Sentence examples for the old desktop from inspiring English sources

Or you may eventually get to the point where you never need the old desktop.

So they created Windows 8 simply by grafting TileWorld onto the old desktop Windows.

But the changes have disappointed a lot of reviewers and interface design experts, who have focused in particular on the potentially confusing coexistence of the new tile interface alongside the old desktop one.

But users find that perplexing – so much so that one of the bestselling apps on Windows 8 has been Stardock, which lets the user add the start button back in, and ModernMix, which lets tile apps run on the old desktop.

A gesture interface can be seen as an alternative or complement to existing interface techniques, such as the old desktop paradigm.

Windows 8 is being designed as a great touch interface, but with the old desktop UI as a fallback.

Mr Ozzie argues there is no demand for a fully featured web-based version, (though, it has to be said, the old desktop-bound Office is one of Microsoft's biggest money-makers and one of the main reasons for people to use Windows).

The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is replacing mixed PCs with a corporate laptop device which provides a power saving of some 60% over the old desktops.

The new interface is similar to the old, desktop-based system except it's a bit simpler and you can store your programs on your computer and then upload them anywhere.

However, Michael Otey of Windows IT Pro expressed dislike with the new Metro interface and the lack of ability to use the older desktop interface alone, saying that most users of Windows Server manage their servers using the graphical user interface rather than PowerShell.

On the Surface, that old desktop pops bafflingly and unnecessarily into view whenever you use the Office programs.