Posts by CrazyKanuck

Windows 8.1: Read this BEFORE updating - especially you, IT admins

Re: Usual MS upgrade stuff then...

While I am feeling for your download speed, why don't you download it once, burn it to a DVD then install it on your clients computers?

They all have legit W8 correct? So, there is no sweat, and they don't have to wait 12h to download...

Here comes Windows 8.1! Microsoft grits teeth, pushes upgrade to world

Good and bad in the same time

I do use Windows 8. I have to. Regardless what people say, Windows is going to exist masivelly on the business side. Because it owns it. Regardless of the numbers, I don't think that the PC is going the way of the Dodo. Because we still need to work, write letters, use multiple displays, program something... whatever. You can't have that with a tablet. I still need the possibility of adding a keyboard and a mouse. Ah... when I want to disconnect, I can go on the web. But how many of us are doing it? I take the train everyday and I watch people with tablets or smartphones - they play or read some newspaper. They don't work. The ones that work use laptops, thank you very much.

And the application store? Who needs a million apps? I have a smartphone (android) for a long time here, and I have a few games (free) and a few apps (free too). Why would this (the number of available apps) be an issue regardless of the OS maker? I am pretty cool and happy with the options available in Microsoft Store.

Where the buck stops however, is the price. I think that Surface Pro is way to expensive, and it is not going to be a success. And that is the problem in my opinion.

What Microsoft should do is really have two packages - one for tablets and one for PC's. All that SLATE crap is not helping on a PC (or laptop) that doesn't have Touch...