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Thread ID: 137870 2014-08-31 04:10:00 Any good modern apps for desktop? Nick G (16709) PC World Chat
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1382867 2014-09-01 06:55:00 Thanks pal. Greg (193)
1382868 2014-09-02 00:50:00 When I first got windows 8 I played around with the new apps for a while but over time I find I have migrated back to desktop versions of everything and don't use any of the new apps now. With their giant text (in some cases) and simplified looks they do seem best suited to touch based devices. One of the things I personally like about windows 8 is that you have the option to use whatever you prefer.

A couple of the default apps that I do kinda like are the music and video apps. The music app allows you to stream a lot of music for free with just the occasional add and the video app allows you to rent and stream HD movies which is one of the few such services that work in NZ (range is limited though).

A weird quirk is that setting your default browser to something other than IE removes the app version of internet explorer from the start screen. Not that relevant but I thought I'd mention it :)
dugimodo (138)
1382869 2014-09-02 03:42:00 Yea, I noticed that - slightly odd, but I'd never touch IE unless I didn't have a keyboard + mouse.

Quite liking the photo app, but the built in mail app is :yuck: - Outlook.com definitely is nicer!
Nick G (16709)
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