For those who want to see where Windows 8 may be going: Windows Blue leaks online
Those of you who are considering upgrading your non-Apple, non-Linux hardware are likely to encounter a PC with the next generation of Windows 8 – known for now as Windows Blue. So you might wish to look at the leaked screenshots at a professional-level technology news site called “The Verge."
Windows Blue leaks online, includes smaller Live Tiles, new side-by-side Snap Views, and IE 11 Source: Windows Blue leaks online, includes smaller Live Tiles, new side-by-side Snap Views, and IE 11 | The Verge
Although I am satisfied with Windows 7 and Windows XP on my older machines, there will come a time when I, too, will be forced to upgrade my hardware. However, given my satisfaction with Windows 7 and Office 2010, there will have to be a pretty significant advantage before I will alter my workflow and spend the extra dollars. Since I am totally consumed with creative workflow and no longer design systems based on Microsoft’s platforms, there is the possibility that I will adopt Apple as a new vendor and proceed accordingly.
Whatever solution I adopt, I will not rely on the cloud for personal or professionally sensitive information. Continuing to maintain local and off-site backups to protect my work rather than rely on the disk drive in the sky.
-- steve
“Nullius in verba.”-- take nobody's word for it!
“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw
“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”
“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS "The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius “A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell “Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar “Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS