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        <title><![CDATA[it has a technical edge]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hey . . . .Windows 8 has the technical edge compared to windows 7 . . . .This link should tell you clearly the pros and cons of windows 8 compared to 7 . . .Hope it helps . . .http://techwikasta.com/2012/12/pros-and-cons-of-windows-8-to-windows-7/Cheers.!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[varungamingfreak]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 02:33:19 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[a few people have said how it's so easy to get to the desktop AFTER]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[starting, but no one has yet explained why MS made it NOT possible to set the system up to take you right there WHEN you start.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Deadly Ernest]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2013 10:12:59 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Product does allow all you want of it]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[No problem with 40-odd desktop icons or 10 quick launch icons, plus pinned task bar icons if you want. There are more short-cut keys already built in than 7. You can get to the desktop with 1 keystroke or 1 click at start-up. You can arrange your start screen for ease of use more easily than in 7. Look a little deeper by really using it and you may find, as I did, that the user interface is like 7 super-charged, even for a desktop user.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[GreyTech]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2013 08:01:40 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Boot time, BFD.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I just don't get why people list &quot;boot time&quot; as important.  In our office the PC's stay on 24/7 and are rebooted by each employee when they leave for the day, left ready &amp; waiting at the login screen for the next user.  Leaving the machines on also allows them to be remotely accessed by field workers, able to install it's updates in a timely manner, etc.  Power requirements are so low on these new systems, anyway, why would you even bother turning it off?  If people cared so much just about boot time, my Amiga or Commodore 64 would still be viable computing platforms - they boot up much faster than any version of Windows.  :-P]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Oldsmobile_Mike]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 14:06:05 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Fantastic OS...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[...for mobile devices, and this is where I keep looking at Microsoft with a O_o.  Windows 8 looks like it will be a bomb of an OS to use on phones and tables, and even some laptops (with good touch screens), but I would say at least 90% of the PC ecosystem doesn't have touch interfaces at all, and most laptop's touch capabilities are just the trackpad (single touch only).  I sincerely hope in the next version they bring back the old desktop model, until then, I'm just glad they made Windows 7 so good.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[malcolmreynolds]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 07:02:57 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[you are so right]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[My history adds XP 64, NT4, 2000, 2003 server, and 2008 R2 to your list.  I even thought Vista had some positive points, and was able to coax it to run well on my PCs. I have a full MSDN subscription, so I can try anything MS at will. I came to the same conclusion as you about Win 8.   I just commented in another discussion where someone installed Win8 on a Mac Retina. I detested MAC until I tried Win8 and my daughter's Retina at the same time.  Just for fun I threw in Linux, something I had not used for years.Win8 runs poorly on my i7 with SSD (I know, it is beta).   I spent three hours with the thing learning to use its lousy GUI. The trip was not worth it. No sale.My Linux experience was very good, and I was very surprised to actually enjoy the Apple ML (I had never used it in my life). No subscriptions, no extra costs, I could do what I needed with both OSs.  You are probably right that Gates' dream is fee based usage.  Contrary to what I had thought,  Apple (I still have trouble with the name) main products are not currently fee based.  Some programs yes, but not for standard business apps.  Except for Linux the price for Office functions on the the three seem about the same, although MS is more if you do not need all of the applications. I too may be leaving MS behind for Linux for my existing desktops, until I replace the hardware and will look at that other company I still have trouble mentioning. It is not due to unfamiliarity, I have always embraced that when a new Win was released and I needed to learn new features.  MS may be in trouble with this loser.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[enderby!]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2012 06:58:07 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[While technically not the same..]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[You can right click on the task bar, choose toolbars&gt;new tool bar. Navigate to C&gt;Program Data&gt;Microsoft&gt;Windows&gt;Start Menu&gt;Programs (Open it) and choose Select Folder at the bottom. Gives you everything the old Start Menu had. You can try it on your Windows 7 PC right now, works the same.Windows 8 is super fast also, great OS.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rtshort]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:28:47 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Performance and price are usually a trade-off]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Desktops usually cost less than comparably equipped laptops.  That's because desktops don't have to worry about power management and its accompanying issues of heat dispersion and battery life.  They're also cheaper to design since there's plenty of room to fit all the components.I'm with you on portability and synchronization.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[CharlieSpencer_Palmetto]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:50:10 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Opinions are like elbows, everone has them]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Who was forcing you to upgrade to Windows 8?Which 'webpage' applications are you referring to?&quot;Desktop computers will always be better than notebook computers&quot; in what way? Performance? No. Portability? No. Price? No. Hardware Upgrades? Meh.Why synchronize with a desktop? Just use the laptop instead of viewing it as a carry-around accessory.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[kturner1]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 07:35:10 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[overstated]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[1. All new OS, regardless of manufacturer, are unproven on a wide scale until they reach live trials with the general public. That's just the way it is. 2. If your staff is incapable of learning and adjusting to changing technologies, you have a much bigger problem. If you cannot invest in your most valuable asset (the workers), where does that leave you? How much will it cost to keep you from bankruptcy? I suspect less than it cost to train.3. You can use virtual environments or dual/multi OS boot to overcome this issue in most casesI am not a Microsoft crony but you do have to view things from their perspective. If you owned Microsoft and you were losing your customer base to other vendors, would you: A. keep doing what you've been doing and only selling 10+ year old products while you competitors eat away at your market share , fire staff to stay afloat, close offices &amp; manufacturing facilities(Lose Money &amp; Go out of Business Plan) or B. Get innovative and try to stay current and improve customer experience (Make Money &amp; survive plan)?Look what happened to the auto industry. It wasn't solely because more foreign cars were being made better and sold cheaper.