[AccessD] Windows 8

 >  I have to tell you that it was a scary moment...
"Luddite moment"? ;)

You could have just used to use [WindowKey] + [D] to get switched into Win8.x desktop mode...

-- Shamil

Tuesday, March  4, 2014 2:20 PM -05:00 from John W Colby <jwcolby at gmail.com>:
>>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.
>
>"Flipping off" a machine definitely does not work!  ;)  OTOH a hammer seems to work.
>
> >With some effort and learning curve I can enjoy all the advantages of W7.
>
>Well... in a word ... NO.
>
>Windows 8 did away with Windows.  We expect that the next version of the operating system will be 
>called Panes 9.  Or to the curmudgeonly  masses, PAINS 9.  ;)
>
>Panes of course are lobotomized windows.  They MUST run the full height of the display.  They have 
>no controls related to minimizing, or adjusting the vertical size. In 8.0 they snapped to a fixed 
>(by MS?) size if you tried to have more than one.
>
>So with Windows (Panes) 8, you were allowed TWO panes.  The horizontal sizes appeared to be fixed, 
>i.e. yes you could have them, but they would be THIS EXACT WIDTH.  Which led to a tall narrow pane 
>and whatever was left of the screen.  Why this is a good idea I will leave to the Fanbois to explain.
>
>With Windows (Panes) 8.1, they loosened up a bit and allowed more panes.  Home many more you ask? 
>Well... what is the resolution of your monitor?  It seems that the number of horizontal pixels 
>determines the number you can have.  I will let a fanboi jump into this to explain how it works, 
>since I decided if I can't have Windows I am outa here.  But from what I remember, the higher the 
>(horizontal) resolution the larger the number of (full height) panes you could have.  Why any of 
>this is superior to actual Windows (on a desktop) I will leave to the Windows 8 Fanbois to explain. 
>I assume it has to do with making your dual monitor desktop look and act like a windows phone. 
>Hmmmmm.....  (this wasn't MY idea!!!)
>
>Understand that I left the Windows (Panes / Pains) 8 scene about 30 minutes after downloading 8.1 
>and discovered that it seemed to suck as bad as the 8.0 version.
>
>I have to tell you that it was a scary moment taking my 1000 dollar brand new laptop and doing a 
>Windows 7 install on it.  HP had told me essentially that they did not support Windows 7 on my new 
>laptop, and that I was on my own.  After the install it took probably a day of researching chipset 
>drivers and downloading them to get all of the objects under device manager functioning.  But it 
>worked.  I even have touch enabled.  I then swapped out the shitty 5400 RPM notebook disk with a 
>Samsung EVO 500gb drive and Wowza!!!  A quad core Intel I7 laptop with 8 gigs RAM, a moderately 
>powerful video, and SSD running Windows 7.
>
>YES!!!
>
>Back to my mud hole, where I get actual work done.
>
>John W. Colby
>
>Reality is what refuses to go away
>when you do not believe in it
><<< skipped >>>