[AT] OT - computer advice

[Mattias Kessén]

I think win 8 really sucks. It's made for touchscreens and who wants
fingerprints all over the screen. Win 8 is ugly to and the swedish
translations are so bad that if I had to have it I'd set it up in English.
My wifes laptop runs it 8.1 and we both hate it though we can use it. I
would go for a Asus with win 7 like the one I got.
BTW I don't like smartphones running win either.
BTW 2 I'd skip the external hard drives and go for Google drive or
similiar.

Mattias

Typed with large fingers on a small screen
Den 5 aug 2014 18:42 skrev "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>:

> 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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