[Chaos-l] [Medoc-mountain-men] On another Topic - Win8

[RapidEye]

Personally I can't stand Win8.
I bought my daughter a new computer for Christmas and it came preinstalled.
I've been using Win7 64 bit for 3 or 4 yrs now and really like the speed
and stability.  Being able to run 8 - 12 GB RAM on a machine really keeps
it snappy.
And I've not really had any issues with 32/64 bit compatibility issues.

My beef with win8 is them removing the start button and menu.  The Metro
interface is fine - sort of feels like widgets on my android phone and
table.  Not a problem there.  But MOST of my apps I use I don't want to
have permanent residence and awareness on the desktop.  Most of them, I
only want to use once in a while and to go away.  Example would be my tax
software or finance software.  Having them "metroized" is stupid.

I don't see why MS couldn't give us the Metro interface for what we want,
then keep the start menu and a quick launch bar for the rest.

If they don't fix that in a patch soon, I'll not migrate mine or my wife's
PC to it.

My daughters primary machine for years was a Unbuntu machine running KDE
desktop - I very well may do a dual boot on her new one.

j


On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 9:40 PM, <rfitzgerald1 at nc.rr.com> wrote:

> Update on Win 8 (Standard - not Pro):
>
> Running all my programs successfully but took monumental effort as some
> have to be installed in Windows 7 Compatibility Mode.  There is some
> software that won't run on a 64-bit machine, nor Win 8; however, I am happy
> to report the following programs do work fine in Win 8:
>
> The Sky X Professional (also the Camera Add-On works great too!)
> Maxim DL 4.61 and 5.23 work fine including PinPoint.
> MaxPoint works fine.
> PEMPRO
> CCD AutoPilot
> CCDStack
> CCDInspector
> Registax
> K3CCD Tools
> PhD
> MetaGuide
> FocusMax
> RoboFocus
> Starry Nights Pro Plus 6
> Southern Stars Suite (Sky, Satellite, etc.)
> All Celestron software as well as firmware updaters
> All Office Programs
>
> Untested:
> PhotoShop
> PixInsight
>
> Overall, I'm not thrilled with Win8 but it's the future.  It's a huge
> hurdle to deal with non-traditional Desktop but like life - one adjusts and
> moves on.  If you're running Win 7 don't upgrade yet especially if you run
> old software programs.  It's a memory hog; however, Trend Micro seems to
> work MUCH better with Win 8 than Win 7 - a testament to better security
> functions I guess?  Michael Fulbright commented that the security side of
> this latest OS from MS is much improved but did concede the User Interface
> isn't as friendly especially for non-touch screen devices.  Couldn't agree
> more!
>
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