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Hmmm...Dessert in Alaska!
But really, I have come to expect very little from Mickeysoft and they still managed to disappoint me often enough. SO i lower the bar one more time and be happy if their junk is not too annoying or buggy. Their grand new ideas don't interest me at all.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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CDP1802 wrote: Dessert in Alaska!
Sounds like a half-baked idea. 
There are strangers on the Plain, Croaker
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Who cares? Is your jet fueled and ready?
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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I go even further back.
Going from DOS to Windows was for some taking real computing and turning it into a kid's game; I preferred the GUI to the command prompt but still like keyboard over mouse.
Then we got to the great Windows 3.11 to Windows 95 fuster cluck. I admit it, I ran the program manager inside Win95 for a while as I preferred the UI. Actually I didn't, I just hadn't made the change to my mind set.
I enjoy change, I even change my clothes daily, so why not embrace it? If you have difficulty with the new UI, then you'r probably getting old or spending too much time with ![Sheep | [baah]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/sheep.gif)
veni bibi saltavi
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It doesn't matter. I spend most of my day in Visual Studio with some random file copying in Windows Explorer. A potential few new shortcut keys and I'll be able to ignore the new OS like I ignore my current OS.
Hogan
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Marco Bertschi wrote: Remember when people rather wanted to stick with Win 98[^] instead of going with XP
No I don't. That's because back then, I was rather enjoying the stability of NT4 (relatively speaking - 98 sets that bar pretty low), then 2000, then XP.
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Many may gasp at this, but I skipped XP, staying on 2000 until 7 came out. For now, I'm sticking with 7, even with the offer of a free upgrade to 10...after SP1 I might reconsider. 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Windows 10 is about to release and it looks promising to me.
What about you?
Would you upgrate to Windows 10???
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after a month or two, let the peasants take care of the crucial bugs first 
#region(start signature)
Life's like a nose, you've got to get out of it whats in it!
#endregion
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Already have - and will be bringing my family over as soon as possible after the release date.
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Insider? Me too...
have to say, I am not very happy with it...
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Just curious, what are the problems you're seeing?
I was planning on upgrading straight away (I use a Mac most of the time, but have a Windows 8.1 machine for development).
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Probably will, this time - because I suspect MS is going to nag me until I do - but I'll be doing an extra special whole disk image before I let it near!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Nope. I want to remain in control of my machine
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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The part where you cannot control or stop updates?
Just go for Professional Edition and you'll be in control...
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"sudo rm -r Windows"
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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shrknt35 wrote: Just go for Professional Edition and you'll be in control...
Translation:
You paid for it but it's still ours to do with what we wish.
Pay more and we just may stop.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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The forced updates are probably the last straw.
Until now, I've stayed with Windows to be compatible with family, etc. The time to call that quits is near at hand.
Most of my primary applications are available in Linux, anyway.
It's my elephanting computer.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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W∴ Balboos wrote: The forced updates are probably the last straw
Point it to a WSUS server and be done with it.
After years of procrastinating, a few months ago I finally took the time to set up a WSUS server in a small VM to see what it can do. Pretty happy with the results so far.
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I had to look up WSUS.
It's just another trip down the same tubes - and it won't help anyone that I'd be expected to service (i.e., various family).
Like I did with cable TV (with extreme satisfaction with the outcome, as is my Mrs.), it'll be the final push to cut-the-MS cord. Most users have now experienced other O/S's, anyway, so they'll be more willing to adapt than years ago.
It's time to stop dodging the bullets by simply getting out of the line of fire.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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So when's the last time you just had to refuse an update anyway?
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Interestingly, ca. 2 weeks ago I got my Mrs. a new laptop (Win7 Pro); Validating the windows version and it downloaded (without asking) the Updates.
Screwed it up super royally. Wouldn't start.
Finally, I gave up and had to reload from the image partition. And this time around I installed everything without the benefit of the update - smooth as silk.
Hours of life wasted.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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In a case like this, I'd be more likely to suspect incompatibilities with preloaded 3rd-party crapware.
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dandy72 wrote: In a case like this, I'd be more likely to suspect incompatibilities with preloaded 3rd-party 1st-party crapware.
Third Party Crapware?
Actually, considering what was on the system at the time (virtually empty), and what was not loaded later - the missing application from the reload was Office 365 "trial".
I guess you got it almost right - just apply the changes I did, above, to your thinking and everything will make more sense.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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W∴ Balboos wrote: considering what was on the system at the time (virtually empty
Where can you get this mysterious, magical laptop that comes with virtually no third-party crapware? Because I haven't seen any of those in...well, ever?
Considering the stupid things[^] OEMs do to the configuration they ship their systems with, whenever I buy a system for myself, the first thing I do is blow away the OS and reinstall it from my TechNet or MSDN images.
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