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"Microsoft's $15 Windows 8 upgrade offer to run from June 2nd to January 31st, will include free workshops"
Reply to: by HRDSalami654
None of those upgrades broke compatibility. I have been able to run programs that should only run on Win95 on my Win7 PC. The only programs that wont run are the DOS based programs (Windows builds earlier than 95) and it would be stupid to expect to be able to run those old programs. Apple also does not have nearly the software library that MS has to deal with. I’m not saying theirs is small, but if you were to compare the two, one is a family owned book store and the other is a Barnes and Noble. You really should not talk about things like this unless you have facts to back it up. I already know that Windows 8 programs are backwards compatible to the same degree as Windows 7 programs, so this claim is a non-starter from the beginning.
When people say that the change is “under the hood” it is code for “I don’t actually know what the changes are, but I paid for them so they must be there”. At least Microsoft makes their software look different so you know you get an update, and you can tell why you paid money for a new OS. I mean, Office 2007 was ruined with the ribbon menu, but at least I could see that it was not the exact same thing as the previous version.
Reply to: by HRDSalami654
None of those upgrades broke compatibility. I have been able to run programs that should only run on Win95 on my Win7 PC. The only programs that wont run are the DOS based programs (Windows builds earlier than 95) and it would be stupid to expect to be able to run those old programs. Apple also does not have nearly the software library that MS has to deal with. I’m not saying theirs is small, but if you were to compare the two, one is a family owned book store and the other is a Barnes and Noble. You really should not talk about things like this unless you have facts to back it up. I already know that Windows 8 programs are backwards compatible to the same degree as Windows 7 programs, so this claim is a non-starter from the beginning.
When people say that the change is “under the hood” it is code for “I don’t actually know what the changes are, but I paid for them so they must be there”. At least Microsoft makes their software look different so you know you get an update, and you can tell why you paid money for a new OS. I mean, Office 2007 was ruined with the ribbon menu, but at least I could see that it was not the exact same thing as the previous version.