Interesting reading -"Windows 8: could it be more than lipstick ona pig?"

Windows 8: could it be more than lipstick on a pig?
Posted on 6 Jun 2011 at 09:35

Jon Honeyball delivers his definitive verdict on Windows 8 - and wonders
whether Microsoft may have an ace up its sleeve

Windows 8: could it be more than lipstick on a pig? | Analysis |
Features | PC Pro
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/features/3678...#ixzz1On2ni0dk

Windows 8: could it be more than lipstick on a pig? | Analysis |
Features | PC Pro
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/features/3678...#ixzz1On1urgnM

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/features/3678...LC-Newsletters

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Raza wrote:
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> Windows 8: could it be more than lipstick on a pig? Posted on 6 Jun
> 2011 at 09:35
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> Jon Honeyball delivers his definitive verdict on Windows 8 - and
> wonders whether Microsoft may have an ace up its sleeve
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> Windows 8: could it be more than lipstick on a pig? | Analysis |
> Features | PC Pro
> http://www.pcpro.co.uk/features/3678...#ixzz1On2ni0dk
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> Windows 8: could it be more than lipstick on a pig? | Analysis |
> Features | PC Pro
> http://www.pcpro.co.uk/features/3678...#ixzz1On1urgnM
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> http://www.pcpro.co.uk/features/3678...LC-Newsletters

I'm just starting to get used to Windows 7. Now they want me to buy a
new one? Whatever happened to Service Packs?
--
Crash

"When you want to fool the world, tell the truth."
~ Otto von Bismarck ~

On 06/09/2011 11:06 AM, Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:

> I'm just starting to get used to Windows 7. Now they want me to buy a
> new one? Whatever happened to Service Packs?

Maybe they've reached rock bottom, now begins the slow ascent home
towards something more like w98 :-)

Less library crap, less virtualization, more real and fully qualified
paths using just a file manager which is all that explorter needs to be.
I won't hold my breath, they want the tablet market with no keyboard
or even a mouse.

Ridiculous. I just tried to install 7 to a virgin disk and one of the
options beside "install now" cought my eye: "repair your computer". Hello?

Tinker Tanker wrote:
> On 06/09/2011 11:06 AM, Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:
>
>> I'm just starting to get used to Windows 7. Now they want me to buy
>> a new one? Whatever happened to Service Packs?
>
> Maybe they've reached rock bottom, now begins the slow ascent home
> towards something more like w98 :-)

I'm shooting for Windows 2000.

> Less library crap, less virtualization, more real and fully qualified
> paths using just a file manager which is all that explorter needs to
> be. I won't hold my breath, they want the tablet market with no
> keyboard or even a mouse.

If you are right about the less library crap and less other stuff, I
might be interested.

> Ridiculous. I just tried to install 7 to a virgin disk and one of
> the options beside "install now" cought my eye: "repair your
> computer". Hello?

That is because the install disk is also a repair disk which can be used
to install backup images, restore points or corrupted system files. I
used it for that recently.
--
Crash

One man's weed is another man's wildflower.

On 06/09/11 11:06 am, Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:

>> Windows 8: could it be more than lipstick on a pig? Posted on 6 Jun
>> 2011 at 09:35
>>
>> Jon Honeyball delivers his definitive verdict on Windows 8 - and
>> wonders whether Microsoft may have an ace up its sleeve
>>
>> Windows 8: could it be more than lipstick on a pig? | Analysis |
>> Features | PC Pro
>> http://www.pcpro.co.uk/features/3678...#ixzz1On2ni0dk
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Windows 8: could it be more than lipstick on a pig? | Analysis |
>> Features | PC Pro
>> http://www.pcpro.co.uk/features/3678...#ixzz1On1urgnM
>>
>>
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>>
>> http://www.pcpro.co.uk/features/3678...LC-Newsletters

> I'm just starting to get used to Windows 7. Now they want me to buy a
> new one? Whatever happened to Service Packs?

It's easier to get people to *pay* for a Service Pack when it's
disguised as a new version.

Perce