[dba-Tech] XP or Windows 8

On 2013-05-04 8:14 AM, Rocky Smolin wrote:
> " but several features I needed to defeat "  Which ones?

Mainly "security" features that might make sense in a corporate 
environment but that paralysed our small network.

PB

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>
> 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
>
>
>> Jim
>>
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