Whilst Chromebooks are great as the majority of people’s casual usage machines, sometimes you might need to do work that needs a proper desktop program. One example of this is Visual Studio, and I decided to see if I could find a way to use this on my Chromebook. Obviously, you can’t just install it, … Continue reading Using Windows Programs on a Chromebook
Category: Windows
Twelve days ago, I published a blog post where I announced my plans to use Windows 8 for a full week and see how it went. I posted an update after 3 days, which you can read here, and up until then, I was using it all day, every day. However, on day 6 of … Continue reading Windows 8: A week on
If you've read my last post, you'll know that I've been using Windows 8 as my main OS for three days now, and I plan to keep on using it for a while. I said that I would post if I had interesting features or observations to make, and this is the first of those posts. Aesthetics … Continue reading Windows 8: Day 3
I've posted a few articles on my views of Windows 8 before. My view up until now has been that Windows 8 has some good ideas, but it's been poorly implemented for desktop users with a keyboard and mouse. I've used the Developer Preview, Consumer Preview, Release Preview and now, thanks to MSDN, I'm trying … Continue reading Windows 8 RTM First Impressions
