Peter Brawley
peter.brawley at earthlink.net
Sun May 26 23:24:42 CDT 2013
On 2013-05-26 2:05 PM, Salakhetdinov Shamil wrote: > Hi Jim -- > > I can understand folks who do not want to upgrade to Win8 because of inertia, luck of money, so many bad reviews posted everywhere on Win8 but I can't get what "feeling of frustration" forces folks getting Win8 preinstalled to make their systems downgraded to Win7, do you? > > I mean if they dislike/do not need to work in Win8 UI mode they can use [WindowsKey] + D to get into Windows classic desktop mode, put some frequently used programs short-cuts on desktop or just use [WindowsKey]+R to start programs by typing their executable file name /full path etc. - it's all very similar to Win7 ... I agree it's fairly easy for an advanced Windows user to find the traditional Win desktop in Win8. Most Win users, though, aren't advanced users. For them, Win 8 is needlessly mysterious. For about two decades Micro$oft has made its living more by selling planned obsolescence than by providing useful innovation. Vista and Win8 both brought that unpleasant fact to customers' attention. What puzzles me is why some find M$oft tripping over itself "sad". PB ----- > > -- Shamil > > Sunday, May 26, 2013 9:40 AM -07:00 from "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca>: >> Hi Shamil: >> >> I will partially agree with you. >> >> Aside: I do not think Arthur has any particular "axe to grind" when it comes >> to Win8 but I sense a very strong feeling of frustration, especially coming > >from his client's acceptance of Microsoft's latest offering and he is just >> reflecting their opinions. >> >> It appears that Microsoft has done fine job on their Windows 8 phones and >> everyone who has one likes it. This does not mean that I will run out and >> buy anything other than an Android phone. (I do not dislike iPods either but >> prices and features are everything.) >> >> Unfortunately, the Microsoft way of force feeding the public, through >> pre-loaded platforms, its Windows 8 desktop product is hardly an indication >> the OS's acceptance or rejection. >> >> If a customer, when buying a PC, tablet or Phone, could at the moment of >> purchase, select their OS, a much more accurate view of audience preference >> could be established. Given a level playing field, I would suspect, sales of >> MS's desktop version would go down, tablet sales would go up and phone sales >> would stay the same. >> >> Jim > <<< skipped >>> > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com