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<blockquote data-quote="hulkhaugen" data-source="post: 944472" data-attributes="member: 84392"><p>Hmm, this discussion went in a different driection from what i expected. Win8, good or bad? time will tell, probably rely a lot on devs making good apps for it. But to compare it with ME(crappy unstabile preformance) and Vista(Heavy on resources) is just wrong. Metro is used for SOME apps, not all, and practically none if you don't want to.</p><p> </p><p>What i imagined, was that plugins such as MovingPictures and MyTVSeries were being developed as a standalone Metro app, aligned with HBO, Netflix, Spotify etc on the metro start menu. Then we wouldn't need the MP "launcher" at all. It's a shame to say given all the hard work that lies behind, but truth is that there will never be that good apps for those services like HBO, Netflix, Spotify etc inside MP. Not unless MP becomes so big that they develop the apps/plugins themself for MP. Taking all the code that is already written, i think the way to support for x86/x64 computers are realistic, but RT is probably way down the line.</p><p> </p><p>I'm using Win8 at my HTPC at the moment and enjoying Netflix, waiting for HBO access. Many more apps is on the way, and probably some brilliant ones we never tought of. I honestly havn't tried the remote yet, and i'm pretty sure it doesn't navigate metro out of the box, so there's another challenge. I'm pretty sure that would kick ass <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> Merry X-mas <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hulkhaugen, post: 944472, member: 84392"] Hmm, this discussion went in a different driection from what i expected. Win8, good or bad? time will tell, probably rely a lot on devs making good apps for it. But to compare it with ME(crappy unstabile preformance) and Vista(Heavy on resources) is just wrong. Metro is used for SOME apps, not all, and practically none if you don't want to. What i imagined, was that plugins such as MovingPictures and MyTVSeries were being developed as a standalone Metro app, aligned with HBO, Netflix, Spotify etc on the metro start menu. Then we wouldn't need the MP "launcher" at all. It's a shame to say given all the hard work that lies behind, but truth is that there will never be that good apps for those services like HBO, Netflix, Spotify etc inside MP. Not unless MP becomes so big that they develop the apps/plugins themself for MP. Taking all the code that is already written, i think the way to support for x86/x64 computers are realistic, but RT is probably way down the line. I'm using Win8 at my HTPC at the moment and enjoying Netflix, waiting for HBO access. Many more apps is on the way, and probably some brilliant ones we never tought of. I honestly havn't tried the remote yet, and i'm pretty sure it doesn't navigate metro out of the box, so there's another challenge. I'm pretty sure that would kick ass :D Merry X-mas :) [/QUOTE]
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