End of Office 2003 support
A local computer teacher said I should not be concerned about MS discontinuing support as of this Thursday. I was considering going to Office 2010 or Open Office, leaning toward the former. Your feedb...
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Campfire time Quote: "You know this for certain? You've tried them? Many older programs work just fine with Windows 8."
Some do, some don't - but it usually takes some amount of tech-training to actually make it transfer.
Yes, for certain, absolutely. You can search this site for all the hassles and advice we got trying to make my older programs work -- it corrupted many files, failed to load, many variables which finally made me revert ALL three LT back to Windows7 at no small cost.
Yes, of course, it was partly about learning (M44 = tech-stupid), but also about replacing every program, and still having some that would not load (PSE-12, for example - brand new, would not load or operate) and other major disruptions in my work load.
When I spend money on a product, I expect it to WORK, not need a series of fix-its or adaptations at more cost, no expensive or time-consuming training for one who is not tech-trained. That's pretty reasonable, don't you think?
Especially when nothing on the purchase box tells you that you need to buy all new programs, or even SOME new programs, and doesn't state you can't use your old data management either, without new programs. Rant over - :)
But to answer directly - yes, for sure, I tried it, numerous times and with a lot of tech-help. Very costly mistake, buying Win8.
Some like it -- but I'm guessing most that do have some amount or a lot of tech ability and can adapt it. Many do not - and as you can see, MS is certainly jumping on the wagon to 'obsolete' Windows8 pretty quickly. Wasn't out but a few months and already released an update 'Fix" ... Windows8.1, and still fixing it. IMO, W8 is junk for anyone not tech-smart.
Some do, some don't - but it usually takes some amount of tech-training to actually make it transfer.
Yes, for certain, absolutely. You can search this site for all the hassles and advice we got trying to make my older programs work -- it corrupted many files, failed to load, many variables which finally made me revert ALL three LT back to Windows7 at no small cost.
Yes, of course, it was partly about learning (M44 = tech-stupid), but also about replacing every program, and still having some that would not load (PSE-12, for example - brand new, would not load or operate) and other major disruptions in my work load.
When I spend money on a product, I expect it to WORK, not need a series of fix-its or adaptations at more cost, no expensive or time-consuming training for one who is not tech-trained. That's pretty reasonable, don't you think?
Especially when nothing on the purchase box tells you that you need to buy all new programs, or even SOME new programs, and doesn't state you can't use your old data management either, without new programs. Rant over - :)
But to answer directly - yes, for sure, I tried it, numerous times and with a lot of tech-help. Very costly mistake, buying Win8.
Some like it -- but I'm guessing most that do have some amount or a lot of tech ability and can adapt it. Many do not - and as you can see, MS is certainly jumping on the wagon to 'obsolete' Windows8 pretty quickly. Wasn't out but a few months and already released an update 'Fix" ... Windows8.1, and still fixing it. IMO, W8 is junk for anyone not tech-smart.
