Title: Windows 8: The Animated Evaluation (Excellent presentation!) Source:
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Microsoft tried to get people to rush over to W8 by offering clock-ticking bargain conversions like that.
But I was serious about waiting a year before switching to a new operating system. Think about all the short-lived computer systems that we've seen come and go: Windows Vista, Windows ME, Apple Lisa, PC Jr., Commodore Plus 4, etc.
The hardware - specifically the microchips - have a working life of about 5 or 6 years. Manufacturers who come out with upgrades before the machines of the previous system begin to die of old age have a serious problem getting enough customers.
But I was serious about waiting a year before switching to a new operating system. Think about all the short-lived computer systems that we've seen come and go: Windows Vista, Windows ME, Apple Lisa, PC Jr., Commodore Plus 4, etc.
Sure, let other people be the beta testers. That is always the way to go, especially for folks who don't know much more than enough about computers than how to turn them on. I know a little about them, not as much as I would like to, but I wouldn't want to be a lab rat in a Microsux experiment, at least not again. My first experience with their alleged operating system was Windows ME which was the absolute sorriest things I have ever seen or heard of. Always having to call tech support for things that should just work and which almost never did. I came to hate that computer with a passion.
Think about all the short-lived computer systems that we've seen come and go: Windows Vista, Windows ME...
You are thinking wrong. Windows Vista and Windows ME are not computer systems, they are operating systems, and Vista is still very much around and although slow, still functional. Windows 7 is basically windows Vista without all the security checks and better memory management. Vista however is still usable and supported by Microsoft. ME probably isn't usable on today's hardware and is not supported by anyone.