you don't know that either way... if it's coming from MS or not..... i think you can choose each idividual update from a very long list. I personally trust winfuture more than MS to be honest....
and concerning the "disaster" win8... it all depends on expectation.... with classic shell it is a decent win7 replacement and startup times and hardware reqirements are decent compared to win7..... but I'm not a big fan of the metro ui
Automated PC backups on a server with redundant copies of OS and server data. Still, I want to set up a newer server to make restores easier. (If anybody has a spare WHS2010/11 they got free with a Microsoft subscription and they’d won’t be using it I could put it to use. Otherwise, a Server2008 install has been waiting for me to get to it for 3 years now.)
I got the free Media Center upgrade, but I think that is over now. Interesting thing is it does change the number reported back for Win8 (though IE still reports the original license). Currently debating on whether to get another cheap license tomorrow using my son’s laptop . . . . I don’t need it, but it’s so budget . . .
No slowdowns for me with Classic Start . . I was OK before it (by only using W8 apps that have no W7 desktop version and manually switching to desktop), but it gives enough extra control of W8 features that I find W8 better than without it.
A friend bought a W8 computer with a gestures touchpad . . . that sucker is EVIL when typing on the laptop keyboard. At least it can be turned off when you’re running a mouse. After setting up a new W7 drive for friend, he’s found with Classic Start and a wireless keyboard/trackball that he like W8 now enough that he’s not using W7 at all, either.
The key is finding an adaptation that works for you.
I’m sure Microsoft will try to fix the flaws in Win8 in the future. But I’m not ready to switch yet. I usually suspect new programs in the market, that they are unreliable at first. So I needed to wait a few months or so, until the product is proven absolutely OK by actual users. I think Microsoft learned something from their Vista issues years ago.
I got my XP service packs from Cnet, it took a long time to upload, but I have been running the updates for almost a year. I have no intention on giving up on XP any time soon.