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AttyPops

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I wasn't happy with the "metro" style stuffis either. Isn't that bad when you get used to it. Opens up an app store. Flipping back and forth to the "desktop" vs the "start screen" is easy. Works fine with the mouse.

It's the "under the hood" improvements that are worth it. More solid OS, better hyper-v, etc.

Windows 7 had an "XP-Mode" to run programs in. Windows 8 did away with that. They run an actual copy of XP under a virtual machine instead.

Anyway...support for XP is going away. Trying to convince the GF of that too. Sigh. Some people are real die-hards. (Tibby) ;)
 

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Glad the mifi is charging. whew!


Atty, it's partly about being a die-hard, but also not wanting to have to buy new copies of software that won't run on windows 7 and 8. when updates are $300-500 per program, it gets expensive rather quickly. It would come out of the work budget, but that budget is tight, and these are programs that are needed to actually get work done. thanks microsoft. :glare:
 

tiburonfirst

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later, frannie! stay warm ;)

i'm getting ready to pop a pizza in the oven - getting up a 5 i'm almost ready for lunch ;)

trying another version of the marifano concoctions - made in italy and, amazingly, sold by walmart. had the spinach and goat cheese the other day and even dh was impressed. didn't explain the toppings to him till after he ate his :D
 
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