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**jdeb** · 01-04-2013, 05:35 PM

Yes that pretty much sums it up well. Unfortunately, many of the OEM's are installing W8 on their hardware. Start 8 and Classic Shell help a great deal but Microsoft needed to make it an option upon installation. To bad because they did make some nice improvements in the kernel but missed the mark again. Like Force said, it is for touch devices.

The more I play around in the Mac OS, the more I like it. It reminds me of OS/2 Warp a great deal but it does lack that total configuration options found in it and eComstation. OS/2 had it so right (way ahead of it's time) but let it all get away, such a shame.

I still can't get away from Slackware though, just too engrained in it now. I am probably going to sell this Mac rig as I have had a lot of interest in it.

01-04-2013, 05:35 PM	#3
jdeb Moderator Staff Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Detroit, MI Posts: 4,972	Yes that pretty much sums it up well. Unfortunately, many of the OEM's are installing W8 on their hardware. Start 8 and Classic Shell help a great deal but Microsoft needed to make it an option upon installation. To bad because they did make some nice improvements in the kernel but missed the mark again. Like Force said, it is for touch devices. The more I play around in the Mac OS, the more I like it. It reminds me of OS/2 Warp a great deal but it does lack that total configuration options found in it and eComstation. OS/2 had it so right (way ahead of it's time) but let it all get away, such a shame. I still can't get away from Slackware though, just too engrained in it now. I am probably going to sell this Mac rig as I have had a lot of interest in it.