nadella Report This Comment Date: February 07, 2014 08:40AM
Put his face with "Windows 8 sucks" everywhere you can so at the very
least they correct Windows 8 just as a public relations ploy.
quasi Report This Comment Date: February 07, 2014 10:41AM
My 9 year old desktop with XP finally died and I reluctantly got a laptop with
windows 8.1. It's different, but not bad. If I can work with it, anyone can. I
also use Vista quite a bit on another machine which I pretty easily adapted to.
Quit your whining, ya babies.
pulse Report This Comment Date: February 07, 2014 11:39AM
I use multiple operating systems daily. Mac OS X, Windows 7, Windows XP, Linux,
Solaris, AIX .. The laptop I'm writing this on is a Macbook Air, my desktop is
Win 7, my work laptop is Win XP etc.
I find all have their positives and negatives, but I have tried Windows 8 and
simply hated it. I hate everything being full screen (I have a massive, high
resolution monitor, wtf do I want Internet Explorer to take the entire thing up?
This site occupies about a 3 inch strip down the middle of a lot of white
space).. realistically I think Windows 7 is by far the best Windows release.
Still, they're trying. Hopefully Windows 9 will be better. As much as people
slagged Vista off, I didn't mind it either. 8.1 is definitely better than 8, and
as soon as Microsoft realises I don't want a touch screen on my desktop the
better.
jgoins Report This Comment Date: February 07, 2014 01:06PM
I haven't tried windows 8 yet but I need to get a computer with it so I can
learn it. From what I have seen thus far it does not seem very appealing but if
I am going to work on others computers I will need to learn it. I would love to
have a touch screen on my desktop for occasional use but mouse and keyboard is
my main tool. I am using windows 7 and like it a lot. I am dreading the day
Microsoft stops supporting it.
quasi Report This Comment Date: February 07, 2014 01:51PM
My son configured it for me so I don't have the touch screen and after startup
I can click on one of the start page tiles to get to where it's very similar to
the other Widows systems I've used. I was very reluctant to use Internet
Explorer again but tried it because it's so integrated into the machine (Toshiba
Satellite) and it works much better than it did on my previous machines. As with
all systems there are things to not like but there are a lot of positives here
and I'm very satisfied with the experience after 1 1/2 months working with it.
Perhaps my lack of tech savvy has worked out to be a plus in this situation,
that and having a kid who knows what I like and set it up that way. I'm just
saying it can be done in a way that is not completely foreign to those who've
used other MS systems and I can't knock it based on my personal experience.
Mrkim Report This Comment Date: February 07, 2014 09:07PM
I acquired a Windows 7 HD and have plans to install it into a machine in my LR
to interface w/my Yamaha receiver so I can access some of it's tastier bits on
the software side of its abilities and am dreading it immensely.
Having been completely out of the Winblows realm for 3+yrs now I'm not looking
forward to learning the quirks of an OS I totally despise and wouldn't even
consider it were it not for my love of pristine music and some of the neat
tricks my receiver is capable of while using W7 as a software enabler for my
home entertainment system
pro_junior Report This Comment Date: February 08, 2014 12:07AM
I have 2 computers...pretty sure they both have operating systems...they seem
to work pretty well
BlahX3 Report This Comment Date: February 08, 2014 09:32PM
I have a lot of experiences with a lot of different operating systems. You use
whatever you need to for whatever reasons you have, just like everything else in
the world. If you don't want to use a Stanley screwdriver then use a Craftsman,
who the hell cares?
pulse Report This Comment Date: February 09, 2014 07:52AM
I have a Crescent set.
jgoins Report This Comment Date: February 09, 2014 12:08PM
You are right Blah, use whatever you like as long as it works for you. I have
always said there are no obsolete computers as long as they are working for you
and the same goes for operating systems, as long as it works the way you like
they are all good. Some people hate Microsoft and some hate Macs just like some
hate WalMart and others don't. Just do what you want as long as it's legal it
doesn't matter what others think.
BlahX3 Report This Comment Date: February 09, 2014 01:00PM
I thought you dorks with the accent called them spanners.
Right on JG, and if we hang on to our old obsolete shit nobody wants it will
become vintage gear man.
pro_junior Report This Comment Date: February 09, 2014 06:01PM
blah you were talking about screwdrivers not wrenches...Crescent makes
screwdrivers too
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BlahX3 Report This Comment Date: February 09, 2014 06:38PM
I didn't know that Crescent makes screwdrivers. Ok. Wow. Considering the
context of the comment I made it doesn't matter anyway. The more I know I don't
necessarily give a shit about but thanks anyway.
Mach Report This Comment Date: February 10, 2014 02:32AM
Microsoft, just like all of the other technical conglomerates get too big for
their britches and start trying to create markets and pre-layer their futures
into their current spiel..... kinda like brain washing.... touch screen desktops
with big colorful squares (kindergarten like) and human grease smears aren't a
good marketing ploy. The corporate angle is a another whole debacle, most will
not even touch W8.
Instead of innovating they go in the opposite direction and just try to look
cool to the dumb reactive type buyers.
I use to be able to dig pretty deep into my XP and knew what I was doing but,
it's almost like Microsoft was TRYING to throw up walls on this one.
Again, all of this change these huge companies come up with are not actual
improvements, just marketing..... hhmmmmm... just like government does.
Just deleted an account I had with Youtube yesterday for about 6 years, new
Youtube channels still sucks, Google+ sucks, "new" Yahoo mail sucks,
the only reason I still have one with them is they will allow you to revert back
to a simple older type and....... blahblahblah.....
jgoins Report This Comment Date: February 10, 2014 12:49PM
Everything is market driven and I think Microsoft is trying to reach all the
idiots who don't even know how to turn on a computer and have no desire to
learn. I see it all the time at the fleamarket, when I have a computer for sale
the ones who look at them the most are the ones who know nothing about them.
Trying to tell them about the computer is like ramming your head into a brick
wall, it does no good at all and they wouldn't know value it it bit them in the
ass.
BlahX3 Report This Comment Date: February 10, 2014 07:51PM
They aren't idiots, they are ID10T$.
jgoins Report This Comment Date: February 11, 2014 12:39PM
When one looks at a computer and calls the tower a hard drive I turn around and
walk away.
pulse Report This Comment Date: February 16, 2014 11:00PM
My hard drive is crashing at an alarming speed
