Do not want.
I have been using the trial Windows 8 and love it.
I wonder if BestBuy is gonna give Mom and Pop and Grandpaw a Windows 7 option or if they’ll simply try to shove the totally dysfunctional Windows 8 down their throats? My guess is it will be throat-shoving all the way. I just so hope that Mom and Pop and Grandpaw will have the guts to take their crappy Windows 8 PCs back to BestBuy and demand a refund.
I was working on my mother’s computer - Windows 7 - and HATED it. Nothing was where it should be, it was hard to get at and hard to change settings.
I get new computers every two years or so - and stick with XP. The first thing I do when I get new OS is make look like the previous OS. It pisses me off that Microsoft changes stuff, just for the sake of change. Worse, they make it harder to find stuff, or to get at controls. They attempt to simplify things, and frustrate those of us who knew how to customize their previous OS into a useful format. Really, I truly hate them for that.
Oh, and IE9 stinks on ice, too.
Speaking only for myself as a professional who sits at the computer all day, I don’t want an operating system that is predicated on a touch-screen interface. I have a tablet and a smart phone, and I much prefer to use a mouse and keyboard over the touch screen interface for most of my day-to-day tasks.
IOW, Dell still has a lot of Windows 7 in a warehouse that haven’t sold.
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DELL sold XP after M$ wanted them to stop, too.
So I should upgrade from Windows 95?
We are resisting. If it ain't broke don't fix it.
At home I see no need for no stinkin new operating system.
As numerous articles have been suggesting, Windows 8 has two major changes: It changes the appearance of the screen from the current desktop, icons, and start button. And it favors the use of touch screen over keypad and mouse. It is primarily designed for tablets, and is awkward to use on a laptop or desktop computer.
That can be compensated for by providing a usable keyboard and mouse. Dell is, as I hoped, apparently doing that. So you can buy Windows 8 from them with a stand to hold the screen in position, and a decent mouse and keypad.
Or, in case that doesn’t work, you can stick with Windows 7 until we see whether or not Windows 8 catches on.
A recent article says that Dell will offer several options that will allow touch operation OR decent keyboard and mouse operation:
http://betanews.com/2012/10/12/dell-offers-new-touch-enabled-pcs-for-windows-8-day/
I’ve just ordered a Mac Pro computer specifically asking that they NOT put Windows 8 on it!
I keep hearing about how bad Vista was. I never had a problem with it and I absolutely loathe Windows 7 new format of libraries.