[AT] OT

[rlgoss at twc.com]

When Win8 first came out, Best Buy had a one-page hand out that gave all the shortcuts for navigating via touch screen, mouse, or cursor/key board.  I found it invaluable so I did not have to find out all that by trial and error. It was a GOOD thing, and so probably is no longer available.

Larry


---- charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote: 
> I haven't used Win 8 but if you have any experience with smart phones 
> I think you'll see some similarity.  One of my friends recently got a Win 8
> machine and was baffled by it.  He called Best Buy (where he bought it)
> They told him to come in for a 30 minute session with someone to show him
> how to use it and he's fine with it now.
> 
> Charlie
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Mike 
> Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 5:18 PM 
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group 
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT 
> 
> 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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