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Windows 8
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Sue | Report | 26 Sep 2013 10:49 |
Morning everyone, |
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Mersey | Report | 26 Sep 2013 10:59 |
Sue...im finding it the same I too have recently got a new laptop, Im not computer literate at all, but geeeeeez im blinded by it all.....I am getting used to it and have been told to bare with it and once you get used to it, its quite easy. |
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Sue | Report | 26 Sep 2013 11:06 |
Thanks Mersey. Yes, tearing hair out, its so different, and they think you are a mind reader. Luckily we still have the old one, for when things get tooooo much.! |
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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it | Report | 26 Sep 2013 11:09 |
Have just bought a new laptop too .its being set up for me tonight by our granddaughters PC boffin who will transfer over from my old windows XP All my saved photos etc . |
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LindainHerriotCountry | Report | 26 Sep 2013 11:09 |
It is very different, part of the problem is that it is really designed to be used with touch screens, so using a mouse on a normal laptop is awkward. I soon got used to it though, but I do use a smart phone and a tablet so that may have helped. |
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'Emma' | Report | 26 Sep 2013 11:10 |
Am getting more into it now and as I find it |
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Mersey | Report | 26 Sep 2013 11:13 |
Thats what I have the touch screen now but im leaving that for abit so I can get used to the actual laptop itself...... |
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LindainHerriotCountry | Report | 26 Sep 2013 11:14 |
I can't cope with a scratch pad, I have a Logitech wireless mouse. a little dongle plugs in the side of the laptop and that connects to the mouse without it being joined on by a wire, It makes life so much easier, you can get them in any computer store, or on Amazon etc |
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Sue | Report | 26 Sep 2013 11:16 |
Shirley, that was very good advise. I would second that. It is so very different. |
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Budgie Rustler | Report | 26 Sep 2013 11:18 |
Good Morning Ladies, |
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'Emma' | Report | 26 Sep 2013 11:19 |
Same as mine Linda, sil got it at Tesco for me. |
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Sue | Report | 26 Sep 2013 11:24 |
Budgie R |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 26 Sep 2013 11:25 |
You can fix it to behave a lot more like Windows 7. |
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Sue | Report | 26 Sep 2013 11:26 |
Budgie R |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 26 Sep 2013 11:26 |
btw if the version of Windows 8 you have is 8.0 make sure to install the free upgrade to 8.1. It is not quite so insanely irritating as 8.0 |
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Sue | Report | 26 Sep 2013 11:34 |
Hi Rollo, |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 26 Sep 2013 11:43 |
I mentioned that for professional purposes Win8 was unusable ... touch typing seems like spelling to be a lost art. Whatever the speed of the machine my secretary can go faster than recent MS Office ( or its Linux equivalent) so she uses an old MS Office running on a Mac which is 100% trouble free. |
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'Emma' | Report | 26 Sep 2013 11:46 |
Rollo any chance of you looking at my IOS 7 thread please. |
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Maryanna | Report | 26 Sep 2013 13:14 |
Sue, I have the same thing, space bar will only work if banged hard in the middle. |
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Mersey | Report | 26 Sep 2013 18:11 |
Well im going to persevere for a while and see how it goes although gritting my teeth is hurting my face......LOL |
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