Re: [libreoffice-users] is MSFT running scared ...

       same here;
           when I had to purchase a new laptop - previous one's HD was
failing - I received the free option to upgrade to WIN8,
              but have no intention of so doing due to all the negative
comments I've heard of that OS.

       Thus, when I saw this item, I thought all of you computer whizzes on
this list would be interested  ;-)



On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 10:34 AM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P <
webmaster@krackedpress.com> wrote:

On 01/21/2013 10:41 AM, anne-ology wrote:
> >         ... maybe not, but this makes me wonder why they were promoting
> > this
> > new OS and now are plugging a how-to re. it  ;-)
> >
> > http://www.techsupportalert.**com/content/get-free-book-**
> > windows-8-microsoft-press.htm?**utm_source=feedburner&utm_**
> > medium=email&utm_campaign=**Feed%3A+gizmosbest+%28Gizmo%**
> > 27s+Best-ever+Freeware%29<http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/get-free-book-windows-8-microsoft-press.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmosbest+%28Gizmo%27s+Best-ever+Freeware%29>
> >
> >         As for me, I'm very thankful there's LO, and with such a great
> > help-list of fellow users  :-)
> The articles I have read seem to tell Win7 users to forget to upgrade to
> Win8 if you do not have a touch screen.
>
> MS's tablet has had low sales figures, much lower than expected or the
> hype would let you believe.
>
> So, giving tech people a free e-book about Win8 is a way for them to
> promote that OS.
>
> I have heard from a few business users where they took their Win8 upgrade
> and "degrade" it back to XP or Win7.  So maybe MS needs to convince the
> business users to buy the Win8 upgrade or even new Win8 systems, instead of
> upgrading to, and/or buying, systems with, Win7.
>
> I just upgraded 32-bit Vista to 64-bit Win7/pro instead of the cheaper
> priced Win8 deal.  I have it on a laptop that is a dual boot for 64-bit
> Win7/pro and 64-bit Ubuntu 12.10 [with MATE desktop environment].  That
> upgrade "killed" the dual booting so I need to use the repair disk.  The
> way I have read seems to be that Win8 would do something with that laptop
> where it would not be able to dual even after the boot fixing disk. I use
> the laptop for my main Windows laptop and the Ubuntu boot is where I test
> out the new version[s] of the OS before I install it onto my main
> "production" desktop.  I hate the Unity desktop for Ubuntu, so why would I
> buy Win8 with the same type of desktop "tile" look and feel.

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