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Windows Monopoly

#22
You really need to make an effort to actually familiarize yourself with your operating system, or you'll just get frustrated.
Same thing happened when I first started using linux. I jumped in headfirst, then hit my head on my desk. Take your time and learn. Win8 is far from perfect but its not impossible to use.
 
#23
And for us keyboard/mouse users, Win8 gets better on 8 April when they release the free update that's supposed to sense when you're on a desktop or laptop and give you faster outs to the tiles and applications. Win8 was an adjustment for me, but I've survived it and I don't much like OS change at all. I will even admit to refusing to leave DOS for Windows anything until they were releasing Windows 98.
 
#25
bachlover said:
I had to buy a new lap top after many years of using the one I bought with Windows Explorer as the operating system.<snip>
the problem I was having with it is that Windows doesn't support Explorer any more
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He put in another operating system. My new laptop has Windows 8 and it's a huge PIA especially compared to the old Explorer. <snip>
I never had any difficulties of this nature after years of using the old Explorer system - one month with Windows 8 and this happens!
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yodedude2 said:
pretty sure he means the internet explorer browser.
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:hmm:
 
#27
I just got a new touchscreen laptop with 8.1 and I don't even use the touchscreen functionality. I don't understand why people complain that 8.1 is more suited for touchscreen. With the exception of the charms menu that comes up on the right and pulling up all open windows by mousing over to the left (all of which you can do with a mouse), the functionality is not unsuited for mouse only users. I think people complain before learning how to do these tasks.
 
#29
bachlover said:
Great! Some practical advice I can relate to! Where the hell are they?:confused:
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Tube consistency and reliability these days isn't what it once was. They've been largely relugated to consumer electronics status as things like hospitals and militaries no longer depend on them. Sucks, but such is life.



:D Ya, you'll get a whole bunch of computer geek answers here talking about how technology marches on, etc. Apparently it's fashionable in this new, "green" world to have things become obsolete in the shortest amount of time possible, so you can send that toxic wreck of a laptop to the landfill and unnecessarily buy a new toxic wreck of a laptop, all the while saving the planet. This, of course, because the new ones are so much faster at doing mindless, brain-dead activities such as checking facebook or playing video games.

Yes, bachlover, your old laptop would work just fine, if we lived in a world where things were actually made to last........
 
#30
Well, OP would have to learn how to actually not get infested with viruses/malware. This is like saying you could buy a new car, run it for 13 years, never change the oil and expect it to be in the exact same operating condition it was in when you got it new.
 
#31
Like I said, I ran the old system for years w/o a problem w/o "learning how to actually get infested....." w/o a problem. I buy a laptop with the new system, and within a month w/o opening anything suspicious I'm being sold a series of "maintenance packages" by Windows support to clear it up that they eventually went down to $50 from $200 when they found out I had someone to clear it up for me. I don't expect free support ad infinitum, but I do expect a system to last a month w/o me having to shuck out another $200 to get it back to where it was a month ago!
 
#32
will33 said:
Tube consistency and reliability these days isn't what it once was. They've been largely relugated to consumer electronics status as things like hospitals and militaries no longer depend on them. Sucks, but such is life.



:D Ya, you'll get a whole bunch of computer geek answers here talking about how technology marches on, etc. Apparently it's fashionable in this new, "green" world to have things become obsolete in the shortest amount of time possible, so you can send that toxic wreck of a laptop to the landfill and unnecessarily buy a new toxic wreck of a laptop, all the while saving the planet. This, of course, because the new ones are so much faster at doing mindless, brain-dead activities such as checking facebook or playing video games.

Yes, bachlover, your old laptop would work just fine, if we lived in a world where things were actually made to last........
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OK, but where do I find the frickin' tubes? Thanks for your perspective. Thought I'd really kicked off a nerd fest with the chastising I was receiving from a couple of those 1st posters! Thanks to those who've helped me w/o criticism for my lack of system savvy.
 
#34
bachlover said:
Like I said, I ran the old system for years w/o a problem w/o "learning how to actually get infested....." w/o a problem. I buy a laptop with the new system, and within a month w/o opening anything suspicious I'm being sold a series of "maintenance packages" by Windows support to clear it up that they eventually went down to $50 from $200 when they found out I had someone to clear it up for me. I don't expect free support ad infinitum, but I do expect a system to last a month w/o me having to shuck out another $200 to get it back to where it was a month ago!
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Of course you've gone years without a virus, people stopped making viruses for that OS years ago! :ninja:

The biggest annoyance I find with new computers isn't the OS (I quite like Windows 8!), it's the crap that comes pre-loaded by the manufacturer. Granted, that practice is nothing new.

Get some antivirus and antimalware software on there (plenty free options out there, I use AVG Free and Spybot S&D) and you'll be fine.
 
#36
will33 said:
:D Ya, you'll get a whole bunch of computer geek answers here talking about how technology marches on, etc. Apparently it's fashionable in this new, "green" world to have things become obsolete in the shortest amount of time possible, so you can send that toxic wreck of a laptop to the landfill and unnecessarily buy a new toxic wreck of a laptop, all the while saving the planet. This, of course, because the new ones are so much faster at doing mindless, brain-dead activities such as checking facebook or playing video games.

Yes, bachlover, your old laptop would work just fine, if we lived in a world where things were actually made to last........
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That's a bit unfair. His computer should still work "just fine"; only difference is that he's on his own. XP was supported for 13 years.
 
#39
My trusty old Dell Latitude laptop from 2006 has Win XP in it, and it runs just fine, and I will continue to use it well past the April 8 deadline for Microsoft support. I'm old school - learn how to use something, and if it ain't broke, then don't fix it. I personally see no use to be switching OSs, XP works just fine for my purposes. However, I am making sure that all updates are downloaded and installed, the Service Pack is the latest one (SP3), and my security software is functional and up to date. Those of you who would continue with XP should be doing the same thing as me. You've got the next three days, so get started! ;)


One more thing. Back up your hard drive, get the junk off your hard drive, and defrag it to get the best possible performance out of your computer.
 

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