Given my computer away because I am so very disappointed.

SpainHighlander

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Just had to have a whinge..... I am sure that there are many satisfied users of Windows 8...I and the overwhelming majority of people I know are of a similar view to my own.

I am approaching 70 years... and I'll bet that many of the younger generation are thinking that an old fart like me should not be entrusted with such a piece of modern technology. maybe you are right.

In the current economic crisis, many young families rely on the Bank of 'Mum and Dad' to help them with the luxuries.... possibly iphones, tablets and so forth. I tend to mix with retired couples to whom this is routine... need a holiday ? Getting married ? New child on the way ? and many many more .... Grandparents step in and help. I still will but only if they purchase Mac computers.

I have come through since the nineties with a series of computers so I am no stranger to laptops, desktops and hard drives....

Windows, over the years has gradually introduced us all...nay...educated us into a system of using their product... Windows Vista was 'iffy', but continued the education.... Windows 7 is great.

My kids urged me to buy a new laptop... as did the saleslady at Currys... so I invested in a new laptop with Windows 8.

My laptop with Win8 has given me such aggravation, even with simple things, like switching off, switching on, airplane mode (now referred to 'Flight Mode') , things appearing at the side, searches being presented in a weird manner,....I could recite 100's so that finally today I cleaned it....inside and out.... and gave it to a local school.

I don't know quite what Windows 9 has in store, but whoever came up with the concept Windows 8 should have his or her arse kicked. Die quietly, Die peacefully...but just DIE !
 
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Well, I understand how you feel. I myself prefer to stick to Windows 7, but with the advent of mobile devices like tablets (I currently have a Surface Pro 2 running windows 8.1) eventually everyone is going to be forced to use them. There are a few modifications to make windows 8 look and feel like windows 7 but further reading is required...

As for windows 9, Microsoft cancelled it and moved directly to Windows 10. They say the redesigned Windows 10 has a lot of user input and they've brought back a lot of stuff that users wanted from Windows 7. We'll see though...
 

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hello ,iam just over 60 so we are close in age ,and i feel your pain ,i hated win8 to ,so i went back to win7 till win8.1 came out ,and you can boot right to the desktop ,and pin all your most used apps to the taskbar or desktop ,and its much easier than win8.so all you had to do was the free upgrade to win8.1
i also am using win10 prieview and its much better again .microsoft is going to give option to have a start menu (simular to win7)or use new metro start screen .happy non computing ,lol
 

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Not sure what we can do about the grandkids though ...
 

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I'm in my early 60's and can't see what it is that people find so difficult regarding Win 8, it's only marginally different than Win 7 with most of the stuff that is different being completely optional. I switch back and forth between Win 7 & Win 8 machines all day long and mostly don't even realize that I am using a different OS. I also find it annoying when people blame their age for not being technically inclined, I feel one is never too old to learn.
 

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What a bunch of . . . I am Seventy years old and have had three strokes. Now I can't walk worth a darn, can't drive my any more (state took my License away, but I still can use a computer without any problem though my typing is sometime a major problem. So instead of complaining why not set your butt down in the chair and learn how to us it or just load windows XP, Vista, or Win 7 and enjoy your computer instead of coming where complaining about how bad everything is for you. Oh, and there is Linux (not my choose, albeit it is another way to go.
 

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    HP Pavilion p1423w
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    Intel Core i5 3330 Ivy Bridge
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    Foxconn - 2ADA Ivy Brige
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    16 GB 1066MHz DDR3
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    Mit. 1980-1080, Dell 2048-115, Hanspree 1920-10802
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    1 SanDisk 240Gig SSD, 2 Samsung 512Gig SSDs
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    Microsoft Keyboard 2000
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    Microsoft Optical Mouse 5000
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    1.3 (350 to 1024 if lucky)
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    Firefox 19.1
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    MSE-Defender
Lee, not coming on to you (happily married) but have to ask, is your avatar you in younger days? :)
 

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You can easily get rid of Win8 annoyances like the Tiles interface by installing ClassicShell. This returns the start menu and launches you directly into a working desktop -- with much of the look and feel of Win7.
 

