Showing posts with label microsoft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label microsoft. Show all posts

Monday, September 29, 2014

Confirmed: Windows 9 to be a free upgrade for Windows 8 users

Maybe now I can take Microsoft off my companies-I-love-to-hate list.

I made the mistake upgrading to Windows 8. Besides the really shitty interface, the install process blew away my email files (I use Eudora), all the Office apps (which I had to repurchase because the authentication codes were in the email files that got blown away), several non-Microsoft apps, my iPod library (which I later recovered), and who knows what else.

Also, security sucks. Despite update Norton files, I get more pop-ups and ads opening new windows than I've ever experienced.

Off course, after the experience of installing Windows 8, I'm leery of installing another Windows OS. I know now what files and apps to backup, but it's the unknowns that scare me.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Google calls Microsoft privacy claims 'myth'--spare me, please!

Clearly a case of "the pot calling the kettle black." I don't know who's worse, Web companies' recriminations, or politicians'. Regardless, enough already.