On Monday, June 24, 2013 15:56:25, Mark Wallace wrote:
> There are start menus that you can get for Windows 8 already out there.

Yep I know... my friend that bought a laptop with Win 8 loaded one.

> I had trouble figuring out if a program was running or not and sometimes
> how to close one.  The evil empire is deliberately staying away from
> things like that because they want their brand image to show that they
> are with it with touch screens.

I'm using an HP tablet with Android on it, and I like the touchscreen 
technology in general.  However there are places I find it annoying -- a mouse 
is more precise, because you can see where you're *about* to click, where with 
a touchscreen you can't.

> Every  try to do desktop publishing with a touch screen?

No, but I can imagine that that's a nightmare.  I haven't been doing desktop 
publishing; however I can imagine that CAD work with a touchscreen would 
equally be a nightmare.  I also haven't been using Windows 8 thusfar, so I 
don't know what dealing with it is like either.  What I *do* know is that 
installing Debian onto a laptop that comes with Windows 8 is non-trivial.

  -- Chris

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