It's not about "learning a new UI, it's the simple fact that it's shite. I'm happy to learn a new system if it works and is worth it. I don't think Metro fits either of those requirements.

I'm sick of people saying stupid shit like that. Just because I don't like it, it must be because it's "different"? [www.theregister.co.uk]

No one should be judging the underlying improves to the OS as a whole, because they've made some great steps forward. The point is the comedy UI they force you to use if you want to have all the other goodies. Give me the W8 code with the W7 UI on top and you've got a day one sale. Force the clown show that is Metro…

No, you can't. Have you even used the thing?

I hope Microsoft get over this experiment quickly. Preferably before they release W8 to market. Windows 8 feels like an open sourced version of Windows coded by amateurs on the internet. It certainly doesn't feel like a release of the World's most popular OS coded by the World's biggest software company. It'll affect…

Still doesn't mean you can get by without using Metro, because you just can't.

I think he was making an overemphasized point as an example. Mac hardware costs considerably more than what it should and that can't be denied. It's simple fact.

Not without hacking it to pieces or using third party tools you can't.

A hackintosh is not the same as a Mac. It's a cobbled together, unstable stopgap solution. I've been experimenting with OSx86 since it appeared and I'd never rely on it for anything other than dicking around with.

Looked a lot to me like a misjudgement on flyby number 2. I think the very fact that someone was recording video at that moment suggests it was planned. It's not unknown for pilots to do stupid stuff like this try to impress people. It's also not unknown for that to go wrong. Either of our explanations is possible.

Well done to those pilots. As if enough lives aren't lost in these pointless wars, they have to risk more by dicking around. I hope they're discharged out of the service immediately.

I can't believe Jamie Hyneman is giving this any credit. Wasn't he the one who referred to anyone who didn't agree on the 'plane on a conveyor belt' as 'idiots' and now he's even giving thought to whether this is real or not? It's been proven over and over how complex the motion is for a bird to fly. This fool is not…

Not only fake, but let's get guessing on what this is viral advertising for.

I did the same as you. I've got more than a terabyte of movies & TV stored. I went with a Mac Mini. You can get the 2009 & 2010 models for a song if you shop around. I installed Plex (which is free) and you just hook it up to your TV through HDMI. You can watch all your media (format is unimportant as Plex will…

Steaming has it's drawbacks too. Any issues with your connection and the movie will be unwatchable. Can't really use your connection for other bandwidth hungry uses at the same time unless you've got pretty good speed. Your ISP might have a data cap which you'll hit quickly. Worst of all, if your connection or the…

"There is still no real good solution for someone who wants to digitize their DVD collection. " Disagree. I have every single movie I own stored on an external hard drive which is connected to a Mac Mini (which is the older 2010 model and I got for a good price) and streamed to all my computers and iPad for free…

"...you own an indestructible copy of the movie that takes up no space and can never be taken away from you" Either you download and store it locally, in which case eventually you'll be forced to pay for more storage or it's stored on Apple's servers which mean theoretically it can be taken away from you. I'm not…

Plus the added bonus that if your connection goes down or your streaming service shuts it's doors, you can still watch your movie. People seem to forget about stuff like that.

Yes and port scans and many other things. It's not like there's 10 million individual people out there trying to gain access.

To quote a recent article: "[key loggers] are perfectly legal. It's the individual trying stealing your password and credit card numbers that is performing an illegal act, not the keylogger software itself." In short, you can install the tools legally, but using them to garner personal details, such as a password,…