Comments on: blue screen of temporary illness

By: wendy

wendy — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 07:18:38 +0000

John, I like your attitude, and I’ve found Sparkle (new laptop) has an Acer installed disc imaging software so imaging (to revert if necessary) then upgrading is looking like a real possibility….

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By: wendy

wendy — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 07:30:39 +0000

Expat, I really like it when one commenter agrees with and supports another, that feels a bit like ‘community’. I will update the ‘play nicely’ desciription to include this as a positive example.

I’ve assumed that the blocky displays in windows 8 would be like gadget roll-up of program content – cound’t work this out by playing with it in store because the devices were not connected to the network and the programs had no user content. Anyhows, if this is true it seems like an ideal visual ‘tracking’ display that could be used on a 2nd monitor when my laptops at home, with the more traditional desktop on the first monitor. Not sure if this is possible. When I saw the ‘Desktop’ veiw my heart did sink, it did feel like two user interfaces in one OS and the ability to flick between them – Windows have shipped a “Classic” feel which usually looked like battleship grey of Win2K

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By: ExpatEgghead

ExpatEgghead — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 06:20:10 +0000

I agree with von lx. If I wanted a tablet interface I would buy a tablet. Having seen a video of turning Windows 8 into a more conventional interface I don’t think I’d bother with it. I can wait until Windows 9. As for automatic repair, well, I shudder. Given badly behaved hardware, the drivers that you end up with that all sounds very quixotic. I make my living developing software and I’m still exploring Windows 7 and will be for a year or so yet.

von lox is not witless or pedantic. I might be though…

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By: wendy

wendy — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 20:22:44 +0000

von lx, Welcome! I’m impressed that you noticed then read the play nicely section Good to hear you have a clear conception of where windows8 (doesn’t) sit in your computing world. Most ‘normal’ people wouldn’t upgrade – its a totally geek thing to do….

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By: wendy

wendy — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:06:36 +0000

with win8 mybe a selling point is that it automatically repairs itself without even letting you know that it broke – except when it cant fix itself. One of my gripes with Vista and 7 has been the poor implementation of the sleep/hibernate processes which is a mix of hardware/software and applications playing well together – but I read this as the still haven’t made it work naturally…

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By: ExpatEgghead

ExpatEgghead — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 09:25:16 +0000

Very amusing and slightly worrying at the same time. The famous phrase ‘I’ll just reboot it’. When WXp came out one of it’s selling points was that it could stay up and running for around 1,700 hours before it died. Well, it was better than the previous generations.

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By: von lx

von lx — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 08:53:43 +0000

Hello. Visiting via Scarlet Blue.

As I understand it, Win8 is geared toward tablets and computers with touch screens. As such, I see no reason to “upgrade” my non-touchscreen laptop or desktop from Win7. As for my tablet, it’s an iPad.

PS: I note in the Play Nice section that witless and pedantic may be a problem. My posts and comments tend to be both. Sorry.

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