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Everything MS releases is in Beta format. Wait 8 - 10 months before loading it to give all of the MS techie minions a chance to find the and report the bugs.
There are legions of basement dwellers that get their jollies identifying bugs in the Windows OS.
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Words of wisdom. Again.
"First to adopt" is NEVER a good idea with software in general, and Windows in particular.
Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.
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I don't know why "new" is always equated with "good", it aint necessarily so. Our son gave my wife a new laptop running 8 and it just made us crazy trying to figure it out, which in fact we never really did completely.
Now they want us to go to yet another new system. Aint gonna do it, we know how to run 7 and do anything we want to do with it, why screw around with something else.
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If you download Shell Classic it gives you the old Windows look. Makes Windows 8 a little more palatable. http://www.classicshell.net/
Don't believe everything you think.
You ain't learnin' nothin' when you're talking.
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Was there ever a "9" or was it rejected so fast that no one saw it?
These upgrades, even for free ware, can be expensive. The upgrade to 7 made about $3,000.00 worth of software unusable, and I've not replaced it.
9 was rejected so as to avoid confusion with Win 95/98 etc. Went right to 10. Supposedly they're not releasing an '11' and will keep 10 as THE OS they're going to keep pimping and updating. So it's supposed to be the last Windows. Yeah, right.
It's about like this:
"Do you puff peters?"
"Hell no!"
"NAZI!!!"
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I'm running Win 7 pro as long as it has patches, just like I did for XP pro, and W2k pro. Isn't Win 10 an attempt to switch us to a rental os model?
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i would wait a year or so. 7 is still patching and quite reliable.
My diploma is a DD214
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My wife got a laptop for me about 18 mos back, had 8.0 which I immediately brought to 8.1. Hated it at first really liked my old desktop but.... wives get a little pissy if you don't use their special gift to you sooooo,,,,
Gave my desktop to my sister and learned about 8.1. My computer is actually where I am most of the time and I learned as really it is just the unfamiliarity of a new system that gets ya. The only problem I have had is with Google Chrome, ended up knocking all the apps off and running it bare bones, and now the whole system just flies well.
Need to be careful of google, it is like the old AOL that just starts taking over your whole computer. In time, nothing will work well.
No fear, no doubt, all in, balls out.
"America"
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Leo of the Land of Dyr
NRA FOR LIFE
I MISS SARAH
“In Trump We Trust.” Right????
SOMEBODY please tell TRH that Netanyahu NEVER said "Once we squeeze all we can out of the United States, it can dry up and blow away."
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Just in case anyone missed it, Classic Shell solves a lot of Win8 BS, puts a start button back and allows you to turn off that widget jewel crap that pops up if you move the cursor to close to the corners.
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My theory is MS Skipped Windows 9 because every OS after a successful one sucks. XP great- Vista sucked, 7- great , 8 sucks...skipping 9 and going to 10 gives it a fighting chance!!!
I am in the tech field but hate new when new OS come out. Windows 8 - server 2012- who is the genius at MS that decided user friendly menu's were outmoded? Wish the designers would leave be and quit building in stuff to 'help' me.
My wife- a definite non-tech has no issues with 8 which only annoys me further. I think its main frustration is that it was written for touch screens. If you don't have one it is not so intuitive.
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When a country is well governed, poverty and a mean condition are something to be ashamed of. When a country is ill governed, riches and honors are something to be ashamed of
. Confucius
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Just downloaded 10 last nite . So far so good, several issues I was having with 8.1 were fixed. Download took about 60 mins no problems with download. It was like getting a new comp for free.
“When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
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8 even dropped the ever popular game program that's been in Windows forever. Now it's part of Xbox and you play online...assuming you have a connection to be online. It's very slow to load, too, sometimes taking 2 min or more.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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No thank you!
Mac's don't need it!!
Even birds know not to land downwind!
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"But Macs are so expensive."
Epstein didn't kill himself.
"Play Cinnamon Girl you Sonuvabitch!"
Biden didn't win the election.
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I don't eat anything that didn't have a mother.
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I'm just sitting here laughing. Hell, I'm still running Win dows XP, and ain't blown anything up yet!  But I am using firefox and adblocker plus....... maddog
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I am running 8.1 & hate it. 10, plus the classic shell you can download, is supposed to have a much, much lower level of suck compared to 8/8.1 So you are actually a good candidate, assuming your hardware was purchased with 8.1, and is not 'old'...
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FWIW, Windows 10 is quite like Windows 7 in terms of interface and seems to be quite solid so far.
also FWIW, their intent is for it to be the last "upgrade".
this means (and there are valid reports) that you'll get it free now with 2 years of "free" updates to it, thereafter you'll have to subscribe to get the updates --- much like they've done with Office suite.
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Stuck with whatever schit version work adopts. It blows, to an epic degree.
America needs to understand that our troops are not 'disposable'. Each represents a family; Fathers, Mothers, Sons, Daughters, Cousins, Uncles, Aunts... Our Citizens are our most valuable treasure; we waste far too many.
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