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FDK
October 30th 12, 02:13 PM
" Jdr" wrote in message ...



>"Roland Schweiger" wrote in message
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>only a few days ago i started testing Win8 CP (on a separate eSATA
>HDD) on my big desktop machine at home - an ASUS P6T deluxe
>mainboard,
>6GB RAM, i7_920 processor.

>And all in all i am very very very disappointed.

When I was forced into Win7, I was very upset - but after a few days I
realized it was a giant step. Lets hope this works out the same way
for Win8.

>The future of computing is definately NOT to be found in tablets and
>smartphones ... and Win8 looks like a teblet os that is somehow also
>capable to run on a desktop machine.

Actually, tablet sales are on the rise and desktop sales are dropping.
Personally I prefer a desktop, hate tablets, and I use small form
laptops when away from home.

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