malberttoo
Well-Known Member
Welcome to the forum, you picked a great place to be surrounded by folks that love their SP3's just as much!
In spite of the fact that I've been in IT for quite a while, it has only been the last 6 months or so that I've even been willing to give Win8 a try. If I did have a computer that would only come with Win8, or a customer that would come to me complaining about it, I immediately installed Start8 on the machine and then "fugettabout it".
With the SP3, I decided to force myself to honestly give the Start/Metro environment a chance, and to use it as thoroughly as possible. But I have to say, I honestly have no idea what direction Microsoft will end up taking Win9, and beyond. I simply cannot exist *only* in the Start environment, there is too much still that must be done on the Desktop only. I do genuinely like the Start environment, it is great on the SP3 (touch device) which of course it what it was made for. But I really can't imagine how Microsoft is going to solve the huge rift that defines how we use Start vs. how we use Desktop. I know Win9 is supposed to address a little bit of that with the new Start Menu.
I do love my SP3 though! Thanks for stopping by and posting!
In spite of the fact that I've been in IT for quite a while, it has only been the last 6 months or so that I've even been willing to give Win8 a try. If I did have a computer that would only come with Win8, or a customer that would come to me complaining about it, I immediately installed Start8 on the machine and then "fugettabout it".
With the SP3, I decided to force myself to honestly give the Start/Metro environment a chance, and to use it as thoroughly as possible. But I have to say, I honestly have no idea what direction Microsoft will end up taking Win9, and beyond. I simply cannot exist *only* in the Start environment, there is too much still that must be done on the Desktop only. I do genuinely like the Start environment, it is great on the SP3 (touch device) which of course it what it was made for. But I really can't imagine how Microsoft is going to solve the huge rift that defines how we use Start vs. how we use Desktop. I know Win9 is supposed to address a little bit of that with the new Start Menu.
I do love my SP3 though! Thanks for stopping by and posting!