Need New Windows Based Computer
I need a new Windows based computer because my CAD program only runs on Windows. I have to start somewhere. I haven’t looked anywhere yet. I don’t even know what to look for or ask about. Here i...
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I got two HP Envy m6 laptops a couple of months ago - one for me and one for my wife. They have some internal shock and position sensors that park the hard drive to protect it. It has a built in optical drive.
I have driven almost 100,000 miles in the last eleven years with laptops without that feature and have only had one hard drive that started showing errors.
My old Office 2003 would not work on Win8 along with several others such as Roxio and TurboCad.
The new Office sofware does not come on a DVD. You get an access card with a code. You go to a web site and enter the code and download an initial piece of software that gets you going. After that it background downloads over 2 GB of the rest of the program. On my 3G aircard that took over six hours.
Regarding Win8. I have been able to make it look and act much like Windows XP just as I did on our last machines with Win7. I think they call it the Classic view and behavior.
The annoying thing is having to leave the desktop view and go to their new touchscreen oriented start screen to do things that used to be done on the start menu on the desktop. Looking at your installed programs and shutting the computer down are two examples.
The apps included are pretty lame for the most part and some seem to use a lot of data in the background. Our monthly usage went form about 4 GB to 8 GB as soon as we got the new laptops.
Win8.1 is coming out this fall and I understand it addresses some of those issues.
I have driven almost 100,000 miles in the last eleven years with laptops without that feature and have only had one hard drive that started showing errors.
My old Office 2003 would not work on Win8 along with several others such as Roxio and TurboCad.
The new Office sofware does not come on a DVD. You get an access card with a code. You go to a web site and enter the code and download an initial piece of software that gets you going. After that it background downloads over 2 GB of the rest of the program. On my 3G aircard that took over six hours.
Regarding Win8. I have been able to make it look and act much like Windows XP just as I did on our last machines with Win7. I think they call it the Classic view and behavior.
The annoying thing is having to leave the desktop view and go to their new touchscreen oriented start screen to do things that used to be done on the start menu on the desktop. Looking at your installed programs and shutting the computer down are two examples.
The apps included are pretty lame for the most part and some seem to use a lot of data in the background. Our monthly usage went form about 4 GB to 8 GB as soon as we got the new laptops.
Win8.1 is coming out this fall and I understand it addresses some of those issues.
