[AT] Off-topic Operating Systems (was Re: Forum registration)

[Mogrits]

Stephen, there is a free windows program called "Classic Shell' that will
make your windows 8 computer look like an older more familiar version. It
doesn't do anything you couldn't do yourself through customization, so it
does not affect performance or anything else- just the appearance and menu
layouts. My wife bought an 8 machine for her use at her office. I could
barely find her network settings or anything else to get her connected
under 8. So I downloaded and installed Classic Shell and voila! had her on
her network and printers in about 10 minutes and she has no learning curve

I first discovered the program when I brought home a Vista machine and at
that time it made it look like my all time favorite OS- Windows XP

Warren

On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 5:00 PM, Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:

> I always had a picture of Mac's as machines for artists and writers and
> graphic professionals and free-thinkers in general, while the dour business
> applications ran under Windows.  I suppose there was a day when that was at
> least sort-of true.  My engineer brain felt like it was "jumping ship" when
> I recently chose to purchase a Mac for home use, like it was more of a toy
> than a machine.  I was just completely surprised by how nice and capable it
> is all the way around.  And I'm typing this note from a fancy Win 7
> quad-core 64-bit 3 workstation optimized for 3-D CAD right now at work...
> crossing my fingers the company doesn't move to Win 8...
>
> SO
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 4:27 PM, Mike <meulenms at gmx.com> wrote:
>
> > Steve, I think that's why Mac's have fewer problems that Windows based
> > systems, they were built using an established and proven code.
> > PS- sent from my Windows 7 machine.
> >
> > Mike M
> >
> > On 3/9/2015 3:19 PM, Stephen Offiler wrote:
> > > My phone runs iOS 7 point something.  It's a 4-ish year old iPhone 4.
> It
> > > can't handle the latest iOS8.  My phone is a little slow and the
> battery
> > > life creeps steadily downhill, but I use 'em up, wear 'em out, make 'em
> > do,
> > > or do without.  (Not usually that last one).  Interesting article!
> Never
> > > knew the Mac OS was UNIX-based.  Not like it's a secret...  Look at
> > Apple's
> > > own marketing:
> > >
> > > https://www.apple.com/imac/osx/
> > >
> > > PS:  oh THAT Sheldon Cooper... I completely missed the big bang
> reference
> > > right in front of my face!
> > >
> > > SO
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 2:33 PM, Indiana Robinson <
> > robinson46176 at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> You are probably running something like iOS-8 or so? I'm not that up
> on
> > the
> > >> new stuff.
> > >> By running iMac you probably would not find that much of a learning
> > curve
> > >> from Linux especially the more finished distributions. Some of the
> > simple
> > >> ones are still pretty cryptic. OS and Linux both came from Unix and
> > still
> > >> share some stuff.
> > >> This article is a couple of year old but I found it interesting. At
> > least
> > >> it is dated. One of my big gripes is undated information on sites.
> Time
> > >> passes...  :-)
> > >> http://www.wired.com/2013/08/jordan-hubbard/
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> --
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> > >> Central Indiana USA
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