[AT] OT - computer advice

[rlgoss at twc.com]

That's basically right, Charlie.  Trivia question of the day: Why did they make the data cards the size they were?



Larry
---- charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote: 
> I haven't used Win 8 yet but from looking at the screen it looks amazingly 
> like the Apps screen on my android phone.
> I'm assuming that is the way you use it.  Just click on the "app" and go to 
> work.   Is that right?
> 
> Charlie
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Claude
> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2014 11:23 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT - computer advice
> 
> I agree with Dean.  The biggest problem with win 8 or 8.1 is the user.  Most 
> people my age don't deal with change real well.  The younger folk that grew 
> up with the computer technology will not have a big problem with.win 8.
> 
> Claude
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> > On Aug 4, 2014, at 9:31 PM, "Dean Vinson" <dean at vinsonfarm.net> wrote:
> >
> > Mike, I bought a new PC about nine months ago and it came with Windows 8,
> > and then I installed the free update to 8.1.
> >
> > For the first several weeks I routinely wanted to empty a manure spreader 
> > in
> > Microsoft's office lobby.   But after a while you get used to the system,
> > and in my experience it honestly works fine.   Still annoys me that I had 
> > to
> > learn a bunch of new ways to do what I already could do before, and I
> > haven't totally given up on the manure spreader idea, but I no longer have
> > any day to day complaints.   And especially if your daughter is a
> > smart-phone user (unlike me), I would guess she'll have no trouble making
> > the transition from Windows 7 to 8.
> >
> > Dean Vinson
> > Saint Paris, Ohio
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> > [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Mike
> > Sent: Monday, August 4, 2014 8:47 PM
> > To: ATIS
> > Subject: [AT] OT - computer advice
> >
> > Hi guys, our youngest is heading off to college this fall, and my wife and 
> > I
> > are getting her a new laptop to get her started. From everything I read
> > Windows 8 is a real clunker, and most like Windows 7 better.
> > Although I'm still running two XP machines, the laptop that we use daily 
> > has
> > Windows 7, and we have no problems with it. Should I look for a machine 
> > that
> > comes with Windows 7, or is 8 not as bad as people are making it out to 
> > be.
> > Thanks for any advice. And no Dave, Apple isn't in our budget :)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mike M
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