Re: Windows 8

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

Well yeah, but virtualization also seems to have been a priority:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/09/07/bringing-hyper-v-to-windows-8.aspx




Wow, they have a 400 MB pre-configured XP virtual machine for Win7. I'm
downloading that before it disappears.




At 10/25/2012 08:11 PM, you wrote:
This latest Win is said to have been designed primarily for
tablets. What I've been

seeing is a blizzard of rather negative reports on it.


 Jordan

--- On Thu, 10/25/12, Lynn Brenner  wrote:
From: Lynn Brenner 
Subject: Re: Windows 8
To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
Date: Thursday, October 25, 2012, 11:15 AM
Based on the reviews even figuring out how to access Windows programs
will require some effort.

On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 1:57 PM, < Brian.Henderson@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Have you come across information that would lead you to believe that a
further iteration of Windows would, in any way, make working with DOS
easier? If you have, I would suggest that somebody is pulling your leg.
And if not, then I guess we ALL know the answer.
(and from what I've seen so far, just figuring out how to even run DOS
will be quite an effort)
-BH
-----Original Message----- From: Nicholas Clifford
I suppose I can already guess the answer to this, but is Windows 8 going
to make DOS programs -- XyIV specifically -- easier to use?