I don't play games on my PC & so far none of my office type s/w hasn't
barfed. (I'm not eager to need to update all that stuff, either, &/or worry
about the older version -- old as in "2010"! -- having problems....)
Nothing wrong with PC games, I've just never been a gamer (except for
Solitaire, especially when on tele-hold); and now with the iPad if I do want
to play, that's where I'd do it. :-)
Maybe I'll change in another year or two.
Or maybe I'll add a Mac to my stable -- the Air is too small (storage), the
MBP is long-in-tooth, so I'm waiting to see what comes out in the next few
months. Idea would be to use it as the entertainment-computer, although it
really isn't "necessary".
But at the moment I don't have the energy to deal with new stuff,
adjustments, etc.
bj
-----Original Message-----
From: David H. BaileySent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 3:10 PM
To: iPad@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [iPad] OT: Windows: It's over
------------------------------------On 4/17/2013 2:50 PM, bj wrote:
> I'm hardly a Windows basher, I just don't like the way W8 looks.
>
> So why should I upgrade & then figure out how to make it work like W7 &
> get
> rid of the eye-candy?
>
I know there are always tweaks "under the hood" and Windows8 hasn't
disappointed me in that regard -- my Win8 computer boots up much faster
than my Win7 computer did.
And regarding how Win8 looks, I simply click to the old-fashioned
desktop -- one single mouse click and I'm in very familiar territory
without the Win8 tiles.
I'm not trying to convince you to change to Win8, but there was a lot
more to this upgrade than mere eye-candy. An old Microsoft golf game
from 2003 (Links for those who might have played it) didn't work well or
predictably under Windows Vista or Windows 7, but it works like a charm
under Windows 8, so something was changed that wasn't just eye-candy.
> What I *have* done, now that W8 is out & I've decided no-thanks, is get a
> larger HD put in my laptop (& the other is getting readied for similar
> treatment); I think storage space was a real problem & with any new
> computer
> (if I'd gone to W8) would have had that bigger HD.
>
> I did bail on Vista after a short unhappy experience, retreat to XP (at a
> co$t!), and wait until W7 had been out for over a year before going to it.
> bj
>
And one of the neat things about this marketplace is that people can do
just as you've done and still have a great computing experience, or they
can do as I've done and also have a great computing experience.
Now if I only had the money to buy a Mac and all the software I would
need, I'd be a happy camper because I'd have my feet in both major sides
of this marketplace and wouldn't have to worry. :-)
--
David H. Bailey
dhbailey@davidbaileymusicstudio.com
http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com
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