New laptop win8.1 and I totaly hate it!! awful to use. WIN7 is good in 32 bit but win7 64 bit has killed 3 pk'3, I loved xp and still have a PIRATE copy on a VM on the win 7 machine. I did have a real copy of XP but it started getting funny with me every time I reloaded it on, always asking for activation. So I got a pirate version instead. As far as I am concerned I have a legit copy I cant use so why not!
Now Microsoft own Nokia wait for really crap flakey phone software to come out! I wish microsoft would stay out the phone market! I like Linux but I cant use Altium with it, which is a legit copy on a old xp laptop.
Sad day when microsoft kill off there best OS to date. I also got to use a machine dad had in his office a couple of years ago, it used windows NT, that was also pretty good. VISTA was programed by people on drugs! What I hate is the fact you buy a new machine and dont get a say in what OS is on it, When we got the new laptop we wanted win7 but win 8had been out 2 weeks and we couldnt get a new laptop with win7!!!
The worse bit for me is every time they bring out a new OS you get less and less access to ports etc. I also dont like the fact that alot of xp stuff wont work on win8 even with the compatibility thing.
Its time pc manufacturers offered Linux and windows on there machines!! That might make microsoft sit up and take note, they might start debugging before release, they might even start implementing customer service! I think its so unfair they have a strangle hold on the market, rules should be changed so that each OEM has to offer a choice of OS with its machines, if they used Linux the cost of a new machine would drop by £100