[Info] Windows 8 wants to nickel and dime you to death

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Sindows 7 join:2006-09-13 Chilliwack, BC kudos:2 Reviews: ·TekSavvy DSL ·Shaw ·TELUS	[Info] Windows 8 wants to nickel and dime you to death Looks like Windows 8 will be wanting mo' money for everything. After wanting Windows 7 users to "terminate" sidebar gadgets, now they want you to cough up for aps in the aps store. Windows 8 makes me wanna puke everytime I see news about it. quote: Microsoft's app store for Windows 8 has been on a slow and steady push towards 400 apps recently, despite the fact app publishing is still reserved for a small number of developers right now. After being previewed at a Microsoft event back in December, McAkins online notes that eBay has published its own Metro style app in the Windows Store, bringing the online shopping site to Windows 8 tablets and PCs. quote: Windows Store will be integrated into Windows 8. With just a few taps, you will be able to buy touch-friendly, Metro-style applications built for the new OS
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Razzy join:2012-06-21	said by Sindows 7: Looks like Windows 8 will be wanting mo' money for everything. After wanting Windows 7 users to "terminate" sidebar gadgets, now they want you to cough up for aps in the aps store. Windows 8 makes me wanna puke everytime I see news about it. quote: Microsoft's app store for Windows 8 has been on a slow and steady push towards 400 apps recently, despite the fact app publishing is still reserved for a small number of developers right now. After being previewed at a Microsoft event back in December, McAkins online notes that eBay has published its own Metro style app in the Windows Store, bringing the online shopping site to Windows 8 tablets and PCs. quote: Windows Store will be integrated into Windows 8. With just a few taps, you will be able to buy touch-friendly, Metro-style applications built for the new OS That's just Metro apps. The Windows software can still be downloaded/sold at developers/publisher's pleasure.
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Sindows 7 join:2006-09-13 Chilliwack, BC kudos:2	reply to Sindows 7 yes but metro seems to be the spotlight of the OS, theres no way to terminate it like sidebar gadgets.
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Razzy join:2012-06-21	Well.. it is.. it's a new thing for Windows 8.. what you want MS to do? Hide it so nobody knows about it? There are tons of free apps on Metro app store, games included which will sell. Windows 7 didn't have that. What do you mean terminate it? You just close it.
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JohnInSJ Premium join:2003-09-22 San Jose, CA Reviews: ·PHONE POWER ·Comcast	reply to Sindows 7 said by Sindows 7: Windows 8 makes me wanna puke everytime I see news about it. This (integrated app stores) is how software (trusted software) will be sold in the future. Same as Apple. Same as Google. Sorry about your stomach issues, hope you get them resolved. -- My place : »www.schettino.us
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towerdave join:2002-01-16 O Fallon, IL	reply to Sindows 7 said by Sindows 7: Looks like Windows 8 will be wanting mo' money for everything. After wanting Windows 7 users to "terminate" sidebar gadgets, now they want you to cough up for aps in the aps store. Windows 8 makes me wanna puke everytime I see news about it. quote: Microsoft's app store for Windows 8 has been on a slow and steady push towards 400 apps recently, despite the fact app publishing is still reserved for a small number of developers right now. After being previewed at a Microsoft event back in December, McAkins online notes that eBay has published its own Metro style app in the Windows Store, bringing the online shopping site to Windows 8 tablets and PCs. quote: Windows Store will be integrated into Windows 8. With just a few taps, you will be able to buy touch-friendly, Metro-style applications built for the new OS Unless you purchase the USB connected "Microsoft Holds A Gun To Your Head" .50 caliber dongle, you have nothing to worry about. Nobody is going to force you to buy anything. TD
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Paolo Mr. Wireless join:2004-05-29 canada	nickel and diming? well in canada they are quarter and looney'ing us.
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The Pig I know you want to be me Premium join:2009-09-11	reply to Sindows 7 I'm still trying to figure out whats so hot about windows7 so I won't be using 8 for a long, long time! Maybe by the time windows 13 comes out MS OSs will work as good as windows XP does!
