Arthur Fuller
fuller.artful at gmail.com
Tue Aug 20 03:21:21 CDT 2013
The goal is that it should boot in the same time that it takes a light bulb to boot. That goal remains elusive, but in the mean time Win8 is a good starting point. Forget about a Win7 choice. If you are determined to stay in the Windows realm, then go for Win8. It might take your consumers a day or two to absorb the new UI, but the single most important instruction you can give them is to tap on the Windows key, which will oscillate between the Modern interface and the traditional DeskTop interface. Mind you, I recently converted my aging tower (recently renovated with a new MotherBoard and new RAM On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 5:33 PM, Francisco Tapia <fhtapia at gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 10:00 AM, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com > >wrote: > > > I finally got everything up and running. Finally. And as I go, I'm > learning > > a few things about working with tiles (WIn8). I've rearranged my Start > > tiles to include the programs I use most. Top left tile is now Desktop, > > beneath it Chrome and FireFox, SSMS now too, and various other apps. I > like > > this! > > > > wow... > You may be the first person I hear positive feedback on win8. I > personally really like it but I have to confess that I no longer use > windows as a casual machine at home. When I do use a windows machine at > home I am using win8 on an ssd equipped machine, it has a bit of software > installed but i am impressed than on a core2duo machine it can boot up in > less than 15seconds. pretty sweet. > > > -Francisco <http://twitter.com/seecoolguy> > _______________________________________________ > dba-SQLServer mailing list > dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver > http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- Arthur