Seventeen years ago I stood in a CompUSA at midnight to welcome the launch of the biggest change to computing since the graphical user interface, Windows 95. Windows 95 introduced the start menu and look to the Windows operating system that has endured to Windows 7. On Friday October 26th we welcome Windows 8 and ready or not the world of Windows is about to change again...
Want Windows 7 instead of Windows 8?
If you are like me you've become quite attached to Windows 7. The interface is familiar but works well and does most of what I need it to do. Microsoft has decided to change a lot of how Windows works by removing the start button and switching to the Windows 8 style interface. So what do you do if you want to buy a new computer and it comes with Windows 8? The answer...