[AccessD] Windows 8

Rocky,

Turn off the live tiles.  First thing I did when I got my Win 8 laptop.
 Then I cleared out all the tiles that MS thought I wanted and only showed
tiles that are useful to me.  With 8.1, I grouped tiles in various sizes
into logical groupings.  The only "live" tile on my start menu is Windows
Store, and that's mainly because I keep forgetting to turn it off.

My laptop loads the modern screen at startup and then switches to desktop.
 I do all my work from desktop.  No gestures, I use a mouse and keyboard,
thank you.  In fact, I even prefer to use a wireless mouse and wireless
keyboard with my Windows tablet PC.

Embrace the borg.  You WILL be assimilated!

Charlotte


On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>wrote:

> OK, I learned a lot from that vid and I'm convinced - for me W8 is totally
> useless.  None of my gestures have any effect on my machines.
>
> Oh, he did say if I don't have touch screen I can plug in a mouse and a
> keyboard and then...(wait for it)...IT'LL BE JUST LIKE WINDOWS 7! Woo-hoo!
>
> Thank you Microsoft for putting Windows 8 on my new laptop.  With some
> effort and learning curve I can enjoy all the advantages of W7.
>
> R
>
> P.S. Dear MS - that floaty little tool bar that comes out of the right side
> of the touch screen.  It only takes me 5 or 6 tries to get it to appear on
> my standard display using a mouse.  You're right, of course, I should be so
> concerned about productivity.  Elegance of GI appearance is really the most
> important thing in an OS. The distraction of the 'live' tiles is terrific.
> I could spend all day looking at them.
> P.P.S.  Get the hell out of my face and let me do some work!
> P.P.P.S.  I've got a gesture for you - Skype me and I'll show you.
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