{"id":4949,"date":"2012-10-22T18:05:15","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T22:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=4949"},"modified":"2012-10-22T18:05:15","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T22:05:15","slug":"early-look-at-windows-8-baffles-consumers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/early-look-at-windows-8-baffles-consumers\/","title":{"rendered":"Early look at Windows 8 baffles consumers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The release of Microsoft&#8217;s Windows 8 operating system is a week away, and consumers are in for a shock. Windows, used in one form or another for a generation, is getting a completely different look that will force users to learn new ways to get things done.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft is making a radical break with the past to stay relevant in a world where smartphones and tablets have eroded the three-decade dominance of the personal computer. Windows 8 is supposed to tie together Microsoft&#8217;s PC, tablet and phone software with one look. But judging by the reactions of some people who have tried the PC version, it&#8217;s a move that risks confusing and alienating customers.<\/p>\n<p>(<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"Early look at Windows 8 baffles consumers ... from USA Today\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/tech\/personal\/2012\/10\/20\/early-look-at-windows-8-baffles-consumers\/1646077\/\">Read the rest of this story from &#8220;USA Today&#8221; here&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/span>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The release of Microsoft&#8217;s Windows 8 operating system is a week away, and consumers are in for a shock. Windows, used in one form or another for a generation, is getting a completely different look that will force users to learn new ways to get things done. Microsoft is making a radical break with the past to stay\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/early-look-at-windows-8-baffles-consumers\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4949"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4949"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4951,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4949\/revisions\/4951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}