Yay! Someone who actually responds with more than some random fanboy accusation!
See below.
That's what I mean. "For now" is MS's reaction to the furore. Cheapskates!
You are confusing media player with media center. You'll always be able to play your stuff for free in media player. Media center is used mainly in media center PCs and not used by 99% of users.
At this stage certainly not. Crap is crap. Read Arthur's posts about WinRT though on this forum. One in the series is
here.
No offense to Arthur but that is simply not possible. I've done quite a bit of dev on Windows 8 RT apps. The limitations are much, MUCH more comprehensive than just the OS being able to terminate apps. These limitations mean that you won't be able to build RT replacements for most of the Win32 apps you use.
Where they did with WinRT is wrap Win32 in a service layer so they can make changes to the underlying platform without compromising on backwards compatibility. While I do agree that the long term strategy would be to get all apps running on this service layer, they will still fall outside of the "Metro" app framework and be without its limitations. Hence I say that it will not replace Win32 in its current form.
Nevertheless true, and pretty ghastly to contemplate if there are ever any serious applications available and running - and some program junks a few hours data crunching for you.
In RT your apps can't run in the background unless it's a browser or music player. Another reason why RT will NOT replace Win32 any time soon.
No -
a fact. ( MANY other sites about this if you Google the issue. )
"Secure Boot feature of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) found on modern Windows 8 PCs will only allow an OS to boot if its code has been digitally signed with a key obtained from Microsoft."
Okay here you've got two concepts completely mixed up. What they are referring to are code signing keys, NOT licence keys. Code signing keys ensure that the OS files have not been tampered with (for any OS), and are implemented by the guys building the OS, not the end-user.
This also has nothing to do with Windows 8, and more with the product manufacturers.
Oh whoop-de-doop. So I must load Win8 first so I can run Linux. LOL!
This is merely an alternative to a situation that doesn't exist. (Above)
No, see
MS's site:
"Generally, an end user can upgrade or replace all of the hardware components on a computer—except the motherboard—and still retain the license for the original Microsoft OEM operating system software. If the motherboard is upgraded or replaced for reasons other than a defect, then a new computer has been created. Microsoft OEM operating system software cannot be transferred to the new computer, and the license of new operating system software is required. "
Combine this with the secure boot and you have a problem.
They are referring to OEM licences, not retail licences. OEM licences are bought in bulk by PC manufacturers so that you get a copy of Windows with your new PC for a tenth of the price. Considering that it is this cheap it makes sense it to be only valid on that PC.
This has always been the case with OEM licences. The licences you and I buy are free from these restrictions.
Of course it won't happen with Win32. But if the long term intention is to junk the "legacy" of Win32, where does that leave you? The store might not have had a security breach, but some ( probably now ex- ) Nokia tech posted a whole piss-easy story on how to convert trial apps to registered ones plus a whole pile of other stuff once the app is on your machine.
Stuff MS and their greed.
This was patched before Win8 was released. This is also possible on a jailbroken (jailbreaked?) iPhone.
You say stuff MS and their greed yet they take the smallest slice of app revenue of any of the large platforms, they've made the dev tools available for free and they let you upgrade for next to nothing. That sure sounds greedy.
