Recent content by JoeyDee86

The problem is that the best part of Windows 8 that no one uses is the universal search. Hit windows key, and type in. You don't need to click Search. It's far quicker than looking for an icon on your desktop on start menu a la Win7. Don't remember someones phone number? Type in their name, boom...

Of course, you still have that flexability though to run it locally. That's the point of the universal apps. RemoteApps is just when you either are unable to run a legacy program(not a universal app), or when you need much more horsepower to run something. It's nice to be able to tell Azure "hey...

Minor rant alert. It's funny how consumers know nothing of Microsoft and exactly how vital they are. Apple is surviving strictly off of it's mobile business, that's why they're focusing on that and not worrying about their desktop OS. There's more people on VISTA still than all versions of OS...

Chrome is a fork of Chromium just like Opera is

I have a Surface Pro 1 with the Power Cover. I get typically 6-9 hours of normal use per charge with it. 4-5 hours of gaming via Steam's In-Home Streaming. When I used to use Chrome to watch baseball games on MLB.tv, my Surface would get hot, high CPU usage, and i'd barely get 2-2.5 hours. I...