Windows 8 Review and Opinions

Hey guys, while we are on the topic of Microsoft this week, I thought it would be a good time to give a review on Windows 8. To start off, I don't really use the Windows 8 tile interface. I mostly use the desktop mode and to be honest, I hate the Windows 8 interface. But, there are a few good things. So, before I bore you, I will discuss the pros and cons of Windows 8. To start, the cons. The tile interface makes it hard to find what you are looking for. Sometimes, a tile will change and look completely different. This gets a little annoying when trying to find something quickly. Another con is the fact that when you have many programs, the interface just gets too messy. You can't really change the size of the tiles. So, you get the tiles that come with windows 8 that are their own size and have their own pictures. And then, you have many little one tile programs that make the interface look very messy. The last con is things get in your way. What I mean by this is whenever you accidentally move your mouse into any corner, you get pop-up menus that get in you way. This gets very annoying while trying to view things like articles. Now that we have gotten that out of the way, here are the pros. My first pro is the desktop mode reminds me of Windows 7 but with a big improvement. I love the more basic design. Also, it is faster. The next pro is it is easy to set up things like dual monitors. When I wanted to install my second monitor, I thought it was going to be very hard. But, after only about 3 minutes of looking I easily found it. Settings are easily found and are also a lot easier to find then Windows 7. The last pro about Windows 8 is I love that they added desktop mode. I honestly don't know what I would do without desktop mode. It is just like Windows 7 but majorly improved. I also like how I can have the option ov switching between what feels like 2 different OSs. Comment your thoughts below. Please visit my website www.techhype.co, follow me on Twitter, www.twitter.com/techhypeco , and friend me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hunter.duffy.79

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Vizio (Yahoo Controlled) Smart TV

Hey guys, I have been thinking this over for quite a while. But I know feel I know enough to talk to you guys about it today. Getting to the point, today I would like to talk to you about Vizio's smart TV operating system. So, whether you are looking into getting a smart TV, you already have one, or you are just curious about them, this is the article for you! When I got my smart TV I was a little confused with the OS. But it didn't take long to figure out. The OS is pretty nice. To open up the "home" menu, you need to press the "V" button (on Vizio models. OS varies by company). When you press this button, a little menu pops up from the bottom of the screen. In this "tray" you can find all of your apps. One of the only problems with this tray is if you have lots of apps, it takes a while to find the one you want. Also, there is a little bit of lag, but not too much. Before you enter apps, you need to download them. This is probably the biggest downside of the OS. Because the app store is run by Yahoo, there are only just under 150 apps. And many aren't even useful. But some are good like Pandora, YouTube, Twitter, etc. When your apps are downloaded, you can find them in the tray. Most apps will open in a small widget so you may do basic tasks while still watching TV. But you can easily find a button that opens the full application. Unfortunately, some apps are widget or full screen only. While inside applications, they run very smoothly, Without much lag. Also, well known apps such as YouTube run in perfect HD. The TV has very good WiFi but that varies with your TV and your router. But as long as you are fairly close to your router, you should have smooth feed back. That is all I have to say about the Vizio smart TV interface. Comment your thoughts. Please visit my website www.techhype.co, follow me on Twitter, www.twitter.com/techhypeco , and friend me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hunter.duffy.79 

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