if I switch to windows 7, will I still be able to play old dos games
like fallthru effectively?
At 11:02 AM 5/1/2013, you wrote:
One of the biggest factors to consider is security. XP has been out on the
market for 13 years. That means people have had 13 years to figure out all
its little exploits. Windows 7 is more secure. It runs faster. It's more
efficient from an end-user standpoint.
There is a substantial difference between not liking something because it
has been poorly designed and not liking something because you aren't
comfortable using it. I would suspect this massive hate-on you're packing
for Windows is due to the latter.
I loved XP. I owned 6 computers over the course of 8 years, and that was the
only system I would run. I hated the idea of switching to Windows 7.
But now that I have, I wouldn't switch back if you paid me to. Windows 7
runs quicker, the search box is a dream, and I don't get fishing/virus
programs that pop up on my computer just for visiting a Trojan site.
Perhaps instead of railing against a system that will eventually replace
what you're comfortable with now, you might reach out for advice/tips on how
to use it better. You might surprise yourself.
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From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of dark
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 3:38 PM
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Subject: Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows
Hi tom.
touchscreens are the rub however with that one and why I don't want to
completely dismiss windows eight, since I do indeed like the touchscreen
interface on ios which has an icon setup much as you describe windows 8
having, which would I agree be a nightmare with arrows but is great with a
touch screen and speech.
Another part of this however, particularly where things like ribbons are
concerned, is why should! a user bother learning a new interface, ---- or to
put it a little less bluntly, what extra bennifits are provided with windows
7 or 8 that xp doesn't have, ie, what more will it do for me that justify
the time spend learning all this.
in the case of the Ios screen this was clear. if I wanted to play games like
king of dragon pass, as well as access phone functions like text messages,
siri etc, I had to learn the interface, there was a clear bennifit to doing
so. What however does windows 8 do that xp doesn't that justifies a persons
time?
This is more than just an idle question. For a visually impared user,
naturally stuff is more difficult, that is part of life, this means however
that a person needs to pick their battles a little more carefully and is my
point as to windows 7.
As you've already said, the practical functionality isn't that much over xp,
all it provides is extra trouble and work to learn, so why should! people
take the trouble for something that they can do anyway?
Windows 8 might be another beast entirely since touchscreens have a
different set of bennifits to keyboards, which is why I will likely wait to
try windows 8 (and specifically windows 8 with a touch screen), before
making up my mind entirely on the subject.
Beware the Grue!
dark.
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