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My problem with the new operating system is the metro UI. I don't understand the point of it all beyond the potential of stream lining devices of all forms through cloud based applications or whatever means they're thinking of. Is so simple I find it's counter productive. Like the main reason for hardware improvements is not because of video rendering, or development rather multi-tasking. Most main stream websites, and applications take your pc spit on it and start to choke it till the point it is about to die, let it catch its breathe and goes again. I am not a bell and whistle sort of person and I if I want to multitask I don't need a million things up to do so. And if I do need a lot resource intensive programs there are methods to put them into sleep when you switch out of them to reserve memory instead of how windows handles it.
Windows 8 seemed to be developed for the average run of the mill person with no more thought outside of facebook, and playing bejeweled or whatever it is. Then all the data saves to the app data folder and is just a nightmare personally. Like if I had windows 8 I would set up another computer for the people I know to use because all they would do is download apps and kill it with bloat ware. Though the performance increases of it was impressive regarding boot times and that.
Though I find with every revision they add new layers to their modules and it just makes doing things take longer. Windows XP to 7 was pretty straight forward though when I used 8 I was at a lost. I just want a run command or a command prompt and I'd be happy. Then having the ability to change every file as I will it. As it is now a lot of things I want to do with Windows 7 are still unanswerable, why move up to another revision to have a million other problems. Until the day software support goes out the window to the point I can no longer do things I need to do day to day will not give it up.
Winodws 10 does seem to bring back the functionality of Windows we've grown accustom too. And is how windows is take two steps forward and one step back. Though I don't particulary like the steps forward they made, and am glad they took the step back. Though Windows 11 or 12 I don't look forward to it at all.
With whatever inprovements they make like Windows 8 with the boot times there are ways to replicate this on older systems just takes a little of bit intuitive thinking. Windows 7 is about 40 seconds normally not end of the world to logon completely. But if set up a partition or a usb to store data of the computer on it when it shutdowns so adds a bit of time to the shutdown it will use that data to do quick boots.
I like windows xp, and would still be using it today had it been installed. The only thing I see from xp to 7 is how they handle memory operations even then like I'd say I'd be tempted to downgrade to windows xp over upgrading to the new stuff. Everything loads instantaneously now as it is, no lags nothing. Boots fast, no need to upgrade. Simple as that.