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Windows 8 – Higher Demand and v7

Joshua Wood — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:24:06 +0000

Hi all, Windows 8 is on sale but how is it doing? According to Mr. Ballmer “We’re seeing preliminary demand well above where we were with Windows 7, which is gratifying”. I bet that is gratifying considering the mixed reviews that the new OS is getting. According to some sources there are over 600 million PCs out there that are just waiting to be sold an upgrade to Windows 8. With those kinds of numbers you have to wonder how in the world Windows 8 could fail.

Source:

http://www.torontosun.com/2012/10/29/ballmer-windows-8-demand-outpacing-7

Until next time,
TechStop (JW)

Windows 8 – Thoughts?

Joshua Wood — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 00:31:34 +0000

Hi all, Windows 8 is out on the market now. The reviews are mixed. Some love it and some hate it. While the Windows 8 is available to all there isn’t a consensus if the update for Windows 8 software will make a bit hit in a big way or a bad way.

Have you used Windows 8? What are your thoughts on it? Love it? Hate it?

Until next time,
TechStop (JW)

Reasons You Shouldn’t Upgrade to Windows 8

Joshua Wood — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:44:12 +0000

Hi all, Windows 8 is here and products are about to start shipping with the new OS from Windows in large quantities. But why do you care? In the history of Microsoft their product releases tend to follow the Star Trek formula where every other release is terrible. If we walk this through we have Windows 2000, which was great. Then there was ME, which was terrible. Then there was XP, which was great. Then there was Vista, which was the most horrible OS known to man. Windows 7 followed, which is fantastic. Now we have Windows 8 and Microsoft is due to throw out another bomb.

Personally, I haven’t seen anything in Windows 8 that I need or want. In fact I have seen a lot that I don’t like such as the Metro interface on servers or the removal of the Start button. Microsoft works so hard to get people to use something and their feet are firmly planted on the feature they rip it right out from under them. Ok, that was my rant. These links below don’t disagree with me though.

TechBeat – Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Upgrade to Windows 8

CNET – 5 reasons you shouldn’t upgrade to Windows 8

Until next time,
TechStop (JW)