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[Ken Knierim]

Dave, have you looked at Mavericks (the free Apple OS) yet? I've been
looking for someone who's tried it. We have machines on our (work) net that
span from '98 to Win 8. My preference in desktop OS's (I'm a unix/linux nut
for my own stuff), hands down, is Win 7... it works.  Not always have I
seen this from MS.
Win 8? I abhor the interface. Every time I need to do something, I have to
google how to do it. Once I have the hotkeys figured out, I'll be OK but I
really cannot state my dislike for Win 8 strong enough.
Microsoft has been finding out how badly they misjudged the marketplace on
this one, from what little I've heard. And of course they are forcing folks
into it whether or not they want to. Hence if the Apple OS works alright,
there may be a real backlash to Win 8.

Just my thoughts.

Ken in AZ




On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 6:23 PM, David Rotigel <rotigel at me.com> wrote:

> In the spring my 7 year old Apple went tits up. I took in in to the Apple
> Store and they loaded everything from my old machine   onto the new one. I
> then went home and pluged the new one in AND EVERYTHING WORKED FINE!
>         Dave
>
> On Nov 10, 2013, at 2:51 PM, Howard Weeks <weeksh at att.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > When I spring for a new or supposedly upgraded OS, it is going to have
> > to deliver something that I need and want over and above what I have
> > already bought and paid for. MS hasn't delivered that since XP.
> >
> > I have switched over to Linux and am happy with it.  Still intend to
> > keep an XP machine for the occasional software that will not run on
> Linux.
> >
> > A new learning curve and work a rounds for features that I already have
> > on my current system is definitely not going to be on my shopping list.
> > Nor is the "touchy - feely" screen!
> >
> > I am not an Apple fan either but for different reasons.
> >
> > Howard in GA
> >
> >
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