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Old 03-10-14, 08:04 AM   #1
Onkel Neal
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Default A new Windows 8.1 update tries to win back desktop diehards

http://www.zdnet.com/a-new-windows-8...ds-7000027123/

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With its second major update to Windows 8 in less than 18 months, Microsoft is trying to ease the pain for Windows users who are befuddled by the Windows 8 interface on conventional PCs. Here's what you can expect. Will it be enough to calm the troubled waters?
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The biggest mistake Microsoft made with Windows 8 was to deliberately eliminate some of the touchstones of the Windows 7 desktop interface
Well, yeah. Why software companies think they need to overhaul the interface when it works fine is stupid. I still cannot find stuff in Office 2007's byzantine toolbars

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Windows 8.1 was a first, very large step on the road to rectifying that mistake. This update—let’s call it Windows 8.1.1—is a continuation of those changes, designed to make the new OS work more smoothly on conventional PCs driven by a keyboard and mouse.
Why do they think I want to smudge up my monitor using it like a touchscreen...I have this awesome device called a "mouse".
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