Make sure you are hitting the top and bottom right corners. It won't appear in the middle of the side of the screen.
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Make sure you are hitting the top and bottom right corners. It won't appear in the middle of the side of the screen.
Seriously? What a mess, what annoys me more is that I need to scroll to the right before I can do it as well.
Why should I need to scroll on my large screen?
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Seriously? What a mess, what annoys me more is that I need to scroll to the right before I can do it as well.
Why should I need to scroll on my large screen?
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Thanks, that helps quite a bit.
I've some very low FPS in Diablo 3 it seems, haven't tried any other games yet.
And just do ALT+F4 to shut down.
Such hassle, I'm so used to just hitting Windows + Left Arrow, Left arrow for sleep mode and Windows, left up up for Lock.
Can't ever leave an unlocked desktop alone.
Windows left up up? You should try Win + L.
I know it, although I have that little setup stuck in my head for years now.
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Yes it is possible to dual boot, I have ubuntu, win 7 and win 8 in my boot loader.
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LOL. Someday this will be reality...
Opposite end of the market tbh. Microsoft are aiming at large tablets, with or without keyboards. The idea is that, as the Windows Store gets better, many people will be able to replace their PCs with Windows tablets. This trend is already happening, but people are replacing PCs with iPads (the current most-viable alternative).
The Nexus 7 is impressive for the money, but it's very much a 'third device'. It's there for media consumption; movies, music, books, games. The term 'giant smartphone' very much rings true.
Microsoft has to worry about the price of the next iPad, the Asus Transformer series and Samsung's larger tabs. That's where direct competition will be found.
The Nexus 7 is impressive for the money, but it's very much a 'third device'. It's there for media consumption; movies, music, books, games. The term 'giant smartphone' very much rings true.
Microsoft has to worry about the price of the next iPad, the Asus Transformer series and Samsung's larger tabs. That's where direct competition will be found.
I have been playing around with the release preview using virtualbox and I think the Metro interface is **** beyond belief. It just looks like it was designed for children, not all of us want bright multi colour squares on our PC screens. Microsoft should do what Apple have done and have two distinct operating systems, one for desktop/laptops, and one for phones/tablets.
Also why would Microsoft alienate their corporate customers with this Metro rubbish??!
Also why would Microsoft alienate their corporate customers with this Metro rubbish??!
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Metro is teh future, mkay?
If that's the case, there will be a lot of converts to Apple and Linux. For desktop PCs - which will be around for a lot longer than some would like (but probably no long enough as for as OCUK is concerned!) - Metro is not an efficient use of a large screen whereas resalable windows are. How many windows have you open on your screen as you read this? Today I only have Thunderbird, Messenger and a spreadsheet. Try that is Metro!
Maybe because a jack of all trades is a master at nothing.....
I have always been a huge Windows/PC fan but forcing this tablet garbage on desktop users wishing to have an up to date OS is silly. Give consumers the Starbucks experience, give them choice and flavour!
Metro apps are pointless on a desktop environment anyway. The whole point of an app is to tailor content to smaller screens of tablets and mobile phones supplemented with an intuitive touch interface etc. With a large monitor, KB/mouse and full functional web browsers we don't need this simplified content.
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