Thinking of going to dark side

[bazookaman]

As has been said above it really depends on what specifically she will be doing.

The other part of that is that while any Windows machine will do, I discovered that my long deep-seated hatred of Windows the software was really a long deep-seated hatred of Windows hardware. All those years of struggling with Windows was mostly due simply to the fact that ALL the machines sucked donkeys. A couple of years ago, my company bought me a top of the line Dell mobile workstation. It was powerful and fast and ran Windows like nobody's business. It was almost a pleasure to use.

Which brings me to my next point. There is a difference between hating Windows and hating how Windows runs. Until I got that new machine, Windows was slow and buggy and didn't do what I wanted. But those were mostly shortcomings of the hardware. After I got the new machine, and Windows was running like a top, I discovered that I didn't necessarily hate Windows, I just loved the MacOS more. I've spent most of my computer using life with the MacOS. I can get by on Windows, I just don't like it.

With that said. For someone who has used a Mac since they could sit up in a chair, switching to Windows will not be nice. It's not that it's bad. Windows 10 is ok. It's just that a lot of the things the MacOS does, Windows does not, and I find myself really missing those things when I have to use Windows.

[Beam Me Up Scotty]

Another vote for a Dell Latitude. Windows has come a long way with version 10 not so bad. It's actually pretty damn good. Folks need to move on from the old days of MS making really bad operating systems. This new version, while not perfect, is quite usable. I read & hear people complaining about Macs just as much if not more...

D & C

[N-OS X-tasy!]

Dazed & Confused wrote:
Another vote for a Dell Latitude. Windows has come a long way with version 10 not so bad. It's actually pretty damn good. Folks need to move on from the old days of MS making really bad operating systems. This new version, while not perfect, is quite usable. I read & hear people complaining about Macs just as much if not more...

D & C

Microsoft made so many poor user interface decisions on Windows 10 it makes my head spin. The one that immediately jumps to mind is the screen that comes up when you do a “Save As” — instead of a traditional dialog box, you get a sheet that takes up the ENTIRE SCREEN while offering just a few options for where you can save the file. You have to click a second link on that sheet to get to the traditional dialog box.

[Beam Me Up Scotty]

"Microsoft made so many poor user interface decisions on Windows 10 it makes my head spin. The one that immediately jumps to mind is the screen that comes up when you do a “Save As” — instead of a traditional dialog box, you get a sheet that takes up the ENTIRE SCREEN while offering just a few options for where you can save the file. You have to click a second link on that sheet to get to the traditional dialog box."

I can't seem to duplicate this problem but it sounds like a minor annoyance rather then a major issue. There might well be a workaround for it, you'd have to Google it.

My positive views on Windows 10 still stands; not perfect but perfectly usable.

D & C

[btfc]

“If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny. Consume you, it will“

[D. Lawson]

Dazed & Confused wrote:
"Microsoft made so many poor user interface decisions on Windows 10 it makes my head spin. The one that immediately jumps to mind is the screen that comes up when you do a “Save As” — instead of a traditional dialog box, you get a sheet that takes up the ENTIRE SCREEN while offering just a few options for where you can save the file. You have to click a second link on that sheet to get to the traditional dialog box."

I can't seem to duplicate this problem but it sounds like a minor annoyance rather then a major issue. There might well be a workaround for it, you'd have to Google it.

This only occurs in more recent versions of certain applications, and isn't forced behavior by the operating system itself. Office 2013 introduced the "full screen" Save As that lets you choose the file's current folder and a list of recently used folders as target locations. If you don't want to save the file in any of those, you need to press the Browse button to be able to navigate to the location you want.

I am still running Office 2010 on one of my Windows 10 PCs, and Save As still behaves the way it used to.

[Dazed & Confused (Mobile)]

"This only occurs in more recent versions of certain applications, and isn't forced behavior by the operating system itself. Office 2013 introduced the "full screen" Save As that lets you choose the file's current folder and a list of recently used folders as target locations. If you don't want to save the file in any of those, you need to press the Browse button to be able to navigate to the location you want.'

Thanks for the clarification. Useful info.

Windows 10 isn't a total turd as some Mac faithful wish it was. If anything I'm more annoyed at Apple with their $1000 monitor stands & $700 computer cart wheels. Corporate greed as it's finest. Some would say that's the price you pay for owning a luxury brand. I say balogna. A Rolex & Porsche are luxury brands. A computer is a tool to get something done, not a fashion statement.

D & C

[D. Lawson]

Dazed & Confused (Mobile) wrote:
If anything I'm more annoyed at Apple with their $1000 monitor stands & $700 computer cart wheels.

Along with the ridiculous and expensive hoops you have to jump through to upgrade most of the recent Mac lineup after the initial purchase, if it's even possible in the first place.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

Dazed & Confused wrote:
"Microsoft made so many poor user interface decisions on Windows 10 it makes my head spin. The one that immediately jumps to mind is the screen that comes up when you do a “Save As” — instead of a traditional dialog box, you get a sheet that takes up the ENTIRE SCREEN while offering just a few options for where you can save the file. You have to click a second link on that sheet to get to the traditional dialog box."

I can't seem to duplicate this problem but it sounds like a minor annoyance rather then a major issue. There might well be a workaround for it, you'd have to Google it.

My positive views on Windows 10 still stands; not perfect but perfectly usable.

D & C

I should have clarified: It occurs primarily when choose "Save As..." from within an application, at least in the MS Office apps and Adobe Acrobat.

[jonny]

bazookaman wrote:
With that said. For someone who has used a Mac since they could sit up in a chair, switching to Windows will not be nice. It's not that it's bad. Windows 10 is ok. It's just that a lot of the things the MacOS does, Windows does not, and I find myself really missing those things when I have to use Windows.

:agree: