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**Ken Blake[_4_]** · September 9th 13, 06:02 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8,alt.windows7.general

On Mon, 09 Sep 2013 10:41:49 -0500, wrote:

On 09 Sep 2013 14:38:04 GMT, "Bucky \"Optimist\" Breeder"
wrote:

Hang in there on Windows 8! Like all things, you'll get used to it and
adapt to it. It'll still be " s - t - 0 - 0 - p - i - d " ; but, you will
get used to it - and be up with the times as a bonus for no extra charge.

HTH.
Well, I probably won't live that long --but I'll try that
after XP stops upgrades and then Win 7 stops upgrades.
Being "up with the times" is not high on my list --- I don't even
own anything with a touch screen and, so fa,r haven't found any reason
to do so.

I don't own anything with a touch screen either.

Please remember that Windows 8 has two interfaces--the metro/modern
interface that is apparently all you've looked at, and the desktop
interface. The desktop interface is almost exactly like Windows 8's,
especially if you install a utility like Start8.

If you do nothing but use the metro/modern interface, Windows 8 is
very different from what you are accustomed to and takes time to get
used to it. But as I've said several times, using the metro/modern
interface is *not* a requirement of running Windows 8.

Being "up with the times" *should* be high on your list. It gives you
better security and keeps you compatible with newer and better
software and hardware as they come out.

What is the expression ? Ah, --- "he's old and set in his
ways". :-)

I'm almost as old as you; I'm 75, but I'm not as set in my ways as you
are. Living in the past is dangerous and not wise.