That's powerful, my college had a VAX 11/780 and my first PC on the job had an 8088 CPU with no graphics card and DOS 2.1.
Remember vista and win 2000? Something will come out that will make sense. You know what I hate about windows 8...it is like apple ios. Passwords and logins for everything. Apps. Not what I wanted at all.
How did you fit all that on the back of your triceratops?
the fact is microsoft shot itself in the head with windows 8.
i don't nkow very many corporations that are leaving 7 after the upgrade from xp.
i know my company only orders windows 7 boxes.
windows 9 doens't look to be anymore promising just what windows 8 probably should have been.
until they come out with another windows xp/7 model they are going to have a hard time getting anyone but consumers to switch.
yep, slightly before my time, at least schoolwise. we did borrow a TRS80 from the school once when i was a kid, though, and i took a class to learn how to program it. mostly, i used it to play B52 Bomber and Oregon trail.
our high school was equipped with a lab of Tandy 1000s. that meant GWBasic and Turbo Pascal with a healthy portion of King's Quest and Space Quest during study hall.
China bans government use of Windows 8 - Livemint
I was curious as well as to how the product was energy-saving.
Which company in its profit driven mind would do that to billion consumers?
I think the energy savings is due to not turning on the computer with no OS on it.
You know, XP is a little old now, 7 & 8 are fine. And a little know secret is that Vista is fine also, after all the service packs.
I think China may go back to Windows 3.1.
No...MS didn't shoot itself in the head with Win8.
Talking about corporations using or not using Win8 is irrelevant. MS knows that business use of a new OS never happens quickly. It didn't happen quickly with XP or Win7...it won't happen quickly with Win8. The fact is, Win8 is aimed directly at the consumer. MS's aim is to change the way people use their personal computing devices...from phones to tablets, laptops and pc's. They want people to get used to an OS that has the same look and feel across all those devices. But they know that'll take time. It's not a problem for them.
Businesses are still slowly working on switching to Win7. Win7 is also used by massive numbers of consumers. The consumers who stop using XP will be switching to Win8...some to Win7. No problem for MS...they sell their OS's either way.
All MS has to do...in fact, all they ARE doing...is to add content and refine their Win8/Win9, etc., direction. Make improvements. Add content and capabilities. Change the way people use their computers. Cortana is one of those capabilities...kinect is another. In 10 years, more people will be using Win8/Win9 than Win7 and corporations will be bringing up the rear...slowly changing...as they normally do.
I think the energy savings is due to not turning on the computer with no OS on it.
You know, XP is a little old now, 7 & 8 are fine. And a little know secret is that Vista is fine also, after all the service packs.
I think China may go back to Windows 3.1.
I think the energy savings is due to not turning on the computer with no OS on it.
You know, XP is a little old now, 7 & 8 are fine. And a little know secret is that Vista is fine also, after all the service packs.
I think China may go back to Windows 3.1.
No...MS didn't shoot itself in the head with Win8.
Talking about corporations using or not using Win8 is irrelevant. MS knows that business use of a new OS never happens quickly. It didn't happen quickly with XP or Win7...it won't happen quickly with Win8. The fact is, Win8 is aimed directly at the consumer. MS's aim is to change the way people use their personal computing devices...from phones to tablets, laptops and pc's. They want people to get used to an OS that has the same look and feel across all those devices. But they know that'll take time. It's not a problem for them.
Businesses are still slowly working on switching to Win7. Win7 is also used by massive numbers of consumers. The consumers who stop using XP will be switching to Win8...some to Win7. No problem for MS...they sell their OS's either way.
All MS has to do...in fact, all they ARE doing...is to add content and refine their Win8/Win9, etc., direction. Make improvements. Add content and capabilities. Change the way people use their computers. Cortana is one of those capabilities...kinect is another. In 10 years, more people will be using Win8/Win9 than Win7 and corporations will be bringing up the rear...slowly changing...as they normally do.
That was a joke, not turning on. Most systems will run on a 600w PSU, 1000w is only for the most high end, expensive systems, otherwise it's overkill.Not really, energy savings comes from not having a ton of attached devices and not having a 1000w power supply running on your desktop. Games are the real power suckers.
Vista was never fine and 8 is unusable for anything but a mobile device.
