Hmmmm, I wonder if Windows 8 is still fast if I put a shell over the top to make it look like a normal Windows OS?
I know Vista sucks, it was all that was available when I got my laptop, and it wasn't worth trying to put XP on. But now it's familiar. On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 8:00 AM, robisme (Olivier R) < [email protected]> wrote: > That's a good summary. > there is one thing I like in 8, it is damn fast. > > Le jeudi 10 janvier 2013 15:39:16 UTC+1, Dwight Arthur a écrit : >> >> My apologies for going even further off topic but I can’t help myself. >> >> I skipped Vista, going from 95 to 7. I think it will be my last Windows. >> If I want something that will make my computer act and look like a huge >> phone I will get an Android tablet. >> >> Vista is what happened when MS engineers built the OS they wanted to >> build rather than the one their customers wanted to use. 7 is what happened >> when crashing sales made MS remember to talk to their customers. I think 8 >> is what happened when they built another one that they wanted to build. I >> don’t know anyone at all who said, I really wish Windows would offer live >> tiles on touch screens. Maybe Windows 9 will be customer-focused again, but >> by then I doubt I’ll still have windows-compatible hardware. >> >> -Dwight >> >> >> >> *From:* mylifeo...@googlegroups.**com [mailto:mylifeo...@** >> googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *robisme (Olivier R) >> >> *Sent:* Thursday, January 10, 2013 9:08 AM >> *To:* mylifeo...@googlegroups.**com >> >> *Subject:* Re: [MLO] Re: Easiest way to maximize from system tray? >> >> >> >> Lisa, if there was a version to skip, it was Vista ;-) >> >> Windows 7 is very stable >> >> Windows 8 is very fast >> >> Olivier >> >> Le mercredi 9 janvier 2013 17:13:02 UTC+1, Lisa S a écrit : >> >> That assumes we will move to Windows 8 and not manage to skip it >> entirely, which is my current plan....(Of course now Murphy's law will take >> effect and force me into it, but in that case I'll install something that >> makes it look "normal" again. They do exist.) >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 11:58 PM, Stéph <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> OK, that's an advantage of Windows 7 - the icon next to the start button >> get's highlighted when MLO is open, rather than an extra, rectangular >> button appearing for the open program. Windows 7 has a few other features >> for saving space and grouping items on the Taskbar, too. >> >> Of course, it will be all change as we start to move to Windows 8 Live >> Tiles and touch screens. >> >> Stéphane >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MyLifeOrganized" group. >> >> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/** >> msg/mylifeorganized/-/**4pZjJwzlBa0J<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mylifeorganized/-/4pZjJwzlBa0J> >> . >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> mylifeorganiz...@googlegroups.**com. >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >> group/mylifeorganized?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en> >> . >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Lisa >> ------------------------------ >> >> Lisa Stroyan, mailto: [email protected] >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MyLifeOrganized" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/** >> msg/mylifeorganized/-/**UqtznOUdTPEJ<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mylifeorganized/-/UqtznOUdTPEJ> >> . >> To post to this group, send email to mylifeo...@googlegroups.**com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mylifeorganiz...@** >> googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >> group/mylifeorganized?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MyLifeOrganized" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mylifeorganized/-/Ug3G_MBEAsIJ. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. > -- Lisa ------------------------------ Lisa Stroyan, mailto: [email protected] <[email protected]> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en.
