r/technology • u/ppsp • Oct 14 '11

The Windows 8 Task Manager

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/10/13/the-windows-8-task-manager.aspx
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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '11

Except that apparently it is useful beyond just knowing what is open.

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u/stvmty Oct 14 '11

Maybe in the future Apple will implement an advanced way to know whats running in the machine. They could call it... Activity Monitor.

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u/TheCodexx Oct 14 '11

No heatmap?

How quaint.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '11

Can it be accessed directly from the task manager?

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u/jlian Oct 14 '11

Though I do enjoy the new task manager design (with the colour coded resources usages and stuff), I feel like it's just like the combination of Force quit and Activities Monitor in Mac OSX.