I ended up going back to 7 from 8.1.  I do quite a bit of file and program
editing, which 8.1 did not even let me do as the administrator.
Jordan

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Mike Duke, K5XU
Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2015 8:53 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Windows 8 VS Windows 7

Windows 8, and 8.1 were brought out in part to restore some of the
functionality that Windows 7 took away.

My IT team at work likes 7 better than 8, but for the most part, I prefer
8.1 so long as I have Classic Shell running with it.

The computer in one of my recording booths at work is running 7. That is
okay for no more than I do with that computer, which is mostly run Studio
Recorder with Jaws 16.

One thing that 8.1 does much more smoothly than 7 is copy and replace a
bunch of files at once.

With 7, I have to fish around for the right checkbox each time I want to
copy and replace a stack of audio files from that production booth to the
broadcast automation.

With 8.1, I simply tell it to replace all files, pretty much as with XP.

In both 7 and 8, some of the choices such as those in the replace files
option, are chosen with the left and right arrows, rather than with the up
and down arrows like I was doing in XP. There may be a setting to change
that behavior in 7, but I have not found it.

Classic Shell fixes it in 8.

As for Windows10, I am perfectly content to let anyone else on this list who
wishes, be the first to use it.

Here is one more big heads up for anyone who jumps from XP to 8.1. Be ready
to update a bunch of your software, and to be dragged kicking, screaming,
and talking very ugly into Microsoft Office 2013.

--
Mike Duke, K5XU