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Thread ID: 137549 2014-07-19 16:14:00 If you are using Windows 8 or 8.1 on a desktop - are you .... Digby (677) Press F1
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1379611 2014-07-20 11:05:00 And, if youre still on 8.1 you wont get any more updates unless you install the update Speedy Gonzales (78)
1379612 2014-07-20 11:06:00 (PS I think XP was not liked when it first came out as many machines did not have enough RAM for it and many pieces of hardware did not have up to date drivers) so it was not really XP's fault. Same with Vista ;) pcuser42 (130)
1379613 2014-07-20 21:02:00 (PS I think XP was not liked when it first came out as many machines did not have enough RAM for it and many pieces of hardware did not have up to date drivers) so it was not really XP's fault.

Also it had steeper requirements than 98SE which was very popular at the time and did not perform as well so gamers in particular avoided it. And it introduced some DRM features and security changes that people were wary of.
But the big similarity to windows 8 in my opinion was just that it was different and people don't like change for changes sake, there was a lot of bad feedback until people got used to it.
It did have a lot of driver and compatibilty issues as it dropped DOS which was still part of the 95/98 family so a lot of old software didn't run.
dugimodo (138)
1379614 2014-07-22 08:28:00 I am moving all possible machines here to various Linux versions.
I for one have had enough of ALL U.S. corporates dictating to me what I want as my "technology experience".
crApple, M$ and, of course, the ultimate evil... Horricle.

Good idea.
Agent_24 (57)
1379615 2014-07-22 09:54:00 I am moving all possible machines here to various Linux versions.
I for one have had enough of ALL U.S. corporates dictating to me what I want as my "technology experience".
crApple, M$ and, of course, the ultimate evil... Horricle.
I know I'm opening up a whole new can of worms here, but...:D

What's your current distro of choice?
Nick G (16709)
1379616 2014-07-22 18:47:00 I know I'm opening up a whole new can of worms here, but...:D

What's your current distro of choice?

Any one that features a forum that stops people going way off topic.
Digby (677)
1379617 2014-07-22 23:15:00 As an aside - Update 2 is coming very soon:
www.neowin.net

Nothing major in it though.


On topic:
I have 8.1 installed on one of my PCs and barely use the metro screen at all. My most used programs are either pinned to the taskbar or have shortcuts on the desktop. Others I might start using Start / Run.
It did take a while sometimes to stop the metro apps trying to take over opening various files - but I think I've knocked them on the head :D
autechre (266)
1379618 2014-07-30 03:41:00 Using 8.1 at work with 'startisback'....cost 3.50NZD! SolMiester (139)
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