Windows 8 - Come on !

Question

When are we going to stop falling / or being forced to fall for this money making racket ??

Windows 8 !!

Answer 1

Lol, I think I will keep what I have at the moment! Lmao

Answer 2

I generally skip every other release of operating systems. That goes back to the D O S days. Everyone knows only the even-numbered D O S's were any good.

Win 95 was the first usable Windows. Anything earlier really was awful. But 95 was not stable. 98 was a golden version. M E was a disaster. I actually owned it, unfortunately. X P was another golden version, and I'm still running it on our print server at home, and we still use it at work on our development machines. I never owned, or even touched, a computer running NT, 2000, or Vista. I've been running Win 7 on a couple of machines at home for about a year, and I think it's the best one, yet. Which means the next one is going to be disappointing.

Of course Microsoft wants your money. That doesn't mean you have to give it to them. If you're happy with what you have, why switch? If not, buy a Mac or load Ubuntu. Do be aware that they continuously release new versions of their O S, too. At least Ubuntu's are free.

Ubuntu rocks. Once you go ubuntu you never go unto....windows.......again or something, I don't know. - jeezzle, Jun 2, 2011

Ubuntu won't load on my Vista machine - it did on the XP one. - ian-hill, Jun 2, 2011

If anyone knows how to "convert" everything from the old Vista drive to the new "7" drive I would like to know. - ian-hill, Jun 2, 2011

This laptop came with "7" - but I put the old Vista drive in it because I did not want to "re-build" everything. - ian-hill, Jun 2, 2011

Answer 3

Just what we need Ian. All of our computers will be obsolete and we will be at their mercy. Even with all it's faults, my vista lap top is not a bad little computer. I hope it lasts a while longer.

Nothing wrong with the computers Sandy - it is the OSs that bother me. Especially Vista. - ian-hill, Jun 2, 2011

Answer 4

They always come out with new and better technology new stuff just about every month

Not always better - sometimes "not fit for purpose like "Vista" - ian-hill, Jun 2, 2011