First f17 install -- on an ee701

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 10/31/2012 06:02 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 10/31/2012 02:47 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>> I am a bit stubborn and am working within the Gnome 3 model.  At some
>> point I am going to have to work with Win8 either on the family machines
>> or work, and knowing how to get a tablet GUI working on a mouse-based
>> system will serve me well.
>
> Jerry Pournelle (http://www.jerrypournelle.com) reports that Windows 8 
> appears designed to take advantage of "hardware you don't have yet."  
> He suggests that most people stick with Windows 7 for the time being 
> if they have the choice.

I don't expect to be using Win8, let alone Win7 for a year or so. Gives 
me more time to get really comfortable with the Tablet-style GUI.  Been 
at it for about a year now.

>   Not using Windows myself, I don't know, but I tend to trust his 
> experience in these things.

I knew Pournelle back in the 70s; never really got to trust him. But he 
often does get some things right.  :)