John W Colby
jwcolby at gmail.com
Tue Feb 25 14:34:40 CST 2014
It appeared to me that Windows 8 was Windows 7 under the covers. If you go searching, all of the old windows apps are still there, and they look and function exactly as they did under Windows 7. Of course they are not exposed, so if you want them you have to go searching. In the end, this pussy will simply wait for Windows 9. In the meantime there is absolutely NOTHING about Windows 8 that I long to go "back" to. Seriously. John W. Colby Reality is what refuses to go away when you do not believe in it On 2/25/2014 3:20 PM, Stuart McLachlan wrote: > IOW, you agree that ot's cr*p out of the box. You need third party add ons to make it > useable. > > > > On 25 Feb 2014 at 15:05, Arthur Fuller wrote: > >> IMHO, you folks are all pussies and refuse to see what's great about >> Windows 8. With the proviso that you download and install ClassicShell >> (google it). This free tool goes a long way toward making Windows 8 >> palatable for old-timers. In fact it goes further than that; it's >> smarter and better than the old classic start menu. >> >> Even without this wonderful tool, there are a few key things you can >> do to smarten up your startup tile UI: most notably, you can drag the >> tiles into an arrangement of your choice, and also create groups of >> tiles containing associated programs (i.e. a Media group, a SQL group, >> etc. And most significantly, you can drag your most frequently-visited >> programs to the top left of the tile groups. In my tile setup, the >> first tile is Desktop. I have two monitors and the desktop opens on >> the large monitor. I also make extensive use of the QuickLaunch bar, >> and the programs soon learn which monitor they should load on. >> >> That custom setup accomplished, you are now in a position to see some >> of the startup, performance and memory management advantages of >> Windows 8.1. I can only say that I'd never consider going back to >> Windows 7. I still have a copy of it, but it's on a separate box >> entirely, and I find myself using that box less and less -- just for >> large downloads and for running Ubuntu Linux. >> >> I have one more customization of the Win 8.1 laptop planned. I >> recently read a net piece on how to hook up two external monitors to a >> laptop. That's next. I'll have three monitors, two external and the >> laptop monitor. That will be very cool. >> >> My $0.02. >> >> Arthur >> -- >> AccessD mailing list >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> > --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com