Opening Windows

For the past few years I have rejected the Microsoft Windows operating system in favor of Linux Ubuntu.

Open source software, software upgrades and updates every 6 months are all very appealing.

However, I am tired of trying so hard to accomplish a task that takes too long in Linux that is a breeze in Windoze.

So, I fired up a clean install of Windows 8 (still hate the interface), re-added Office 2010, Photoshop and Lightroom. I was missing these apps the most. Everything else is synchronized via Google products.

Oh, and where did Microsoft hide the primary button?

Upgrade

Windows 7 Boot logo

Last week I got my hands on the new operating system from Microsoft, Windows 7. After testing it for a week, I am very pleased with it. This is a faster, cleaner OS than Vista was. W7 had no hardware issues and even updated some drivers for them automagically. I was so pleased with the performance I went ahead and installed on to WonderWife’s machine.

If you are on the fence as to upgrading to Windows 7 or not, let me help push you over towards it.