Windows 8

strollin wrote:

monkey44 wrote:
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PLUS: We have to BUY new programs that we already bought once, because the new OS will not run them. THAT borders on a "legal scam" to me ... I buy a program, I expect it to work as long as I own it. It's more like "renting" forever ...

We spent a lot more money upgrading from Wdw8 back to Wdw7 than any new programs cost. Worth every penny... It's not always about the money, it's about the learning curve and wasting so much time on it.

I didn't have to buy a single new piece of software as I moved from XP to Win 7 to Win 8. I no longer have any XP machines but run the same set of programs on my Win 8 machines that I run on my Win 7 machines.

My older programs worked fine on Wdw7, but none worked on Wdw8 ... we moved back to Wdw7 on both LTs, and went with SSHD this time. Very nice ... and now we're totally Wdw7 again with all machines and our original programs. I'd expect guys with tech experience and training will have an easier time with all of this advancing tech stuff - but us older, non-tech folks have less training and less ability to make a seamless transition.

The guys here that state it's easy, well that's true,it's easy for those with that background. But it's still annoying when MS provides new 'stuff' and forces the old stuff into obsolete state. Just seems unfair as it would be just as easy (but less profitable) to allow everything to "fit" and make the customers transition less difficult.

And the fact that you can "make it act - sorta - like an older version" ... well, then keep the older version and make is function better in the same set-up, because that very fact means there's a need in users to keep it like it is/was.

Those new methods could/should be offered for those that want it, but it could/should also remain an option to continue in the methods we know already too. No reason not to have those options instead of having the 'new tech' forced down our throats.