (confusing) mechanism to let you know the mail server stopped talking to your mail reader while trying to login. Simply hit the "cancel" and then "fetch mail" again.
Likewise, taking "forever to send a message" is another indication of network problems. Try testing your mail server accessibility using "ping" from "Network Utility" (in your Applications:Utilities" folder). If you notice inconsistencies, try the "Traceroute" tab and see if you can pin the problem down to a section of your ISPs route.
Packet dropping or overloaded server would also explain your timeout issues.
What makes it worst is that MS use of Windows on ARM tablet OS. Windows 8 RT is in no way similar nor compatible with traditional Windows 8. Expect customers confusion and high return rate.
"why I can't run my old Windows software on my Windows tablet?"
"why I can't install software from this website? it says it is compatible with Windows!"
I think most users are going to stop at trying to get there software onto a tablet when they see theres no disk drive! Seriously though how many bits of software do you think the average user has?
Secondly, Mac users don't seem to struggle that much. The swithc from Power PC to Intel broke some of my OS X software. Then leopard to sl broke more along with having to install Rosseta, and then lion broke the rest by removing rosseta completely. But all the software still says compatible with OS X.
I think most users are going to stop at trying to get there software onto a tablet when they see theres no disk drive! Seriously though how many bits of software do you think the average user has?
You will be surprised how much junk software your average user download from the internet. MS was telling us that the iPad is not a full OS and here is MS releasing a tablet OS that does not accept "full OS" software. Windows RT to Windows 8 is what iOS to Mac OS. The only connection is the word "Windows" and the ability to run the Windows RT apps on Windows 8.
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Secondly, Mac users don't seem to struggle that much. The swithc from Power PC to Intel broke some of my OS X software. Then leopard to sl broke more along with having to install Rosseta, and then lion broke the rest by removing rosseta completely. But all the software still says compatible with OS X.
That's completely different situation. PPC apps worked side by side with Intel for years using Rosetta and the switch did not require developers to rewrite their entire software. Apple did not kill Rosetta until the big developers ported their apps to Intel.
The command bar in Windows Explorer has been removed in favor of the new Ribbon UI.
Windows Explorer status bar no longer shows free disk space
The Start button has been removed in Windows 8 but still can be accessed by hovering and clicking in the bottom-left corner.
The Aero Peek button has being removed in favour a new "hotspot"that will also reveal the Charms
Windows Briefcase has been removed
Technical information such as memory address amongst others have been removed from the Blue Screen of Death
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Why would they, ever heard of Instagram. All these social sites and programs are beginning to really hurt our society. Children are spending more time on their computers talking to their friends then actually talking with tbeir friends in person. My daughter want's a Facebook account and I told her she can have one only if I can monitor her activity. I want my kids outside not stuck in front of a computer or phone the entire day.
True that. I saw a 20 minute video on TED.com the other day where a a woman explained how all these connected devices, social media is hurting our way of communicating. And I fully agree with her; Facebook seems more like people wanting to hang out their laundry, dirty or clean, bloat about what they have achieved and such. I thought it was a great presentation, worth the watch. In HTML5, over at Ted.com
The command bar in Windows Explorer has been removed in favor of the new Ribbon UI.
Windows Briefcase has been removed
Technical information such as memory address amongst others have been removed from the Blue Screen of Death
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Originally Posted by Relic
Why would they, ever heard of Instagram. All these social sites and programs are beginning to really hurt our society. Children are spending more time on their computers talking to their friends then actually talking with tbeir friends in person. My daughter want's a Facebook account and I told her she can have one only if I can monitor her activity. I want my kids outside not stuck in front of a computer or phone the entire day.
I fully agree. Saw a great 20 minute show on ted.com from a woman who believes that all this social media, SMS etcetera is really not communicating at all. Fantastic insight she gave, really worth the 20 minutes in my opinion. Sherry Turkle: Connected, but alone?
Windows on tablets is a proven failure, Metro on laptops will be quickly removed by most consumers and replaced with a hacked start button. Metro on desktops will hardly exist at all.
most computer users are unable to perfom even basic tasks, between clicking on "the internet" or clicking on "my email" no matter what platform they use. But you expect 'most' windows users to hack the OS to replace the new applicaiton drawer with the old start button?
Have a Samsung Slate Series 7. Installed Win 8 to try it out. Don't understand all the whoopla about the Matrix Interface. It is just a badly designed shell on top of a badly executed Win 7. Have used the pen with Journal since 2003. With Win 8 Journal did not have palm rejection! What? Really? And my Toshiba M205 works great and looks great with 1400×1050 screen resolution. Only problem is its battery 2.5 hrs and the weight of nearly 4.5 Lb. Ahhh, if my iPad just had a Wacom digitizer!
You may be expecting a little much with the Matrix interface.
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Windows 8 is shaping up to be pretty damn amazing. I'm really looking forward to all the device launches that will accompany this hot new product from Microsoft.
It must be another foggy day in London Town
However, RT stands for Real Trouble
Apple Mail is the biggest piece of shit software Apple has ever made. It drives me absolutely bonkers that it takes forever to send a message and it always forgets passwords from Keychain. What is up with that? Also, if my internet connection is slow, it will time out.
