eek! here we go.

[joinerjohn]

I was going to install the trial version of Win8, until I read the small print, saying that you had to have the original install disk for Win xx (previous versions) to re-install these should you not like Win 8 WTF did Microsoft think they were doing there then ????


Ahh,,,,,, Nobody any favours.

 

[conny]

Problem is JB, when you load just the basics you then need to load the different drivers for the different applications. These drivers can sometimes be used by other applications but then the programs need extra Add-Ons or Extensions and these slow down the boot up time but without them the programs don't work.
Imagine buying a car and then being told, "Before you can drive away sir/madam you will need to add a gearbox/clutch/brakes etc"
If they are going to market a program I would rather they wait until it is a fully functional/non-clashing item rather than having to add bits on. Theoretically that should reduce the boot up time as all the information should be in the same place instead of hunting around for this command or that instruction embedded in an Add On or Extension.

 

[conny]

I was going to install the trial version of Win8, until I read the small print, saying that you had to have the original install disk for Win xx (previous versions) to re-install these should you not like Win 8 WTF did Microsoft think they were doing there then ????


Ahh,,,,,, Nobody any favours.

So where do you stand if it is pre-installed and you don't have the original discs? Would a set of Recovery discs be sufficient?

 

[chapeau]

Sounds good, but if you leave it in hibernate for a couple of days, is the battery likely to go flat?

Not in a couple of days, that might happen if you put it in sleep. You could always take the battery out, but it will still go flat eventually even then. I've never had a problem with starting up a laptop in hibernate when coming home after several weeks holiday.

 

[JBR]

Problem is JB, when you load just the basics you then need to load the different drivers for the different applications. These drivers can sometimes be used by other applications but then the programs need extra Add-Ons or Extensions and these slow down the boot up time but without them the programs don't work.

Yes, although I'm no expert I understand you need drivers and, for that matter, such things as antivirus and firewall programmes.

As I said, I'm no expert, but I do see Marge turn on her Iphone (which performs many functions of a computer) and have instant access to all its applications. I realise it does not have a hard drive which would, I'm sure, slow things down whilst things are being loaded up. Everything, I believe, is stored on the equivalent of RAM. This is probably how the Google thing, that someone mentioned earlier, works although I'd much prefer to retain all my files on my own storage system than relying on a remote server somewhere. I have the concern that such a server could crash and my data become inaccessible or even be lost for ever. I confess, though, that I know very little about these things and someone will probably come on here and tell me there is no chance of that ever happening!

 

[securespark]

Di, isn't dual boot where you get so frustrated with your machine that you kick it twice?

 

[chapeau]

I think that is known in the trade as the 'technical tap'.

When an iPhone has the functionality, extensibility and openness of Windows it will take just as long to boot, if not longer.

You really don't want to store your important data on a remote server for two reasons:

1) They might go bust or just not look after it properly and it will go AWOL
2) The government and their police force will be able to get hold of it

Hard drives are cheap and you should have a backup strategy at your house (which includes storing data somewhere else)

 

[EddieM]

apparently if you dual boot 7 and 8 at the same time it works fine.......

get me with the I.T. lingo

Apart from the fact unless of course you've virtualised one or the other or possibly both you cant boot them at the same time. Anyway that's not an option on an upgrade release.

 

[Diane2]

apparently if you dual boot 7 and 8 at the same time it works fine.......

get me with the I.T. lingo

Apart from the fact unless of course you've virtualised one or the other or possibly both you cant boot them at the same time. Anyway that's not an option on an upgrade release.

the advise came from a fresh faced 18 year old....who said if you want....he will sort it out for you......

 

[longdogs]

Windows 7 is ideal if you just want to sit and watch that ****ing circle going round and round.