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desertcpl
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I also just got a laptop with windows 8 and I did put in the classic shell,,
but even then you have to deal with 8,,, I hate it
I think Steve Ballmer should be given the boot, or maybe he is secretly working for Apple
I am so fed up with windows in general, I am seriously considering switching to Apple,, I got a Iphone for Xmas and I love it.
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meme
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Bajajorge I had the very same experience with IE 10. cannot seem to get away from it now either. It has caused m much grief also.
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SFandH
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Microsoft plans to stop supporting XP in April 2014. No more updates or security patches. Worldwide, 40% of computers use XP.
http://www.informationweek.com/software/windows8/microsoft-p...
I use XP, I see no reason to change. Will my 7 year old Dells (netbook and desktop) run Windows 7? I don't know. I bet the netbook won't.
Screw Microsoft.
Chromebook!!
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motoged
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What is "Chromebook" ????????
just so you know....
Chromebook explanation and review:
http://plug-in.bestbuy.ca/t5/Visit-the-Plug-in-Blog/Samsung-Chromebook-XE303C12-Review/ba-p/57770
Don't believe everything you think....
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DavidE
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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Thanks for the head's-up on Windows 8
I'll stick Windows 8 in the repository along with "The New Coke"
And Mexican mayonnaise, potato chips, soup, chocolate and toilet paper "Con Limon"
Reportedly Bill Gates is a little unhappy with his newborn "Edsel"
A Lot To See And A Lot To Do
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Bubba
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| Quote: | | Reportedly Bill Gates is a little unhappy with his newborn "Edsel" |
He should also be embarrassed and ashamed.
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SFandH
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Chomebooks aren't all Samsung nor are they all cheap. Here's an expensive one.
http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/chromebook-pixe...
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bubba
I am in the situation. Windows 8 is a nightmare, I've felt like throwing this new laptop out the window a few times. |
software changes, we all adapt,... it is pointless to complain about new software, it can't stay same forever (but i am sure there is some crumudgeon
out there still complaining about change from DOS to windows  :lol
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Yellowtail_Fever
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If you really don't want to install IE 10 just go to windows update and right click on the IE 10 update and choose Hide. Done. It won't install it
or offer it to you again.
I supported XP and currently support win7 on about 450 systems...some now virtual through MS MultiPoint Server.
I appreciate the headaches you are going through with win8. I checked it out a little bit last year and gave up. However, I do have it on a system
at home and I very much look forward to the 8.1 update. I think it will address most of the issues you are having. As with you, I mostly just have a
hard time finding stuff (especially admin tools). That will come in time. The transition to universal interface (desktop, phone, tablet, laptop,
game console, mall kiosk...)is not one that we all voted for, but over time you will start to appreciate it. Those of us that have Xbox Live have
been using the win8 interface for almost 3 years now. What we didn't have to deal with on the xbox was all kinds of periphials and third party
software to configure.
In this case, change it hard...I'm resisting too...but I know I'll be assimilated as well.
I need to go fishing.
Every trip I make to Baja is an adventure filled with discovery and treasure.
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motoged
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Yep, it seems that Chromebook is the OS that is on different brands....mostly promoted as an improvement on a tablet for light internet use and NOT to
be considered as a full capacity program one would find with other OS's.
But I am a Luddite, so others will correct me.
Don't believe everything you think....
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mtnpop
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My computer guru in the east recently told me to steer clear of windows 8 as it was mainly designed for the netbooks...
Does not work well on most laptops and that he is using google chrome also..
Now I would like to be back to BAJA and out of crazyland in the north..
Another new wildfire in colorado this week.
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mrfatboy
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You all might like this:
http://orclev.tumblr.com/post/18555141412/why-windows-8-will...
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DavidE
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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This reminds me of an experience with a computer nerd in the late eighties....
"Look!" he cried "What the computer can do!"
Clickety, clack-clack-clack
Mouse click click
More clack clack clack
Then
"Wait! You'll see"
Click-click-click
He spoke triumphantly into his telephone.
"It dialed the number for me!"
"Yeah, but Pete, had you just picked up the phone and dialed, you would have been finished 5 minutes ago"
Black Death Stare
A Lot To See And A Lot To Do
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SFandH
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| Quote: | Originally posted by motoged
Yep, it seems that Chromebook is the OS that is on different brands....mostly promoted as an improvement on a tablet for light internet use and NOT to
be considered as a full capacity program one would find with other OS's.
But I am a Luddite, so others will correct me. |
No, you're correct. If you want to run complicated software or burn CDs/DVDs, ChromeOS is not for you.......yet. It's all pretty new stuff.
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Hook
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Did you all see this comment from a reader below the article in InformationWeek?
JohnM587
I am an IT consultant and have many Corporate Customers who have told me they just cannot afford the huge cost of upgrading their Windows XP which
still works just fine to Windows 7 or 8
So I found a perfect solution for them before Windows XP expires. It is a new commercially available Linux operating system that runs all Windows
applications and programs sandboxed inside Linux, making XP and also Windows 7 100% immune to all viruses and malware, requiring no future security
updates or any anti virus anti malware software. They do this by saving all windows data to drive e which is the Linux partition and they have a one
click Windows VM restore so it impossible to get a virus or malware.
It is so economical and bulletproof that I have already successfully deployed hundreds of these installs in the last 3months alone.
This 3D operating system called Robolinux installs an XP 32 or 64 bit VM in just one click Then you load your licensed XP disk into the VM, but that
was easy for my Customers to do.
Check out Robolinux if you cannot afford to upgrade.
Wonder if that is legit?
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Bob and Susan
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the problem with older versions is that NEW software wont work
embrace the future
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wornout
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| Quote: | Originally posted by motoged
My new laptop has Windows 8 on it. I am not yet in the touch screen world and don't like the W8 layout.
My tech friend told me to download (free) a program called Classic Shell that allows me to find my way around my laptop as The Creator intended (XP
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I installed Classic Shell months ago, just after I updated to 8. It is one of the best free programs I have ever used. I boot right in to the
desktop bypassing the Metro screen all together. I love windows 8, especially the automatic backup feature (file history) running all the time in the
background, it has saved me.
I loaded 8.1 on my test desktop and they did put an icon down where the old Windows 7 button use to be and that will help. I am going to test Classic
Shell with 8.1 tomorrow.
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wornout
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob and Susan
the problem with older versions is that NEW software wont work
embrace the future |
So true. Hardware gets faster, then new operating systems come out and the programmers take full advantage of the new capabilities, of the hardware
like motion, color, sound, and all. Then everyone with XP wonder why there computers run so slow and won't run some of the new stuff as you said.
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