tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187164070937704663.post8830028718545588790..comments2023-06-18T11:06:27.891+02:00Comments on Musings of an I.T. Girl: I officially love the new Windows 8 installerStacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07907346657510908857noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187164070937704663.post-73295702993564672262013-04-14T17:54:06.843+02:002013-04-14T17:54:06.843+02:00I think that the only Windows version that I have ...I think that the only Windows version that I have not played with was ME. By that time I was using Windows 2000 and needed the extra that the Pro version offered.<br /><br />I liked Windows Vista - but then I had a machine capable of running it, something most people didn't!<br /><br />Windows 7 improved upon the best bits of Vista and removed the performance drain from the core of the OS so that it ran on lesser hardware as well. I remember upgrading a net-book from Windows XP to Windows 7. You had to go through Vista as the upgrade path, and wow - at that point the machine was unusable! Going to 7 on that machine just showed what the difference is.<br /><br />8... What I have seen on the VMWare machine I like, even with only 4 cores and 6GB memory it performs amazingly. I am going to keep running it that way on this machine I think, but the fact it runs so well that way is the reason why I wanted to upgrade.<br /><br />Oh well!<br /><br />StaceStacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07907346657510908857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187164070937704663.post-41419264242184370462013-04-13T15:12:17.274+02:002013-04-13T15:12:17.274+02:00Where I work they are rolling out Windows 7 as peo...Where I work they are rolling out Windows 7 as people's machines get upgraded so that's what I'm using and although it has some bits I'm not keen on I do like the way it shrinks multiple copies of the same application down into a single icon on the taskbar.<br /><br />Have also been tinkering with setting up a network domain from scratch and that was easier than I thought, nothing complicated just the basics. Even demoting every back to a workgroup was fairly painless.<br /><br />Doubt I'll get to tinker with Windows 8 though for a good few years.Jennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08410714441581467404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187164070937704663.post-91268265936254790712013-04-12T22:24:36.185+02:002013-04-12T22:24:36.185+02:00I was unsure until I used it. After that point I ...I was unsure until I used it. After that point I wanted it! I have it as a virtual machine on my laptop, but would love to have it running natively...<br /><br />Oh well, I'm going to have another go at the weekend... (And now I know that it will auto restore if it dies I am not even worried about it!)<br /><br />StaceStacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07907346657510908857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187164070937704663.post-20165669945683191362013-04-12T22:11:25.986+02:002013-04-12T22:11:25.986+02:00Yay for backups. :-)
I think it's a shame tha...Yay for backups. :-)<br /><br />I think it's a shame that Windows 8 hasn't taken off more than it has. It is faster, sleeker and more responsive than Windows 7. Perhaps if M$ hadn't insisted on removing the Start button and putting _that_ panel screen as must haves, more folk would be running it.<br /><br />Still, there's always Start8 ;-)Lynn Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00876715474502367377noreply@blogger.com