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[Q] Does windows 8 have these apps?

I have Windows 8 developer preview on my laptop, but for some reason it seems I am not getting all the apps on the market place. Does the developer preview have a different store than the real Windows 8 on the Surface?
Since I am thinking about getting the Surface when my laptop dies, it had a clicking episode once now, can anyone tell me if these apps are there. As I am thinking about replacing my laptop with an RT.
-Is there a bible app, where I can fully read the whole bible? Without connecting to the internet?
-Windows movie maker
-paint
-audio editor
-sound recorder
-youtube downloader
-truecrypt
-QQ (a Chinese messenger)
-alarm clock
Or is there a place online I can check so I don't have to ask people to check for me?
I couldn't find the Q&A forum for the Surface. If this is in the wrong place, I apologize and feel free to move.
P.S. Is it just me, or does the whole forum feel more tablet friendly? Nice!

Yes you get most of the ones you want.

I don't believe you'll find Windows Movie Maker - I think the more media heavy stuff is reserved for the Pro version, but the rest looks doable. I do have a Surface RT but can't check one by one at the moment.
I was looking for the ability to browse the Windows Store from a PC as well, but I haven't found a URL yet. Hoping they come out with one soon like the play store has.

mk1151 said:
I don't believe you'll find Windows Movie Maker - I think the more media heavy stuff is reserved for the Pro version, but the rest looks doable. I do have a Surface RT but can't check one by one at the moment.
I was looking for the ability to browse the Windows Store from a PC as well, but I haven't found a URL yet. Hoping they come out with one soon like the play store has.
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You can for the windows phone marketplace so I don't think it will be long.
As for Bible apps would it not be easier to get the bible from kindle then you can have it across all devices and it will bookmark itself for you. Just a thought.

Windows RT/ Surface blogs and news sites?

Can we get a list of them here? If any exist yet..

surfaceforums.net

We put surface related stuff on winsource.com. I also like shinysurface.com.

Surface Advice - http://surfaceadvice.com/
Microsoft Surface forum www.surfaceforums.net
Somewhat off topic but interesting - Mobile TechReview - Lisa Gade's take on the surface: http://www.mobiletechreview.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Number=43619

Windows RT - re: Microsoft Leave Us Alone

First off, it is silly that I cannot post a reply straight into the thread, and have to create a new thread in an unrelated area of the forums, as I am a new user (or have less than 10 posts).
Ok, as regards the Windows RT and lock down of the Desktop Applications development, how do the internal programs get past this block? As per many other comments it would appear that Windows RT is a recompilation of Windows 8 and has many like for like .dll's, etc. If the Office 2013 suite can run under the desktop, is it because Microsoft has signed the app with a certificate that is not available to other developers? Does this mean that under the previous EU ruling they are breaching some law in that they are using resources to give themselves an advantage that other developers cannot take advantage of?
I think the only reason they have locked down Windows RT like this is so that this cheap OS does not eat into their regular Windows 8 sales. Certainly I bought a Windows RT device because it is more compatible with my work habits (due to Office 2013) than the Android and iPads I have used in the past. If I could easily use tools like PuTTY, then there would be little reason for me to use a normal laptop or other device.
I doubt Microsoft really watches these discussions in any serious way, but one of the key reasons I chose Windows RT over Android and iPad is because when I need the flexibility of many windows open at the same time and side by side I can do that, but when I want the uncluttered quick environment then New UI does that as well.
Samsung, with Android, is starting to allow a couple apps together, but try to run an Excel Spreadsheet and read your banking web site at the same time to transpose the figures into your budgeting file, and iPad/Android are tedious but Windows RT is a breeze, it is what Windows does best. Microsoft should understand that apart from everything else they do, they provide an OS and should let developers get the most out of that OS, just like Android and iPad developers can push those OS's.

