Topic: Three 'flavours' for Microsoft's Windows 8 OS

[sam]

Microsoft's next operating system will come in just three different flavours, the company has announced.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17740566

[Rik]

What, no vanilla.

[Clive]

It may be worth waiting to get Windows 8 if I am to buy a new computer.   

[Simon]

It'll be crap.  They always make a crap version after a good one. 

[Clive]

The thought had crossed my mind too.   

[daveeb]

Clive i've heard Windows 8 is crap just as Simon predicts. I've only very recently embraced windows 7, i must admit i like it much more than Vista. I certainly wouldn't wait for 8 to buy a pc, in fact it sounds more like a good shout to get one now to guarantee it doesn't have 8 on it.

[Clive]

Thanks for the advice Dave.  Windows 7 is a good OS apart from the fact that it doesn't support Outlook Express which I love with all my heart.   

[sam]

Move with the times. Get Thunderbird.

[daveeb]

Move with the times. Get Thunderbird.

Seconded 

[Clive]

Mrs Clive uses it and hates it with a vengeance.  She too was a fan of OE. 

[sam]

Weird. I prefer to just use a web client / pine these days. Well I've always liked pine