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I'm ready to love Windows again: Why Microsoft is Cooking up a Winner in Windows 10
Business Insider ^
| 02/01/2015
| Steve Kovach
Posted on 02/02/2015 9:11:15 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: Blood of Tyrants
I am running APL\1130 on an old 1973 IBM 1130 minicomputer and it’s fine.
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posted on
02/02/2015 9:25:17 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(With friends like Boehner, we don't need Democrats. -- Laz A. Mataz, 2015)
To: Lazamataz
DOS 4.01???
CP/M should is good enough for anybody!
To: Peter W. Kessler
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What about Win7, with which I am very happy? I'm in your situation. I have quite a few Win7 machines (one laptop, one desktop, three VMs), and they all perform pretty much flawlessly.
I played with a Win8.1 desktop for about 10 minutes and nearly puked. It's fine for mobiles, I suppose, but it sucks swamp water on a regular computer.
I have been playing with the Win10 "Technical Preview" for a couple weeks, and I will say it's a damn sight better than Win8.1. But it's no great improvement overall, and it's still harder to work with than it has to be.
And IMO it can't hold a candle to Win7. As of now, I'm sticking with Win7 until 2020 when they stop the security updates.
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posted on
02/02/2015 9:26:02 AM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
To: Lazamataz
Do you still have TRS-DOS running?
How's your PDP-8 doing?
To: EternalVigilance
I am running P01-OS on a 1968 Programma 101 and it's fine.
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posted on
02/02/2015 9:27:00 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(With friends like Boehner, we don't need Democrats. -- Laz A. Mataz, 2015)
To: SeekAndFind
Windows 10 moves forward by looking back to what made Windows great in the first place. The familiar desktop mode is now the default. The classic Start button is back. You can resize app windows instead of being forced to run them in full screen. Ah, progress.
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posted on
02/02/2015 9:27:26 AM PST
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: NorthMountain
TRS-DOS scares me, too futuristic.
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posted on
02/02/2015 9:27:31 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(With friends like Boehner, we don't need Democrats. -- Laz A. Mataz, 2015)
To: NorthMountain
CP/M should is good enough for anybody! NOBODY needs more than 64kb of memory.
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posted on
02/02/2015 9:28:25 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(With friends like Boehner, we don't need Democrats. -- Laz A. Mataz, 2015)
To: SeekAndFind
Google “This Week in Tech” and “Windows Weekly.” They have had a lot of info about W10. I had the tech preview on a machine for testng and it looked great. Too early a release though so back to W8.1 until the full release is out.
In any case Leo Laporte, Paul Thoroutt and Mary Jo Foley have posted very interesting reports about W10 even from the recent event in Redmond.
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posted on
02/02/2015 9:28:36 AM PST
by
prisoner6
(Unmutual and Disharmonious)
To: Lazamataz
Those transistors are just a fad ... they'll never catch on.
Valves and Relays Forever!!!
To: Lazamataz
Is that a pic of the one at the Smithsonian?
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posted on
02/02/2015 9:29:08 AM PST
by
EternalVigilance
(Jeb Bush should be running for president of Mexico.)
To: Lazamataz
Real Men use core memory.
To: NorthMountain
>>
What about Win7, with which I am very happy? > Win-7 is sliding toward obsolescence ...
I have bad news for you. ALL versions of Windows start "sliding toward obsolescence" a year after they're released.
Hell, some were obsolete even BEFORE they were released. Witness Vista.
Win7 has hit the end of free maintenance calls, and no more major features will be added. That's all. Win7 will remain perfectly functional for the next 5 years, until they stop the security updates.
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posted on
02/02/2015 9:30:03 AM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
To: Peter W. Kessler
I’m using notches carved on a stick and it’s perfectly fine, except that the wood shavings keep jamming up my keyboard.
To: dayglored
Correct. Therefore, Win-10 is farther up the slippery slope that leads to the sewer.
FWIW, I still have an XP box running. It's not on the network, so I'm not worried about it.
To: Lazamataz
I am running P01-OS on a 1968 Programma 101 and it's fine.
THAT explains some of your posts on FR.
To: SeekAndFind
I ordered a Surface Pro 3 on Friday. Patiently, sort of, awaiting it’s arrival.
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posted on
02/02/2015 9:31:47 AM PST
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
To: NorthMountain
Charles Babbage had the right idea. NUMBER GEARS AND HAND-CRANK POWER, BABY!
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posted on
02/02/2015 9:31:59 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(With friends like Boehner, we don't need Democrats. -- Laz A. Mataz, 2015)
To: NorthMountain; Lazamataz
>
Real Men use core memory. I still have my 32KB plane (surplus) from the mid-70's. And it still works, albeit the memory cycle time is around a microsecond, so it's only useful with my old 8-bit 6809 homebrew system.
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posted on
02/02/2015 9:32:18 AM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
To: NorthMountain
CP/M should is good enough for anybody!Pfft. I'm responding to this by tapping out binary code on a telegraph key.
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