Windows 8 Sale

[bmore_ken]

Microsoft is the one who needs the luck !

Not really. I predict when we're both dead and gone Microsoft will still be a dominant company. Windows is still on the majority of desktops throughout the world. It's not going anywhere anytime soon

[DayWalker]

I just received my Windows-8 and I like it.

[Bartman]

I'm still running Vista on this machine since 2005 and I don't see what all the complaints were about it. Worse comes to worse I'll get a newer machine with 7 and have to learn how to do things all over again not to mention worrying about all my Software being useable. I have no use for 8. Especially on my Home PC! I just don't get the whole thing with Touch Screens. I have no desire to have fingerprints all over my monitor when I'm trying to do something. I have to reach up to do stuff instead of just sitting here with my mouse & keyboard? It should be just for phones & small tablets where you have no keyboard. I remember a few years ago at work constantly telling the people to stop pointing things out with their fingers on our monitors, they weren't Touch Screens but they kept having to point at things doing their work and I had to keep Windex & tissues to keep cleaning them. It was just Stupid!

I want a Conventional PC for home. Can a Tablet burn a DVD, No? I just had to replace my DVD burner and thanks to my Cooler Master case, it was a simple non-tool swap out that only cost $30 to do myself. I have a 500GB HD that's just a tad over 1/2 full and an External 1TB drive that's about 40% full. Lots of stuff I burn to Data DVDs (MP3, DivX, Xvid & MKV files) or straight up Video DVDs. Cloud? Not with my slow DSL, I can't get FIOS in the city and I refuse to deal with Comcast. Really I just hope to keep his machine running as long as possible.

[Eastside Terp]

i played with it for about an hour tonight at the mall ......

used it on a touchscreen laptop, non-touchscreen laptop and a tablet (forgot what he called it, something similar but not W8) ........

didn't take too long to figure out and once you drill down a level stuff like control panel, etc looks the same ......

[LarryN]

My gripe with Windows 8 is the lack of the Start menu, which makes the whole thing less intuitive. I've been in the business for 25 years and I had to look up how to restart the damn computer. That is not intuitive.

[Eastside Terp]

My gripe with Windows 8 is the lack of the Start menu, which makes the whole thing less intuitive. I've been in the business for 25 years and I had to look up how to restart the damn computer. That is not intuitive.

definitely different ......

what I found in my brief toying around was once you found the right button or key at the top level things looked pretty familiar a level down .......

http://www.addictivetips.com/windows...own-windows-8/

I know how you feel, I still miss dos .........