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9. I've owned MSFT shares for five years

Tue May 7, 2013, 05:55 AM

May 2013

I sold it all three weeks ago for a very small gain.

I have one laptop running XP, and it will forever. I have a second refurbished monster laptop running Windows 7, and I love it.

My spouse has a multimedia laptop running Vista, and we both hate it. I'm going to upgrade it to Windows 7 when I have the time.

I also have four Macs of various flavours. No complaints.

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Microsoft touching up Windows 8 to address gripes [View all] Omaha Steve May 2013 OP

If I were a gambler, bitchkitty May 2013 #1

I doubt it - RiverNoord May 2013 #3

I hope so Kolesar May 2013 #20

Make a new folder on your desktop and name it exactly as follows, including the brackets: Occulus May 2013 #51

Thanks Occulus Steerpike May 2013 #65

Thanks... I forgot about this one Xyzse May 2013 #68

Thanks for the tip - if I liked using the OS even a little.. RiverNoord May 2013 #73

Wow. That's great. Works fine for Win7 BlueStreak May 2013 #76

I'm still somewhat surprised that they've been screwing their customers for so many years, Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #82

I'm still using XP Pro on a pair of PCs dipsydoodle May 2013 #2

I use XP still too Victor_c3 May 2013 #5

think pads are still made WRH2 May 2013 #15

My first computer to go online with was a Thinkpad. It was used and when I was done with it another freshwest May 2013 #43

Dumbest idea since New Coke (n/t) William Seger May 2013 #4

What about Pepsi clear? Victor_c3 May 2013 #6

They didn't try to replace the original Pepsi with it William Seger May 2013 #10

Crystal Pepsi was launched in '92 Chakab May 2013 #11

That's probably why I really don't remember much about New Coke Victor_c3 May 2013 #12

Or Windows Vista. Or Windows ME. sofa king May 2013 #81

Friend of mine got a Windows 8 phone-he loves it. hobbit709 May 2013 #7

"it's almost a decent OS"... awoke_in_2003 May 2013 #34

tablets and smartphones RedstDem May 2013 #8

Windows 8 is awful on non-touch devices and has contributed to slumping sales Thor_MN May 2013 #16

let me put it this way RedstDem May 2013 #18

"... blamed for DEEPENING a slump in personal computer sales" (n/t) William Seger May 2013 #38

Let me put it this way. On a non touch device, Windows 8 is crap. Thor_MN May 2013 #58

No question about that. Xithras May 2013 #61

There seems to be a generational difference BlueStreak May 2013 #77

Yep. There is really only one major problem with Windows 8 Xithras May 2013 #59

I've owned MSFT shares for five years aristocles May 2013 #9

As one of those unhappy Win8 users Doc Holliday May 2013 #13

Fellow hater here! cilla4progress May 2013 #29

I bought an HP laptop and they happily provided me with Win7 64 and 32 CD's free of charge. xtraxritical May 2013 #41

Get VLC, the VideoLan Player. It's free! Occulus May 2013 #52

And the Apple OS X/iOS world grows, and grows, and grows. Save Microsoft. Fire Steve Ballmer! nt onehandle May 2013 #14

I bought a laptop wit windows 8 and returned it! ebbie15644 May 2013 #17

We love Windows 8 at our house Randomthought May 2013 #19

Why do you like it? cilla4progress May 2013 #30

the touchscreen for one thing Randomthought May 2013 #71

i've done a total of 4 downgrades since its release.. Phillip McCleod May 2013 #21

LOVE LOVE LOVE my W8 Asus touch screen 12 inch laptop Sedona May 2013 #22

didnt you get the memo? RedstDem May 2013 #46

Their pattern has been The Wizard May 2013 #23

seriously? zerosumgame0005 May 2013 #26

Try OpenOffice.org it's every bit as good a MS Office and it's FREE! xtraxritical May 2013 #42

It really is just as good, but the people here who hate open source software insist it's terrible Occulus May 2013 #53

Well, yes, I use it personally zerosumgame0005 May 2013 #66

Most aren't computer geeks. The Wizard May 2013 #67

Maybe it's just me but zerosumgame0005 May 2013 #69

I have held off buying a laptop for 3 months because of Windows 8. GoneFishin May 2013 #24

i think xp is ten years old or more RedstDem May 2013 #47

Windows 8 really is a good OS, and functions almost exactly like Windows 7 Occulus May 2013 #54

Word 2007 a nightmare? Really? Sedona May 2013 #25

W8.. makes me think of V8 darkangel218 May 2013 #27

LOVE LOVE LOVE V8 too! Sedona May 2013 #28

You have some weird taste, i tell you that :p darkangel218 May 2013 #31

im sorry this is an anti ms thread RedstDem May 2013 #48

OK, hate to belabor the obvious, but what is backwards about android? Humanist_Activist May 2013 #70

I remember when people thought the start button sucked. denverbill May 2013 #32

Is the service pack named "Windows 9?" Dash87 May 2013 #33

No, windows 9 will come right after the repair pack. darkangel218 May 2013 #50

Now if they could get rid of the ribbon in MS Office and go back to classic view E-Z-B May 2013 #35

Oh man, this is all bullshit-- PC sales a re falling simply because... TreasonousBastard May 2013 #36

Saving something other than *.docx, well um! mrdmk May 2013 #40

Ubuntu ...still rock'n. L0oniX May 2013 #37

I just did the latest 13.04 update and it blackscreened after the Nvidia logo Occulus May 2013 #60

I run 12.04 LTS because I don't want to deal with bugs from new versions. L0oniX May 2013 #62

I still think that Unity is the why they went with this os madokie May 2013 #39

They went with Metro to "unify" Windows OS and Windows phone Occulus May 2013 #55

With multiterybyte hard drives you can partition any OS you want, have your cake and eat it too. xtraxritical May 2013 #44

You can adjust to Windows 8 with a few hacks steve2470 May 2013 #45

Once more into the breach- of public trust. Ford_Prefect May 2013 #49

"Anything resembling a problem can be patched in the update, or rather infinitely patched" Occulus May 2013 #56

What I expect is a product my customers can use and trust. Ford_Prefect May 2013 #63

I only upgraded from Win98Se because new apps wouldn't respond. ConcernedCanuk May 2013 #57

I want XP back. 840high May 2013 #64

I never stopped using it. dipsydoodle May 2013 #72

Bought a new pc - so 840high May 2013 #78

Vista was MS trying to imitate zerosumgame0005 May 2013 #79

Use Linux, area51 May 2013 #74

Maybe an update of "Microsoft Bob" JustABozoOnThisBus May 2013 #75

I'm glad I have neither the passion nor the feigned knowledge to either love or hate an OS. LanternWaste May 2013 #80