philo* wrote in :

On 01/13/2013 04:32 PM, Franc Zabkar wrote:
On Sat, 12 Jan 2013 11:25:12 -0500, 98 Guy put finger to
keyboard and composed:

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Windows 8 fails to deliver expected boost as Christmas PC sales
slump

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/...s-8-fails-to-d
eliver-expected-boost-as-christmas-pc-sales-slump

FOURTH QUARTER SALES in the PC market fell once again as computer
vendors wrapped up a disappointing 2012.

Research firm IDC said that over the final quarter of the year,
revenues were down some 6.4 percent compared to the same period in
2011. Overall, researchers found that three of the top five PC
vendors saw a drop in shipments on the quarter.
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Is this result any different for other market segments, eg cars,
white goods, consumer electronics?

What I'd like to see is a clear comparison between the Windows
versions detailing the features that are added by each new release.
In other words, what do we get in Windows 8 that we don't have in
Windows 7, Vista, XP, etc?

- Franc Zabkar




I tried the "DP" version of Win8. Other than Metro (which I turned
off) it was the same as Win7 only with slightly better performance.

If you don't have a touch screen, I see no point to Metro,
though I guess a few people like it.


Deliberate incompatibilitty, to force you to drop working software
and make you buy partly operational new software and problems.