Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1915529-20150523192506/@comment-1915529-20150813092334

I was forced to use Windows 8 because that's all that was available on new laptops. I must admit I was able to live with it but only after third party software changed it to be as good as Windows 7. The fact such action was needed proves that Windows 8 was rubbish. There is an old saying that 'you can't polish a turd'. Well in this case I was able to polish a turd, but at its core was still a piece of shit.

When I heard of multi-desktop I imagined having all my game shortcuts on one screen, all my other software (Office, Jasc...) on another. But before I found out what multi-desktop actually was, I decided that my version of it was useless and pointless anyway. So you can imagine what I thought when I discovered that multi-desktop is actually even more pointless than the pointless version I made up in my mind.

As far as I can see, multi-desktop is only going to be useful for people whose work requires having a dozen or more windows open at the same time. Unless you’re an animator or designer, you don’t need multiple desktops. Furthermore, I can testify that Apple’s Macs are in fact a much better machine for those jobs so Win10 won’t be used for that purpose anyway.

That’s the main point, Vork, that I think Death and I need to seriously think about. The important words are ‘for as long as possible’. Despite how great XP was, it is not logical to use it anymore. This of course does not matter because we have Windows 7. A quick search on Google reveals Win7 is safe to use (which XP isn’t any more) to 2020. That’s five years that we can continue to use Win7. Nuff’ said.

Edit: Just reading a page about Mainstream and Extended support for Win7 and it mentions that extended support for Vista will continue to 2017. The fact that people still use Vista in 2015 is amazing! With Win7 being the new old Windows, you'd think everyone smart enough to use a computer would have gone over to it by now. There was a reason to continue using XP even after Win7 came along, but why on Earth would anyone still use Vista!? Are their brains full of little elves who chew on the logical nerves of their brains!?