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[safasdfafsf]

Wow! Impressive!

[berock212]

I think that that is now almost double the number of apps the mac app store has, and it's been around for years, while the Microsoft app store has been around for a month.

[dave521r]

It would be nice to find an App in the App Store (as opposed to Programs that run on the desktop) that is really useful to run on a 24-inch monitor. Any suggestions?

[grapemanca]

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It would be nice to find an App in the App Store (as opposed to Programs that run on the desktop) that is really useful to run on a 24-inch monitor. Any suggestions?

Ha! You wish. Until such time as Microsoft backs down in this game of chicken with its customers, the only solution is to download something like Start8 and run Win8 almost exactly like Win7. Honestly, the Win8 apps bore me, so I rarely visit the Metro/Modern interface, but it's nice to have the Win8 speed and security on my "Win7" machine... especially when I'm multitasking between 4-8 windows on two large monitors with just a flick of my mouse.

[dave521r]

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It would be nice to find an App in the App Store (as opposed to Programs that run on the desktop) that is really useful to run on a 24-inch monitor. Any suggestions? Ha! You wish. Until such time as Microsoft backs down in this game of chicken with its customers, the only solution is to download something like Start8 and run Win8 almost exactly like Win7. Honestly, the Win8 apps bore me, so I rarely visit the Metro/Modern interface, but it's nice to have the Win8 speed and security on my "Win7" machine... especially when I'm multitasking between 4-8 windows on two large monitors with just a flick of my mouse.

Yes, I do "wish" :-) A good start would be to allow multiple "app" windows of a smaller size to exist in the New UI (aka Metro) operating space. After all it is a "Windows" operating system.

[YukonCornelius]

I think the number of apps will steadily increase, but it really isn't about quantity. It is about *quality*. So many garbage Apps, not just from MS, but Apple and Google too. I read Apple just hit the 1 Million mark with their Apps, but so what. Trying to comb through 1Million Apps is a herculean task. Hopefully, we will see more useful Apps for Win8 and not just vapid games and 50 different password generator Apps.

[Extremist]

berock212, on 23 November 2012 - 10:53 AM, said:

I think that that is now almost double the number of apps the mac app store has, and it's been around for years, while the Microsoft app store has been around for a month.

Of course it does. Windows has a larger user base, among other things. I think that the Windows Store will soon have a catalog of apps rivaling that of the iOS App Store (which recently hit 1 million approved apps) and Google Play.

This post has been edited by Extremist: 23 November 2012 - 12:53 PM

[jazzy007]

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It would be nice to find an App in the App Store (as opposed to Programs that run on the desktop) that is really useful to run on a 24-inch monitor. Any suggestions?

Dave521r, what do you mean with a useful App in a 24-inch monitor? What will you call useful? And what relation does a 24-inch monitor have with an App?

The Windows 8 tiles are bigger than icons and the lives ones are more informative. A bigger monitor will give you a better chance to see more tiles, but other than that I don't understand your statement or question.

An App is a light (very light) program, meaning it does not have all the power and features of a full program that runs in the desktop. That is why the Surface RT cannot handle full fledge programs because the ARM chip doesn't have the power to handle this program. So, if you are using Windows 8 Pro under a intel chip, you statement does not make sense.

[dave521r]

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It would be nice to find an App in the App Store (as opposed to Programs that run on the desktop) that is really useful to run on a 24-inch monitor. Any suggestions? Dave521r, what do you mean with a useful App in a 24-inch monitor? What will you call useful? And what relation does a 24-inch monitor have with an App? The Windows 8 tiles are bigger than icons and the lives ones are more informative. A bigger monitor will give you a better chance to see more tiles, but other than that I don't understand your statement or question. An App is a light (very light) program, meaning it does not have all the power and features of a full program that runs in the desktop. That is why the Surface RT cannot handle full fledge programs because the ARM chip doesn't have the power to handle this program. So, if you are using Windows 8 Pro under a intel chip, you statement does not make sense.

I mean an app that utilizes all/most of the space on the 24-inch monitor. Weather might be useful if you didn't have to scroll a bunch to see everything that would easily fit on the monitor. All the apps are designed for 7 or 10 inch screens so are a complete waste of space on a large monitor. If you could have several on at once like window panes that would be useful. The program is called Windows not Tablet.

