Re: Something that makes Windows 7 look good

2011-09-17 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 09/17/2011 04:08 AM, Mark Wieder wrote: All- I installed the Developer Preview of Windows 8 in a VM today to make sure that my LC stacks still work (they do). Now I'm gonna take a shower to wash this stuff off. Why does Windows remind me of something sticky as well?

Re: Something that makes Windows 7 look good

2011-09-17 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 09/17/2011 04:21 AM, Dar Scott wrote: I guess I could do the same, but being lazy I thought I'd ask. What is it about 8 that makes 7 look good? Having played around with Windows 7 on a few 'baby-laptops' that friends of mine have bought with the crippled version pre-installed (what is

Re: Something that makes Windows 7 look good

2011-09-17 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 09/17/2011 04:37 AM, Mark Wieder wrote: Dar- Friday, September 16, 2011, 6:21:37 PM, you wrote: I guess I could do the same, but being lazy I thought I'd ask. What is it about 8 that makes 7 look good? note to self... don't feed the trolls ...don't get me started... let's see: the

RE: Something that makes Windows 7 look good

2011-09-17 Thread Paul D. DeRocco
From: Mark Wieder ...don't get me started... let's see: the cartoony interface, the use of the ribbon in the OS, the fact that I spent two hours figuring out that I needed to use a generic network driver instead of the correct one for my laptop's network device, the LACK OF A DOS

Re: Something that makes Windows 7 look good

2011-09-16 Thread Dar Scott
I guess I could do the same, but being lazy I thought I'd ask. What is it about 8 that makes 7 look good? Dar On Sep 16, 2011, at 7:08 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: All- I installed the Developer Preview of Windows 8 in a VM today to make sure that my LC stacks still work (they do). Now I'm

Re: Something that makes Windows 7 look good

2011-09-16 Thread Mark Wieder
Dar- Friday, September 16, 2011, 6:21:37 PM, you wrote: I guess I could do the same, but being lazy I thought I'd ask. What is it about 8 that makes 7 look good? note to self... don't feed the trolls ...don't get me started... let's see: the cartoony interface, the use of the ribbon in the

Re: Something that makes Windows 7 look good

2011-09-16 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 9/16/11 8:37 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: ...don't get me started... let's see: the cartoony interface, the use of the ribbon in the OS, the fact that I spent two hours figuring out that I needed to use a generic network driver instead of the correct one for my laptop's network device, the LACK OF