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  • I Wear Pants
    justincredible;1307861 wrote:How did the ducks get to the Alaskan forest?
    http://www.ducks.org/conservation/western-boreal-forest-alaska

    They live there. I mean, do you even read Ducks Unlimited?
  • gut
    WebFire;1307810 wrote:I think using a touchscreen monitor would be a pain in the ass. It would be cool at first, until your arms got tired. I really think you'll see a device out soon that is like a touch sensitive mousepad, that you can just use your finger to move around the screen. Like the drawing pads without the pen.
    You don't have to use a touchscreen. I was talking about if I got a Win8 tablet I might want the same on my computers. But to your point, something like the Asus Transformer where you have a tablet with a detachable keyboard would be ideal. None of the tablets are powerful enough, at this point, to really even compete with some of the high-end ultrabooks, though (as far as power).
  • WebFire
    gut;1307905 wrote:You don't have to use a touchscreen. I was talking about if I got a Win8 tablet I might want the same on my computers. But to your point, something like the Asus Transformer where you have a tablet with a detachable keyboard would be ideal. None of the tablets are powerful enough, at this point, to really even compete with some of the high-end ultrabooks, though (as far as power).
    Ahhh...I thought meant touchscreens for your desktop PC. I agree that it would be killer on a tablet. When the first RC came out, we put it on an Acer tablet/notebook and it worked pretty well.
  • justincredible
    I Wear Pants;1307884 wrote:http://www.ducks.org/conservation/western-boreal-forest-alaska

    They live there. I mean, do you even read Ducks Unlimited?
    My subscription ran out. Thanks for reminding me. :(
  • WebFire
    Through the Windows upgrade offer website, what form is the download? An ISO? It says I have to do it from the PC I am upgrading, but I was hoping to just download it.
  • dlazz
    WebFire;1307980 wrote:Through the Windows upgrade offer website, what form is the download? An ISO? It says I have to do it from the PC I am upgrading, but I was hoping to just download it.
    Yeah, ISO. You get the product key then and there, and you can buy the DVD if you want to as well (at extra cost)
  • WebFire
    dlazz;1307990 wrote:Yeah, ISO. You get the product key then and there, and you can buy the DVD if you want to as well (at extra cost)
    Cool, thanks.
  • GoChiefs
    I Wear Pants;1307884 wrote:http://www.ducks.org/conservation/western-boreal-forest-alaska

    They live there. I mean, do you even read Ducks Unlimited?
  • I Wear Pants
    WebFire;1307980 wrote:Through the Windows upgrade offer website, what form is the download? An ISO? It says I have to do it from the PC I am upgrading, but I was hoping to just download it.
    You can put it on a flash drive if you'd like it has that option after you download the installer thing.
  • fan_from_texas
    Is it worth upgrading on a laptop with no touchscreen? Everything I've read suggests the big improvements are for touchscreen devices.
  • dlazz
    fan_from_texas;1308680 wrote:Is it worth upgrading on a laptop with no touchscreen? Everything I've read suggests the big improvements are for touchscreen devices.

    I did it on my big desktop (which isn't touch) and I don't regret it.
  • WebFire
    Using it now on this laptop. I have to say it is just plain clunky and hard to use on a non-touchscreen. It has no damn logical flow to it. When you open an application, it hops to the desktop. When you close an app (if you even can, which I hate), it goes to the start screen even if you were on the desktop.

    I would have like it better if they just would have done away with the traditional desktop and forced you to use the new interface exclusively. It seems like an OS that doesn't know its true identity.

    No way this will fly in the business world.
  • I Wear Pants
    WebFire;1309330 wrote:Using it now on this laptop. I have to say it is just plain clunky and hard to use on a non-touchscreen. It has no damn logical flow to it. When you open an application, it hops to the desktop. When you close an app (if you even can, which I hate), it goes to the start screen even if you were on the desktop.

    I would have like it better if they just would have done away with the traditional desktop and forced you to use the new interface exclusively. It seems like an OS that doesn't know its true identity.

    No way this will fly in the business world.
    Keep using it and make sure you learn the keyboard shortcuts and all the new stuff. It's actually pretty fast and easy to use when you take a minute to learn it.
  • WebFire
    I guess I don't understand the need for the "desktop". It serves no purpose other than to make you click back out to the start screen.
  • WebFire
    And why can't you just close an application? Or maybe I should ask, how do I just close an app.
  • I Wear Pants
    WebFire;1309346 wrote:I guess I don't understand the need for the "desktop". It serves no purpose other than to make you click back out to the start screen.
    It serves the same purpose it always did.

    The start screen is just that, the start screen and where the Metro style apps live.
  • WebFire
    I Wear Pants;1309356 wrote:It serves the same purpose it always did.

    The start screen is just that, the start screen and where the Metro style apps live.
    But it doesn't. You can't actually do anything from it. And it does nothing you can't access from the Start screen. It just makes no sense that it goes back and forth between the start screen and the desktop, for no apparent reason.
  • WebFire
    For instance, I have the Remote Desktop app pinned to the start screen. When I click it, it goes to the desktop and opens it. Then I am on the desktop until I manually click the Start button to go back to the start screen. Why?
  • I Wear Pants
    WebFire;1309363 wrote:But it doesn't. You can't actually do anything from it. And it does nothing you can't access from the Start screen. It just makes no sense that it goes back and forth between the start screen and the desktop, for no apparent reason.
    You can pin shit to the taskbar just like in Windows 7. Read through that Lifehacker article I posted in here earlier.
  • WebFire
    I Wear Pants;1309376 wrote:You can pin shit to the taskbar just like in Windows 7. Read through that Lifehacker article I posted in here earlier.
    Ok, but again, why? Why 2 interfaces that hop back and forth? Seems totally unnecessary and redundant.
  • WebFire
    Also, I think that article is gone.
  • WebFire
    Is there a way to see the taskbar while in "Metro Mode"? Right now I have Chrome open in Metro and it would be nice to see that taskbar to switch to other programs or even see what time it is. Or see the status of my battery, etc.
  • I Wear Pants
    WebFire;1309413 wrote:Also, I think that article is gone.
    Lol seems like you're right. I think their site is down and that's the backup site we're seeing now.
  • WebFire
    I Wear Pants;1309421 wrote:Lol seems like you're right. I think their site is down and that's the backup site we're seeing now.
    Ok, I'll check it tomorrow.
  • dlazz
    The way I've learned to cope with the switching is really this: The "start" menu is really just a start menu. You didn't sit there with the start menu open 99% of the time, did you? No, you spent all of your time at the desktop.

    I spend about 95% of my time at my desktop in Firefox/Chrome/whatever.