I am really looking forward to customers bitching about this at work and by "really looking forward to" I mean in that not at all kind of way. When Vista came out you would have thought that Microsoft came into their house and violeted either them or a member of their family. Like Jennifer I never had a problem with Vista but then again my computer usage at the time was not what I would consider intensive. I never had a program that worked on XP but didn't work on Vista that I couldn't live without. I really like Windows 7 and will stick with it as long as I am able to but eventually I may have to get something with Windows 8 and while I am sure there will be frustration I will eventually get used to it.
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Jennifer Walker <[email protected]>wrote: > Oy. > > You know, I'm pretty easy-going about system changes. I'm not the type to > lose their sh!t over Facebook changing it's interface (I actually like > Timeline, for what it's worth), have used Macs & PCs in equal measure since > before they became so similar, and have had no issues with my Vista laptop > (that I got when my XP laptop bit the dust in spectacular kernal-error > fashion just after Vista came out but before downgrades to XP became a > standard option). I'm also quite happy with the few touchscreen devices in > my life: my Droid smart phone and my Kindle. > > Still, news like this makes me very antsy as I'm going to be replacing > said laptop in the next few months and, yup, I think it's going to need to > be before Windows 8 becomes standard (I'm waiting til I pay off my car in 2 > months, or that's the plan). The screen shots of the new Start/Apps screen > are garish and the popular opinion of the PC being an afterthought in > Metro-land (i.e. tablet-standard, mouse workarounds) just sounds like more > of a headache than I want right now. > > (And, yes, I'd get a Mac but my desktop is a Mac mini and I like having > both systems at home, so the laptop stays PC for now. Not that a Mac-top is > in the budget, anyway.) > > > On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2012/06/windows_8_microsoft_s_radical_operating_system_redesign_will_aggravate_you_to_no_end_.html >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Unique Geek" 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/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >> >> > > > -- > Jennifer "Scraps" Walker > > The Helper Monkey Network > http://www.jenniferwalkeronline.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" 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/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > -- This post/e-mail was written by Michael Bailey, Superman Apologist -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" 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/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
