Am quite confused re this

[ICIT2LOL]

Having just read this article I still not sure what it is telling me. I get the impression that Microsoft want to swallow all the small fish and churn out one big one of it's own. I don't like this idea and would certainly put me off installing 8 - if I was so inclined which of course I am not because 7 is fine just as it is.
It just seems like they are fixing a non broken wheel??

https://windowssecrets.com/woodys-windows/microsoft-accounts-the-good-bad-and-indifferent/

 

[Maguscreed]

Everything microsoft is linked together now.
You're likely already linked to it somehow and probably just don't know it.

I personally don't like being strong armed into things, it's why I no longer purchase video games from EA.
This is not something to be incredibly paranoid about though it's mostly just for mail and skydrive integration at this point.

I've been put of windows 8 for other reasons myself, that I suppose it would be improper to go into here.

 

[Britton30]

Looks like MS want to make you think you need a MS account to install Win 8, but the author says no. The rest of the article is paid for info.

It all sounds a bit over the mark and underhanded to me.

 

[Maguscreed]

Well that particular site has been known to be a bit conspiracy oriented when it comes to any kind of new feature.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Still smacks of big brother though and I am just a bit tired of the constant change and reckon that OS is more for the "mobile" people like some I saw in a funny pic show this morning.

Anyway as long as 7 lasts for another 10 or 15 years or until I am senile or something I'll be happy. If it doesn't well theres always Linux based stuff eh?

 

[Maguscreed]

Sadly 7 will likely be FORCED into retirement sometime in the next 5 years or so.
I also agree that win 8 seems primarily to be for touchscreen/mobile devices.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Sadly 7 will likely be FORCED into retirement sometime in the next 5 years or so.
I also agree that win 8 seems primarily to be for touchscreen/mobile devices.

Ah well better go buy the rope now - what a fiasco Microsoft and I thought Vista was a big mistake well for my money you can stick 8 where the squirrel put it's nuts!

 

[whs]

It is all about control and in preparation of the cloud. The good old days where you could do your own thing in your little corner are over.

 

[Britton30]

End of life table for MS OSs.
Windows lifecycle fact sheet - Microsoft Windows

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Hum well I just posted in the Microsoft site as to what I think about the darn nonsense.

It's about time Microsoft started providing what WE want and stop concentrating on what I can only describe as absolute greed and corporate nonsense

I expect everyone else has to but I have spent a great deal of my hard earned money buying their products over the years not to mention the amount of time and effort in using their software. Then one ends up getting treated like this!!

Sorry folks but I am not a happy camper right now!! If it means Linux then I'll go Linux:sarc:

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Then I go find this Android really is the new Windows | ZDNet

guess we are doomed

Well just got this back form the M$ community forum from a MVP

Windows 7 will be supported up to 2020, so it's not out yet.
Also, Windows 8 with the addition of a 3rd party start menu is ok too..

Mind you there are A LOT of folks in there saying they hate 7 and 8 so it looks like a real slanging match going on LOL!! you ought to have a look LOL!!
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...-hate-it/34c62c3b-9fa3-4e8e-aa49-b28d571fb9ff

 

[whs]

John, I feel with you. But I don't think that Linux is a good alternative unless you want only basic services (mail, letter writing, internet). As soon as you get into more complex applications like video editing or photo processing, it gets iffy. There are good products like Gimp, but they are damn hard to use.

And I don't think MS will give us credit for what we paid them in the past. They want our money in the future - which I guess they won't be getting for a while.

 

[Maguscreed]

I love my android phone. I hardly think it's a viable replacement for windows though.

 

[The Howling Wolves]

ICit2lol,
" If it means Linux then I'll go Linux"
Me thinks I will go to bed!
Read were Dell's profits are plummeting due to PC sales falling off the cliff.
THW

 

[Britton30]

I have a cell phone. I use it to talk to people with.

 

[Maguscreed]

Linux has always been the same there's this small crowd that insists it's the most awesome thing ever, then tells you, you are going to have to hire your own tech department just do make it do what a normal pc can do with a few lines of script.

Linux is secure and stable sure, but in my eyes it will always be best used as a server OS.
...and calling Android linux is a bit of a stretch.
The foundation is there yeah, but it's not linux anymore.

I will grant that linux has the most dedicated fans I have met in my life though.
Sports, music, games, you name it, I've not seen any other fans defend anything like that.

...it's madness.

also this
http://theoatmeal.com/blog/fix_computer

 

[Britton30]

David, I guess you've not met a Mac fan boy. Nutz!

 

[ICIT2LOL]

John, I feel with you. But I don't think that Linux is a good alternative unless you want only basic services (mail, letter writing, internet). As soon as you get into more complex applications like video editing or photo processing, it gets iffy. There are good products like Gimp, but they are damn hard to use.

And I don't think MS will give us credit for what we paid them in the past. They want our money in the future - which I guess they won't be getting for a while.

Well Wolfgang I haven't used it much except for getting me out of fixes when doing fixes and like you said I have only used it for Googling and retrieving data from drives that people have lost the password for - for example.

I didn't know about the graphics stuff - thanks for the heads up

Well as for M$ thats the last of my money they will get - I just cannot stand the hypocrisy and apathy of the individuals who control it to be honest which is an attribute they sadly lack, along with any form of recognisable humanity.

Oh well so much for the enjoyment of building your own eh?

 

[Maguscreed]

David, I guess you've not met a Mac fan boy. Nutz!

Mac fan boys?
I've met plenty, but they are generally idiots that only use their computer to look at lolcats and 4chan posts, in which case it doesn't really matter what computer they use.

The linux guys actually have a clue what they are talking about which makes any attempt to debate with them turn into a 3 day marathon.

 

[whs]

The linux guys actually have a clue what they are talking about which makes any attempt to debate with them turn into a 3 day marathon

What makes it worse is that you first need a 3 year intensive Linux study course to intelligently participate in the conversation.