Windows 8.1

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    I must say the laptop that I recently purchased came with Windows 8 and there were something's missing from Windows 7 ie but I have now downloaded a free update to Windows 8.1 and hey presto its a vast improvement everything is back,its faster and super efficient and I just love it:)
     
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      Thanks for that Woo, I keep getting a message on my Win 8 PC asking if I want to download 8.1 and kept ignoring it. It's for free I understand so I'll let it go ahead thanks for the tip off.
       
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        JWK just another heads up my friend it took about an hour,then when that was concluded then took another two hours to update other programmes from HP,as I have a HP Laptop,but no worries it all went like clockwork:)
         
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          Thanks again Woo, I'll let you know how I get on.
           
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          I am still running XP at home and at the office , although the company are updating to Windows 7 professional . I like XP it works and is reliable . The first PC I worked on was in the late 80's an IBM XT running MS-DOs 5.0 with 1 mb of memory total ! I have just bought an external hard-drive with 320 GB of memory for £32 , a big change in just 25 years !
           
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            I really don't miss Windows at all! I've been running Mac OS's for a few years now, all is good
             
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            XP was the last good Windows OS, our old works PCs ran XP. Then IT upgraded and it all turned to moo-poo...!
             
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              Still a happy bunny running XP - does all I really need and lots I don't. I'm reluctant to upgrade the two tower systems as I've I've got some radio and other stuff hooked up that works on XP but is a bit doubtful on more recent versions of Windows.
              I do have a netbook running Win7 but it's a pain in the bum and cluttered with stuff I neither need nor want. I could have gone for Win8 but that's even more bloated given that it was really designed for touch-screen.
              I've no complaints about the increased computing power and speeds and love it, but there's now so much clutter and trash with each new evolution of OSs.:old::old:
               
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                XP was a good un. It's a pity Microsoft tinkered with it
                 
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                I installed 8.1 and haven't really noticed any difference, it said the 'start button' is back, but I thought I had that already :what: I am running a desktop PC without a touch screen so I think I'm not getting the full benefit of Windows 8 anyway.

                BTW: I've got Windows 8 on my smartphone which I quite like :blue thumb:
                 
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                They removed the Start button, to mass uproar, and quickly reinstated it :)
                 
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                  More updates to windows 8 coming your way soon...
                   
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