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        <title><![CDATA[Microsoft doesn't care what we think]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Microsoft has proven that it will dictate to the user what they think the user needs and not what the user asks for. They will add more bells and shiny whistles than you can count and call it near perfect...until the first bugs, security breeches and subsequent hotfixes start coming out. Then it's on to Windows 9 and so forth and so on. Been there and done that since DOS 5 and Windows 3.0. Sure there is a need for tablets and tablet OSes for some workers, but try viewing a CAD drawing on an 8-inch tablet that's scaled to print on a wide format printer 3' W x 6' L - good luck with that! Think Microsoft cares? Heck no. They care that Apple is creative and they react to it - over and over and over again. Same old song-and-dance. And the consumer, whether business or home user, is stuck in the middle of a mindless war for more of the computer pie. That said, businesses that need desktops will work around the problem by whatever means is available aka Linux or in-house IT that can make Windows work the way they want need it to. And the poor consumers will babel and repeat what the media says about Windows 8 and how cool it looks. It won't do anything that's really cool, but it sure will look cool - in all it's monochromatic glory.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:23:16 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Windows 8 is failware]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Being someone who has been with Microsoft for over 15 years, i find Windows 8 absolutely absurd. They completely destroyed the integrity of their operating system. I have tried the BETA and most of the time i found myself hanging, determining how to accomplish the simplest tasks is now a &quot;where is Waldo&quot; situation.      Unless hardware technologies evolve the tablet fad will never stick. You have tablet devices exploding because of heat issues. As tablet hardware becomes better, even more issues will become public. Did i forget to mention the fragile factor will need to be reduced or eliminated for me to even consider putting down hundreds of dollars?     Like someone else said, &quot;If W8 is the answer, what was the question?&quot; It seems to be a growing trend with product oriented organizations that they &quot;fix something that isnt broken&quot; essentially reducing requirements of understanding to participate in product utilization to the point where i can just roll my face across the keyboard. Do we really need &quot;tiles&quot; and the metro UI? No we don't, and i thought Microsoft learned from vista. Guess not.    Make no mistake, i am a capitalist and MS is probably trying to appeal to a larger audience effectively increasing their profits, but you don't need to prostitute your product to cater to idiots.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[zjohn1989]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:22:44 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Win 8 - Not bad]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I've just installed Windows 8 and my first impressions are very positive. I can see this being a massive hit on tablets and a real rival to the iPad. What about as a desktop OS? My first impression was &quot;oh, no, this is terrible&quot;. However after 30 mins I'm starting to get into the mindset and find the right tools and shortcuts and I like it. I like the metro screen now I've found out how to shrink it and pan about just by moving the mouse. I can see me only going to the desktop rarely once I have it set up properly.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Whing]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:20:26 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What will the I-Pad look like then?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[By the time they get it out there, I suspect the I-Pad will be another generation ahead (or some new advance will be out - unless Jobs was the only one with any foresight). Microsoft is in catch-up mode with tablets - not only I-Pads, but the improvements that will come with the Android system. B&amp;N already has an improved version of the Nook for $249. I'm sure Amazon is working on improvements to the Kindle Fire. Unless they can find some manufacturer to sell a Microsoft &quot;loaded&quot; (or bloated?) tablet at a price around $100 (or $200), it may be their only choice is the desktop and the die-hards who want their tablet to function like their desktop.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bobc4012@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:48:42 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I like XP]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I like windows XP. windows7 ran slow.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[xiaokaige]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 01:44:47 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The real desktop advantage]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The big advantage with the desktop PC in the work environment comes down to better mechanical advantages. running industrial strength applications all day in the work environment with high powered machines is the volume inside enables better cooling, even some high powered laptops used hard all day get much hotter than is good for them. Tablets and laptops are only good for light work, word processing, a few spreadsheets email and the like, not up to heavy duty work all day long.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[j-mart@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:43:14 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Seeing a mistake here.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Seeing a mistake here, Windows 8 is for the touch screen generation, it is NOT only for Windows phones or tablets. Every major player in manufacturing PCs are coming equipped with touch screen monitors, Dell, HP, Gateway, etc have their new models out with a upgrade cert for Windows 8 when released, and the monitors in those boxes are ALL touch screen.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mikeholli]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:44:38 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Not to worry Ian.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Not to worry Ian, as already reported by eightforums.com the desktop isn't going anywhere, and the start button is also going to remain. From sources at Microsoft there will be a switch when you install Windows 8, to go either the Metro Interface, or the traditional interface.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mikeholli]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:33:59 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Actually blarman...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Actually blarman that is incorrect! Windows 8 will work on a 1.3GHz CPU, and with only a single gigabyte of RAM.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mikeholli]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:28:11 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Microsoft said:]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Microsoft said that the metro interface will remain, what you see with DP, is just about what you will get in CP, RTM, and final.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mikeholli]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:25:45 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ummmmmm]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Ummmmmm, IT won't be an upgrade, Windows 7 will be totally WIPED from your PC, and unless Microsoft does something before RTM version is released YOU will have to format your computer and do a clean install of Windows 7, cannot back track from Windows 8 to Windows 7. Will have to be a clean install.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mikeholli]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:22:55 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[LoL]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[LoL  mudpuppy, WAIT then till you see the NEW Windows flag/button logo then, MS has dropped their old one that dates back to Windows 3.x in favor of a new logo that looks like to me a plus sign in a box...NOT kidding you.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mikeholli]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:17:02 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Doesn't believe that is true]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Doesn't believe that is true, seeing as how I use Windows 8DP, and will upgrade it to the beta when released, but killing off the Metro interface doesn't change any option that you have with the tiles. EVEN clicking on the start flag's options are still there but on the right side of the screen.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mikeholli]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:14:27 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Can easily be done...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Can easily be done, just use MetroTweakUI to turn off the tiles and get a regular desktop]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mikeholli]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:11:40 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Do you NEED Linux anymore?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Do you NEED Linux anymore? I say no, been using Windows 8 DP since September 2011, and you can run Linux packages directly in it, and this has been documented.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mikeholli]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:09:30 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Beta/Consumer Preview dated: Feb 29, 2012.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Are WE ready?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mikeholli]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:07:01 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Of course you realize]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[That there is an Edit Tab there which allows you to edit or add to an existing post don't you?After all this is TR not Tweeber for Twits. Col]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[HAL 9000]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:36:06 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I would say this is definitly not true]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[That in fact, PC gaming is increasing as cheap hardware improves in speed.Take a lookhttp://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?year=2011PC Gaming is not declining.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Slayer_]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:52:16 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[whoops]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[meant to add more. Liked this article]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[julieboston]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:21:13 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[interesting]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-378744-3633689]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[hmmm]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[julieboston]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:20:39 -0800</pubDate>
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