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If it’s anything like Windows 8, I will be an Apple user.
Not if it has metro.
I am still using Windows 7 and like it very much so it seems to me that Microsoft could do a lot worse than have to Windows 9 be the new Windows 7. I managed to skip the worst of the Windows bombs (Vista, Windows 8) with the exception of ME. What a turd that was.
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It will suck like all Microscope®
Uh, no. If you want your mail accessible by multiple platforms POP3 is not the way to go.
There really isn't much left that I do on a regular basis that I can't do under Linux. Some games, maybe. I'm using Win8.1 to post this and it's adequate but not enough better than 7 for me to pay for separately. If it hadn't come with the box I wouldn't be using it.
Metro must die.
will i even care? do i want more nsa-ware?
Is there any FReeper who knows about and uses Windows Server?
I know people have a tendency to speak from experience, but every release of Microsoft Server, starting with Windows NT 3.51, has been a wonderful product!
Windows Server 2012 R2 is great. I even use one for a desktop/high end production workstation. I run Hyper-V server and have installed virtual machines running Linux, different versions of Windows client (XP, Vista, 7 and 8). Today I installed Linux Mint... Can’t get the virtual network card to up but I’m working on it.
I love Storage Spaces, work folders and domain join. Just excellent productivity concepts keeping up with corporate America.
And the Active Directory is king.
Just wanted to say something positive about Microsoft that few rarely discuss (or know about?) here.
Hubby says only the odd numbered ones are good. Well, every other one, that’s what he means.
Windows 8 is perfectly useable on laptops and desktops. Just install http://www.stardock.com/products/start8/
A very simple install..... Do this and you get back the start button and you bypass Metro which I have not looked at in weeks
The default look of the Windows 8 very nice. I like it better than the Windows 7 look. But I use both in different computers
******** It is beyond stupid for Microsoft to have not made an easy option of no Metro and with a start button. Windows 8.1 does not bring back a real start button.
I’ve been using Win7 64 bit since it came out. It is an excellent operating system. Because I teach Excel and Access to college students, I installed Win8 on one of my machines that I use regularly. It works but is not an improvement on Win7 in any visible way. I stuck a Win7 shell on it and have had no problems.
I use Linux for reading my email from my uncle Bob. He regularly links questionable sites. While Linux is good, it doesn’t run Excel or Access and isn’t the answer for most business desktops. (I do like Gnome Mahjong)
It would be nice if Microsoft came out with an updated version of Win7 for the vast number of business desktop users. So far, integrating touch screen and desktop operating systems has not been a great success.