On 10/14/2012 05:33 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card" <cardemaister@...> wrote: >> >> I'm afraid Windoze 8 shall be almost catastrophically >> unusable? >> >> End of Microsoft, and Nokia by the same token? > I think if the feedback is bad enough, Microsoft will be forced to bring back > the classic desktop as an option. From the sound of it, this is going to be > Vista all over again, and hopefully the OS that follows will be as nice as > Win 7. > > There's no way I'll install Win 8 on any of my current hardware, which is all > pretty old. A pair of ancient Averatec XP laptops serve as Internet radios in > the kitchen and living room, and the Post Count script runs on an old Dell > D610 running Win 7. My main desktop PC is now 5 years old and running Win 7, > but it still has more than enough power for my needs, and the upgrade to a > solid state drive eliminated its only significant limitation. In 2009, I > switched to a Macbook as my mobile platform. > > The only way I'll experience Win 8 is if I replace the kitchen laptop with > one Samsung's new all-in-one PCs: > > http://www.webpronews.com/all-in-one-pcs-coming-this-fall-courtesy-of-samsung-2012-08 > > I will wait for the reviews before I buy one. > > As for Nokia, they should just switch to Android. > >
I have no interest either. I have a two year old Acer 4-core 64-bit machine with Window 7 on it. And this 3-core 64-bit machine I run Ubuntu on, which I built myself, runs faster and boots in 15 seconds. The Acer started out booting and ready for use in 1 minute now it takes about 3 minutes. And then I'll be in the middle of doing some when some application or Windows itself pops up a message saying that an update is available taking way the focus in the window where I may be typing. I could wring those developers necks for that. On Linux a little icon up in the top back will notify you if there are updates and not get in the way at all. I know the stereotype of a dweeb runs rampant at Microsoft as well as their ego trips. A couple friends left there a little over 10 years ago and have all kinds of tales to tell and some that they still hear from folks working there. And yes Nokia should join the party with Android get out of the red ink.
