Charlie again.
Linux, Linux, Linux.
I have Win7 Starter on my notebook - was thinking of putting Vista Home on it but afraid I’d loose my ASUS stuff like my wireless software ... or Xp ....
There’s no bias in this trash article.
Most likely, MS will cave once again to the general public and continue providing “free: critical fixes to Window 7 for years to come, but that is no guarantee. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
You’d think a web site semiaccurate.com would be a clue to most people.
Semiaccurate seems to be a good name for that drivel.
I've bought three machines with XP. All of them the OS has held up. Between three machines only one reformat and then because granddaughter locked me out of the machine. XP was a workhorse, very easy to learn and adapt to, easy to resolve issues, easy to understand.
In March because of the cut off I bought a new machine with WINDERS 8 it's 8 I hate. If I had wanted an X-Box I would have bought one. The learning curve was weeks not hours. Commands hidden in obscure locations you had to go through a lot more steps to find anything. The worst part of it was I'm on dial up. Some Twits at MS thought a nearly 900MB upgrade as they called it was great.
My complaints? IE crashes constantly. IE doesn't like it when you use windows instead of TABs. The infernal CLOUD I like to have never figured out how to stop so I could use the machine too. Hard to read Fonts sizes in the places like My PC. The Peek a Boo annoying settings in the right side that show up when you don't want them and won't show up when you do. The stupid Start Page and the Hidden X to click out. Why? Some Nerd at MS pulls these stunts just to call it an upgrade? I miss XP.
WINDERS 8 will be the last dollar from me unless they get their act together and put out a quality product once again. W/8 was put out aimed at one specific consumer base the Tablet users. The NERDS also though Touch Screen on a Desktop was a good idea. The default Mail client was pathetic. Another annoying thing is on dial up with XP I could download and still access sites. But if the machine takes a notion it has to send something it becomes unusable. Uploads should have the option of "only when machine is idle". The good old MSCONFIG works but seriously who can figure it out once you get to System Configuration? You have no way of knowing what is doing what so you can do a Selective Start Up and Services TAB is a lot worse.
W/8 isn't user friendly. Computer Geeks who like to fool around for hours on end configuring their computer may love it but for many users W/8 is a nightmare.
I understand some things change in time. I also understand an OS can only be patched so many times. BTW W/8 patches in MB's exceeds what XP had in a lifetime by at least over half already. It's junk. It's a sorry OS that look like some high schoolers were the quality assurance testers and likely even the program writers.
I've avoided LINUX because people have said you'll spend a lot of time learning it, configuring it etc. Well at least it's FREE. MS corporate arrogance abandoned the consumer base who got it to number one to start with.
Thanks for the post. My win8.0 machine gets updates, so that part of the article is incorrect.
But look at the news of msoft layoffs as a sign of corporate health. Also, Balmer is gone along with the win8 designer- But their model is broken. MS wont disappear, just kind of tread water.
Running as a non-administator is good security practice no matter the operating system.
Ubuntu Linux on a usb drive works well for me- but so does windows 8.
You make less profit by selling shoddy product long term. Security conscious users have moved to Linux because MS make poor business decision. IF they think they make more profit selling insecure product, then they’re wrong
Charlie has some ax to grind.
Microsoft has its flaws but, what doesn’t.
There are tradeoffs for any OS and as far as I’m concerned I’d rather be in charge of my firewalls and other means of defense.
If Microsoft didn’t suck today, one day they would be proven vulnerable, while everyone dreamed of sugar plum fairies, only to awaken to A Nightmare on Elm street.
If Microsoft were another automobile company I’d be very happy to see their ass kicked but, they only make the engine, with other hardware providers building their version of the latest and greatest.
Apple, on the other hand, builds the whole enchilada and we rightfully expect better control over the finished product, the same as we would expect Enzo Ferrari to have final approval on something beautiful.
still, I fooking hate learning new things and if I switch to Apple I’d lose time tinkering, whereas with Microsoft I just build on what I already know.
I’m fine with “It Smells Inside” and MicroCrap.
Given that one of the headline features of the upcoming Yosemite release is seamless application and workflow integration between OS X and iOS that plays well into the already significant iOS penetration in the Enterprise.