While Apple Mail is not as well engineered as it could be I think these particular "hates" are mostly to do with your slow/unreliable internet connection. Mail.app does not forget keychain passwords, the "please enter your password" prompt is Apple's default (confusing) mechanism to let you know the mail server stopped talking to your mail reader while trying to login. Simply hit the "cancel" and then "fetch mail" again.
Likewise, taking "forever to send a message" is another indication of network problems. Try testing your mail server accessibility using "ping" from "Network Utility" (in your Applications:Utilities" folder). If you notice inconsistencies, try the "Traceroute" tab and see if you can pin the problem down to a section of your ISPs route.
Packet dropping or overloaded server would also explain your timeout issues.
RT stands for RunTime. WinRT is the API which Metro is built off of, analogous to Cocoa in the Mac world.
I always thought RT meant road and track...
It stands for Windows ReTarded.
Windows RT = Windows Really Tablety version
However, RT stands for Real Trouble
How about "Windows Really Terrible"? Any others?
What makes it worst is that MS use of Windows on ARM tablet OS. Windows 8 RT is in no way similar nor compatible with traditional Windows 8. Expect customers confusion and high return rate.
"why I can't run my old Windows software on my Windows tablet?"
"why I can't install software from this website? it says it is compatible with Windows!"
I think most users are going to stop at trying to get there software onto a tablet when they see theres no disk drive! Seriously though how many bits of software do you think the average user has?
Secondly, Mac users don't seem to struggle that much. The swithc from Power PC to Intel broke some of my OS X software. Then leopard to sl broke more along with having to install Rosseta, and then lion broke the rest by removing rosseta completely. But all the software still says compatible with OS X.
I think most users are going to stop at trying to get there software onto a tablet when they see theres no disk drive! Seriously though how many bits of software do you think the average user has?
You will be surprised how much junk software your average user download from the internet. MS was telling us that the iPad is not a full OS and here is MS releasing a tablet OS that does not accept "full OS" software. Windows RT to Windows 8 is what iOS to Mac OS. The only connection is the word "Windows" and the ability to run the Windows RT apps on Windows 8.
Secondly, Mac users don't seem to struggle that much. The swithc from Power PC to Intel broke some of my OS X software. Then leopard to sl broke more along with having to install Rosseta, and then lion broke the rest by removing rosseta completely. But all the software still says compatible with OS X.
That's completely different situation. PPC apps worked side by side with Intel for years using Rosetta and the switch did not require developers to rewrite their entire software. Apple did not kill Rosetta until the big developers ported their apps to Intel.
1) Wikipedia has nice upgrade and feature comparison charts.
LOL at that link as it brought me to the 'List of features removed in Windows 8' where it states:
Why would they, ever heard of Instagram. All these social sites and programs are beginning to really hurt our society. Children are spending more time on their computers talking to their friends then actually talking with tbeir friends in person. My daughter want's a Facebook account and I told her she can have one only if I can monitor her activity. I want my kids outside not stuck in front of a computer or phone the entire day.
True that. I saw a 20 minute video on TED.com the other day where a a woman explained how all these connected devices, social media is hurting our way of communicating. And I fully agree with her; Facebook seems more like people wanting to hang out their laundry, dirty or clean, bloat about what they have achieved and such. I thought it was a great presentation, worth the watch. In HTML5, over at Ted.com
I always thought RT meant road and track...
It means "Radio Telegraphy", the way Marconi originally invented.
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1) Wikipedia has nice upgrade and feature comparison charts.
LOL at that link since it brought me to the removed features:
Why would they, ever heard of Instagram. All these social sites and programs are beginning to really hurt our society. Children are spending more time on their computers talking to their friends then actually talking with tbeir friends in person. My daughter want's a Facebook account and I told her she can have one only if I can monitor her activity. I want my kids outside not stuck in front of a computer or phone the entire day.
I fully agree. Saw a great 20 minute show on ted.com from a woman who believes that all this social media, SMS etcetera is really not communicating at all. Fantastic insight she gave, really worth the 20 minutes in my opinion. Sherry Turkle: Connected, but alone?
Windows on tablets is a proven failure, Metro on laptops will be quickly removed by most consumers and replaced with a hacked start button. Metro on desktops will hardly exist at all.
most computer users are unable to perfom even basic tasks, between clicking on "the internet" or clicking on "my email" no matter what platform they use. But you expect 'most' windows users to hack the OS to replace the new applicaiton drawer with the old start button?
Have a Samsung Slate Series 7. Installed Win 8 to try it out. Don't understand all the whoopla about the Matrix Interface. It is just a badly designed shell on top of a badly executed Win 7. Have used the pen with Journal since 2003. With Win 8 Journal did not have palm rejection! What? Really? And my Toshiba M205 works great and looks great with 1400×1050 screen resolution. Only problem is its battery 2.5 hrs and the weight of nearly 4.5 Lb. Ahhh, if my iPad just had a Wacom digitizer!
You may be expecting a little much with the Matrix interface.
Just take the blue pill, neo. All will be better.