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IN THIS CHAPTER

Navigating via your fingers or via a mouse

Switching among apps

Boldly going where no mouse has gone before

Ready to get your feet wet, but not yet up to a full plunge?

Good. You’re in the right place for a dip-your-toes-in kind of experience. Nothing tough in this chapter, just a bit of windows cruising. Lay of the land kind of stuff.

If you’re an experienced Windows 7 user, you’ll find parts of Windows 10 that look a bit familiar and parts that look like they were ripped from an iPhone. If you’re an experienced Windows 8.1 user, I salute you and your stamina, and I welcome you to a kinder, gentler version of Windows.

Former Microsoft General Manager and Distinguished Engineer Hal Berenson said it best: “Consumers increasingly reject the old experiences in both their personal and work lives. For the 20-something-and-under crowd, the current Windows desktop experience is about as attractive as the thought of visiting a 19th-century dentist.”

Windows 10 looks a little bit like that 19th-century dentist’s office, but underneath it’s gone through radical transformations.

I figure that 90 percent of the stuff that most of the people do with a computer runs fine on a tablet or a Chromebook. So why put up with all the hassles of running Windows on a piece of iron that weighs more than your refrigerator, and breaks down a lot more often? Maybe you’re addicted to blue screens and frozen mice. Or maybe you’re ready to leave it all behind and tap your way to something new. But if you’re still solidly stuck in the Windows column, this chapter’s for you.

In this chapter, I show you what’s to like about both the old-fashioned side of Windows and the new app side, how to get around if you’re new to Windows, and if you’re an experienced Windows hand, how to reconcile your old finger memory with the new interface. It isn’t as hard as you think.

Really.

I also show you how to be input-agnostic — how to use either your fingers, or a pen, or your fork, er, mouse to get around the screen. And I give you a few not-at-all-obvious tips about how to get the most out of your consorting with the beast.