Saturday, April 20, 2013

Windows 8 looks different today...


It had to happen sooner or later, I guess. I got tired of playing with something that managed to keep on annoying me, so I've switched to something different.
This is a bit like a cross between Windows and OS-X but not quite like either.
And I can absolutely guarantee you won't find a better price than free. Try it.

There are other differences in this system, too. Installation, for example, is one continuous operation uninterrupted by reboots until it is finished, and you're ready to complete your user information, and choose passwords. And there's no registering it with headquarters using any 20-digit codes, because nobody's afraid you'll steal it - it's a free program, like Open Office and other open-source programs out there. And just because it's a freebie, it doesn't mean it hasn't got a lot of sophisticated bits & pieces. It has a choice of four desktop interfaces for example, and these are completely themed with icons and all the rest.

Like the Apple operating systems, this comes with an assortment of its own various programs, each designed for this operating system, but unlike Apple's system, this one will also run other popular programs like Firefox and Thunderbird. In Firefox, of course, you can also use Google with its Gmail, but if you opt not to, there's a native web browser and email service made for this. So the short version of all this is that it's a complete system, right out of the box, ready to use, and you can fluff it up with over a thousand other programs that can be added into it. It's got many choices, for many kinds of users, and it has all the popular features we're all accustomed to using.

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