I Just Installed Windows 8 Eval Copy

[Bird]

You actually buy OS's?

I havent bought any software or OS in about .... well since I got the intewebs in mid 90's...

Work has actually bought a couple of things over time that they critically needed 

[noel_w]

I think you'll find that is wrong information

Confirmed to us from Microsoft themselves. They didn't say that it wouldn't upgrade, just no guaranteed upgrade.

[Dragonfly]

Confirmed to us from Microsoft themselves. They didn't say that it wouldn't upgrade, just no guaranteed upgrade.

Please PM me the name of the person who confirmed this. This is incorrect and I'd like to chat to the individual involved. User upgradability is a key feature of Windows Phone.

The hardware must support the upgrade, so if you buy cheap and cheerful...

[MDSimpson]

Mac

Nuff said 

Plus fifty gazzilion.....


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[dazzler]

Plus fifty gazzilion.....


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Amazed by Mac and for most users I doubt you can beat them for reliability.  Our Mac has been going sweet for 3yrs. Not a virus, never had to reboot or reinstall.

Now our two windows laptops.  Pure crap.

[Maîneÿ . . .]

Bought a DELL Inspiron 6400 back in 2006 with XP
I was advised to reformat twice a year to eliminate bugs and delete 'junk' at the same time.

Still running, under those conditions but now finding the 'left click' button is becoming unstable, so now using wireless mouse.
I've never used an Apple but admit they have excellent screen clarity compared to some windows machines I've seen.
Then I spose it comes down to just how the machine is specified by the purchaser too 
I know with the Dell you could get various screens from the cheap and hard to see, up to the full HD whizzbang gear

I will 'look' at a Mac next time I upgrade 

[SteveandViv]

Estelle that's not the case. It is designed as the next version of desktop/laptop OS that will also do tablets including ARM CPU based ones. It doesn't support phones. That is windows mobile 7 or 8

That is the case. It is designed for Tablets or in their words - Touch screen compatible devices (Not including phones at this stage). There long term plan is to use this as the one OS including phones.

[D4D]

So much talk, so little facts

[Humbolt]

SWMBO has a Mac. There is always something going on that I need to attention. For example:
Runs slow - I ask when the last time it was restarted usually each night
Safari has quirks - latest being the close x icons dissappeared on the tabs so you can't close individually. They have appeared again by themselves
Battery never lasts long - run majority of time on wifi - always on charge and no not continuously all the time
Mail passwords need re-entering at least a couple of times a month

That's all I can think right now, painful quirks though!!
I have 3 other windows PC's throughout the house on win7 and don't have dramas.

Now I haven't ruled out Pebkac on the Mac but I generally find nothing wrong when I have to look at it. Just a matter of a reboot more often than not and away we go until the next time.....

[SteveandViv]

So much talk, so little facts

Well that comes from our global account team so I'm inclined to believe them. And lets face it, you tend to post what ever you think as well with out much fact.

[Maîneÿ . . .]

Well that comes from our global account team so I'm inclined to believe them.
And lets face it, you tend to post what ever you think as well with out much fact.

But D4D posts great jokes, so you have to go a bit easy on him 

( computers use lektricity, must be getting close to 12v )

[Symon]

for the record i use ubuntu 10.04 on my desktop and have 3 android 4 devices.

Everyone listen to this man.  Linux rocks.

[noel_w]

But D4D posts great jokes, so you have to go a bit easy on him 

( computers use lektricity, must be getting close to 12v )

Laptops run on 19V (mostly) so I guess that is 12V on steroids. Can we move this thread to the Electrical section maybe?

That is the case. It is designed for Tablets or in their words - Touch screen compatible devices (Not including phones at this stage). There long term plan is to use this as the one OS including phones.

That adds cred to what I was spruiking earlier about upgrade paths. They are different OS's at the moment but are planned to merge later. How much later I wonder.

Add to that what the phone manufacturer thinks we need and upgrade paths go out the window.
One of the adds to 7.5 was the addition of wireless tethering which happened to phones released with 7.5 as the native OS but not some phones which were released on 7.0 and then upgraded to 7.5. Even though the manufacturer had promised it was a dead set cert on that particular model but didn't happen on my handset.

[Dragonfly]

I just installed the updated Synaptics drivers for my HP Elitebook and I've notice that the track pad is a "touch-compatible" device! Pinch to zoom, swipe, etc. all works a treat in Windows 8

[kiwipete]

Well I am still evaluating Win8 and so far it is OK... this version is a little buggie with my hardware as does not go to sleep when the top closes but that is no biggy and had frozen a couple of times but it is actually very easy to get around boots extremely quick still...  And now Microsoft Surface has surfaced with big intel chipset to follow a few months later I am thinking Apple may get a wake up call....

But hey I am a "Half Full" man....

http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en/us/default.aspx