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Mark F
What are the news groups for Windows 8?
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Dave \Crash\ Dummy
alt.comp.os.windows-8Mark said:
is one. I don't know if there are others.
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Mark F
Thank you.
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Scott
I went into my computer shop this afternoon. They told me W8 was an
appalling pile of junk that after 20 minutes of testing they removed
from the machine.
appalling pile of junk that after 20 minutes of testing they removed
from the machine.
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Gene E. Bloch
Try another shop.
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Zaphod Beeblebrox
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gordonlr
I agree. It has taken me a while to begin to develop a "feel" for
Windows 8 but I really like it now that I've weaned myself away from
the olden days with Windows 7 and earlier versions.
I'm still having a bit of a problem finding my mouse pointer from
time to time. If I inadvertently brush the mouse to the right side of
the screen the pointer will go into hiding and the only way I can get
it back is to do a repeat brush of the mouse to the left, several
strokes. The mouse pointer will then appear at the top right of the
screen and everything works well until the next time I knock the mouse
to the right, beyond the edge of the screen. Gordon
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BillW50
Odd... Microsoft sold 40 million licenses in the first month. Which is
better than Windows 7 did in its first month. And I wasn't too excited
about Windows 7 ever. As I used my XP machines far more. But Windows 8
changed all that. Now I am mostly always running under Windows 8 all of
the time. And I just ordered another Windows 8 machine.
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Bob I
You should hire more intelligent people if you want your computer shop
to succeed!
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Gene E. Bloch
I don't know the answer to this: is it possible to have the Ctrl key
show the location of the mouse pointer?
It works in Win 7 and earlier versions, but I don't know if it comes
from MS or the mouse maker.
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Gene E. Bloch
But on rereading your post, I realize you know where the mouse cursor
is. Oh well, I tried
Reading carelessly, I thought you were saying it was *at* the edge of
the screen in an *unknown* direction, a trick I often do accidentally.
The trick above helps in that case...
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BillW50
It is working here for me right now. And the setting is under Control
Panel -> Mouse -> Pointer Options.
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Justin
Usenet is obsolete.
You will go to Microsoft, join their social forum and ask questions there.
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Scott
OK, if you are using a desktop computer and don't have a touchscreen
what are the benefits of Windows 8? Persuade me!
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BillW50
Oh man! You don't need a touch screen to use Windows 8. Works fine with
a keyboard and a mouse too. Not only do you have the old Windows Desktop
(which we know and love since Windows 95), but a whole new desktop
called MetroUI (some call it ModernUI). It is like having two OS in one.
As now you can run full screen Apps under Windows too. It is all very
exciting! And it makes Windows 7 look very boring. Since Windows 7 is so
limit as it can only do the classic desktop stuff and that is it.
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Dave \Crash\ Dummy
So what are you doing here?Justin said:
No, I won't.
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John Williamson
And if all I want to do *is* the classic desktop stuff? Please explainBillW50 said:
why it's better than XP, which has done all I want to do since they
discontinued '98.
If I want 2 OS's, then I can dual boot into Linux.
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BillW50
Yes you could dualboot, but dualbooting sucks! I hate dualbooting! Shut
down one OS and then boot up another one. What nonsense! That isn't
being productive at all! Plus some applications like Office and IE runs
in either classic or MetroUI.
Sure you could just use Windows only with a classic desktop. But for how
long? That is what DOS users used to say too about the classic Windows
desktop. Now where are they today? Someday (maybe sooner than you
think), developers may stop supporting Windows classic applications and
just only develop MetroUI Apps. Then what are you going to do?
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Stephen Wolstenholme
Some people do not want to use web forums because they are all
different.
Usenet forever!
Steve
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John Williamson
I can also run either Windows or Linux in a virtual machine by justBillW50 said:
clicking in the right place. Most of the applications I use are
cross-platform anyway, so I don't often need to reboot and start again.
Install Linux and make it work my way with my hardware. It was touch and
go whether I did that when Windows 7 came out, because I had to find out
where they'd hidden all the useful stuff. Or find a way to get my
desktop back under Windows 8. I've read that it's actually quite easy to
do, and the desktop suits the way I work. That's why the Android
touchscreen only tablet I bought is sitting in its box until I can be
bothered to dispose of it.
As for the Command Line Interface, I still use it on occasion, when it's
easier than a GUI. If I don't have a touchscreen, with all the greasy
fingermarks that go with it, I don't need Metro. If I don't need Metro,
then I don't need Windows 8. Windows 8 Might be the way to go on my next
phone, but the navigation software I use on that no longer supports
updating on Windows, so I'll need either an iThing or an Android phone
within the next year or so, and either will work as well with Linux as
it does with Windows 8.