[waldojim]

dave521r, on 23 November 2012 - 04:27 PM, said:

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It would be nice to find an App in the App Store (as opposed to Programs that run on the desktop) that is really useful to run on a 24-inch monitor. Any suggestions? Dave521r, what do you mean with a useful App in a 24-inch monitor? What will you call useful? And what relation does a 24-inch monitor have with an App? The Windows 8 tiles are bigger than icons and the lives ones are more informative. A bigger monitor will give you a better chance to see more tiles, but other than that I don't understand your statement or question. An App is a light (very light) program, meaning it does not have all the power and features of a full program that runs in the desktop. That is why the Surface RT cannot handle full fledge programs because the ARM chip doesn't have the power to handle this program. So, if you are using Windows 8 Pro under a intel chip, you statement does not make sense.

I mean an app that utilizes all/most of the space on the 24-inch monitor. Weather might be useful if you didn't have to scroll a bunch to see everything that would easily fit on the monitor. All the apps are designed for 7 or 10 inch screens so are a complete waste of space on a large monitor. If you could have several on at once like window panes that would be useful. The program is called Windows not Tablet.

Click on the 'desktop' app, and enjoy many windows.

[Anudeep]

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I think that that is now almost double the number of apps the mac app store has, and it's been around for years, while the Microsoft app store has been around for a month.

See berock mac store apps are for the desktop which are designed to be used by mouse and keyboard they have a separate app store for their tablet platform which has 275000apps the windows 8 app store is primarily for Windows 8 tablets not for Windows 8 laptops/desktops Microsoft doesn't even have a mac store competitor so it's 200000 Microsoft and 275000 apple

[dave521r]

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Click on the 'desktop' app, and enjoy many windows.

Cute! I don't have to click on desktop, Windows 8 boots to the desktop if you ask nicely.

So I guess we agree, the "Metro" apps aren't very useful on a 24-in monitor.

[waldojim]

dave521r, on 23 November 2012 - 06:27 PM, said:

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Click on the 'desktop' app, and enjoy many windows.

Cute! I don't have to click on desktop, Windows 8 boots to the desktop if you ask nicely.

So I guess we agree, the "Metro" apps aren't very useful on a 24-in monitor.

I wouldn't know. I don't use them. I use the applications necessary for my media center. When I did use them, it was for things like Slacker and Netflix. Both of which work out quite well in Metro.

[cepwiz]

Even w/ 20k Apps... good grief. There are way too many apps that try to do what you can already do in the browser... give me a way to find/browse the content I need...websites are optimizing their sites to work best on the detected device (be it phone, tablet, PC, etc. - have you tried USAToday in the Tablet browser lately?). One App a friend referred me to is Search Tiles. They get it... its about efficiency and content. Let the destination do the work... not me. Ironically, w/ this app, you can actually search the plethora of PCWorld content... something you cannot do with the PCWorld App.. haha.

[ronin7752]

This pretty much convinces me the Mello is an M$ schill. M$'s original goal was 100k *before* launch. It just reached 20k three months *after* launch, but he writes this "article" like it's a "success story".

[ronin7752]

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dave521r said
....So I guess we agree, the "Metro" apps aren't very useful on a 24-in monitor.

WaldoJim said
I wouldn't know. I don't use them. I use the applications necessary for my media center. When I did use them, it was for things like Slacker and Netflix. Both of which work out quite well in Metro.

More evidence that WJ is an *not* a professional or business user. ...Just an M$ enthusiast.

Aside from the fact that he uses Win 8 mostly as a media system and not in a wide variety of hardware and business configurations, he fails to acknowledge that M$ considers desktop mode a "legacy" option -- and will probably muck it up even worse -- or even eliminate it completely -- it in the future. (My guess is that it will be by Win 10.)

...Unless enough "average" end-users complain about it that they make the "don't-call-it-Metro" UI an *option* -- as they have done since Win 95. ...But M$ will probably ignore even the most severe backlash over Metro...

[ronin7752]

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WaldoJim:

Click on the 'desktop' app, and enjoy many windows.

The Metro-implemented desktop is totally mucked up and not at all as efficient as the old version. The fact that you admit you mostly use Win 8 for media ("recreation") -- and not in a wide variety of hardware and software configurations -- *proves* you have *no* idea how bad this implementation is for Pro users.

[ronin7752]

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berock212 said
I think that that is now almost double the number of apps the mac app store has, and it's been around for years, while the Microsoft app store has been around for a month. Of course it does. Windows has a larger user base, among other things. I think that the Windows Store will soon have a catalog of apps rivaling that of the iOS App Store (which recently hit 1 million approved apps) and Google Play.

20k is a *LONG* way from *1 million* apps -- especially for a company whose platforms have been used by 90% or more of all PC end-users for the past 22 years.

[ronin7752]

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Wow! Impressive!

Coming from a user named "safasdfafsf". Wow! *Not* impressive! Yet this will certainly, somehow be counted as *positive* feedback for Win 8. We now live in an impossible world of lies.