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You're completely missing my point. Right now everything I need to use runs on the desktop, but that may not always be true in the future. If applications that I need to use do switch to Modern UI then it'll no longer be so optional. That was the point I was trying to make by bringing up...

I find that much too limited compared with a fully functional desktop UI. I very rarely want to place windows in a narrow column down the side of the screen and Modern UI restricts me to that one option. Splitting the screen equally between two apps using Aero Snap is much more useful, but I...

That's the problem. I don't think that any Modern UI applications translate well to running on my desktop PC. Even when it comes to relatively simple applications, they're still compromised on a mouse/keyboard system due to their touch optimised controls. Apps like document viewers, browsers...

That's probably true for tablet users and for people who only work with one maximised application, but like I said I have a desktop PC with a large display and use multiple windows. Apps designed for small touchscreens, using large touch optimised controls, and forced to run fullscreen (or in a...

I said that the command line faded into the background, not that it disappeared completely. The point is that while the command line still has niche uses, all the mainstream software quite quickly became graphical. Even if I was a dedicated command line fan I couldn't avoid using a graphical...

I'd probably buy Windows 8 if I ever wanted a touchscreen tablet, but I'm a pretty dedicated desktop user and that's not likely to change. While Modern UI may work well on a touchscreen tablet it's a bad joke on a large screen desktop PC with a mouse and keyboard. Of course I can stick with the...

That's an insult to Windows 3, which offered much more flexible window management than Metro does. Metro is more like a return to the days of Windows 1, where you weren't expected to multitask much and couldn't overlap windows (although in some ways even that 1985 GUI was less limited)...

I don't remember seeing any indication that it was a "weekend special". It wasn't highlighted in the listings like the "This Week Only Offers". If I'd known that the price was temporary then I'd have ordered some for my Ivybridge build there and then, instead of taking my time deciding on a...

I'll be building a slimline mATX system with a 250W PSU. IvyBridge may not be the best choice for overclocking, but lower power consumption is a selling point for HTPC use. I'll wait for Haswell for my main PC though.

I haven't had any issues with ATI GPU scaling. It gives you the choice of stretching the image to fit the screen or maintaining aspect ratio, with the image centred and black bars on each side. I've tried some old 640x480 and 800x600 games, along with more modern titles in a variety of...

I haven't had any problems running games at non-native resolutions. The WC's lack of a scaler just means that the graphics card handles scaling rather than the monitor doing it itself. I find this better than my old monitor, as my graphics card offers the option of maintaining aspect ratio...

I haven't actually compared the two versions, but I think I made the right choice in going for the non-glass model. Even without the glass the screen's still glossy, and with a fairly well lit room I can easily see myself reflected in dark areas of the screen. Tweaking the angle of the screen...

I upgraded from a 28" Hanns-G to a 27" Hazro HZ27WC, and at the moment that's just within your £400 budget. The Hazro monitors aren't without their issues and limitations (see the threads here), but with the higher resolution and IPS panel the difference in image quality is massive. I find...

I've tried that on my old 27.5" HannsG and 22" Dell TN monitors and neither of them produced additional noise. Could the increased noise when displaying certain content be an IPS issue? While those horizontal lines show the monitor at its worst, the noise can still be pretty bad when working...

Wow! I thought it was bad with a maximised text document. My WC sounds like it's about to explode if I view that fullscreen. With that on screen it's louder than my PC, external hard drive and Sky+HD recorder put together. Does anyone know why displaying horizontal lines would cause a monitor...

I've been playing around with the contrast too (using software since I have a HZ27WC) and it definitely makes a significant difference. I need to turn it down to around 40% before the monitor becomes inaudible, but even at 95% there's a noticeable reduction in noise. Setting contrast to 90%...

The noise doesn't change at all if I alter the monitor's brightness, and there aren't any metal objects nearby. I've moved my PC as far away from the monitor as my longest cables allow (over 2.5m) and turned off every other electrical device in the area. It doesn't make any difference. As...

I didn't notice last night, with a TV on and an external hard drive running on the desk, but using it this morning my HZ27WC does strike me as pretty noisy. Definitely the loudest monitor I've owned. If I fill the screen with an ebook reader then it produces a loud high pitched buzz that...

When I first plugged in my HZ27WC I was left with an empty black screen, and after rebooting in 640x480 it displayed two scrambled duplicates of my Windows desktop, just like you describe. The problem was that GPU image scaling wasn't turned on in the graphics preferences. With that activated...

Built in speakers are useful for me. My PC is linked to my Hi-Fi system and 40" TV for most music/video playback and I either use headphones or my current monitor's speakers for everything else. I don't even own separate computer speakers at the moment. The 5W speakers in the Hazro monitor...