Yes, the Workgoups would appeal to those Socialist Commies.If China goes back that far they'd use 3.11 (Windows for Workgroups). It actually wasn't too bad, as long as you replaced the default progman.
Yes, yes it is. Especially when you can't even get the patches, as evidenced by pages and pages of forum complaints on Microsoft's forums.Windows 8 with the more recent patches isn't that bad.
We don't put it in unless we have no choice.I'd go along with every company's IT banning it. It seems to be a productivity killer. I don't know many large corps with touch-screen workstations. Stupid move by MS.
But they did put out a pitiful product.No...MS didn't shoot itself in the head with Win8.
It is a problem for them, otherwise they wouldn't be backtracking so hard on the things people have complained about since W8 first previewed.The fact is, Win8 is aimed directly at the consumer. MS's aim is to change the way people use their personal computing devices...from phones to tablets, laptops and pc's. They want people to get used to an OS that has the same look and feel across all those devices. But they know that'll take time. It's not a problem for them.
Add capabilities like an easy to find power button, boot to desktop and a start menu...All MS has to do...in fact, all they ARE doing...is to add content and refine their Win8/Win9, etc., direction. Make improvements. Add content and capabilities.
Not Windows 8. Windows 9, maybe, but not Windows 8. Windows 8 is going the way of ME and Vista and rightfully so.In 10 years, more people will be using Win8/Win9 than Win7
China bans government use of Windows 8 - Livemint
I think we should all follow China's lead on this one.
I am still rocking XP for a couple of my computers. I like it far more than 7 or 8.
Windows 8 with the more recent patches isn't that bad. Once I got used to the cell phone type layouts I started liking it more.
Yes.I use my computers for CAD (engineered drawings). XP runs the program well. My experience with 7 & 8 is that CAD crashes at very random times.
Also, XP is great for gaming. And it is energy efficient according to the Chinese government.
Yes, I forgot about reading that.The factual reason for the ban by China would be the well known NSA backdoor into the operating systems provided by Microsoft for USA intelligence Agencies.
Who gives a rip?I know what CAD is.
You know xp is no longer supported by microsoft.
A lot of what you say about the business adoption cycle is correct. However, 10 years is a long time. Time enough for competitors to come up with something more compelling. MS has moved to a two year DEV cycle. That's right two years. Sinofsky and Ballmer screwed the MS brand and may have sunk them good.
Win 8 is flat out unusable for business. It's also the ****tiest desktop OS available. They will lose the OS market altogether if they don't send this crap the way of winMe. The big problem MS has right now is Office. People don't need any more features, they don't need a new version. Not to mention the freeware alternatives are many and mature - they work just as well. At one time the majority of MS's money came from Office sales.
No...MS didn't shoot itself in the head with Win8.
Talking about corporations using or not using Win8 is irrelevant. MS knows that business use of a new OS never happens quickly. It didn't happen quickly with XP or Win7...it won't happen quickly with Win8. The fact is, Win8 is aimed directly at the consumer. MS's aim is to change the way people use their personal computing devices...from phones to tablets, laptops and pc's. They want people to get used to an OS that has the same look and feel across all those devices. But they know that'll take time. It's not a problem for them.
Businesses are still slowly working on switching to Win7. Win7 is also used by massive numbers of consumers. The consumers who stop using XP will be switching to Win8...some to Win7. No problem for MS...they sell their OS's either way.
All MS has to do...in fact, all they ARE doing...is to add content and refine their Win8/Win9, etc., direction. Make improvements. Add content and capabilities. Change the way people use their computers. Cortana is one of those capabilities...kinect is another. In 10 years, more people will be using Win8/Win9 than Win7 and corporations will be bringing up the rear...slowly changing...as they normally do.
A patch is a translation layer most likely, that slows the already over-bloated software down even more.
Yes, yes it is. Especially when you can't even get the patches, as evidenced by pages and pages of forum complaints on Microsoft's forums.
We don't put it in unless we have no choice.
But they did put out a pitiful product.
It is a problem for them, otherwise they wouldn't be backtracking so hard on the things people have complained about since W8 first previewed.
Windows 8 was terrible. Everyone knows it.
Add capabilities like an easy to find power button, boot to desktop and a start menu...
Now if they could only do something about how terrible their upgrading process has turned out to be...
Not Windows 8. Windows 9, maybe, but not Windows 8. Windows 8 is going the way of ME and Vista and rightfully so.
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