Are Gov't workers ready for Windows 8?

[BOP]

The article is correct; most of the NAVAIR (Naval Air Systems Command), and perhaps the entire Navy/Marine Corps enterprise is still working with Windows XP. Windows 7 has yet to roll out, and in fact has been delayed because of budget shortfalls.

Always love working on systems that are no longer supported by the manufacturer. We’re still using IE 7, when the rest of the world is up to, what? EI 9? It’s always a little disconcerting to have popup messages informing you that the (dot-gov) website will soon no longer function since they will no longer support IE 7; please upgrade. As if we could do that ourselves.

In addition to my PCs and laptops, which run XP, Win7, and Win7, respectively, I have an iPad2. From what I've seen, Win8 is essentially the MS version of the iPad. I would not want to use the iPad for any serious work. I use it for music, surfing, and this forum, but even then, if I really want to get with it, I break out the PC or the laptop.

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[czygvtwkr]

I just got XP two years ago...

[StadEMS3]

We just got WIN7 last week!

[ylexot]

NMCI it's going to Win7 not Win8. They have to transition before Microsoft stops supporting XP in 2014. That doesn't leave enough time to evaluate Win8 for security and install it on all computers. By the time Win7 it's no longer supported and NMCI looks to the next OS, you will be begging for something like Win8.

[Warron]

Originally Posted by BOP

From what I've seen, Win8 is essentially the MS version of the iPad.

I'm not sure what the basis of this opinion is. I have windows 8 and it is pretty much exactly like windows 7 except the start button is now a start screen.

[GWguy]

Originally Posted by Warron

I'm not sure what the basis of this opinion is. I have windows 8 and it is pretty much exactly like windows 7 except the start button is now a start screen.

Then you're probably not taking full advantage of Win 8. When used on a Win 8 spec platform, the 'desktop' is hidden unless you ask for it. Everything else is touch-screen driven, which Win 7 doesn't do.

[desertrat (Premo)]

Originally Posted by GWguy

Then you're probably not taking full advantage of Win 8. When used on a Win 8 spec platform, the 'desktop' is hidden unless you ask for it. Everything else is touch-screen driven, which Win 7 doesn't do.

They seriously need to upgrade the browser.

[Warron]

Originally Posted by GWguy

Then you're probably not taking full advantage of Win 8. When used on a Win 8 spec platform, the 'desktop' is hidden unless you ask for it. Everything else is touch-screen driven, which Win 7 doesn't do.

The desktop is readily available by moving the mouse to the corner of your screen, selecting a tile on the start screen, or by pressing the windows key. There is nothing hidden about it. Its just the start button is now full screen, nothing more. There are a few trivial apps that run directly without accessing the desktop. But the vast majority of currently available applications will just switch you to the desktop even if started from a tile on the start screen, including microsofts own office products. It will be years and likely after windows 9 is out, before the desktop will be even close to gone. And a touch screen is not need for anything.

Your thinking of the reduced version of windows 8 developed for phones and tablets. The pc version uses the desktop just as much as any other version of windows.