John W Colby
jwcolby at gmail.com
Tue Mar 4 21:51:27 CST 2014
OK, now I am bummed. I spent good money on a Windows 7 disk / license to "regress" my HP laptop from Windows 8 back to Windows 7. I bought this thing in late October or early November. OTOH I am thrilled with the resulting machine, particularly after replacing the 5400 rpm 1 terabyte laptop drive to a 500 gb Samsung Evo SSD. I am here to tell you that the SSD and Windows 7 made it a smokin' machine that I am thrilled to own! In fact I can't remember ever being this happy with a laptop. John W. Colby Reality is what refuses to go away when you do not believe in it On 3/4/2014 10:12 PM, Darryl Collins wrote: > Bill, > > You nailed it with " The tale is in the numbers." I am talking the actual installations and revenue of Windows 7 vs Windows 8.x. Which is in itself a clear reflection of customer demand. > > Have a look at > << http://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=10&qpcustomd=0>> > > > The customer has spoken so loudly that PC makers have jumped up and taken notice. > << http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/20/5326844/hp-brings-back-windows-7-by-popular-demand>> > > Ok, some folks like W8, but many more don't see a value proposition in there. You can defend it as much as you like, but the fact is it is a commercial failure. > > W7 has about 47% of the market. > Amazingly, XP still has about 29% of the market. > W8 and W8.1 just have around 10%. > > It is clear that not many folks like it or see any productive gain in upgrading. And I would guess that a large chunk of that 10% of W8 users and Mum and Dad types who purchased a new PC with W8 pre installed and don't know any better. > > Windows 8 is confused mess. In trying to be all things to all users and platforms - it ends up doing nothing well. That is my opinion anyway. > > Perhaps W9 will be better. Dunno. I personally loathe this current trend of dumbing everything down and hiding (or worse, removing) functionality. > > W8, not a fan. > > Cheers > Darryl. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com