Mooch4056
7

+1
 

bapu

Mooch4056
7

+1
 

=8 ?

paulo

bapu

Mooch4056
7

+1
 

=8 ?

For those not old enogh, a little history lesson...
 
Windows 3.0  Yes
Windows 3.1  No
Windows 3.11 Yes
Windows 95  No
Windows 95 SP1  Yes
Windows 98 No
Windows 98 ME Yes
Windows 2000 No
Windows XP Yes
Windows Vista NO
Windows 7 Yes
Windows 8 ------    See a pattern yet?
 
 
For those that don't remember, 3.0 3.1 and 3.11 were more than point updates, they changed the way Windows worked, added networking as standard and introduced a lot of the concepts that we take for granted today.  But they got it wrong in 3.1 by making networking an addon extra!!
 
Win 95 was a big step change from Win 3.x and it didn't work, until the release of sp1 when it mostly did.
 
Win 98 undid a lot of the changes to Win 95 and Win 98 ME (Millenium Edition) became the one to use untill Win Xp  (The less said about Win 2000 the better)
 
Vista continued the alternating sequence of break it / fix it, with Win 7 being everything that Vista could/should have been...
 
So... Win 8 is next and true to form...  it is mostly un-usable in business.
Win 9 should be really good though!!

Karyn
For those not old enogh, a little history lesson...
 
Windows 3.0  Yes
Windows 3.1  No
Windows 3.11 Yes
Windows 95  No
Windows 95 SP1  Yes
Windows 98 No
Windows 98 ME Yes
Windows 2000 No
Windows XP Yes
Windows Vista NO
Windows 7 Yes
Windows 8 ------    See a pattern yet?
 
 
For those that don't remember, 3.0 3.1 and 3.11 were more than point updates, they changed the way Windows worked, added networking as standard and introduced a lot of the concepts that we take for granted today.  But they got it wrong in 3.1 by making networking an addon extra!!
 
Win 95 was a big step change from Win 3.x and it didn't work, until the release of sp1 when it mostly did.
 
Win 98 undid a lot of the changes to Win 95 and Win 98 ME (Millenium Edition) became the one to use untill Win Xp  (The less said about Win 2000 the better)
 
Vista continued the alternating sequence of break it / fix it, with Win 7 being everything that Vista could/should have been...
 
So... Win 8 is next and true to form...  it is mostly un-usable in business.
Win 9 should be really good though!!

History being what it is.....
Karyn, what do you think of Classic Shell with Win8?

By Classic Shell I guess you mean the front end to make it look/work like Win 7?   I've not used it.
 
Even that is an old idea that started with Win 95 so you could turn off the task bar and all other Win 95 stuff and make it look/behave just like 3.11
 
 

From the little I've read on Classic Shell, it seems you could get all the functionalty of Win8 with the looks/feel of Win7. The only real reason I'm considering getting Win8 is for hopefully using touch screen in the near future (when these monitors come down in price a bit). Other than that, I really have no reason to get Win8....especially, when Win7 is a winner. Decisions.....decisions....

The Desktop is still there in Win 8, but without the start button to access your files and programs (sorry... apps..)
 
As long as you can create desktop shortcuts to your programs (sorry...  apps...) then you can use it just like Win 7.
 
The new start screen is great, if you're on a tablet.  Totaly useless on a PC with no touch screen.
 
 
SP1 is said to be a backdown by MS by reinstating the start button.  In reality they're just adding a button that takes you to the existing start screen, rather than having to hover your mouse in the lower left corner...

Thanks Karyn....(although I still don't know which one to get...LOL).
 
Looking at your sig, I always wondered why you have 1000W Psu? Does your current DAW draw that much power?
 
I'm asking as I'm planning on building a new rig (http://forum.cakewalk.com/X2-Gaming-Rig-m2843118.aspx) which I'll be doing some light gaming as well and gamers in general, do use/abuse a lot of power.  

Mesh
Looking at your sig, I always wondered why you have 1000W Psu? Does your current DAW draw that much power?

 
Mebee that is for her "automatic" weapons arsenal?