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THE_STIG wrote:What was that about android not being dominant jamin, observe the following:

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That is not dominant. Android and iOS are pretty close. It's like a leopard and a cougar fighting instead of a house cat and a leopard fighting.
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No, elsewhere
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KALSTER wrote:That is not dominant. Android and iOS are pretty close. It's like a leopard and a cougar fighting instead of a house cat and a leopard fighting.
Yea but it still has the greater share
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Please lets not actually discuss that image or give it any credence whatsoever.
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jamin_za wrote:Please lets not actually discuss that image or give it any credence whatsoever.
Especially in the Windows 8 thread. ;)
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Hman wrote:I've seen that self same graphic on line.
Yes, on PCF wasn't it?
No, on my flickr account where I uploaded it after making it.

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Not sure that this technically fits here, but ...
Mozilla issued a statement Wednesday expressing concern about some of the technical restrictions that Microsoft is imposing on its ARM port of Windows 8. Microsoft’s policies will effectively prevent Mozilla and others from bringing their Web browsers to the Windows 8 desktop on ARM systems.

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So I've just installed the Windows 8 preview on my laptop, and so far I have to say that I'm actually very impressed.

They've managed to keep things easy and simple to use, despite a total lack of a start menu. I mean - you can even search in the start screen the same way you did with the old one.

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DarkStar wrote:So I've just installed the Windows 8 preview on my laptop, and so far I have to say that I'm actually very impressed.

They've managed to keep things easy and simple to use, despite a total lack of a start menu. I mean - you can even search in the start screen the same way you did with the old one.

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garyvdh wrote:I installed the Windows 8 Developer Preview last night. If this is what Microsoft is planning on releasing to the Public then we have another Vista or WinMe on our hands. It is ugly and clunky and completely counter intuitive. If you are a Windows user stick with Win7.
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I'd have to say there is a big difference between the Developer Preview and the Release Preview (Which I have). :P
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Google has rolled out experimental support for running Chrome in the Windows 8 Metro environment. The feature landed yesterday in the Chrome developer channel and is available for testing on the Windows 8 Release Preview.

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DarkStar wrote:I'd have to say there is a big difference between the Developer Preview and the Release Preview
Is this knee-jerk faboism or have you used both?
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No, that was just me presuming.

I've only used the Release Preview - and I'm liking it so far.

Although, I can definitely see that this OS isn't going to take off like Windows 7 did. It's just too alien, and too much of a jump from the familiar start menu for people to invest the time in it.
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