Re: [Finale] OS upgrade - 7 vs 8 ...

2014-06-09 Thread Michael Lawlor
Thanks everyone for the advice. It looks like the preference is MAC, Windows 7 and finally 8, but no overriding problems with compatibility for any of them. Thanks again, Michael Lawlor ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

[Finale] OS upgrade - 7 vs 8 ...

2014-06-08 Thread Michael Lawlor
I have been considering upgrading Finale (still using 2009) and with the demise of support for XP, will need to upgrade that first. Does anyone have any comments / observations on the usability of Windows 7 versus 8 or 8.1 or if I should even jump ship, and get a new machine running MAC?

Re: [Finale] OS upgrade - 7 vs 8 ...

2014-06-08 Thread David H. Bailey
On 6/8/2014 5:05 AM, Michael Lawlor wrote: I have been considering upgrading Finale (still using 2009) and with the demise of support for XP, will need to upgrade that first. Does anyone have any comments / observations on the usability of Windows 7 versus 8 or 8.1 or if I should even jump

Re: [Finale] OS upgrade - 7 vs 8 ...

2014-06-08 Thread Craig Parmerlee
Windows 8 is HORRIBLE. Microsoft deserves to go out of business because of this one. The metro user interface is horrendous. Only a complete corporate idiot could believe that users actually want to have a cell phone interface on their desktop. As an operating system, 8.1 is functional,