Here’s a look at the top five free Windows 8 apps for the home. Among the offerings covered in this week’s All Things Appy are apps for Windows 8-based home-tech hacking on the cheap — or not so cheap — plus cooking, home repair, gawking and some spiritual guidance. Remodelista, for example, includes some great ideas for repurposing: Door mats made from recycled fire hoses, Spanish lighting made from fishing traps, school buses converted into mobile homes and spacious, barn-like living are all in the current version.
I have found few Apps for Win 8 that improve functionality or offer useful new features vs their 'non-App' predessor programs. Skype is a good example. The App UI is terrible ruining the Skype experience. Under Win 7 I used Skype extensively and set up dozens of fellow senior citizens to use it to communicate with friends and family.
I now recommend they get an iPad or iPhone and use FaceTime with other Apple devices or Skype on their IOS device to communicate with PC users. So far everybody is happy and I get few calls for support. (Supporting PC users pays the bills and for new toys.)
For a person who has made a living for 20+ years supporting MS users, this is a real awakening. Apple is actually worth the high initial cost.
Guess I'm going to have to find a monicker other than fanboy for Apple lovers.
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All Things Appy: 5 Best Windows 8 Apps for the Home
Posted by: Patrick Nelson November 15, 2013 05:00 AMHere’s a look at the top five free Windows 8 apps for the home. Among the offerings covered in this week’s All Things Appy are apps for Windows 8-based home-tech hacking on the cheap — or not so cheap — plus cooking, home repair, gawking and some spiritual guidance. Remodelista, for example, includes some great ideas for repurposing: Door mats made from recycled fire hoses, Spanish lighting made from fishing traps, school buses converted into mobile homes and spacious, barn-like living are all in the current version.
I now recommend they get an iPad or iPhone and use FaceTime with other Apple devices or Skype on their IOS device to communicate with PC users. So far everybody is happy and I get few calls for support. (Supporting PC users pays the bills and for new toys.)
For a person who has made a living for 20+ years supporting MS users, this is a real awakening. Apple is actually worth the high initial cost.
Guess I'm going to have to find a monicker other than fanboy for Apple lovers.