[AccessD] Ramblings of a nutcase

IOW, you agree that ot's cr*p out of the box.  You need third party add ons to make it 
useable.



On 25 Feb 2014 at 15:05, Arthur Fuller wrote:

> IMHO, you folks are all pussies and refuse to see what's great about
> Windows 8. With the proviso that you download and install ClassicShell
> (google it). This free tool goes a long way toward making Windows 8
> palatable for old-timers. In fact it goes further than that; it's
> smarter and better than the old classic start menu.
> 
> Even without this wonderful tool, there are a few key things you can
> do to smarten up your startup tile UI: most notably, you can drag the
> tiles into an arrangement of your choice, and also create groups of
> tiles containing associated programs (i.e. a Media group, a SQL group,
> etc. And most significantly, you can drag your most frequently-visited
> programs to the top left of the tile groups. In my tile setup, the
> first tile is Desktop. I have two monitors and the desktop opens on
> the large monitor. I also make extensive use of the QuickLaunch bar,
> and the programs soon learn which monitor they should load on.
> 
> That custom setup accomplished, you are now in a position to see some
> of the startup, performance and memory management advantages of
> Windows 8.1. I can only say that I'd never consider going back to
> Windows 7. I still have a copy of it, but it's on a separate box
> entirely, and I find myself using that box less and less -- just for
> large downloads and for running Ubuntu Linux.
> 
> I have one more customization of the Win 8.1 laptop planned. I
> recently read a net piece on how to hook up two external monitors to a
> laptop. That's next. I'll have three monitors, two external and the
> laptop monitor. That will be very cool.
> 
> My $0.02.
> 
> Arthur
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