tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post3019824472965592194..comments2024-03-28T20:22:27.133-04:00Comments on Doug Ross @ Journal: EARLY RETURNS ON WINDOWS 8: Vista Redux?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-49214158866618607812012-11-25T09:14:31.093-05:002012-11-25T09:14:31.093-05:00To be honest, I never saw a reason to go beyond XP...To be honest, I never saw a reason to go beyond XP. Microsoft got it right for the first time regarding reliable security, reliable updates, and compatibility with the rest of the world with XP. XP was brilliant ... everything since then merely the product of the human tendency toward incessant meddling. Kind of like the Enlightenment and the Founding.LibertyAtStakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02352456337421726385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-71437183271223907252012-11-25T08:00:43.541-05:002012-11-25T08:00:43.541-05:00I am still on XP because I cant use the explorer o...I am still on XP because I cant use the explorer on 7.sTevonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-10819265886820782672012-11-24T23:59:59.475-05:002012-11-24T23:59:59.475-05:00Windows 8 on the PC certainly allows multiple wind...Windows 8 on the PC certainly allows multiple windows to open through the standard desktop. Seriously, just consider the Metro interface as a replacement for the Start button and most everything else translates easily.<br /><br />The OS is more stable, and I love the synch with my Surface that allows me to easily share files, settings, favorites, etc. between the two. <br /><br />Now, once I get my Win 8 phone I get to take advantage of the full ecosystem. Nice!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-12600191380252400782012-11-24T23:49:20.894-05:002012-11-24T23:49:20.894-05:00I know FOAF data is anecdotal, but so are reviews,...I know FOAF data is anecdotal, but so are reviews, really. And I've seen some blistering reviews of Win8. However, I also saw them with Win7 when it was new. But a few folks whose opinions I trust, and who are not shilling for Microsoft, have told me they like it, a lot.<br /><br />(I've done systems analysis, and put together many systems using various OS flavors over many years. So for me to trust someone else's opinion, they have to know a lot more about than I do.)<br /><br />What they liked was the stability, the already-available set of drivers, and the way it works with current generation hardware.<br /><br />(These are folks that have to GSD,RFN on computers, too, and not social-networking culture enthusiasts.)<br /><br />I'm guessing by SP2 or so, all the cranky Win8 reviewers will have moved on to some other topic, and the WinXp folks will all be moving up a level.K-Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-13135986408900492572012-11-24T22:15:06.593-05:002012-11-24T22:15:06.593-05:00My Mom upgraded to a Windows 8 (non-touch screen) ...My Mom upgraded to a Windows 8 (non-touch screen) when Sandy blew out her laptop. So far, the results are mixed. In some ways, she finds it easier. In others, not so much. Too much crap running on the laptop.<br /><br />Heck, consider 7: most people never use any widgets. I don't. No a one. Don't need to.<br /><br />And, I've played with them a bit, both tablet and PC, over at Best Buy. Not impressed. It's clunky and stupid looking. Why would I move from Vista which uses too much resources to something which uses even more and looks dumb? Why move from Droid, where it looks good (same with iPhone) on phone and tablet, to this Windows silliness?William Teachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11447753680268439618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-52992411500920287442012-11-24T21:21:00.537-05:002012-11-24T21:21:00.537-05:00"And if you do email of any volume, you gotta...<i>"And if you do email of any volume, you gotta have a keyboard. So we look at the tablet and we think it’s gonna fail."</i><br />- Steve Jobs, 2003<br /><br />In early 2000, while Apple was beta-testing OSX, Microsoft put a heavy ad campaign out asking people if they really wanted to migrate to a completely new OS - knowing, of course, that they would need to do the same thing in the next few years (ie: Windows XP).<br /><br />Now, Microsoft is trying to lead the pack by writing an OS that covers all computing devices from phones to <i>(the soon to be archaic)</i> desktops - it may prove to be their swan song... but, it's something Apple's already working towards as they converge iOS with OSX - I suspect there won't be an "OSXI" or "OS 11", but rather an "iOS" - and, I suspect they may not get it right either.<br /><br />Thanks for reading!The MUSEmanhttp://unsolicited.elementfx.comnoreply@blogger.com