31–40 of 114 posts
#include
#include
int main() {
HDC dc = CreateCompatibleDC (NULL);
SetLayout (dc, LAYOUT_RTL);
ScaleWindowExtEx (dc, INT_MIN, -1, 1, 1, NULL);
}
will be a free update to Windows 8 for consumers through the Windows Store This could be to get more people to link their Microsoft ID with their Windows user accounts so that they will be more likely to use the store in the future. The alternative would be to release it through Windows Update like every other Windows patch for the last decade+.
I found this announcement frustrating to read because it contains little useful content. Almost all of it is about how supposedly awesome Windows 8 is and how well it's doing. The relevant part could have been summed up as: there's a free upgrade coming out sometime later this year called Windows 8.1.
> how awesome Windows 8 is and how well it's doing Ironically, if that were the case, it wouldn't need an update.
"We now have more than 70,000 apps in the Windows Store (the online app store for Windows) – apps such as Twitter, ..." Did anyone else chuckle that he felt he had to describe parenthetically what the Windows Store is?
Some updates on the way: 1. Start menu 2. Tile size (source: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/380713/windows-blue-8-1-release-... )
Sounds like a service pack just got rebranded as a point update.
Service packs typically don't contain new features, though, while this update is expected to.
Sounds like a service pack just got rebranded as a point update.
The main difference being that in order to get Windows 8.1, you’ll probably need to register a Windows Store account (or whatever it’s called this month).