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Windows 8 Pro, outliners and PIMs
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Posted by Dr Andus
Oct 26, 2012 at 05:10 PM
Does anyone have any experience regarding the impact on the kinds of desktop software discussed here of a Windows 8 Pro upgrade (without a hardware upgrade, i.e. without a touch screen, using a traditional PC+2 monitors setup)?
At an initial and superficial look, all the features emphasised seem to be consumption-focused, rather than productivity-focused, so I’m not particularly compelled to consider an upgrade, unless for some counterintuitive reason my old PIM etc. software would work even better in Win8 than it currently does in Win7.
Posted by Jon Polish
Oct 26, 2012 at 05:21 PM
From what I see and based on direct experience, I would say that under the conditions you describe, there is no reason to move from Windows 7 to 8. There are many reasons not to, some of which may be read here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/25/technology/personaltech/microsofts-windows-revamped-and-split-in-2.html?ref=technology
Jon
Posted by Dr Andus
Oct 26, 2012 at 05:38 PM
Thanks Jon - I was almost tempted by the knock-down price of GBP24.99… That looks incredibly cheap (or desperate :) for a new operating system!
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Oct 26, 2012 at 06:19 PM
I would add that you should NEVER change your operating system during a mission critical period, especially when the new OS is still fairly new. Expect many glitches before the new Windows can be considered truly reliable. Don’t forget that we here use quite a few very special programs. Windows 8 may well have been tested with mainstream software like MS Office but I doubt that there’s any guarantee that e.g. Outline 4D will run without problems.
Posted by Dr Andus
Oct 26, 2012 at 06:34 PM
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>I would add that you should NEVER change your operating system during a mission
>critical period, especially when the new OS is still fairly new.
Good point. In fact a lot of people seem to be complaining about productivity loss due to learning curve, which I don’t have the time for.
Expect many glitches
>before the new Windows can be considered truly reliable. Don’t forget that we here use
>quite a few very special programs. Windows 8 may well have been tested with mainstream
>software like MS Office but I doubt that there’s any guarantee that e.g. Outline 4D
>will run without problems.
Yes, thanks, that’s why I was asking. It’s annoying enough to have the “User Account Control” message (“Do you want to allow etc.”) in Win7 with Outline 4D and Maxthink…