Delaying Windows Upgrades: Do You Feel Lucky?

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  1. Posts : 200
    Windows 7 Pro 64-bit
       #10

    I won't be upgrading anytime soon I'm happy with windows 7. If it ain't broke why fix it.
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  2. Posts : 290
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #11

    I'm at that point as well. You what they say, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks"! [/QUOTE]

    I am an old dog, but I still learn a few new tricks. However I don't see the point in making a real computer look like a tablet.

    Not planning on using W8 unless MS offers a way to have the start menu and desktop like W7.
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  3. Posts : 2,465
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #12

    Bumpkin said:
    Not planning on using W8 unless MS offers a way to have the start menu and desktop like W7.
    Not from MS, but classic shell already make that possible

    I agree too that Win8 is a downgrade compared to Win7. The new UI is too tablet-specific and gets in the way in so many forms that makes impractical for real usage. Sure, it CAN be done and anyone with practice can learn and use it like any other version, but you'll be doing in a non optimal way and wasting time searching for options instead of just doing your work.
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  4. Posts : 290
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #13

    Alejandro85 said:
    Bumpkin said:
    Not planning on using W8 unless MS offers a way to have the start menu and desktop like W7.
    Not from MS, but classic shell already make that possible
    I try to stay away from third party software that makes changes to the OS. But I have not noticed any complaints about classic shell, not that I have been looking.

    Happy with W7 for now!
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  5. Posts : 350
    Windows 7 Pro x64
       #14

    Bumpkin said:
    I try to stay away from third party software that makes changes to the OS. But I have not noticed any complaints about classic shell, not that I have been looking.

    Happy with W7 for now!

    W7 doesn't need Classic Shell because it was done right to begin with, unlike W8.
    So the question begs to be asked.......Why buy W8 and use Classic Shell to make it look more like W7???

    I'm with you bumpkin, W8 is a downgrade from W7.
    Last edited by Dallas 7; 23 Oct 2012 at 22:14.
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  6. Posts : 12,177
    Windows 7 Ult x64 - SP1/ Windows 8 Pro x64
       #15

    Lady Fitzgerald said:
    Phone Man said:
    ...So just a little education and most people will have no problems using Windows 8...
    Yeah, right.
    Most people have used a smart phone and/or tablet, Windows 8 is a very small step from there.

    "You can't teach an old dog new tricks"
    Only if the old dog doesn't want to learn something new.

    It takes less than 5 minutes to learn the new UI, most important is getting to the Desktop.
    I find the new UI useful for a couple of things, kinda like a dock program, like something from Stardock.

    The actual improvements and benefits (not counting the new UI) are very good.

    Been using Windows 8 for over a year, primary for about 7 months.

    Good enough for this old dog, with new tricks
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  7. Posts : 350
    Windows 7 Pro x64
       #16

    Dave76 said:

    Most people have used a smart phone and/or tablet, Windows 8 is a very small step from there.
    "You can't teach an old dog new tricks"
    Only if the old dog doesn't want to learn something new.
    It takes less than 5 minutes to learn the new UI, most important is getting to the Desktop.
    I find the new UI useful for a couple of things, kinda like a dock program, like something from Stardock.
    The actual improvements and benefits (not counting the new UI) are very good.
    Been using Windows 8 for over a year, primary for about 7 months.
    Good enough for this old dog, with new tricks

    That's exactly the problem, it was DESIGNED for smart phones and tablets, not desktop PCs.
    They could probably design a mouse to use for your smart phone too, but it might be kinda awkward because smart phones weren't designed to be used with a mouse!
    Neither were desktops designed for a tablet OS.
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  8. Posts : 277
    Windows 7 home premium 64bit
       #17

    Windows for dummies


    Bugger W8, I'm still trying to get through Windows 3.11 for dummies!!
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  9. Posts : 25,847
    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
       #18

    I guess I will be lost. I have never owned a Tablet or a cell phone.
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  10. Posts : 290
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #19

    Layback Bear said:
    I guess I will be lost. I have never owned a Tablet or a cell phone.
    Dang, I thought I was the only one East of the Mississippi River with no cell phone or Tablet!
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