Gustav Brock
gustav at cactus.dk
Fri Jul 20 10:07:05 CDT 2012
Hi Mark The whining isn't new: "I don't need anything more fancy than my Windows 98" "I have no use for the new features of Office 2003" "Oh my! A ribbon. I want the menus back!" The difference now is that this time Microsoft is ahead of the market. This, of course, means that it will take some time for the majority to catch up. "I don't want Windows 8". Think again. Could you imagine an xPad type tablet with a Windows interface? Hardly, except if you have very slim fingers. Further, people like me have no use for an iPad or the like other than browsing and read mail. Too little to decide for a purchase. For the last months I've used Access 2010 a lot more than previously (=nearly nil). A little to my surprise (lots of whining about the ribbon also on this list), the ribbon works very well. And since the Developer Preview (now the Consumer Preview) I have used Windows 8 every day and it runs rock steady. The Desktop is one click or keypress away and I wonder what the lousy Start menu was for. So I'm looking forward to the 26th of October where Win8 will finally be released - and probably the Surface machines as well. /gustav >>> marklbreen at gmail.com 20-07-12 10:19 >>> Hello All, I know that I am not alone, but does anyone here think that the market are not going to want to switch to Win8 / Off 13? I mean, could this release be the worst every for MS? It is the first ever OS and Off release that I dread. Finally, did you all see the financial results for MS today?, Imagine what we will be reading in a years time. Or am I being too pessimistic? Mark