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Lee, not coming on to you (happily married) but have to ask, is your avatar you in younger days? :)

No. I am a old man. The woman is a Broadway actress by the name of Kristin Chenoweth. She is all of 4' 10" tall with a voice that will blow you away. At 46 she is considered the sexiest woman in music (go figure). Last year alone she made over 86,000,000$ making her the highest paid entertainer on the planet. :p
 

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    Intel Core i5 3330 Ivy Bridge
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    Foxconn - 2ADA Ivy Brige
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Dear senior citizens with computers, aren't we supposed to be like wine and improve with age ? I for one am sure I can and love to deal with anything new, I even find it easier to embrace new technology now than let's say 20 years ago. Looking back (have more time now) I can't find almost anything so revolutionary that it was not based on something before that and before that and before that. Windows 8/8.1 just as any other before didn't stray from each other too much, not nearly far enough to not have many many things similar, all that's needed is to pick up on differences, not too much to ask.
 

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    40/2 Mbps
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What a bunch of . . . I am Seventy years old and have had three strokes. Now I can't walk worth a darn, can't drive my any more (state took my License away, but I still can use a computer without any problem though my typing is sometime a major problem. So instead of complaining why not set your butt down in the chair and learn how to us it or just load windows XP, Vista, or Win 7 and enjoy your computer instead of coming where complaining about how bad everything is for you. Oh, and there is Linux (not my choose, albeit it is another way to go.

Right on! I'm "only" 67, but couldn't agree more. You stop learning, you stop living. I wasn't all that hot on Win 8 (or 8.1) at first, but with a little investment in my time, there's no longer a problem.

Too many people these days are hung up on having things exactly their way. Well, most of my working life was spent in the military, operating and maintaining things from nuclear reactors on down to radios. You can't make such things adapt to your whims; you deal with them as they are designed. Two old expressions come to mind: "It is what it is." And "You don't have to like it, you just have to do it." <rant mode off>
 

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  • OS
    Win 8
    Computer type
    Laptop
Lee, not coming on to you (happily married) but have to ask, is your avatar you in younger days? :)

No. I am a old man. The woman is a Broadway actress by the name of Kristin Chenoweth. She is all of 4' 10" tall with a voice that will blow you away. At 46 she is considered the sexiest woman in music (go figure). Last year alone she made over 86,000,000$ making her the highest paid entertainer on the planet. :p

Lol, I knew she looked familiar! I like her too, she is quite funny also. Sorry for calling you a girl. :)
 

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The way to keep the mind ticking over healthily is to accept challenges, not by giving in claiming age as an excuse.
Yes W8 was a bit of a pig, but this has been rectified in W8.1.
Am now on the latest Windows 10 preview, and my age 78 this month.
 
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SpainHighlander, I have to add my two cents also. I am 86 tomorrow and love my new new Windows 8.1 Toshiba Laptop. I rarely go to the Start screen working 99% of time from the desktop just like my Windows 7 machines. I have 4 laptops with 4 different Operating Systems (XP, Vista, Win7, Win8.1). I volunteer on the Toshiba Laptop Forums and have for the last 5 years. When helping there with problems, I routinely use the Win 8.1 machine now but at times am using both my Win 7 and a Win 8.1 machine at the same time to answer questions and help with problems. As someone else mentioned above, I have no difficulty switching back and forth between the different Operating Systems.

BTW, when I first installed Win8 as an upgrade to one of my Win7 machines, I hated it with a purple passion and told everyone who would listen that no way was I going to waste my time with that monstrosity.
 

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I've got 8.1.1 Pro WMC & have it behaving kinda like XP Pro.

I never use the Metro tiles.
Have Classic Shell.

As long as age is a topic, I'll be 60 in February. {A Youngster}:party:

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regarding the comment "with the advent of mobile devices like tablets (I currently have a Surface Pro 2 running windows 8.1) eventually everyone is going to be forced to use them." :huh:

Sorry, but no one will ever force me to use a tablet or any mobile device whilst I am still able to purchase components to build myself a proper computer like a powerful desktop with a 24" high def. screen to go with it. At my age I have no need for tiny screened glorified phone devices as I have no need for 'computing on the go'
I guarantee there will be suppliers of desktop components for umpteen years to come to supplying the desktop market, niche though it maybe.
 
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Computer user Aged 63 this month

regarding the comment "with the advent of mobile devices like tablets (I currently have a Surface Pro 2 running windows 8.1) eventually everyone is going to be forced to use them." :huh:

Sorry, but no one will ever force me to use a tablet or any mobile device whilst I am still able to purchase components to build myself a proper computer like a powerful desktop with a 24" high def. screen to go with it. At my age I have no need for tiny screened glorified phone devices as I have no need for 'computing on the go'
I guarantee there will be suppliers of desktop components for umpteen years to come to supplying the desktop market, niche though it maybe.

Amen, Brother, I couldn't have said it better as a sixty something member.
 

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    APF19
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    Intel Extreme DP55KG
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    16 GB of G.Skill
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