On 3/8/2013 10:10 PM, Gramp's shop wrote:
Brought home a new laptop today with Windows 8 installed. First impression: they let a few nutjobs take over the design of this OS when the A-team was out to lunch. Nothing is intuitive. Simple things, like moving a file from one folder to another, require one to use Explorer. Even "my computer" no longer resides on the desktop. There are two interfaces -- the tiles version and one that kinda mimics the familiar XP version. The former is loaded with a lot of junk.

It's going to take me hours to get this machine set up -- hours that I could spend more enjoyably in the shop.

BTW, this is being written on my old machine, which needs to be returned to my employer come retirement date (May 3).

Larry



Visit:

alt.comp.os.windows-8

for the inevitable questions about this strange and wonderful O_0 new M$
offering. They are clearly catering to the can't be bothered to orally
communicate (or even look where they are going) smart phone crowd.

There are a number of add-ons to make it act like Win7, but if you came
from XP, woe to you! Abandon all hope as you are now a neophyte all over
again. If you choose door #1 and go for one of the add-ons you may also
need to visit:

alt.windows7.general

Good luck and have fun!

John