Windows 8 and the Start Button

2012-09-28 Thread Preet Sangha
Stardock has (in beta) an application that lets you put a windows 7 type start button back into Windows 8. http://www.stardock.com/products/start8/ The best thing I think is the ability to start in desktop mode. -- regards, Preet, Overlooking the Ocean, Auckland

Re: Windows 8 and the Start Button

2012-10-01 Thread Corneliu I. Tusnea
That is quite hilarious. Buy a plugin so you can make Windows work like Windows :) On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 6:07 AM, Preet Sangha wrote: > Stardock has (in beta) an application that lets you put a windows 7 type > start button back into Windows 8. > > http://www.stardock.com/products/start8/ > >

Re: Windows 8 and the Start Button

2012-10-01 Thread Preet Sangha
:-) On 2 October 2012 15:56, Corneliu I. Tusnea wrote: > That is quite hilarious. Buy a plugin so you can make Windows work like > Windows :) > > > On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 6:07 AM, Preet Sangha wrote: > >> Stardock has (in beta) an application that lets you put a windows 7 type >> start button b

RE: Windows 8 and the Start Button

2012-10-02 Thread Greg Keogh
>That is quite hilarious. Buy a plugin so you can make Windows work like Windows :) Well, don't laugh too hard, because one of the first things that crossed my mind when I fired-up Windows 8 was "Windows doesn't have any windows anymore" (until I found the old style desktop) -- Greg

RE: Windows 8 and the Start Button

2012-10-02 Thread Ian Thomas
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen today called Windows 8 "puzzling" and "confusing initially," but assured users that they would eventually learn to like the new OS. http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/438005/microsoft_co-founder_calls_windows_8 _puzzling_confusing_ _ Ian Thomas Victoria

Re: Windows 8 and the Start Button

2012-10-03 Thread David Connors
On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Ian Thomas wrote: > Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen today called Windows 8 "puzzling" and > "confusing initially," but assured users that they would eventually learn > to like the new OS. > > > http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/438005/microsoft_co-founder_calls_

Re: Windows 8 and the Start Button

2012-10-03 Thread Stephen Price
We were just discussing that in the office today. I feel the same... Enterprise usually lags behind by at least one whole release cycle, sometimes two. They have been trying to kill support for XP for years and I bet there are still many using it. They need to target their new OS's at kids when th

Re: Windows 8 and the Start Button

2012-10-03 Thread Corneliu I. Tusnea
*users that they would eventually learn to like the new OS* OMG. Compare that quote to iOS where people just loved it at the first sight. In today's age there is no time for "eventually" :( On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Ian Thomas wrote: > Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen today called Windo

Re: Windows 8 and the Start Button

2012-10-03 Thread Stephen Price
Eventually, they won't have a choice. :) On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Corneliu I. Tusnea wrote: > *users that they would eventually learn to like the new OS* > > OMG. Compare that quote to iOS where people just loved it at the first > sight. > In today's age there is no time for "eventually" :

Re: Windows 8 and the Start Button

2012-10-03 Thread David Richards
On 4 October 2012 15:51, Stephen Price wrote: > Eventually, they won't have a choice. :) > Linux *awkward silence* David "If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards... checkmate!" -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama

Re: Windows 8 and the Start Button

2012-10-04 Thread noonie
Not yet... but getting closer. It is sad that it's taken too long :-( On Oct 4, 2012 4:50 PM, "David Richards" wrote: > On 4 October 2012 15:51, Stephen Price wrote: > > Eventually, they won't have a choice. :) > > > > Linux > > *awkward silence* > > David > > "If we can hit that bullseye, the

Re: Windows 8 and the Start Button

2012-10-04 Thread Mark Hurd
And the Ubuntu 12.04 upgrade has caused problems itself... -- Regards, Mark Hurd, B.Sc.(Ma.)(Hons.) On 4 October 2012 16:54, noonie wrote: > Not yet... but getting closer. It is sad that it's taken too long :-( > > On Oct 4, 2012 4:50 PM, "David Richards" > wrote: >> >> On 4 October 2012 15:51,