Porn didn't side with VHS, VHS sided with porn. Betamax wouldn't license to porn producers, while VHS would.

First off, it wasn't about the porn industry supporting one or the other (they always prefer to be platform agnostic, for obvious reasons), it was about the platform not allowing their content. Betamax refused to license to porn, so VHS won.

Again, I mostly only use the Metro apps when I'm flying solo with just the touchscreen notebook. As soon as I'm set up at a desk with a secondary monitor, I'm using almost 100% desktop apps. But that's the beauty of it: I've got both in one computer sharing the same data.

That's my impression, and my contacts sure seem unchanged...

I highly doubt it. I'm sure it will run a Windows Genuine Advantage scan first and confirm you're not eligible.

As Aquila points out, that's the Home & Student version. Not legal to use for business.

It works beautifully with a minimum of effort to get used to it, much like any OS UI overhaul. I use it exclusively on my work notebook and it's great. And unlike nerdwaller, I didn't disable anything, because I prefer to actually experience how the OS was designed to run and not run into surprising compatibility…

You realize Apple is a hardware company, right? OS X is little more than marketing for their hardware. They can sell it cheap because the profit isn't in it. Microsoft's a software company. ALL of their income is in the software. They can't afford to sell it cheap and stay in business.

Thank you. So few people know this or care to point it out. Vista's RAM usage was technically an improvement. It was just poorly communicated to alarmist users.

Very little, actually. They specifically designed it, unlike previous versions, to suspend the vast majority of system processes that aren't needed until they're needed.

Luckily their web installer (which is what this deal is for) includes both doing a clean install, or creating a bootable DVD/flash drive for install.

Naturally, yes. Just like 7 wouldn't do a direct upgrade from XP. Only this time they're nice enough to at least bring you files over for you. But upgrading from such an old OS directly isn't worth the dev time, or the headaches it would cause the user. Clean installs are much smarter.

I honestly mostly use it in desktop mode while at work, and its other improvements are, indeed, worth it alone. That said, since I have a touchscreen, when I'm away from my second monitor and mouse, I find Metro's pretty nice for single-screen use.

I enjoyed it AND found it to be a great film. I thought the depth of plot, depth of emotion, and storytelling that were pulled off with mere facial expressions and body language were exceptional, not just for their time, but now. I didn't enjoy it merely in its historical context, I enjoyed it. Period. And that was my…

No. Is that a requirement for whether something is watchable?

This is what I was thinking. I saw "The Complete Metropolis" in a theater last year with a friend, and it was still missing that 8 minutes or so that was simply described in text. I thought all signs pointed to them being quite sure that was never coming back, and a close friend of mine who I went with and is a HUGE…

I watched The Complete Metropolis for the first time ever last year, with no specific knowledge of it before that, and loved it. Completely watchable and enjoyable, and I am NOT a silent film buff by any means.

Nailed it. Poor understanding of the issue on Gizmodo's part.

I still like the 3D, and I find myself missing it on other screens. That said, the 3DS was ALWAYS strong enough, and a big enough upgrade, to stand on its own, without needing the 3D gimmick. Had it had all of its same functionality without that, it would still have been kickass. The 3D was merely a selling gimmick.…

Okay, and...?