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Offline A7X_foREVer

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« on: October 24, 2012, 06:16:36 PM »
Anyone else around here looking at getting it
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Re: Windows 8
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2012, 06:29:22 PM »
Quote from: A7X_foREVer on October 24, 2012, 06:16:36 PM
Anyone else around here looking at getting it

Not for at least a year. 
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Re: Windows 8
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2012, 06:34:05 PM »
I am holding out for Windows 9. Maybe then they will come back down to reality.
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Re: Windows 8
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2012, 08:22:10 PM »
I'm looking to upgrade from XP soon. After the Vista disaster I haven't really kept up with how Windows is these days. Probably used Windows 7 in a class but I cannot say I had enough time to evaluate it.
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Re: Windows 8
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2012, 08:28:59 PM »
If I was going to update from XP, I would skip Vista entirely.  My only experience with Windows 7 has been in a business environment and our computers take a beating, so my opinion is probably not going to be very kind either.  From everything I have heard about Windows 8, the interface was designed as a replacement for Windows CE/Windows Mobile. 

If I were forced to update, I would go with a high-spec version of 7, probably Professional or Enterprise.
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Re: Windows 8
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2012, 08:30:02 PM »
Quote from: Duke Nukum on October 24, 2012, 08:22:10 PM
I'm looking to upgrade from XP soon. After the Vista disaster I haven't really kept up with how Windows is these days. Probably used Windows 7 in a class but I cannot say I had enough time to evaluate it.

& is a lot like XP in functionality to me.  Vista sucks, too many crashes.
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Re: Windows 8
« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2012, 08:53:42 AM »
I love W7. Used the pre-release of W8 and I don't care for the GUI. It's too much like a smart phone.
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Re: Windows 8
« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2012, 05:29:39 PM »
I ran the RP of Windows 8 for a while and overall liked it. In ran much faster then Win7 ever did for me and I liked the interface overall. My main computer broke however and the laptop I'm on now has no hope of ever running Windows 8 so I'm not worried at the moment.

I'm on a 700Mhz PIII until I fix my good computer :/
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Re: Windows 8
« Reply #8 on: October 27, 2012, 12:58:58 PM »
Just got New laptop with Windows 7 and it is a lot like XP and so far have had no issues.

I am reading that Windows 8 is very much different but have not seen it so far.
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Re: Windows 8
« Reply #9 on: November 01, 2012, 05:40:11 PM »
Went to Best Buy today to look at Windows 8. It doesn't appeal to me. Might end up getting it anyway but I really prefer the "Start" button to all that blocky stuff. If I had a touch screen I might feel different but...I might just dig up my XP disk and see how well I can get along with that for a while.

In the meantime running Unbuntu. Seems a bit better than the RHEL I use at work. But want to play some games. So I guess I will have to get Windows of some sort working on here.
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