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Showing Original Post only (View all)Windows 8 [View all]
41 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited | |
Another great Operating System from Microsoft | |
1 (2%) |
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What the hell were they thinking? | |
18 (44%) |
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I haven't used it yet | |
9 (22%) |
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It makes me long for Windows 98 | |
0 (0%) |
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It makes me feel stupid | |
1 (2%) |
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It makes me want to throw my laptop against a brick wall | |
0 (0%) |
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Thats what you're stuck with when you don't know Linux | |
4 (10%) |
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Meh | |
2 (5%) |
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I'm still using XP and dialup | |
3 (7%) |
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OTHER | |
3 (7%) |
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+1......they should have at least given you the option to run in "Windows 7" mode that.....
yourout
Jan 2013
#5
speaking of DOS, I still use lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet the way I learned it, DOS commands
graham4anything
Jan 2013
#76
Quite fond of it. Just need to learn the basics to see all the good things it's capable of doing.
BlueJazz
Jan 2013
#17
I find Windows 8 brutally non-intuitive. A person that has work to do and don't
bluestate10
Jan 2013
#22
I agree but for me, it's rather fun learning all the differences. It's also like...
BlueJazz
Jan 2013
#32
Navigating from one application to another is difficult in Windows 8. I figured out
bluestate10
Jan 2013
#19
Classic Shell Makes Windows 8 The Best Microsoft Operating System To Date
cantbeserious
Jan 2013
#26
Other- i'd be fine with it except for its visually & functionally cluttered desktop.
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#27
Very good to know. It'd be ideal if one could customize what those boxes look like. And put them on
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#92
Not user friendly, but maybe they will keep some idiots off the Internet. nt
Comrade_McKenzie
Jan 2013
#31