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Any reason to upgrade from 7? I read that the price to upgrade was going to rise at the end of this month. Is it worth the 40 bucks?

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JTA wrote:Any reason to upgrade from 7? I read that the price to upgrade was going to rise at the end of this month. Is it worth the 40 bucks?

Your thoughts/suggestions?
The interface sucks. It would be great on a tablet, alas these are computers. The "Start Menu" is gone.

They have done some work on faster boot up, security, power management etc.

It's a crap shoot honestly. I have a copy of it that can be installed for 90 days before deactivating itself, but the month would be up before the mail would arrive.

$40.00 isn't bad though...... Honestly I'd consider buying the license even if I wasn't going to use it near term. Full price - no way.

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bannination wrote:
JTA wrote:Any reason to upgrade from 7? I read that the price to upgrade was going to rise at the end of this month. Is it worth ....
The "Start Menu" is gone....
Install Classic Shell.. http://www.classicshell.net.. for a customisable Start Menu..

Makes the migration less painful. .
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I've finished installing Windows 8 into a virtual machine just this moment.

I've had a bit of a preview - I set up two Server 2012 VMs a couple nights ago. Server 2012 uses a stripped-down Windows 8 GUI. Or no GUI at all, if you just want to run lots of servers through PowerShell or remote administration.

Now to play.

Er, now to go to bed.

Dang.

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I think I'll just hold off on Windows 8 get a mac since they're more stylish anyway.
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JTA wrote:I think I'll just hold off on Windows 8 get a mac since they're more stylish anyway.

Ah.. yes, one of those apple master race people.

I can't knock it as much as I used to, at least the OSX has a decent foundation. Hardware is still too expensive.

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bannination wrote:
JTA wrote:I think I'll just hold off on Windows 8 get a mac since they're more stylish anyway.

Ah.. yes, one of those apple master race people.

I can't knock it as much as I used to, at least the OSX has a decent foundation. Hardware is still too expensive.
I think it will do a really good job at accentuating my smugness. I'm not concerned about all that technical hoopla.
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I would much prefer an Apple product, if only for the functionality and reliability. But the hardware is exponentially overpriced.
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Boatrocker wrote:I would much prefer an Apple product, if only for the functionality and reliability. But the hardware is exponentially overpriced.
If you're looking for functionality and reliability, avoid Apple's desktop systems.

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rstrong wrote:
Boatrocker wrote:I would much prefer an Apple product, if only for the functionality and reliability. But the hardware is exponentially overpriced.
If you're looking for functionality and reliability, avoid Apple's desktop systems.
Do Macs still lack the right click button on their mice?
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JTA wrote:
bannination wrote:
JTA wrote:I think I'll just hold off on Windows 8 get a mac since they're more stylish anyway.

Ah.. yes, one of those apple master race people.

I can't knock it as much as I used to, at least the OSX has a decent foundation. Hardware is still too expensive.
I think it will do a really good job at accentuating my smugness. I'm not concerned about all that technical hoopla.

If you wish to accentuate your smugness, they make hardware called iphones and ipads. That way everyone in public can see you using them. They might be locked down overpriced pieces of crap, but hey, you'll look like a hipster!

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JTA wrote:
rstrong wrote:
Boatrocker wrote:I would much prefer an Apple product, if only for the functionality and reliability. But the hardware is exponentially overpriced.
If you're looking for functionality and reliability, avoid Apple's desktop systems.
Do Macs still lack the right click button on their mice?

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bannination wrote:
JTA wrote:
bannination wrote:
JTA wrote:I think I'll just hold off on Windows 8 get a mac since they're more stylish anyway.

Ah.. yes, one of those apple master race people.

I can't knock it as much as I used to, at least the OSX has a decent foundation. Hardware is still too expensive.
I think it will do a really good job at accentuating my smugness. I'm not concerned about all that technical hoopla.

If you wish to accentuate your smugness, they make hardware called iphones and ipads. That way everyone in public can see you using them. They might be locked down overpriced pieces of crap, but hey, you'll look like a hipster!
I still use a fisher-price cell-phone. Maybe I'm a bit of a Luddite in this regard, but I don't want to always be connected to the internets. I've gone out with a group of people on several occasions only to see most of them staring down at their smart phones texting other people or surfing the internets or something.

Maybe I'll start a trend bycarrying around one these:

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I support a lot of PCs purchased in the early to mid 2000s. Windows XP's memory footprint got larger since then, but add $30 worth of RAM and it's like you have a new machine. And it'll run Vista and Windows 7 and Windows 8 and just fine. And virtually all modern apps.

I also own a couple iMacs from the same era. Not the first models, but the later ones with more memory and OS X 10.2. They've been useless for years. They won't run an OS later than 10.2.8, and virtually no apps in the last five years will run on them. Not even a recent web browser.

The same upgrade instructions apply that have always applied for Macs:
1) Disconnect the power cord.
2) Replace the rest.

This is also how you repair a Mac after the warranty runs out.

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rstrong wrote:I support a lot of PCs purchased in the early to mid 2000s. Windows XP's memory footprint got larger since then, but add $30 worth of RAM and it's like you have a new machine. And it'll run Vista and Windows 7 and Windows 8 and just fine. And virtually all modern apps.

I also own a couple iMacs from the same era. Not the first models, but the later ones with more memory and OS X 10.2. They've been useless for years. They won't run an OS later than 10.2.8, and virtually no apps in the last five years will run on them. Not even a recent web browser.

The same upgrade instructions apply that have always applied for Macs:
1) Disconnect the power cord.
2) Replace the rest.

This is also how you repair a Mac after the warranty runs out.
You can't be much of a hipster without throwing out a Mac every year for the latest model.

It's too bad really, if Apple wouldn't be so hardcore about locking their software to their hardware they'd have a decent chance of taking a slice out of Microsoft.

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bannination wrote:
rstrong wrote:I support a lot of PCs purchased in the early to mid 2000s. Windows XP's memory footprint got larger since then, but add $30 worth of RAM and it's like you have a new machine. And it'll run Vista and Windows 7 and Windows 8 and just fine. And virtually all modern apps.

I also own a couple iMacs from the same era. Not the first models, but the later ones with more memory and OS X 10.2. They've been useless for years. They won't run an OS later than 10.2.8, and virtually no apps in the last five years will run on them. Not even a recent web browser.

The same upgrade instructions apply that have always applied for Macs:
1) Disconnect the power cord.
2) Replace the rest.

This is also how you repair a Mac after the warranty runs out.
You can't be much of a hipster without throwing out a Mac every year for the latest model.

It's too bad really, if Apple wouldn't be so hardcore about locking their software to their hardware they'd have a decent chance of taking a slice out of Microsoft.
That's how they keep the viruses out of them.
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JTA wrote:That's how they keep the viruses out of them.
Other than the viruses that have been hitting the Mac platform lately.

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rstrong wrote:
JTA wrote:That's how they keep the viruses out of them.
Other than the viruses that have been hitting the Mac platform lately.
That's probably just user error. Mac's don't get viruses.
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JTA wrote:
rstrong wrote:
JTA wrote:That's how they keep the viruses out of them.
Other than the viruses that have been hitting the Mac platform lately.
That's probably just user error. Mac's don't get viruses.
Other than the viruses they've been getting lately.

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rstrong wrote:
JTA wrote:
rstrong wrote:
JTA wrote:That's how they keep the viruses out of them.
Other than the viruses that have been hitting the Mac platform lately.
That's probably just user error. Mac's don't get viruses.
Other than the viruses they've been getting lately.
At least Macs only get infected with the hip and edgy viruses. Can't say the same about conformist PCs.
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