Arthur Fuller
fuller.artful at gmail.com
Thu Aug 22 04:52:43 CDT 2013
I must confess to the same sin, Charlotte. After a couple of days' frustration, Icoupld with reading a guide from Packt, I discovered the magic of the Windows key, and that changed everything. The new laptop I just recently bought (which came with Win8 installed), with 8GB RAM and 1TB hard disk, also helped significantly. I spend half my time in Linux, but I must say that Win8 is a significant leap forward from Win7. Once I learned that you can drag them tiles into a configuration that suits you, then it was a game-changer. Now my Start tile-set only remotely resembles the original setup, and works way more efficiently. I also have a 23" monitor attached to said laptop, in stretch-mode, and that too is a significant step forward. Arthur On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 8:12 PM, Charlotte Foust <charlotte.foust at gmail.com>wrote: > Darryl, > > I've been using Win 8 since March and I love it. The speed is excellent > and my machine (with a registry tweak, IIRC) automatically loads the > desktop after the start menu. I've found Win 8 to be stable too. The > "fuss" is all UI and getting used to not having tidy menus any more. I > also like Office 2013. > > Charlotte > > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 1:05 AM, Darryl Collins < > darryl at whittleconsulting.com.au> wrote: > > > Hi Brad, > > > > Nearly all the corporate I know of and work with are moving from XP to > Win > > 7. I don't know of any business that is running win 8 or Office 2013, > > although there must be some of them out there. > > > > Personally I find Win 8 an abomination to use. Sure it is fast, but my > > god, it is a pain in the ar$e. I haven't used it a lot, but those I know > > who have been using it for months still don't love it. "I am getting used > > to it" is the most common refrain, rather than "Wow, Now I love it!". > > Urrrrrgh. Wait for W9 I say.... > > > > In corporate land they are nearly always 2 life cycles behind the cutting > > edge. This not only maximises their return on the software costs, but > also > > minimises the upgrade risk as the initial bugs and UI issues are > generally > > ironed out by the time the upgrade. The loose rule is 'Never before SP1 > > and preferably post SP2' before even considering the upgrade. > > > > Whislt some businesses / Corporate I work with are on Office 2007, most > of > > them have gone from XP / Office 2003 straight to Win 7 - Office 2010. > > Honestly, you can largely consider Office 2007 as the beta release for > > 2010 and most of the IT folks who make the decisions are onto that. 2010 > > is pretty good to work with, where as 2007 has plenty of annoyances, even > > today. > > > > As for XP security, there would be some risk if an exploit is found that > > it will not be patched. Most folks in business will upgrade when the > > support runs out. But I guess that is up the them and there needs and > > budgets. > > > > Good luck. > > > > Win 7 is a nice OS, stable, quiet and fuss free. Worth considering. If > > possible give your old XP machines max RAM, 4GB if they are on less. > > > > > > ________________________________________ > > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com < > > accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com> on behalf of Brad Marks < > > BradM at blackforestltd.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, 20 August 2013 5:07 AM > > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > > Subject: [AccessD] Future of Windows XP > > > > All, > > > > I work part time for a small manufacturing firm (about 50 employees) > > with a very limited IT budget. > > > > Currently there are about 20 older PCs running Windows XP (SP3). There > > are two purchased application systems and a number of Access 2007 > > applications. > > > > It is my understanding that Microsoft is dropping all support (including > > security updates) for XP in April of 2014. > > > > My background is primarily in application development and database > > administration. In the past, I have relied on fellow employees for > > "Operating System issues". > > > > I have some dumb questions. > > > > How serious is the issue of Microsoft dropping all support for XP next > > April? > > > > What are most firms migrating to? Win-7? Win-8? > > > > I would guess that either Win-7 or Win-8 will need more horsepower than > > XP and neither will run very well on older PCs. True? > > > > Will Access 2007 applications run Okay with either Win-7 or Win-8? > > > > Thanks, > > Brad > > > > -- > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > -- > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Arthur