[dba-Tech] XP or Windows 8

" but several features I needed to defeat "  Which ones?

I went to W7, and didn't notice much difference and didn't find I had to do
any configuring at all.  But I'm not an OS power user.

Rocky

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Peter Brawley
Sent: May 04, 2013 12:05 AM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] XP or Windows 8

On 2013-05-03 2:54 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote:
> There has been many comments on whether to move your desktop OS PC and 
> if to move, where.
>
> I am out of the big business end of my computing career and have moved 
> into my unretired phase but as friends and relatives are still 
> pounding away, there is a consensus forming. TechRepublic has posted 
> an article that seems to summarize much the feelings of upgrading to
Windows8.
>
> http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/tech-manager/windows-xp-if-it-aint-br
> oke/82
> 65?tag=nl.e101&s_cid=e101&ttag=e101

> an important  lesson: you can skip Microsoft's upgrade cycle without
penalty.

If we needed this lesson, we needed it as lemmings.

Upgrading two boxes from XP to Win7, I found thart Win7 offered no features
I needed, but several features I needed to defeat in order to be able to use
the OS at all. Setting up Win8 on my wife's new laptop, I had the same
experience, only worse.

M$oft's "upgrade cycle" is mostly a euphemism for endless hype and endless
bugs masquerading as endless improvements.

PB


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