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Windows 8 (1 Viewer)
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scary-canary
Canaries forever... and i'm not always scary, some
Was "big shift" an f too many?
No personal experience but saw this: http://community.acdsee.com/forums/topic/windows-8-implementation-report
Niels
Niels
For the first time in a long while, Microsoft made less profit than Apple - Why windows 8 when we have just had 7, so that MS OS aficionados will buy it.
Am on the fence on 8 as I find 7 a more stable os than Vista (MS seem to have a pattern on this, good OS followed by bad OS followed by ####) ie 3, 95, 98, ME, XP, Vista, 7, 8.
Am on the fence on 8 as I find 7 a more stable os than Vista (MS seem to have a pattern on this, good OS followed by bad OS followed by ####) ie 3, 95, 98, ME, XP, Vista, 7, 8.
Believe it or not, Windows 7 was released over 3 years ago.
Some previous Microsoft os's only lasted 2 years before being replaced. But more importantly, the whole game is changing fast to tablets and mobile phones.
Windows 8 with it's tablet compatability is trying to keep up I suppose.
Apple and Linux are far more advanced than Microsoft in the big picture of desktop, phone and tablet at the moment.
Everyone seems to be holding onto Windows 7 until someone they know has taken the plunge to Windows 8! the good OS / bad OS sequence is nagging everyone!
I have Windows 8 installed on my laptop (m18x), and also ran beta versions of it on there as well as I'm a technet subscriber. It runs well (I'd expect it to given the spec), and all the apps I've triued run OK as well. I'm not a fan of the new front end that greets you at startup though and feel that is better suited to tablets, and would be surprised if it's not been designed with tablets / touch screen PCs in mind.
This is the first time in years I haven't moved my main PC over to the new version of Windows at release but I've decided to stick to Windows 7 on my desktop as I remain unconvinced by Windows 8 so far.
This is the first time in years I haven't moved my main PC over to the new version of Windows at release but I've decided to stick to Windows 7 on my desktop as I remain unconvinced by Windows 8 so far.
This is not a scientific test! But I was in PC world and noticed all their laptops with windows 8 installed.. I went up to one, and crashed it within 4 clicks!
I went into internet explorer fine, eventually figured out how to get back to the start menu (hit the windows button on the keyboard). At this point I was quite taken with the windows rotating on and off the screen thinking "this is going to be slick"!. Then I clicked on the "system information" box... and BANG! I got a fatal error.
I'm sure I was just unlucky, but that certainly put me off!
I went into internet explorer fine, eventually figured out how to get back to the start menu (hit the windows button on the keyboard). At this point I was quite taken with the windows rotating on and off the screen thinking "this is going to be slick"!. Then I clicked on the "system information" box... and BANG! I got a fatal error.
I'm sure I was just unlucky, but that certainly put me off!
Robert L Jarvis
Robert L Jarvis
I think there were many similar comments with the intro of 7 in place of XP and vista. Things move on.
