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[Mike]

I have also been told that version 8.l of Windows corrects some of the 
problems, but I have not had the inclination to follow up on that - 
maybe the next time my son visits, I will let him play with it.

Mike

On 11/9/2013 5:18 PM, Mike wrote:
> I can only tell you that, from my limited experience with both systems,
> you will learn to hate Windows 8 right from the start. If you can get
> someone who is knowledgeable to help you set it up, they can make things
> a LOT easier by getting rid of all the crap. My son thought he was doing
> me a favor by buying me a brand new laptop with Win8 on it, but, aside
> from being able to view all the images me moved from my old machine, I
> haven't found anything that Win8 does easily or naturally. And there is
> a lot of unnecessary crap on the new machine that I have not found any
> need for. I understand that there are ways of getting around the crap
> and odd (NOT user friendly) screens, but I haven't even tried. My
> understanding is that Win8 was designed to support "tablet" machines, so
> Microsoft leaned over backwards in that direction.
>
> Maybe others have had better experiences than I have.
>
> Mike
>
> On 11/9/2013 4:46 PM, Richard Fink Sr wrote:
>> Hi need some feed back on computers. My computer with win XP has died
>> was looking at a new HP with win 8. Has any one run this and what are
>> your thoughts. I am old school love win XP and hate change have been
>> told it is all touch and so on takes special screen or
>> monitor???????????????? R Fink PA
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