Smeagol
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I got a new Windows laptop recently and to be honest I'm thinking I need to just switch to Macs. Do the people designing the operating system even use their own product? To me it seems somebody at the top decided iPads were the new rave and directed the software people to make Widows 8 work like a tablet...sort of...but with Windows's tablet interface. But then when it was beta tested the "yes people" in the test group said "yes siree, this is great but although this is the best thing since sliced bread, I kinda still like the old windows". So they came up with a somewhat confusing way to toggle back and forth between tablet on a laptop and traditional windows.
Gone are well known minimize, maximize and close buttons on the top right corner. I've got dozens of "apps" and instances of Internet explorer open that I have no idea how to close. The address bar on web pages hides but at the bottom that I've only been able to accidentally get to.
My guess is Microsoft is in a perpetual state of panic feeling the computing world they once ruled is being (has been) taken over by Apple and Google and are trying to reinvent themselves to be like their competitors. Add to that a likely awkward corporate culture when objective and constructive input and feedback from associates is seen as disloyalty and sucking up is the most rewarded attribute broght to the table so everybody just does what they're told even if it a disjointed mess. Know, I've got a big imagination but I'm really disappointed with Windows 8 and just trying figure out why some of the most brilliant minds in computing who a decade ago litterally changed the world don't see how lacking this upgrade is.
Gone are well known minimize, maximize and close buttons on the top right corner. I've got dozens of "apps" and instances of Internet explorer open that I have no idea how to close. The address bar on web pages hides but at the bottom that I've only been able to accidentally get to.
My guess is Microsoft is in a perpetual state of panic feeling the computing world they once ruled is being (has been) taken over by Apple and Google and are trying to reinvent themselves to be like their competitors. Add to that a likely awkward corporate culture when objective and constructive input and feedback from associates is seen as disloyalty and sucking up is the most rewarded attribute broght to the table so everybody just does what they're told even if it a disjointed mess. Know, I've got a big imagination but I'm really disappointed with Windows 8 and just trying figure out why some of the most brilliant minds in computing who a decade ago litterally changed the world don't see how lacking this upgrade is.