Darryl Collins
darryl at whittleconsulting.com.au
Thu Aug 22 16:16:26 CDT 2013
Thanks Charlotte, That is good to hear - always happy to hear all sides of the story (as their usually is one) and there is a good chance that my angle is wrong or biased. Perhaps it is a case of the squeaky wheels getting more of the oil. I will be the first to admit I need more time on W8 to 'get it'. Cheers Darryl. ________________________________________ From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com <accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com> on behalf of Charlotte Foust <charlotte.foust at gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, 22 August 2013 10:12 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Future of Windows XP 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