Who's in? I have a slightly older laptop with 7 on it and plan to let it upgrade. I'd like to be able to make a dvd or something, but haven't found info on that just yet.
If you make a bootable USB drive it greatly decreased the chances of a media failure (I did this with Win7 after repeatedly having to make new disks).
I found info on how to do this. I had reserved my "copy", then cancelled a few days ago. Waiting to see if it shows up on this other laptop.
I'm a little out of touch with computers these days..... I've heard of Windows 8 and 8.1, what's up with 10 and what happened to 9? Bill Gate's unlucky number? I've had 7 on this desktop sys for 6 years now and no complaints. But I don't work a comp nearly as hard as I used to.
I "reserved" my copy. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Typical of me I did not realize that what you are referring to is the same icon Backwoods Savage asked about the other day.
from xp to 7 was a big jump for me, but I learned. From 7 to 8.1 blew my mind. They say it works like a "tablet". I do not have a tablet or know how to run one......
Which is partially why it didn't go over well. If you don't have a "touch" device, all those features are moot. Or, as I prefer, stupid. All that changes in 10, and I hope for the gooder.
10 is further away from 8 than 9... Surprised it's not windows 115. They didn't the same trick when Vista was the latest turd they laid-- "name it 7, that will distance it from Vista."
People who do not have to work with a keyboard and multiple files and multiple windows open all at the same time designed Windows 8. Microsoft should have given the techies real jobs first.
I don't know, I don't use Windows. What they are trying to accomplish with the number change is to make it seem like there have been two revisions since the POS that came before it-- so consumers will be more willing to buy it.
Anyone have a cheat sheet for me to back up my photos first? Pics are 29 gigs, I have two 16 gig gigasticks.
