So for all of you comp savvy people on hear, is it possible to install windows 7 on a windows 8 machine? And now computers come with preinstalled software, where might I get copy of Windows 7?
Danielle On 9/8/14, Thomas Ward <thomasward1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Charles, > > Well, to begin with there are sometimes a technical reason for a > change, but a lot of times there isn't. Unfortunately, a lot of end > users aren't savvy enough to recognize the difference between the two. > In this case your question is a little of both. > > Regarding issues with sound it has to do with the fact the audio mixer > in Windows was designed in the mid 90's for a completely different era > of audio hardware. Ten years later by the mid 2000's there was a lot > of newer better audio hardware with 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound support > that Windows could not handle because the mixer was out of date. So in > Windows Vista Microsoft upgraded the sound mixer, but in the process a > lot of older software like DirectSound and older versions of Windows > Media Player broke. Rather than upgrade DirectSound Microsoft replaced > it with XAudio2, and of course upgraded software like windows Media > Player with the required new audio support. So as far as sound goes it > has a purely technical explanation and was a mandatory upgrade. Its > just that games, particularly audio games, are still using things like > VB 6 and DirectX 8 which were designed before the audio mixer was > updated and are now broken as a result. > > As for things like the ribbons there isn't a technical reason for why > they have largely replaced menus in modern Windows. I wasn't there > when the decision was made so can't testify as to why they were > adopted, but I can put forth a few ideas on the subject. > > One thing is that software engineers are creative people by nature. We > like to create things, that's why we are programmers, and as a result > we are always looking for new ways to do things. We fly in the face of > the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" mentality because we always want > to change something, improve it, and make it better if we can. So > obviously someone at Microsoft thought the ribbons were a good idea > even if many end users might not agree with that. > > However, its more than simple creativity at work. Companies are in the > business of making money. They have to sell you something to stay in > business even if that something is just a fresh new look and feel with > little advantages or real changes. In the business world its call > "perceived obsolescence." Basically, a corporate way of milking a > product for all it is worth by making changes for change's sake. > > For example, let's say a PC builder like Del releases a new PC in the > spring with an Almond case, a 19 inch display, keyboard, mouse etc. > Now in the fall they have their new PC ready to ship, but they have > lots of parts in their inventory from the spring run. What they will > do is come up with a shiny new black case, maybe a matching 19 inch > display, keyboard, and mouse and release their old model on the market > before their new models in order to get the most out of their spring > run even though it is virtually identical to their last run besides a > fancy new case and color change. Anyone who wasn't technically astute > or savvy enough to compare specs might assume the new run is a brand > new machine when it is basically the same thing as the spring run with > a very minor makeover. > > We see very much the same thing with software. If Microsoft has > troubles selling something like Office, don't have a lot of new > updates in it, they may try and change the user interface, give it a > new look and feel,in order to hopefully sell it as a new product. Even > though the changes are very minor. > > In short, there aren't always technical reasons for a change, and it > is just the developer's way of staying in business. You have to > realize something like the ribbons is do more to attempts to make > money than anything else. Companies of all kinds are always making > changes in the hopes they can continue to sell something old as > something new. It is a bit dishonest in ways, but nobody ever said > business was ethical or completely honest. > > Cheers! > > > On 9/8/14, Charles Rivard <wee1s...@fidnet.com> wrote: >> I don't know much about the technical reasoning, but I don't know why, >> for >> example, the ribbon system has replaced the pulldown menus, why sounds >> are >> handled in such a way that games no longer work and recording of music >> cannot be done as it used to be, and why perfectly user friendly Email >> clients such as Outlook Express are replaced by less user friendly ones, >> and >> >> that sort of stuff. >> >> --- >> Be positive! 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