Posted on 07/03/2012 6:54:50 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Youngsters!
Also looking at kororaa...a Fedora flavor from Australia.
Either you own a ENIAC or you are talking about age ... LOL!
Server running an Atom processor.
I bought a new Dell computer with Win7 about 6 months ago and I absolutely HATE Windows 7. I have many thousands of graphics and Win7 has them scattered everywhere, default user, administrator user, owner user, etc, they even turn up in Windows Media Player. I also hate Libraries! My graphics programs no longer open to the correct location.
My old computer had XP and everything was in “My Favorites” and easy to find. I have all my XP installation discs and wish I could just have it installed in this computer but I’d lose getting updates from Microsoft. Win7 won’t even allow installation of my favorite graphics program, Picture It. I’ve really been bummed out about it all.
After Win7 I’d be scared to download Win8......
The only thing I like about Win 7 is the ability to snap two windows side by side. I have a program I have to use for work which often involves comparing figures between two windows.........Of course that program isn’t compatible with Windows 7 so I have to run it on virtual xp and scale up the windows on my own.
Kinda sad to see you write, “the only thing I like about Win 7”, lol. I’ve spent more time on Google trying to sort things out, there are so many angry people like me about how pictures and documents are handled in Win 7.
I did manage to download my Picture It program and even tried the ‘virtual XP’ business, but it still didn’t work. Wish I had known what Win 7 was like before I got it!
If you buy a Win7 computer after a certain date, I think you’ll be able to upgrade to Win8 for free.
I’d gladly pay $40 to get rid of Vista on my wife’s laptop.
Alas Babylon! mentioned a feature at post 20 available with Windows 8....
Might want to look at that.....I think I will..
I still have my first Mac. A Mac classic with a 10 Meg hard drive. It all works.
IM not yet 40.
I still have my first Mac. A Mac classic with a 10 Meg hard drive. It all works.
IM not yet 40.
Development Release: Commodore OS Vision 1.0 Beta 9 ( Linux Mint based )
Holy crap i quess im really old too....
:o/
Creeps up on you quickly, so to speak. By the way ... being old sucks.
My first on the job computer was a McIntosh ... way before your day. A little box with great GUI and graphics. A suite of graphic software used to develope animated training material.
I am typing this on a ThinkPad running Windows 8. Believe me, Windows 8 would be a bargain at twice or three times the price. Its a great OS. Fast. Stable (even in beta). Beautiful to look at. Innovative. There will be haters who blog about how terrible it is, but I think Windows 8 is going to be a massive hit.
THANKS FOR ALL THE PINGS...
I can’t wait to upgrade the vista laptop - it’s the last machine to ever get turned on, for obvious reasons....
To be honest, I’m still trying to figure out the libaries system in Windows 7.
I never had a problem with Vista. Maybe because it was similar to previous incarnations of the Windows format.
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