PHT wrote:
On Fri, 08 Mar 2013 19:10:54 -0800, 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


This sounds like a very good time to dump the windows OS and install
Linux. A far better OS.


Right. Get a knock-off of a 40-year old operating system designed by a
money-losing division of your local telephone company.

Linux commands less than TWO PERCENT (1.2%) of the desktop operating
systems. The remainder of desktop users have chosen to vote with their
wallet by choosing some version of Windows, Apple, or "Other."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_s...rating_systems