Hi,

Windows 8 is not so bad.  It boots up much faster than any previous version 
of windows and is more secure.  You can get to the desktop by hitting 
windows D several times,though the search feature of windows 8 is not as 
good as it was in windows 7.  You will also have to download a third party 
dvd player as Microsoft was forced to remove it from windows media player. 
VLC media player is a good free player.

Bob, K8LR, [log in to unmask]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard, W A 9 Y B W" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2013 10:02 AM
Subject: Windows 8 question


I recently purchased a nice refurbished Lenovo laptop on Ebay with windows 7
on it.

A few months ago I called Dell and had a specific model I wanted and asked
for it with Windows 7 on it and they would not do it even though the same
model was available with 7 on it 8 months earlier.  Since 7 is still a
supported OS I feel vendors should give us the choice.

If you are not to picky as to what you want, Some of the major vendors,
Lenovo, Dell, Toshiba etc. still have a few models available with 7 on them.
I wouldn't wait to long to check them out though.

I would take the Windows 8 laptop back.

The vendors and Microsoft shouldn't dictate what we buy and in my case, they
didn't.

Howard #3