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        <title><![CDATA[what a cool product by widows{windows 8}]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[i never thuaght of it when i first so it being advertised but after i installed it took me minutes and seconds to believe what my eyes does show me windows is undisputed software programming company in the world. Windows 8 touch .]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[BIG &quot;L&quot; LAZLO]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:59:02 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I read that Win 8 is about 1.5 gig big]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Microsoft deals everyday with corporations.Their finger should be right on the pulse.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[BALTHOR]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:04:22 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[7: System restore is easier]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Here's what I would like to see:I want a single click install of Windows and all the applications that I own. When I buy a new computer, I should be able to enter the serial numbers/keys for all the major applications I own. Microsoft would create a single download that has everything preinstalled, including all the service packs and updates. One download, one restart, no more countless trips to windowsupdate.com or to the various software publishers websites. Click &quot;Install&quot; and ten minutes later your computer is ready to go.Refreshing your computer or moving your applications to a new computer would be just as easy.Windows Update should be capable of detecting all currently supported hardware devices and offer the current drivers for them.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[wrcousert]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:16:35 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Versioning will be key]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[MS needs to release different versions of W8 that are suited to the usage.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mcpeters@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:31:04 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[And you'll have to recompile 10 for each app.  No text.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[CharlieSpencer_Palmetto]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 07:44:12 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Stop living in the past...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How ignorant can you be? Have you actually even tried Windows 8 or even looked into it more than a passing glance? If you want it to be, the Metro UI will basically just be a start menu replacement. The desktop and legacy apps will still be there. There's nothing forcing you to use the Metro UI. And speaking of dual monitors. Windows 8 includes much improved multi screen support (Multiple taskbars). The newer generations of Windows offer much greater security, stability and even performance over XP. It's been proven that Windows 7 has better performance on modern hardware than XP and Windows 8 will just improve on that further. Also, you have to keep in mind that the current version of Windows available to the public is in alpha stage. There's going to be alot of changes when the beta arrives. Apparently there will be alot of improvements in the Metro UI for mouse/keyboard users.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[floopydoodle]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:24:48 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[So with Metro being a throwback to desktop icons...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Is windows 9 just going to be a command line?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Slayer_]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:17:51 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A computer is just a file]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Internet is just a file.And at some high frequency and low power the files in a computer always run.Files on the hard drive are always running.Mostly apps manipulate the BIOS and the firmware in the computer.Most downloaded software doesn't work at all.If you find a program that works make ten copies and hide it.It's just files guys.Little tiny magnetic blips probably most active at the proton level of the atom.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[BALTHOR]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:40:52 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nothing to do with tablets]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[My gripes (&quot;bitching&quot;) about 8 has to do with desktops/laptops. I've said all along that it may be fine for tablets/phones. I don't want a phone UI on my desktop. It hampers what I do. MS needs to either make two versions or give you the option of selecting which UI you want at install. I don't have a tablet or smart phone (yet) so I can't speak to how it works there. I just know I don't want a kindergarten interface getting in the way on my desktop or laptop]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mudpuppy1]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:12:46 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[&quot;since Windows 8 will run on low-cost tablets&quot;]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[&quot;However, since Windows 8 will run on low-cost tablets, it needs to be as &quot;appliance-like&quot; as possible.&quot;W8 will not be confined to low-cost tablets.  Metro is more than appropriate there.  The problem is that the exact same version of OS will be the only one available for desktops and laptops, devices that are hampered by the 'appliance-like' GUI.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[CharlieSpencer_Palmetto]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:26:04 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Unlike your Chinese,]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I've never had corresponding problems with Windows.  What I've lived and learned is that with a few precautions, Windows can be used safely and stably, especially since W2K.There are plenty of places where Linux excels and is appropriate; my point all along has been that a Windows discussion isn't one of those places.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[CharlieSpencer_Palmetto]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:22:36 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[VDI to run XP?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Somehow, I doubt anyone willing to deploy a new OS is going to look any more favorably on migrating from physical desktops to virtual ones.  However, mckinnej will weigh back in on the subject.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[CharlieSpencer_Palmetto]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:16:36 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[VDI]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Simple, just migrate to XP on VDI]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[spawnywhippet]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:50:57 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the same boat.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[XP at work.  We are getting ready to upgrade to 7.  But eventually something new comes out that you have to have.  In our case it will be new equipment and it comes with the newest version of Windows and MS Office.The world keeps moving and you are forced to move with it.  I don't care for change for changes sake.  But comparing my XP workstation with Office 2003 to my older DOS 5.1 386dx with Borland's version of Office in the 90s, the new version does work better.I do agree with skipping some of the incremental steps along the way.  Kind of like climbing the stairs two or three at a time.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[LocoLobo]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:03:38 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[&quot;it just works&quot; mindset]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Actually I'm for that.  I'm more interested in doing my job than being a power user.  But I want to be able to fix things when they go wrong.  Previous experience says something will go wrong sometime.Good read.  Didn't even know 8 was out.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[LocoLobo]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:54:15 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[#9 Is the Truth]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The people who bitch about Windows 8 and Metro are the types who would probably be happy with just a Powershell prompt.  However, since Windows 8 will run on low-cost tablets, it needs to be as &quot;appliance-like&quot; as possible.  No regedit, no command prompt and no Powershell.  It has to be consumption friendly as well as productivity friendly.People are really underestimating how popular these tablets are going to be.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[fhrivers]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:08:42 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Relax]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but that is the way it is. I have been running Win 7 since beta 1 and I can honestly say I have NEVER had any of these issues. possibly hardware, other software or PEBKAC??? don't know but just remember change is the only constant!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Pinkwho]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:06:20 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I don't know where you are looking]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[but there is a 32-bit version on MSDN. I downloaded it as well as the x64 version. A simple search shows links for the 32-bit version.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mudpuppy1]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:31:18 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Yes, it's still there]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[but if you disable Metro, you also lose the enhanced Task Manager, the pause copy in Explorer and other nice things they added. Personally, I want Metro gone on desktop/laptop systems. It's an unneeded layer on top of Windows that I don't need or want. It kind of reminds me of the old Packard Bell Navigator (I used to work for them) which was added to &quot;make the computer easier to use&quot; but just got in the way.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mudpuppy1]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:04:10 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I think I see where you're going]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Windows is to crap pop music as Linux is to the classics. I like how you think!Once I had a bad squid at a Chinese restaurant and I swore it off for quite some time. The health department did close that place down shortly after that too. Which didn't exactly make me feel any better. But it wasn't a new Chinese restaurant. Those I do like to eat at because they really haven't had time to be around long enough to let things go bad, then serve them.You really are taking your life into your own hands though when you eat buffets. I knew that squid was bad while I was chewing it so I should have just spit it out. Live and learn. That would have been so uber gross though! So I manned up and just swallowed it.Kind of like you Windows users huh? Why don't any of you live and learn?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[paulfx1]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:34:00 -0800</pubDate>
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