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What's more awesome is that new users can't post outside links either. This might be of interest to you www[dot]makeuseof[dot]com/tag/how-to-jailbreak-your-windows-rt-device-and-run-unapproved-desktop-software/

Thanks for the link
My post came as a result of researching the Jail Break idea, I had not seen that page yet. I downloaded the patch and it worked very well. Pity it does not detail why the program goes to the internet the first time it is run, but I assume it is to get the certificate?
Seems like most posters are really happy to have PuTTY working (which is exactly what I wanted). Is it hard to create a New UI App?, maybe someone just needs to compile PuTTY as a New UI app as a terminal emulator should be pretty straight forward.
While I understand that new Intel chips are just around the corner, Surface RT is only $400.00 (64Gb, Touch keyboard) so pretty cheap, so being able to sit on the couch and browse emails, internet and also manage my Linux boxes is really good.
I can do the same thing on my Android TAB, but it is tedious changing screens all the time. New UI has the same problem, always flicking between all the programs. This is what Windows does best, so don't understand why MS would take away from that tried and true model, except they are probably trying to protect their full Windows 8 investment. Instead what they will find is the Windows RT dies a quick death and that is a wasted investment (if that happens they should have just made a New UI only version and got Office to work within that environment if Office is the main reason for the Desktop in Windows RT).

Non-Android question

Sorry to post this here but I didn't see a forum for this question. My sister is a 3rd grade teacher and she has been thinking of getting a laptop. She specifically wants a Chromebook because they are cheap(and she IS a teacher). The only reason I am hesitant is because she has to use Excel and Word at home doing grades and other teacher-type stuff. I know that I read somewhere that OpenOffice will read and edit MS Office files, I was wondering if anyone knows how reliable they are in this? I know that with other applications sometimes there can be glitches and inconsistencies when opening documents across different apps. I figure someone on this forum is bound to have a Chromebook

Open office works great. if she's passing documents back and forth she'll want to make sure she saves them in an office format. Open office has its own format but you can over ride that.

Landara said:
Sorry to post this here but I didn't see a forum for this question. My sister is a 3rd grade teacher and she has been thinking of getting a laptop. She specifically wants a Chromebook because they are cheap(and she IS a teacher). The only reason I am hesitant is because she has to use Excel and Word at home doing grades and other teacher-type stuff. I know that I read somewhere that OpenOffice will read and edit MS Office files, I was wondering if anyone knows how reliable they are in this? I know that with other applications sometimes there can be glitches and inconsistencies when opening documents across different apps. I figure someone on this forum is bound to have a Chromebook
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OpenOffice is great, but there is also the good ol' Google Docs/Google Drive, which can read and edit word and excel files and is basically a full feature suite.

So in your opinions would she be perfectly fine with a Chromebook, or better off spending another $100 or so and getting a really cheap W8 laptop?

I love Chromebooks. BUT I use a laptop because there is no equivalent to MS Office. Open Office is definitely not a real substitute. That is the only reason I still run Windows 7 instead of Ubuntu full time.
edit: BTW, there is a Chromebook forum on XDA. You might receive more/better responses there. FWIW I sold my Chromebook because I found it redundant with my Ultrabook and Nexus 10. When I start my job in September, they will provide me with a work laptop with Windows. At that point, I'll probably buy a Chromebook Pixel as my primary device and use my work laptop when I need access to MS Office. But I just cannot live without MS Office.

new user surtace rt

hello guys.
first sorry for my bad English. I'm using a translator
I found a very advantageous offer to buy surtage2 rt 32gb
I have everything android tablet is that smartphone but it is a long time I wanted to try a Win8 tablet
1) recommended it to me again or is it old?
2) it is possible to win pro 8.1?
3) it is possible to install exe files?
4) with the Android system I find all the app to download even with the various alternative market .... with Win8 there are market "alternative"? for the paid app ???
for now, thanks to all

1) Depends *entirely* on what you're looking to use it for. They're good for stuff like Office (though you'll want the keyboard) and web browsing (full browser, including Flashplayer and dev tools!), plus most of the common tablet-y stuff (Netflix, ebooks, etc.). They are modestly hackable (you can "get root" trivially - just a UAC prompt - but you can't modify the kernel or bootloader in any meaningful way at this time). The app store is a lot smaller than for Android, so more esoteric stuff is likely to be missing.
2) No. (Really?? It's an ARM processor, not x86; this should be obvious...). Search before posting!
3) Other than Microsoft-signed ones, not until a jailbreak for RT 8.1 comes out. No idea when that will be, though it's in development. Even then, only ARM or .NET binaries will work (there's a project to support x86 ones through dynamic retranslation, but it was never completed).
4) Go away, filthy pirate; we don't like your kind here. Read the bloody forum rules before you come back, too. $DEITY, 6 years on this forum and you don't know that yet? This is a *developer* forum, a lot of us publish stuff on the store... I guess I shouldn't expect better of somebody with a less than 1 in 200 ratio of posts to thanks, though. (SIX YEARS and 600 posts and you don't know that??)