Windows

[colinb]

I noticed one or two comments in the shout box about windows upgrades

 

I nearly chucked my windows 8 laptop out the window last week, and then I heard a comment on the radio ...

 

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/microsoft-ready-scrap-windows-8-embrace-windows-9-1432586

 

not the only one who can't get on with it then 

 

and in case you want to know upgrades for xp, win7 and even win 8.1 have all install perfectly. 

[Denis]

Crikey!

 

I may hang on to this old system for a good while yet!

[GrahamNfk]

Gave up on Windoze years ago. My new laptop last year came with Win8 and it was hideous. Yuk yuk yuk.

 

On linux now, the downside being the lack of 'nice' photo editors. Gimp, IMHO, is aptly named!

[Phil]

Well, just to be awkward.

 

I have a lightning fast laptop, a Surface 2 tablet and a Lumia 925, all running Windows 8.1 and all sync together seamlessly!

I've had no issues with upgrades and love each one of them. Having come from an iPhone back in July I honestly thought I would never be able to say that.

 

Each to their own...

[JohnP]

Christmas 2011 my present to myself was a Windows 7 laptop, Christmas 2012 my present to myself was a Windows 7 Desktop...

[Black Pearl]

Ah the joys of OS-X.

 

It works.

Fixes are minor - because it works.

Upgrades are free - because it works.

It is super secure - because it works.

I can sit here safe in the knowledge that tomorrow when I press any key or touch the mouse it will spring instantly to life and be just as beautiful as ever - because it works. 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest]

what is this windows you talk of? I'm mavericks all the way lol

[ChrisLumix]

Ah the joys of OS-X.

 

It works.

Fixes are minor - because it works.

Upgrades are free - because it works.

It is super secure - because it works.

I can sit here safe in the knowledge that tomorrow when I press any key or touch the mouse it will spring instantly to life and be just as beautiful as ever - because it works. 

 

 

It's no good - they're not listening. We're just fanboys and our opinion counts for nowt.   

 

Gave up on Windoze years ago. My new laptop last year came with Win8 and it was hideous. Yuk yuk yuk.

 

On linux now, the downside being the lack of 'nice' photo editors. Gimp, IMHO, is aptly named!

 

Ah, the beauteous GIMP! I tell you what though, if I had no money, I'd plough my way through its horrendous learning curve, oh yes I would. 

[colinb]

Well, just to be awkward.

 

I have a lightning fast laptop, a Surface 2 tablet and a Lumia 925, all running Windows 8.1 and all sync together seamlessly!

I've had no issues with upgrades and love each one of them. Having come from an iPhone back in July I honestly thought I would never be able to say that.

 

Each to their own...

 

lucky you!

 

I have always liked windows products but I find the totally redesigned email software a nightmare, some time it will work other times not.

I sent out an email and received a reply spent 30 mins typing out a return email pressed send thought it had gone but no it had moved to the 'out box' - nothing easily visible to let you know its sat there doing nothing. 2 days later when I was asked about a reply I could not get the bloody thing to send it, can't save it elsewhere, can't copy and paste into another programme or move onto a memory stick so I could send it from my desktop.

 

I have used Windows 95, 98, ME, XP, Win7 but found nothing as annoying as windows 8 and I'm seriously thinking of installing win7.

Edited January 18, 2014 by colinb

[ChrisLumix]

lucky you!

 

I have always liked windows products but I find the totally redesigned email software a nightmare, some time it will work other times not.

I sent out an email and received a reply spent 30 mins typing out a return email pressed send thought it had gone but no it had moved to the 'out box' - nothing easily visible to let you know its sat there doing nothing. 2 days later when I was asked about a reply I could not get the bloody thing to send it, can't save it elsewhere, can't copy and paste into another programme or move onto a memory stick so I could send it from my desktop.

 

I have used Windows 95, 98, ME, XP, Win7 but found nothing as annoying as windows 8 and I'm seriously thinking of installing win7.

 

Why can't you just copy and paste into another email? (Occasionally I've had emails get stuck in the Outbox in Apple Mail due to broadband issues, but I can still open the message though I usually just wait until it gets sent.)

 

 I did have a netbook a few years ago, running Windows 7 and apart from a few annoyances (such as things I take for granted in OS X are only available in Windows if I upgrade to the Professional edition..), I did think it was by far the best Windows I'd seen up till then, and was actually able to use it .. once I'd got around the philosophical concept of the Start button being the portal to everything . And kudos to Microsoft, their Help system is streets better than the Mac's.

[colinb]

Why can't you just copy and paste into another email? 

 

no idea, 

and I have no idea when your email is in the Outbox folder and you press delete if deletes all trace of the email in one click, not move to deleted folder, not ask or check - just whoosh gone in a flash.

Right click with a mouse to copy - nothing no drop down fly out box nothing -  no idea why either