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Microsoft skips Windows 11, announces Windows 12 in early 2019
Peter:
< Do you mean arrogance of u$ or.......>
In engineering, "u" can be used as the Greek letter "mu' meaning 'micro'. So a $ sign, preceeded by a "u" = Microsoft. A cynical term actually meaning "Nothing will work until you pay big bucks!"i
This description of them has been in use for at around 20 years to my knowledge. Since their first disasterous attempt to upgrade to Win 97.
Peter
codefreeze:
I thought Microsoft said Windows 10 would be The Last Ever Windows as it would be updated seamlessly in the background! :o
I was a Windows user right through from Windows 3.0 to NT 4.0. I'm a Mac OS X user now since June 2007.
However, on my last contract gig they gave me an Lenovo Ultrabook running Windows 10 and I have to say I was darn impressed. That combo was fast. I'm normally a mouse-free user, but I found with a small, good quality cordless mouse, and flamboyant use of the right-click (for context) you can work really fast with Win 10.
I think if you have the right hardware Windows 10 seemed very fast to me - but then I guess anything would.
Anyway, interesting to see the Windows lineage will continue! I am also interested to see that Windows/Linux combo thing Microsoft are cooking up - it could be really cool or a dog's breakfast - not tried it out yet though.
Peter:
Lee.
I've been an Acer fan since I got one of their scanners in 1995. Good quality materials and built like a "brick built sh*t house", if you'll pardon the French. 8)
Since them I've had an original IBM, followed by a number of Acer Aspire laptops. After u$ upgrades, Acer's installed tech and software, as was the case with all manufacturers, was incompatible, so I got the next generation Acers. I've installed versions of Linux (started with Red Hat) on the old ones from around 2008.
The only reason I got this Lenovo 'IdeaPad' was, I wanted one NOW as I was going on an unexpected trip, it was in the shop (others had to be ordered) and in the price range I wanted to pay.
I'll admit it took some time to get used to it - no <Fn F6> to kill the screen for instance. And not having an easily replaceable battery was another downside. It requires 13 screws to be removed, the base cover dropped and then the battery can be accessed. Not that I need one just yet, but never say never.
First thing I did to it was install Linux Mint as part of a dual boot setup. Linux boots up in 19 seconds and runs like an express train. Windohs, like a tortoise on mogodon, takes anything up to 5 times that, on a good day with the wind astern! ;D
I'm not an Apple fan, mainly on their pricing, although the O/S is reported to be pretty stable. But not for me. This old leopard (pun intended) won't change his spots. :) :) :)
< ... I am also interested to see that Windows/Linux combo thing Microsoft are cooking up - ... >
The one for smartphones?
Peter
M.C.A.:
I wonder why the ATM machines are so sluggish and it appears many run on XP. I was gung-ho for Win 10 till it eventually crashed both of my desktops and ruined one of my hard drives that ended up an expensive lesson so I now run both on Windows 7, I won't be in any hurry for Windows 12.
Peter:
--- Quote from: M.C.A. on May 24, 2018, 06:44:36 PM ---I wonder why the ATM machines are so sluggish and it appears many run on XP. I was gung-ho for Win 10 till it eventually crashed both of my desktops and ruined one of my hard drives that ended up an expensive lesson so I now run both on Windows 7, I won't be in any hurry for Windows 12.
--- End quote ---
They run on u$ Server 2000, I was told some years ago. This is based on XP, but with regular security updates unlike XP.
For those who run XP, these updates are supposed to update XP as well. But I haven't tried that yet.
Peter
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