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I remember our first air conditioner. We suddenly had the best house on the block.

Now I can't set our electronic thermostat without the heater kicking on.

I ain't near as old as Ken or DD1, but I still remember we had a party line at the lake house when we finally got a phone.

The first 12 or so years of my life were integrated with party lines.

With cable phone service, the party continues

Still have it, but it's been unplugged for close to a year.

I don't even know what my home phone number is

Just part of a bundle package.

Who talks on the phone anymore, really!

With our high speed lives, maybe that decoder ring in a box of Cracker Jack, way back, would have level out the communications thing

Al, I can beat that. I still remember my Grandfather building the outhouse. In a blizzard 25 miles from Muleshoe, it made a lot of difference.

Dave, how about a WIndows 8 update. I've seen a Microsoft TV ad running for a finger swipe login, and my wife makes me change the channel when it comes on because I go off on my rant.

I can just see some corporate tech support guy trying to help an end user login by following this: "OK, first you go to the kitties head on the left, then swipe down to the ceramic bunny. Then, make a circle around the donuts and put a dot in the middle".

Third party software is already out there; Start8, Classic Shell, etc. that reverts the GUI back to a more classic view.

I've "somewhat" learned to use it but I'm more of a utility user than a techie. The finger on the screen deal that I see on TV doesn't work for me and I'm not sure why I would want it anyway. I heard that it is on select models and maybe I didn't get that type. Another guy told me that I have to have a newer monitor.

My VOIP phone isn't working. The instructions say to start with command prompt. I can't find it and need to call for tech support. I probably will or will keep digging.

All in all, I'm using it but certainly not all of it's capabilities.

When I first got it, I had an internet issue and called Charter. They couldn't help since none of them had seen 8. I had to figure that one out myself.

I hope it get's better for you. New OS's just shouldn't reinvent the wheel, they should just make the wheel easier to turn.

I finally decided to get one of the new 27" iMacs when they're announced Friday. It'll run the Apple OS X, and Windows 7 so I don't have replace all my graphics and development software. Plus, I'll free up a lot of real estate around my desk.

Return it, buy a dell online you can get windows 7 on them. That will work for you much better.

In the IT world all large businesses are skipping Windows 8.

Already have a probook, 21" iMac, and a Mac Pro, and I'm happy with all of them.

Dell's, not so much.

Lordy, I feel like a cave man. I have a five year old computer w/windows seven, cheap cell phone, one land line and some how I still manage all of my e-comm sites. I did treat myself to a nice office over looking my pond. I do look forward to the day when the tech world simplifies all the new gadgets (not holding my breath) if that day comes, I will upgrade.

Don't feel like a caveman! Sometimes you just hit that "right" computer, and there's no reason to change. I've got an old home file server that's been rock solid for over ten years. I never saw a reason to update it.

And I still miss my old Nokia 5190 cell phone. It bounced off every curb in 4 counties, and never dropped a call.