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Letters to the Editor: All about Windows 8


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December 27, 2012 —  (Page 1 of 2)
David couldn't be more spot-on in pointing out the “desktops are for production, tablets for consumption” dichotomy (as declared in “The Trouble with Gerrold: Windows Ate”). I have read a number of comments about how "awesome" Windows 8 is with a touch-screen.

I spend hours everyday on sound recording/editing software. Just as a test, I pretended to run through a few simple tasks on my monitor, as though it were a touch-screen. After about 90 seconds, I realized I would have to be holding both arms suspended in mid-air all day... or place a touch-screen flat on my desk, with my head tilted down in a cramp-inducing angle, and still have to move the touch-screen back a foot every time I needed to use a keyboard-based program that was not made for Windows 8.

Like David, I have used Windows since it was DOS on five floppy disks, and this is the first time I feel they have made the corporate decision that I am no longer their target market. Am I missing something here?
Tom Kane
United States

Whippersnappers and their Windows 8
I agree with you here, David, especially the part about production versus consumption. Should the gap be bridged? Remembering back to when DOS was removed from Windows, I had a bad feeling. I would have to really work to get to certain files, or to hand-remove a virus from a machine. I can see someone in an office needing IT help, and not even knowing what files and folders are.

XP was just fine. We totally avoided the WTF that was Vista, especially the more we heard from high middle knowledge users about the weird things it did. We don't want to spend all our time trying to get things transferred over, we just want to sit down and get to work.

Now Windows 8. It boots fast? And? You assume I even turn off my machine... Another interface that may or may not be familiar? The iDon't and the Droid interface changes with every upgrade. How many "upgrades" will we get under Win 8? Will we meet or exceed the XPSP2, or will we just rename it root beer, then sarsaparilla, and then start shaking our canes at these whippersnappers?


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