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  1. Nathan

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    #3 Nathan, Jun 20, 2015
    Windows ME is better than 8!

    Where is Clippy when you need it.
     
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    #9 Metalman, Jun 21, 2015
    I just cover up the unwanted icon with a small piece of black gaffer tape....

    Silver duct tape works also...:arf:

    I tried Scotch tape... Not so much...:frown2:
     
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    #17 MCS02, Jun 21, 2015
    And heres the cure for Windows.

    Apple








    Ok sorry I have tried to not do that I just can't help myself.:devil:
     
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    #19 Minidave, Jun 21, 2015
    "I've gotten to where I wait at least six months before I buy ANY new technology. "

    So, you wait till it's obsolete before you buy it? :biggrin5:
     
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    #45 Steve, Aug 5, 2015
    I built a new PC about a month ago and loaded 8.1. After a few weeks learning to live with 8.1 I upgraded to 10 today and I'm already happier with 10. I don't love it but I also don't hate it.
     
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    #49 Crashton, Aug 8, 2015
    If I have to buy a new box of wires it will be windohs 10. Otherwise I'll keep what I have until Micro$oft stops supporting it. Heck I was happy with XP.
     
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    #50 Steve, Aug 8, 2015
    I'm just now getting rid of XP on one of my confusers. :D Never had an issue.

    By the way, Win7 end of life (EOL) is Jan 14, 2020. Mainstream support ended this January but extended support runs through Jan 2020.

    What's the difference between those levels of support? Here's the simple answer: Windows 7 exits mainstream support: What you need to know | PCWorld
     
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    #2 Steve, Jun 20, 2015
    I've read fairly good things but haven't tried it myself. Looking forward to real world comments on the full release (which comes out 29 July, I think) since anyone with Win7 or 8/8.1 can get a free upgrade to 10. This is tempting since things I've read make it look like it may be a welcome improvement over 8/8.1.
     
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    #5 Minidave, Jun 20, 2015
    My wife has been beta testing it for over a month now - she likes some of what they did but she's waiting for the full release to say for sure.

    Unlike others I have no issue with Win 8/8.1, it works fine for me...... seems unnecessarily fussy at times, but it works just fine once you figure out the ins and outs of it.
     
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    #6 Friskie, Jun 20, 2015
    Been away for a spell, turn on the machine upon return this evening and there's this 'thing' on the task bar wanting me to download '10'. I don't want '10', I want what I know works and wish to be left alone. How do I make this icon go away? Grumpy old farts don't like things being re-arranged.
     
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    #14 WolfGTI, Jun 21, 2015
    This statement if serious renders you as technology stupid. Please sell your computer and remove yourself from the internet.

     
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    #18 caseydog, Jun 21, 2015
    Someone had to do it. Better you than me. :biggrin5:

    However, since Steve jobs died, I look at new Mac OS versions kinda' the same way Windoze users look at new versions -- or kinda' like I look at a new General Motors product. I do not want to be one of the first people to buy it (AKA; guinea pig).

    I've gotten to where I wait at least six months before I buy ANY new technology.

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    #20 caseydog, Jun 21, 2015
    I'm just about ready to give up on my Motorola Flip Phone. :blush2:

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    #36 Friskie, Aug 4, 2015
    Does anyone notice a parallel universe between what microswish and BMW/car manufacturers are doing and the reaction those two are generating from older model users?
     
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    #42 Nathan, Aug 4, 2015
    Hmmm, not a bad idea. I'll do the laptop and see if I like it. If not I have the install disks to go back to 7
     
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    #43 Systemlord, Aug 4, 2015
    I always prefer to own physical copies of games and OS's, more control over my computer if I ever need to start from scratch again. It would also be nice if you could download all updates onto a disk to perform a re-install offline because you're vulnerable until your updated!
     
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    #48 Metalman, Aug 8, 2015
    I have Windows 7 Pro to run my business. Pricing letters and CAD files all the way back to 2000.... Works fine all of the time, I check for updates first thing every morning... I'm just a little reluctant to jump ship... It's tempting to move over to the free Windows 10, but I think I'll hold off for now and continue following other people's experiences with the switch... I don't like being an early adopter guinea pig...

    May We Attack You Again?
     
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    #51 Metalman, Aug 8, 2015
    Thank's Steve...
    I'm going to stick with Windows 7... Hopefully until I re-tar... Hopefully before 2020... Hopefully if my wife lets me...
    Awww Cripes....Now what happened to that sticky with my password stuck to my monitor.....:D
     
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    #4 Steve, Jun 20, 2015
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    Mr Softy knows that's what you think, too.

    This is why they offered a cheap "downgrade" to Win7 after the early Win8 backlash.

    It's also why they came out so quickly with 8.1 ... and then, nearly as quickly, the 8.1 "update".

    It's also why companies like HP have been offering Win7 machines, and still are!

    Stats I read just last week show less than half of computers running Windows are using 8/8.1, still!

    Unfortunately for me, I'm about to build a new PC and the only unused copy I have sitting around of current Win is 8.1. Thus my great interest in this free Win10 upgrade. :fingerscrossed:
     
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