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Post  mrblur Mon Jul 02, 2012 8:46 pm

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Post  Iago Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:42 pm

The price is impressive, but only if you download it -- on disc it is nearly double. I have been perfectly happy with 7; is there any reason to even consider the upgrade?
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Post  ADOR Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:09 pm

The blog does state you can still upgrade from XP. That would rock on a few projects I have as getting a legal XP install is easy. I got the disks and if I run out of COA's ebay has them for about 3 bucks each.
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Post  mrblur Mon Nov 05, 2012 8:48 pm

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Post  ethelred Wed Nov 07, 2012 9:28 am

Iago wrote:The price is impressive, but only if you download it -- on disc it is nearly double. I have been perfectly happy with 7; is there any reason to even consider the upgrade?


Absolutely. you enjoy looking at a large screen that has greasy finger prints on it.
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Post  East Wed Nov 07, 2012 9:44 am

I really do not like 8, It is geared toward tablet pcs, does not seem very power user friendly. There is no start menu, M$ replaced it with a "home screen"
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Post  Iago Wed Nov 07, 2012 11:42 am

ethelred wrote:
Iago wrote:The price is impressive, but only if you download it -- on disc it is nearly double. I have been perfectly happy with 7; is there any reason to even consider the upgrade?


Absolutely. you enjoy looking at a large screen that has greasy finger prints on it.

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I had no plans to do so; I was just curious if maybe I was missing something important.
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Post  ethelred Wed Nov 07, 2012 4:48 pm

Maybe the smell of pizza eminating from your monitor.
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Post  Iago Thu Nov 08, 2012 6:15 pm

I hate to jump to conclusions, but methinks that ethelred may not be a fan.
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Post  PhotoOtaku Thu Nov 08, 2012 11:59 pm

I just installed Windows 8 Pro on the kids Touchsmart, got it as a download for $14.99 (with a recent purchase), ...I'm afraid I'm going to spend more than that trying to learn it.

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Post  ADOR Fri Nov 09, 2012 1:47 am

We have had very mixed feeling on it in the toughbook forums. To give the desktop a more classic feel and give yourself back the start button look for "classic shell" free, stardock also has a add on for that too. I think it's about 5 bucks from them.
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Post  ethelred Fri Nov 09, 2012 8:15 am

From my perspective, MS changes for Windows and Office are essentially change for the sake of change when it comes to the user interface. What is gained by renaming a function and moving from the left side to the screen to the right?
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