W8 seems to be an attempt to synch tablet and PC - a main feature is the touchscreen. I might need to know more about this to develop my educational interface. In day-to-day it stops your desktop and the old start button menu and replaces them with the Microsoft version - entirely unhelpful.
To stop it freezing on close down (once you have discovered how to shut down by hovering at the right of the screen) and start up I had to ensure my anti-virus and cleaning progamme (AVC 6 plus) was not set to auto-run and remove unwanted Microsoft icons. Seems OK now. I got it because my programs will have to run on mobiles and tablets and I like to do my own testing - there is no bigger fool than I on using supposedly intuitive interfaces - so I'm ideal for foolproofing! At the moment I can access client websites that host my stuff from machines running any OS and everything works as long as wifi or 3g is available. I can see no reason for anyone to upgrade other than for such specific reasons as mine. It's cost me 4 or 5 hours works to get back to normal so far. On 22 Nov, 12:46, Allan H <[email protected]> wrote: > the anti virus - anti Malware doesn't surprise me as it is designed > for gaming.. MS is trying to control the gaming market.. I think 98 > was a fairly good version was into linux then since then ubuntu > version has gone down hill.. now I am looking into the possibility of > running android on my laptop.. just thinking > Allan > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 1:29 PM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm no fan of operating systems. Windows doesn't seem to have > > improved since 98. They keep adding stuff I don't want and changing > > interfaces as in the Word 2010 ribbon or the trashing of the start > > menu in W8. When my system is running the browsers seem a bit quicker > > - but my machine now finds it difficult to shut down and restart. > > Initially I couldn't even find out how to do this. I bought this > > laptop for my grandson - so it has a lot of anti-virus and anti- > > malware. This may be causing the problems, though it's clear lots of > > others are suffering. > > > I got W8 because I need to check my own course packages will run in > > it. Not found any issues there so far, other than a need to re-write > > instructions on how to ensure the 'app' appears on the new 'metro > > style' first screen. Touch wood! I've gone android to James. I > > would have preferred a plate interface in my brain to the phone. > > > On 22 Nov, 07:55, Allan H <[email protected]> wrote: > >> heard it was for gaming primarily and not interested.. I am not a big > >> windows fan, i don't need the latest.. > >> Allan > > >> On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 11:49 PM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Argh! Anyone any good experience? > > >> > -- > > >> -- > >> ( > >> ) > >> |_D Allan > > >> Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living. > > >> I am a Natural Airgunner - > > >> Full of Hot Air & Ready To Expel It Quickly. > > > -- > > -- > ( > ) > |_D Allan > > Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living. > > I am a Natural Airgunner - > > Full of Hot Air & Ready To Expel It Quickly. --
