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Don't blame Windows 8 for PC slowdown; Apple is hit, too
Computer World ^ | 04/17/2013 | Gregg Keizer

Posted on 04/17/2013 8:30:32 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: quimby

RE: A friend has his tablet setup just so as a desktop system.

He must really love working on small screens...


21 posted on 04/17/2013 9:03:45 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m with you. Stupid, stupid move on Microsoft’s part making PC’s with Win8. It is not business friendly. Win8 is a tablet design, not a PC design. They lost their marbles on this one.


22 posted on 04/17/2013 9:05:14 AM PDT by girlscout
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To: SeekAndFind
He must really love working on small screens...

Not at all, the hdmi output connects to a 21" monitor.

23 posted on 04/17/2013 9:09:41 AM PDT by quimby
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To: Mr. K

Last month I bought a Vaio, spending almost $1500 for the tricked out laptop. Took it home, loaded up Office and Adobe Suite and boom; it froze up. Nothing would un-stick it.

Went back and bought a MacBook Pro for a little more $$. No problems.

You’re lucky.


24 posted on 04/17/2013 9:11:09 AM PDT by Loud Mime (Liberal: A person who charges their grandchildren for today's party)
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To: quimby

RE; the hdmi output connects to a 21” monitor.

Well there you go, other than the mouse, it’s essentially a smaller version of a laptop.


25 posted on 04/17/2013 9:13:27 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: girlscout
Who will be added to this list?

26 posted on 04/17/2013 9:16:15 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s the economy stupid!


27 posted on 04/17/2013 9:23:05 AM PDT by pallis
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To: SeekAndFind
Well there you go, other than the mouse, it’s essentially a smaller version of a laptop.

LOL, The tablet has a usb port and he plugs in a usbmouse, usb keyboard, and usb harddrive, in addition to a 21" monitor. I wouldn't want to edit video, but for word processing and outher lite tasks it works well.

28 posted on 04/17/2013 9:24:33 AM PDT by quimby
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To: quimby

That’s what I said, he just converted his tablet to a laptop.


29 posted on 04/17/2013 9:26:55 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: girlscout

How about market saturation?

Maybe the government will mandate a change that makes all the hundreds of millions of perfectly usable PCs obsolete as was done with TV ?

Will obama offer “cash for clunker computers” so millions of usable PCs are scrapped to benefit Chinese factories and American resellers?

The non-graphic email needs were met with computers of the 80s.

I seriously think few PC users tap a tenth of the current machines potential yet everyone is forced to continually “upgrade” to keep the gamers,show-off programmers, and advertisers happy.

If it wasn’t for all the ad spyware,pushware ads,and other crap my old iMac Lime or Windows 98SE or Me would do fine for my internet use and ,I strongly suspect,that of many others.Certainly MacOS 10.4 Tiger with multiple participant video conferencing built in should suffice!. We had video clips then ;HTML5 isn’t needed just to see a video of someone reading the news or anything else.It is just constant,forced,planned, and totally UNNECCESSARY obsolescence designed to keep the treadmill going.

If these improvements actually made things better and easier I would be much happier.I have had to retire a number of PCs from internet use only because the websites stopped supporting the browser that would run on the OS of those machines,yet what I see on those websites is practically the same as before.


30 posted on 04/17/2013 9:30:37 AM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isn't free)
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To: hoosierham
If these improvements actually made things better and easier I would be much happier.I have had to retire a number of PCs from internet use only because the websites stopped supporting the browser that would run on the OS of those machines,yet what I see on those websites is practically the same as before.

Sounds like a job for linux !

31 posted on 04/17/2013 9:36:54 AM PDT by quimby
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To: mountainlion

I just don’t understand why anyone would want a touch screen. Your screen needs to be clean but won’t be if you’re eating a jelly donut or cheetos.


32 posted on 04/17/2013 9:37:24 AM PDT by bgill
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To: SeekAndFind

A capable tablet with good graphics and a usb port sounds eminently sensible as an everything PC. Use it mobile in tablet form and then stick it into a dock so you then use a fullsize keyboard ,mouse,and large screen monitor.What’s not to like? You don’t have to copy data back and forth,or learn the quirks of two PCs.


33 posted on 04/17/2013 9:37:51 AM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isn't free)
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To: girlscout
Why not? Windows 8 sux and we all know it.

Windows 8 is faster and more efficient than Windows 7. Problem is Microsoft put that terrible interface on top of it. There are simple ways to make the interface like Windows 7, but most people don't want to bother.

34 posted on 04/17/2013 9:48:49 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: Moonman62

I’ve already made mine like Windows 7 and I still don’t like it.


35 posted on 04/17/2013 9:54:38 AM PDT by girlscout
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To: girlscout
Stupid, stupid move on Microsoft’s part making PC’s with Win8. It is not business friendly. Win8 is a tablet design, not a PC design.

Win 8 works fine for me. what is it specifically you don't like ?

36 posted on 04/17/2013 10:05:32 AM PDT by quimby
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To: quimby
No 'Start' button so you can easily go to 'My Computer', 'Control Panel', 'Accessories', etc. is one of my biggest gripes.
37 posted on 04/17/2013 10:18:49 AM PDT by girlscout
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To: girlscout

Where’s the “Any Key”? It says “To Start Press Any Key.”


38 posted on 04/17/2013 10:20:48 AM PDT by dfwgator
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39 posted on 04/17/2013 10:22:33 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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When you purchase a new computer you should be able to come home, or to the office, pull it out of the box, connect it and start using it. There shouldn’t be a learning curve added into the mix. That is not the case with Win 8 and if it makes people happier to mock me then go right ahead. That seems to be the way of the world these days.


40 posted on 04/17/2013 10:43:54 AM PDT by girlscout
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