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i really dont understand why metro apps run full screen on desktop pc. i have a 30" 2560x1600 monitor and metro apps seem ridiculous. i have 4 million pixels bu

i really dont understand why metro apps run full screen on desktop pc. i have a 30" 2560x1600 monitor and metro apps seem ridiculous. i have 4 million pixels but i cannot see three metro apps together. what a silly idea.

bntly 14y ago
because it's not a desktop OS. It's a tablet OS shoe horned into PC Space. After giving it two weeks on my desktop i formatted and installed Windows 7. I won't go back to Windows 8 again.
barista 14y ago
I agree that the large displays are suboptimal for metro but the problem is not that you have a high resolution screen but the 30" size of it. I am going to bet that you are in a very small percentage of users who have such a large screen desktop. If you see the kind of devices people are picking up, a laptop is preferred over desktop and those rarely go above 17" and that size itself is too big for a portable device.
- CamperBob2 14y ago
  I am going to bet that you are in a very small percentage of users who have such a large screen desktop. Couple of points: 1) Large screens are getting really cheap. Occasionally ridiculously cheap, as in last week's bargain Korean LCD monitor threads. Today's $300 back-alley special is tomorrow's mainstream price point. 2) On the desktop, people with large screens are more valuable customers. They spend money on software and hardware. People with small screens don't. This generalization obviously breaks down when it comes to traditional Windows laptops, but Metro doesn't make any more sense for those than it does for white-box desktop PCs. Metro is a bet-the-company move, and I'll give Ballmer credit for that much. However, the board should have required him to pee in a cup before placing this particular wager.
murki 14y ago
You can if you drag the top of the full screen app to takea portion on the side. At least you can have two together like this.
- luminaobscura 14y ago
  woow :) what if i want a classic desktop app and metro app together?
  - murki 14y ago
    your imagination is the limit!

bntly 14y ago

because it's not a desktop OS. It's a tablet OS shoe horned into PC Space. After giving it two weeks on my desktop i formatted and installed Windows 7. I won't go back to Windows 8 again.

barista 14y ago

I agree that the large displays are suboptimal for metro but the problem is not that you have a high resolution screen but the 30" size of it. I am going to bet that you are in a very small percentage of users who have such a large screen desktop. If you see the kind of devices people are picking up, a laptop is preferred over desktop and those rarely go above 17" and that size itself is too big for a portable device.

CamperBob2 14y ago
I am going to bet that you are in a very small percentage of users who have such a large screen desktop. Couple of points: 1) Large screens are getting really cheap. Occasionally ridiculously cheap, as in last week's bargain Korean LCD monitor threads. Today's $300 back-alley special is tomorrow's mainstream price point. 2) On the desktop, people with large screens are more valuable customers. They spend money on software and hardware. People with small screens don't. This generalization obviously breaks down when it comes to traditional Windows laptops, but Metro doesn't make any more sense for those than it does for white-box desktop PCs. Metro is a bet-the-company move, and I'll give Ballmer credit for that much. However, the board should have required him to pee in a cup before placing this particular wager.

murki 14y ago

You can if you drag the top of the full screen app to takea portion on the side. At least you can have two together like this.

luminaobscura 14y ago
woow :) what if i want a classic desktop app and metro app together?
- murki 14y ago
  your imagination is the limit!