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I have my new MacBook Pro running Parallels so I needed Windows. Felt like taking a chance, so I installed Windows 10 Technical Preview. I figure, it is running in a VM so I can wipe it out if I don't like it. So far, I like it. More than I expected.
I am a Windows curmudgeon. Stuck with 3.1, hated 95. Stuck with XP, hated Vista. Stuck with 7, didn't even try 8. But I'm cautiously okay with 10. Admittedly I wouldn't mind returning to DOS, girls with big hair, and 5" floppies.
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They had to pry 3.1 out of my hands at work because I didn't want that new fangled "MOUSE" thing.
Have had a copy of Win 8.1 on the shelf for a year and haven't installed it....
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Girls with big hair are responsible for climate change.
Good to hear on 10. Wife is doing her painting and wine girls thing tonight so may have to take a look at 10. |
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Let me know what you think. I didn't use 8 so have no frame of reference.
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I prefer my girls without any floppy bits but to each their own... 
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I have two laptops both running Vista and I like it, I am gonna cry when I have to give it up
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8 is horrendous, it can't get much worse.
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And I have a 8" floppy pined to the board by my bench... take that!
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Why do you hate Win 8 so much? I have no use for the tile menus, but you can run it like a 'classic' windows box. I think its pretty efficient. My primary laptop is a MacBook Pro, I'm certainly no MSFT fan boy, but I like 8.
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I run Parallels and Win7 on my MBPro. No problems in 6 months.
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7 was an excellent improvement.
8 stinks 10 hopefully will get it right.
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8/8.1 is horrible via the Metro interface. Using ClassicShell and running in desktop mode it's almost as tolerable as 7.0.
One good thing is that it boots up really fast--which is very helpful considering how often I need to reboot.
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Microsoft is doing some neat stuff lately!
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I'm guessing Windows 9 was so bad they scraped it before they even announced it?
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I run window 8.1 in an office environment with touch screens; it's OK once you get used to the gui. Not had any problems. Kali Linux on a VM for the important stuff though
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