I ended up with Windows 8 for a recent home build since it was cheaper at the time. Regretted it for about a month, now I'm near Window 7 annoyance with it (which is a good thing). There is a Classic Shell program (open source), which brings back a much better computing interface and it practically looks like Windows 7 in every way. Add in some minor tweaks and it's like I never left Windows 7. I will say it makes very little sense to upgrade from 7 to 8 for most users. -- Jeremy MountainJohnson Jeremy.MountainJohnson at gmail.com On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 8:54 PM, Jason Hsu <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com> wrote: > I looked at the computers at Office Max yesterday and got to see Windows > 8. It's rubbish! How are you supposed to do anything? > > As a Linux user, I've been so spoiled by the user-friendliness of Linux > Mint, Puppy Linux, and antiX Linux. Windows 8 is even worse than Unity. I > felt completely out to sea. There were some Windows 7 computers there as > well, and Windows 7 (at least in the configuration I saw) didn't look that > different from Windows XP, the last Windows OS I have significant > experience with. I can't imagine how anyone who likes Windows XP or 7 will > like Windows 8. Anyone who objects to Unity will hate Windows 8 even more. > > Microsoft today reminds me of General Motors during the Malaise Era. > Windows Vista was Microsoft's Chevy Vega. I expect Windows 8 to go down > in history as Microsoft's Chevy Citation, Cadillac Cimarron, or Oldsmobile > diesel engine. > > -- > Jason Hsu <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com> > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20130129/23ae8769/attachment.html>