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Subject: Re: Proposal to Keep WinXP Support "Alive"
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 04:22:58 +0000 (UTC)
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knuttle wrote:

> I don't have Windows 8, but I am in a situation where my computers are
> getting old and may need to be replaced.  In my investigations I have
> been told that the that horrible new interface can be turned off and you
> can use a XP like interface.
>
> I sure hope this is true because I don't want to spend a large chunk of
> my time on the computer chasing my programs around the screen.  It is
> bad enough having to open multiple menus and then when you find the one
> you want, have the open menus collapse and you have to start over.

I've read, and been told be people who I tend to believe, that Win 8 is 
*very* nice on a touch screen... and absolute crap on regular, non-touch 
workstations.

-- 
She faced her doom this time around like a gambler with a pat hand.
Oblivion was bluffing. Showboating, even.
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