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Dustyn Premium join:2003-02-26 Ontario, CAN kudos:10	I won't be upgrading from XP SP3 on my family's computer as it does everything they need. I don't feel comfortable in deploying it on their PC as they probably won't see the need for it either. I honestly think they would be happy with Windows 98SE or even Windows Me! -- Remember that cool hidden "Graffiti Wall" here on BBR? After the name change I became the "owner", so to speak as it became: Dustyn's Wall »[Serious] RIP
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CylonRed Premium,MVM join:2000-07-06 Bloom County	reply to The Pig Windows 7 works better than XP IMHO after using Win7 since it came out at work and XP at home. Start button is finally real (ie: Good) and it does everything very well and super stable. -- Brian "It drops into your stomach like a Abrams's tank.... driven by Rosanne Barr..." A. Bourdain
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Razzy join:2012-06-21	said by CylonRed: Windows 7 works better than XP IMHO after using Win7 since it came out at work and XP at home. Start button is finally real (ie: Good) and it does everything very well and super stable. Yep and Windows 8 is even better.
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CylonRed Premium,MVM join:2000-07-06 Bloom County	With what I have seen so far - eh... Care to elaborate at all?
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Razzy join:2012-06-21	Don't really have time/motivation to type out an essay but I have been using it for over a month and I do not even want to go back to 7. I could not wait to upgrade my PC at my business to 8 when it comes out. Seeing how it is doesn't work at all.
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CylonRed Premium,MVM join:2000-07-06 Bloom County	NO essay needed - a few simple points is all that is needed... BTW - this part "Seeing how it is doesn't work at all." is confusing - what does not work????? If it is Win 7 - it works very well so then we would need your definition of 'works'. -- Brian "It drops into your stomach like a Abrams's tank.... driven by Rosanne Barr..." A. Bourdain
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Razzy join:2012-06-21	reply to CylonRed FYI, time I spent in desktop on Windows 8 = 99% Time spent on Metro apps on Windows 8 = 1%
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Razzy join:2012-06-21	reply to CylonRed said by CylonRed: NO essay needed - a few simple points is all that is needed... BTW - this part "Seeing how it is doesn't work at all." is confusing - what does not work????? If it is Win 7 - it works very well so then we would need your definition of 'works'. The Start Screen is a start menu replacement. The rest are bascially the same.
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CylonRed Premium,MVM join:2000-07-06 Bloom County	reply to Razzy said by Razzy: FYI, time I spent in desktop on Windows 8 = 99% Time spent on Metro apps on Windows 8 = 1% I am confused - no idea what you are trying to convey here - no idea at all. -- Brian "It drops into your stomach like a Abrams's tank.... driven by Rosanne Barr..." A. Bourdain
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CylonRed Premium,MVM join:2000-07-06 Bloom County	reply to Razzy said by Razzy: said by CylonRed: NO essay needed - a few simple points is all that is needed... BTW - this part "Seeing how it is doesn't work at all." is confusing - what does not work????? If it is Win 7 - it works very well so then we would need your definition of 'works'. The Start Screen is a start menu replacement. The rest are bascially the same. So - Win8 is so vastly better for the Start Screen...? Seriously? I would not pay $40 if that is the best thing about Win8. With at - I see the futility and will stop following the thread. -- Brian "It drops into your stomach like a Abrams's tank.... driven by Rosanne Barr..." A. Bourdain
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Razzy join:2012-06-21	Ha no, a lot of new features - like fast boot, explorer ribbon/task manager, better performance/memory management, live tiles on start screen displaying useful information (like gadgets but better), there are more I missed for sure.
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sivran Opera convert Premium join:2003-09-15 Arlington, TX kudos:1	reply to CylonRed That Metro is easily ignorable and doesn't really get in the way at all. I probably spend a bit more time in it than Razzy though since sometimes I like to sit there and browse through the News applet, and I have the weather one constantly going so temperature info is just a single click away. -- Think Outside the Fox.
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