Gentlemen - Start your engines!
The biggest problem with Windows 8 is that Microsoft have made it with no start menu and the Metro theme. And nobody can use it like that.
What they should do is scrap the Metro theme and make Windows 8 with the normal Windows 7 desktop and start menu. Like they have done with all other versions of Windows.
That would make everybody happy including me. Windows 8 DP worked because you could turn off the Metro theme. But you cannot in Windows 8 CP. And there are bugs in Windows 8 CP, that is why Windows Explorer freezes my mouse.
If Microsoft insist on making the final version of Windows 8 with no start menu and the Metro theme. Then Windows 8 will be-THE OPERATING SYSTEM THAT NOBODY CAN USE. Andrea Borman.
So, Andrea, Windows 8 doesn't suit you - its doesn't really suit me either. Why not juts stick with Windows 7 and forget Windows 8. There'll be another version of Windows along soon enough.
Andrea, the look & feel of Windows 7 & below, those days are over, as far as any new Windows OS's being written.Well Windows 8 would be all right. If Microsoft would be sensible and make it with the Windows 7 or Windows XP start menu and desktop. And not the Metro theme and no start menu.
That is what everybody understands.
But Microsoft do not want to do that it seems. Andrea Borman.
Well it's good to know that Windows 7 will be supported with updates for a long time.Andrea, the look & feel of Windows 7 & below, those days are over, as far as any new Windows OS's being written.
You have nearly 8 years to enjoy Windows 7, mainstream support until 01/12/2015, extended support until 01/12/2020. Check out the "End of Support" dates for XP, Vista & Windows 7. That means that you have a long time to use & enjoy Windows 7. Many other users will keep Windows 7 as their OS of choice. I probably will keep Windows 7 myself, on my notebook.
Windows lifecycle fact sheet - Microsoft Windows
Why don't you just stop fighting & enjoy what you do like? Life's too short to worry over things of which you have no control over.
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You should still be able to purchase Windows 7 as long as it's in mainstream support. Buy as many copies as you wish. There should be a retailer (or etailer) in your area that will keep Windows 7 in stock for many years.Well it's good to know that Windows 7 will be supported with updates for a long time.
But the question is that-if we have to buy a new laptop,will we still be able to buy Windows 7? Or will they do what they did with Windows XP and Windows Vista? That is stop selling Windows 7,so we are forced to buy Windows ?
But of course whether or not they support Windows XP or Windows 7 in the years to come is irrelevant. Because I am going to carry on using Windows XP after 2014 if my laptop still works then.
And I will use Windows 7 for the next 50 years for as long as I shall live. But I won't use Windows 8 unless they make it with a normal desktop and start menu. NO WAY. Andrea Borman.
if you, like me, don't like the progress of Windows, there are other choices. Linux in all sort of editions provide all sorts of desktops and you can choose what what you have. All the software, OS and applications come free and there is a huge community to support you. Given what Microsoft charge for upgrades I rather think I might be going it that direction.
Ubuntu is worth a try to start with and you can download a 'live' CD of it - that is the machine will boot from the CD and let you play with the OS without installing anything on your machine. Give it a go - its free and you have nothing to lose. Its better than grumbling about Microsoft too!
No, not to everyone. But there's always that tiny minority......Why are we whinging about "Secure Boot"? Does everything have to be viewed or perceived as a problem??
Why are we whinging about "Secure Boot"? Does everything have to be viewed or perceived as a problem??