Show of Hands

Windows 8 is good. Try a free piece of software called Classic Shell. It adds the old start menu back.

Just make sure to disable the other two options for classic explorer and classic browser, I think.

Woop. Thanks for the info, but I'll wait for W10 because it is being offered free to correct the W 8 s snafu. I know, Im asking for it again.

Sorry. Win 10 upgrade.

Hope you'll come back with a report of how that goes-maybe in the form of a poll.

Oops meant as a reply two spots below

Windows 10 will be more compatible with hardware than Windows 8. The OS is how the program's communicate with the hardware. Each new OS is designed to be more hardware compatible than the previous one

Goalie, I have been doing this since the Dos 2.1 days. The problem is the vendor supported drivers. They don't feel the need to write new drivers for obsolete hardware when the new OS comes out. It is not cost effective for them or low priority

P.S. I still remember when a 30 Mbyte hard drive was a huge deal. Most PCs didn't even have hard drives.

You can run old drivers in Windows Compatibility mode. Put the disc in with the drivers. Right click on the driver and run in compatibility mode for 95, 2000, XP etc. The new network card I bought for my PC was made for Windows 7. That's what

I did and it works just fine. Windows is extremely hardware friendly. I've only been doing this 2 years but I'm in school for Database Management at Pitt

Which model and what do you use it for most please?

Which model and for what use please.

Mac Book Pro with 13.3 retina display. And I use it for college.

If I remember correctly, the 13" doesn't come with an SD port or a disc right? What do you use for a wordprocessor?

You are correct about no disc, but there is an SD card slot. And as for the word processor, I use Pages. Pages is not compatible with my professors computers so I have to convert it to a Word doc (which is really easy once you figure it out).

A lot of other computers aren't compatible with Pages yet. If you get an apple laptop and need help figuring out how to convert a pages document to a word document then feel free to dm me and I can walk you through it.

That's great Sam. Thanks much.

Thinking about one to replace my desktop. What's your experience so far?

For the MacBook Air? I haven't really used that yet because I pretty much only got it for when college begins. The Chromebook is really nice though it really can't replace a desktop in many areas except for internet browsing.

If you're looking for something that you will be writing documents on and printing stuff, you don't want to get a Chromebook.

Ah, the "tolerant" left is back....

oh excuse me, you're right, the right wing NEVER posts this kind of crap.

get real

You're fucking retarded

I'm gonna cry

Build your own Alienware is a rip off and low quality. I personally like Macs though

Same here :3

Teach me

Newegg has a series of videos on YouTube that are very useful on your first build. Www.Pcpartspicker.com is excellent for ensuring you choose compatible parts and for finding the best price.

Or go to newegg and get great deals. There are only a couple things you need to look out for with compatibility. MB to Case, CPU to MB, RAM to MB, and HDD/SSD to MB

Newegg frequently has the best deal. If not then it's almost always Amazon. But occasionally someone else will save you a few bucks. Newegg provides a lot of mail in rebates.

I'm a premier member on newegg. Free shipping as well as exclusive deals. It's awesome. I've only ever found a better deal on Amazon once and it was a heat sink/fan I got the Noctua DH-15. It's great for OC

Nice. I'm just a lowely regular newegger. They do have good deals that's for sure. I'm a Amazon prime member so the free 2 day shipping is pretty nice

Amazon prime is some good stuff... Especially with the college discount $50/year

That's me. I got it when I started. Then 4 years later my wife went back to college so we got it again!

Nice, it's a great deal right?!

I just did my first build, with a lot of help from a friend. What are you looking to do with your computer? Gaming? Or maybe just basic web browsing and word processing?

Yep. I've built at least 3 this year, and rebuilt one several times troubleshooting and upgrading it. Www.pcpartspicker.com is the best for planning your build, ensuring compatibility and finding the lowest price

Newegg has a series of videos on YouTube that are excellent for building your first pc

Awesome

Same here. It's virtually impossible to find a Windows 7 machine, and Windows 8 sucks almost as bad as a Mac. I've heard (and seen) that Windows 10 will be much better though.

Windows 10 comes out in a week or two

Windows 10 is out on Wednesday. I've been using it since February and it's great!

I bought a MacBook Air back in November. I wanted to get a windows laptop but after trying out windows 8 I thought it was horribly unintuitive. I figured if I had to relearn an OS I might as well try out the Mac. So far so good...

Me too shygal. My desktop is Windows 7 and I'm usually on my iPad. The wife wants a pad or modern laptop. Think our daughter has convinced her to go with MacBook Air. I'm okay with it with an eye toward it replacing the desktop. Windows 10 may tempt?

moonshot, more please.