RE: A heads up for those installing Windows 10

I have a friend that just got a desktop with Windows 10. He loves it.

Mark Walter

Business to Business Data Integration Specialist
Certified IBM System i Specialist
Paragon Consulting Services, Inc.
mwalter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
717-764-7909 ext. 20


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From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rob@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2015 12:56 PM
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Subject: Re: A heads up for those installing Windows 10

Kim Komando says that Windows 10 is better than Windows 8 in that it gets that reliance of the touch screen interface (like Windows 8) out of the way and brings back your start button.


Rob Berendt
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From: Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 07/31/2015 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: A heads up for those installing Windows 10
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I have never used Windows 8, nor 10. So I'm not qualified to offer an
opinion. But I don't understand how offering "touch" features for laptops
and desktop monitors, via Windows APIs would be relevant. I'm seriously
considering ordering Windows 7 Pro with my next laptop.

The whole idea of using a Windows API to provide "touch" features reminds
me of Microsoft falling back to a strategy similar to the one they used to
run Netscape out of business, by "embedding" a web browser in the OS. They
called it "innovation" at the time. But the DOJ viewed it as
"monopolistic".

Contrast Microsoft's approach of adding APIs to the base OS to support
"touch" features, vs. the use of standards-based CSS style sheets to
implement "responsive design", which enables page content to "flow" and
automatically adapt to the size of the screen, whether that be cell phones
or 19" monitors.





On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 8:38 AM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I wasn't a big fan of Vista, but I rather like Windows 7. Especially

that

search right by the Start.


Rob Berendt
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Dept 1600
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Kendallville, IN 46755
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From: "Jim Hawkins" <jhawkins@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 07/31/2015 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: A heads up for those installing Windows 10
Sent by: "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>



Hey, my work workstation is running Vista.... I might be offended (lol)

7 reminds me of Vista... both I couldn't stand. :)

Brad

Jim Hawkins
Programmer/Analyst
Interkal LLC


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