The OEM agreements are a pain in the neck - That reminds me, I must buy a standalone O/S, so I can stay on win7. To your point, I am not sure why I need 47 different kinds of toilet tissue. On the other hand, I used to shop in both the capitalist Wing On department stores and the communist-run stores, in 1970's Hong Kong. The only items available in the communist shops were poorly made clothing and bicycles, and some great propaganda items, like Mao's little red book, and pro-Mao buttons.
--- In [email protected], nablusoss1008 <no_reply@...> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], doctordumbass@ <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Agreed - I am old school - there is enough techno junk around that I can > > buy a fast laptop with tons of memory on it for 300 bucks. Windows 7 64 bit > > pro is the best operating system msft has produced, ever, for my needs. I > > don't want a 'smart phone' because I am at a stage where I need glases for > > reading, but nothing else, and if I had a 'smart phone' I'd have to use my > > glasses all the time, and I am very active, so I constantly loose and break > > my glasses, anyway.:-) > > > The strange think about capitalism is that the propaganda says it is supposed > to give you more choices. But try buying a new laptop in Europe with WIN7 or > XP. > Instead you're stuck with a idiotic WIN8 were you're supposed to touch your > screen, where simple stuff you need like "my computer" or the "off button" is > hidden behind a sea of ridiculous "apps", designed as if some clever fools at > Microsoft believes that the customers of any age should learn to use a > computer anew as if for the first time. Perhaps I should send them a bill for > the hours spent finding out how this nonsense works ? > It's like a car maker want's to reinvent the driving experience by putting > the steering wheel on the roof. > It's charming like an open grave. > > > > > > --- In [email protected], nablusoss1008 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Richard J. Williams" <richard@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > nablusoss: > > > > > And it uses Win8 I presume? Which is so messy that only > > > > > computer-buffs are able to navigate past the huge shopping > > > > > mall of apps that hits your eyes as soon as you open it > > > > > and actually use the darn thing. Ordinary people can't > > > > > even find "my computer" nor are they able to turn the > > > > > darn thing off. It's worse than Vista. Nuff said. > > > > > > > > > It's not complicated - you touch the nice, big, colorful > > > > tile to find My Computer. Go figure. > > > > > > I'll never touch it, who wants a smudgy screen ? > > > > > >