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 07:27:18 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In short]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In short, what you are saying is newer isn't necessarily better, right? Windows 8 appears to be making the same splash as Windows Vista so far. BTW, phonetically, your abbreviation is classic (W8 = wait), Bad idea on Microsoft's part]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[kturner1]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 07:13:13 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Mine works in the reverse :)]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[My desktop syncs with my Laptop, my laptop keeps the most current data.Though by Sync, I just have a bat file that fires robocopy over and over on various folders.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Slayer_]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 07:11:47 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Redundancy]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[maybe you just need more gadgets since none of the ones you currently have appear to adequately meet your needs.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[kturner1]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 07:09:47 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Seriously?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I think they were being approximate and I doubt the 3% make much difference.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[kturner1]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 07:08:00 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why I gave this a '-1']]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[&quot;Desktop computers will always be better than notebook computers and I for one feel that notebook computers have had their useful time and are on the way out of existence. They are not useful while mobile and require too much work to keep synchronized with a desktop.&quot;Maybe you haven't found notebooks to be useful.  Many of the users I support are satisfied with them.  They don't necessarily have to be synchronized with desktops, by the way.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[CharlieSpencer_Palmetto]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 10:42:17 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Microsoft Changing its interface]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[When I saw that Microsoft was changing the interface for Windows, I decided that if I was going to be forced into a completely different user interface, that I might as well migrate to a Macintosh and just Windows in a virtual machine rather than directly on the hardware. It seems like the new &quot;Metro&quot; user interface is forcing people to write web pages instead of real applications and I do not no part in using web pages as replacement for real applications. Desktop computers will always be better than notebook computers and I for one feel that notebook computers have had their useful time and are on the way out of existence. They are not useful while mobile and require too much work to keep synchronized with a desktop. It looks like Microsoft has worked on this for Windows 8, but I for one would not like to have it use some cloud based service, but I would rather use resources local to my network.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jfreedle2@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 09:17:00 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Infographics are good,]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[but please do the underlying data justice by accurately plotting them.  As it presents the graphic suggests more than 50% say no.  The reality from the data is that approximately 47% say no.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Happ]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 19:39:19 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Anything &quot;New&quot; Requires Training]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[As with any &quot;new&quot; software, a learning curve is required.  From Windows XP to Vista to Windows 7.  There are curves.  Some curves are a little steeper than others.  Being an IT geek, it took me about 10 to 15 minutes to get accustomed to the new interface.  But after gaining some level of comfort, I was able to navigate pretty well.  I support users on both extremes.  Those that are pretty savvy and then those who may or may not need a computer based/dependent job.  Changes of ANY kind would disturb my users that are not really meant to work a computer based job.  But those that are pretty savvy, would probably have a similar experience as I did.The direction that Microsft took with Windows 8 is very nice.  I haven't always been a fan of their OS releases.  But, Windows 8 brings a fresh new interface.  A lot like Windows 95 did over the previous versons.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jaiekeyz]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 18:36:35 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[There's no need to rush]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Unlike people in IT departments of large organizations, I work with small (sometimes tiny) businesses and individuals with home-office needs. No doubt some will feel they have to upgrade because Microsoft is selling something new, or because they want the cool touchscreens, etc. The more savvy ones know there are bound to be problems, service packs, incompatibilities to deal with and they'd rather wait for others to do the involuntary beta testing.  Some of the less savvy will wait because there's no economic reason to switch.I've spent decades avoiding Windows use myself (longtime Mac-head) but got a netbook last summer with Windows 7 Starter preloaded and was pleased to see it works far better than any of the previous iterations. Now I'm using it daily, with a variety of non-standard programs. It's only crashed once, which is good for a low-RAM toy that gets things installed, tested and uninstalled most weeks. Since I couldn't live without it,. I'm not planning to switch to 8; time enough for that when (if) it becomes unavoidable for some business reason. Otherwise, when 7 becomes unusable for security reasons, I'll be in Linux full-time. But we've got several years ahead in which to make up our minds about 8, so there's really no rush.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[LaPomme]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 15:53:22 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[metro face]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I currently keep internet shortcuts on my desktop, and rarely is IE or other broswers drop down, and any need ed apps are also shortcuts. The new interface seems to less convenient.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 15:49:26 -0700</pubDate>
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