Microsoft Can't Sell Windows 8, So It's Giving It Away

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  1. Posts : 548
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
       #40

    jimbo45 said:
    You can easily create any level of cascadable menus in W8.1 simply via toolbars -- here's an example of a big one. You can choose your own pgms etc -- much more flexible than the W7 system.
    Indeed! I've done exactly this ever since Windows XP. Combined with using the Start Menu as a fallback general purpose menu with everything in it, it is a very productive means of doing things.
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  2. Posts : 5,941
    Linux CENTOS 7 / various Windows OS'es and servers
       #41

    Layback Bear said:
    I keep thinking. What does Windows 8.xx have that I want.
    Booting a few seconds faster is no big deal.
    A bunch of tiles to poke or tick. No thanks Icons work just fine.
    A third party programs to make Windows 8 to work something like a computer. Not for me. Windows 7 already works like a computer.
    A bunch of rent or lease programs. No no. If I want them I want to buy them and own them.
    If I want something on my lap I can poke she will be over 40 years old ect.
    I have a friend that just bought his wife a new laptop. All he mentioned to me was; his wife no longer wants to use the computer.
    She uses it to pay bills on line a little email. The rest of the time it just sits.
    She use to do news letters. Print them and post them online for the Post I belong to. Keep track of the Posts kitchen supplies and do the ordering and many more things. She use to help the Auxiliary part of the Post with their computing needs but no longer.
    That is what Windows 8 did to a non tech user.
    I tried to convince her into Window 7 but she is not gun shy.
    She went from XP to Windows 8.
    Hi there
    for the applications specified here - a little email, some internet and online shoppimg plus payimg bills a TABLET or MOBILE phone is probably the most sensible sort of device. For this type of stuff one doesn't need a full blown computer anymore.

    Even for playing movies a tablet is probably fine - especially if it has an HDMI out where you can plug the tablet into a large screen.

    Remember when XP came out no tablets were around and smart phones also didn't exist.

    Hardware has changed -- after all these days who even THINKS of buying an iPOD any more as their portable music player - or even an old cassette Sony Walkman. Most phones even cheap ones have a decent built in music player - and trying to find a phone that doesn't have a built in camera is all but impossible.

    A lot of people probably would be better off NOT having a full blown computer - whatever OS it was running.

    Cheers
    jimbo
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  3. Posts : 25,847
    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
       #42

    She has a phone but bought a quality laptop to work like a computer not a phone.
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  4. Posts : 334
    7 home premium 64 bit
       #43

    Um i don't know how work would take it if I left my laptop and brought my tablet.

    Also why does crisis 3 look so bad on my tablet? I just cant get the frame rates out of it for some reason. Hahahaha.

    But yes i can see your point windows 8 is good for paying bills and watching movies but why buy that when i can buy a computer that can do all that plus work high end video games, and yes be comfortable to me.

    I must admit I like a comfortable os. I know some people who have xp. When i try to fix their comp and i forget their control panel layout is different. I haven't had to fix windows xp in so long that i have almost forgotten how to do some of the simplest things. Windows 8 was the worst experience for me ever. To fix it I had to search the internet to learn where anything was. Bing was laughing at me. "You cant find the control panel?"
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  5. Posts : 3,371
    W10 Pro desktop, W11 laptop, W11 Pro tablet (all 64-bit)
       #44

    King Arthur said:
    jimbo45 said:
    You can easily create any level of cascadable menus in W8.1 simply via toolbars -- here's an example of a big one. You can choose your own pgms etc -- much more flexible than the W7 system.
    Indeed! I've done exactly this ever since Windows XP. Combined with using the Start Menu as a fallback general purpose menu with everything in it, it is a very productive means of doing things.
    Similarly, I've been using toolbars since Win 2000 and I'm surprised that more people don't use them. At a minimum, I use the Desktop toolbar which gives me access to the shortcuts/folders on my Desktop without the need to actually go to the Desktop.
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  6. Posts : 2,047
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-BIT
       #45

    whs said:
    Nah, You need not use the cloud. And Bing is OK - or install Chrome.
    Or FireFox in some cases if you dont want to use Chrome's GoogleDrive.
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  7. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #46

    Layback Bear said:
    I keep thinking. What does Windows 8.xx have that I want.
    Booting a few seconds faster is no big deal.
    A bunch of tiles to poke or tick. No thanks Icons work just fine.
    A third party programs to make Windows 8 to work something like a computer. Not for me. Windows 7 already works like a computer.
    A bunch of rent or lease programs. No no. If I want them I want to buy them and own them.
    If I want something on my lap I can poke she will be over 40 years old ect.
    I have a friend that just bought his wife a new laptop. All he mentioned to me was; his wife no longer wants to use the computer.
    She uses it to pay bills on line a little email. The rest of the time it just sits.
    She use to do news letters. Print them and post them online for the Post I belong to. Keep track of the Posts kitchen supplies and do the ordering and many more things. She use to help the Auxiliary part of the Post with their computing needs but no longer.
    That is what Windows 8 did to a non tech user.
    I tried to convince her into Window 7 but she is not gun shy.
    She went from XP to Windows 8.
    LOL Jack, I really had to laugh. You made some good points. My wife actually likes 8.1 after I cleaned u all the tiles and set the 3 tiles of the 3 prograns she is using. She never goes directly to the desktop.
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  8. Posts : 50,642
    Thread Starter
       #47

    NobodySpecial: I don't know why the Youtube stretched the window so much, as this has never happened before with Youtube and I can't get it to embed correctly. With just a link you'll have to watch a (MS) commercial.

    But the video is an inspiration not for the reason MS wants as it's advertising jingle, but because those of us who have come up with Win7 since beta now form a resistance you are reading about here that to me is heroic, brave and imminently right.

    We stand for the best OS ever, one which we helped elevate to the top and don't intend to see smothered in its crib.

    I personally risk the highest award in tech - the Microsoft MVP - finally pushing back against this terribly wrong turn, in defense of Win7. But to me the award is worth nothing if what attracted me to tech in the first place, Windows 7, is not given its rightful place until it has a worthy successor.

    Until then this is the headquarters for Win7, where we know it best and love it passionately. And we rock!
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  9. Posts : 19
    Windows
       #48

    gregrocker said:
    NobodySpecial: I don't know why the Youtube stretched the window so much, as this has never happened before with Youtube and I can't get it to embed correctly. With just a link you'll have to watch a (MS) commercial.

    But the video is an inspiration not for the reason MS wants as it's advertising jingle, but because those of us who have come up with Win7 since beta now form a resistance you are reading about here that to me is heroic, brave and imminently right.

    We stand for the best OS ever, one which we helped elevate to the top and don't intend to see smothered in its crib.

    I personally risk the highest award in tech - the Microsoft MVP - finally pushing back against this terribly wrong turn in defense of Win7. But to me the award is worth nothing if what attracted me to tech in the first place, Windows 7, is not given its rightful place until it has a worthy successor.

    Until then this is the headquarters for Win7, where we know it best and love it passionately. And we rock!
    ok nobodyspecial agrees and thinks windows7 is the next windows xp and will be around for a good decade if not more i think it will be updated and extended past the dates shown on wikipedia due to demand customer is always right no
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  10. NoN
    Posts : 4,166
    Windows 7 Professional SP1 - x64 [Non-UEFI Boot]
       #49

    Let's just hope manufacturers brands won't do with Windows7 like eg: intel with H77 & Z77 chipsets limitation for Windows Vista. In that case upgrading hardwares for those keeping in mind Windows 7 might be quite tough.
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