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It is like buying a truck and reducing the discomfort, noise and other annoyances.
It is like buying a truck and reducing the discomfort, noise and other annoyances.
[QUOTE=mbratch;2309373]Hi there
Thanks .
All I was trying to say really here is that if people are comfortable with Windows 7 continue to use it - however if one can actually just take a "Time out" there are some good features built in to W8 that for a lot of people merit decent consideration -- and with a relatively small amount of work you can actually make W8 behave as a desktop OS without changing the way you work very much at all -- although the initial set up is a bit fiddly.
On the downside for a lot of people is the GUI etc - but on the plus side you get a much more SECURE OS, better hardware support, decent recovery, built in History file changes so it's easy to restore previous versions of files without having to resort to 3rd party backups etc, a proper backup system THAT WORKS, Native VHD image mounting and booting, virtual ISO support so you don't need things like daemon tools etc any more and generally an optimized kernel which definitely does boot and run slicker than W7 in most cases.
At the enterprise level you also get the very useful "Windows to Go" facility - this creates a bootable complete Windows system on to an external USB stick or Disk which will boot and run from almost any conceivable hardware where you can boot from a USB device -- and it's a COMPLETE Windows system where you can install and run applications just like you are running from the Windows "C" drive == it's BETTER than a "Live CD" since it's a real running system.
For roving consultants this is actually very useful -- for example I can have OFFICE 2010 in English on my Windows to go system even if say the basic installed version of Office in the workplace is say FRENCH and version 2007. The I.T people don't have to support 10 zillion versions of office in 200 different languages for example
Some people will like the new OS, others will hate it --- welcome to planet Earth -- Humans always disagree about things -- and why not.
What I've tried to point out that some of the perceived problems with W8 can be overcome without a humungous load of hassle -- now if you don't want to bother --that's fine and I'm sure an SP2 of W7 will have to appear in due course since W7 isn't going away any time soon --
However Mobile and touch devices will become much more prevalent even in "Classical workplaces" so Ms designing an OS to incorporate these devices doesn't IMO seem a bad idea,
Now a load of people don't like this first iteration -- but wait and see what happens later -- XP was universally condemned when it appeared --now people are STILL baying for Ms's blood because they want to keep using it forever.
Anyway I've said my bit -- I'm not Rubbishing W7 in any way shape or form -- I'm just trying to say that you CAN use W8 in almost the same fashion as you use W7 but it requires a small amount of work to do it.
Cheers
jimbo
I totally agree. I have the Windows 7 start menu installed on my Windows 8 installation and it works just like Windows 7, but with added security features.Anyway I've said my bit -- I'm not Rubbishing Windows 7 in any way shape or form -- I'm just trying to say that you CAN use W8 in almost the same fashion as you use Windows 7 but it requires a small amount of work to do it.
At the moment my Linux Virtual Machines are for learning and fooling with. No biggie if I beak it, delete and restore copy. These are running on Windows 7 with VMWare. In the future if the direction chosen by M$ continues I'll be running Windows 7 in a Linux virtual machine. I learnt windows in and out and if I applied it to Linux I am sure I could tweak it to my hearts content. Windows has become an OS of all trades and a master of none.
If it was the case that Ms just did not want to believe that most of us have rejected Windows 8, that must be glaringly apparent to them by now.
The conclusion is obvious that they are just going ahead with all the usual hype, moving the deckchairs around whilst the iceberg looms ahead unseen, amidst a fog of their own making.
I appreciate that there are is quite a sizeable minority who actually like 8, but I like and use desktops, so do many millions more, and the take-up of 8 (as opposed to the number of licenses issued) proves that I am in the majority.
This can really hurt Ms, and I do not like the thought of that. I learned all that I know with Windows, from 3.1 onwards, and many more Microsoft products. That is true of most computer users on the planet. Anything that might affect the ability of the company to progress beyond this glaring mistake, will result in other companies making inroads into Ms' market share. Once that kind of thing happens, it's a long, long way to fall.
I don't think there is anything wrong with
That will keep them on the ball.other companies making inroads into Ms' market share
LOL.
Hard to tell if they know it is coming and that is why there is this urgency to cash in on their captive customers now.
Or, if they are trying to get them tied in to MS online - making it difficult to move elsewhere.
Or both.