[dba-Tech] Windows 8.1

>From Ubuntu 13.04 to 13.10... 12 minutes plus a reboot.

Jim 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 8:15:26 PM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows 8.1

Invalid comparison.

How long does it take to go from Ubuntu 13 to  14 or OSX Mountain Lion to Mavericks?


-- 
Stuart

On 18 Oct 2013 at 21:38, John R Bartow wrote:

> LOL. How long did it take you to learn Linux? Or MacOS?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
> peter.brawley at earthlink.net
> Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 7:40 PM
> To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com; dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows 8.1
> 
> My wife runs win8. Not by choice---hernew laptop came with it 3 mos.
> ago. So far win has cost me about 15 hours. Ugh.
> 
> PB
> 
> ---- Original Message ----
> From: "Gustav Brock" <Gustav at cactus.dk>
> Reply-To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues"
> <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> Date: 10/18/13 5:47 PM
> To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com
> Cc: 
> Sub: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows 8.1
> Hi Peter (and Jon)
> 
> How sad and pessimistic can one be? You don't even run Windows 8 as
> far as I understand.
> 
> That said, I'm happy to be able to download the ISO file as this
> really is a huge download. Also, I will run a clean install on a new
> disk and transfer what I need from the old. Not much really as I run
> off our Active Directory and all docs and files are stored on servers.
> 
> It will be busy; Visual Studio 2013 final is ready for download too.
> It has to be the first "app" to be installed on my Win8.1 workstation.
> And the free Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 is out as well. A true gem - if
> you are not familiar with this, you now have a new priority one. MS
> rocks these days.
> 
> /gustav
> 
> PS: Jon, what's the trouble? Don't you install behind a firewall?
> 
> >>> peter.brawley at earthlink.net 18-10-13 22:17 >>>
> On 2013-10-18 2:24 PM, Jon Tydda wrote:
> > Be careful:
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/17/windows_81_update_what_to_kn
> > ow /
> >
> > I tried it last night and it asked me to uninstall my Anti-Virus
> > software - no chance. I'm also not going to want to uninstall any of
> > the other software either...
> 
> Win8 looks like a bigger disaster than Vista.
> 
> PB
> 
> >
> >
> > Jon
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur
> > Fuller Sent: 18 October 2013 19:07 To: Discussion of Hardware and
> > Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows 8.1
> >
> > Thanks, Gustav. I've been reading about the update and it looks as
> > if it's a significant improvement.
> >
> > A.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Gustav Brock <Gustav at cactus.dk>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Arthur
> >>
> >> Go to Store on the Start screen. It will splash a giant tile 
> >> encouraging you to update.
> >>
> >> /gustav
> >>
> >>>>> fuller.artful at gmail.com 18-10-13 19:54 >>>
> >> Is this an automatic update or does one have to download it
> >> specifically? If so, should I just run Windows Update? If not, is
> >> there a specific URL?
> >>
> >> TIA,
> >>
> >> --
> >> Arthur
> 
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