Totally new OSs from Microsoft tend to be flaky until their second
incarnation.
Windows 8 or 8.1 is hardly a totally new OS - it is primarily a touch
interface layered over Windows 7. If one is not using the "tablet" or
Windows Phone interface on a touch enabled device, switching to the
traditional desktop provides nearly the same interface as Windows 7.
Coupled with some third party add-ons (like Classic Shell) the user
can achieve nearly the same interface as Vista or Windows XP with the
added reliability of Windows 8 under the hood.
I have both Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 systems with Classic Shell and
I would not bother with Windows 7 on a new system - nor would I even
consider upgrading hardware that will not support Windows 8 given the
sub-$500 price point of quality new i5 based systems.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
On 2014-11-19 10:39 AM, Rick Tavan N6XI wrote:
Your experience is exactly why I avoid changing OSs as long as possible.
When I do, I take it as an opportunity to drop applications and features
that I haven't been using - no need to port what you won't use.
Nonetheless, it's always odious. However, I must say that converting to Win
7 was a really good move for me. It boots faster and runs much more
reliably than XP on my setup. Now I'm trying to avoid Win 8 and expect I'll
skip it entirely. Totally new OSs from Microsoft tend to be flaky until
their second incarnation.
73,
/Rick N6XI
On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 6:39 AM, brian <als...@nc.rr.com> wrote:
You often see postings here advocating abandoning XP in favor of newer
OS's. Yeah sounds great, but the devil is in the details.
I just finished a port to a faster refurbed multicore WIN7 machine.
The task involved:
1)50 programs and data
2) 3 sound cards (4 if you include the video)
3) eight USB ports of stuff
4) five RS232 ports of stuff
5) one lpt port
6) Networking with XP computers
7) Internet
I started October 23. Finally I have 98% of what I had working under
XP. It took an estimated 80 hours of work and cost in excess of $500.
Admittedly, I'm on the low knowledge end of OS stuff (and maybe in the
majority of ham users in that regard).
The most difficult parts were:
1) Device drivers. Trial and error process.
2) Sound card problems. It's a zoo.
3) Networking (it takes 15 at first unknown steps in several pull down
boxes to do what a single click in XP used to do)
I still have one unresolved issue with the motherboard sound. It simply
won't output anything via line out. I'm almost convinced that the sound
out hardware is bad. It's quite possible on the refurbed machine that
the previous owner clobbered the hardware. WIN7 seems a bit flaky in sound
card stuff.
It isn't a trivial process unless you're just interested in E-mail,
Internet browsing and a few spreadsheet programs.
Thank goodness WIN7 isn't bleeding edge. I can't imagine doing this for a
newly released OS. GOOGLE is your friend in the process.
73 de Brian/K3KO
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