windows 8 sucks. Long Live Windows Seven!
also fuck Apple
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[QUOTE=maximizer39v2;39346094]windows 8 sucks. Long Live Windows Seven!
also fuck Apple[/QUOTE]
I really hope you're joking.
Windows 8 is actually amazing, nobody bought it because their first thought is "wtf this is for phones"
It's sexy if you give it a chance, I'm sad that nobody else thinks so
[QUOTE=Carbon123;39346720]Windows 8 is actually amazing, nobody bought it because their first thought is "wtf this is for phones"
It's sexy if you give it a chance, I'm sad that nobody else thinks so[/QUOTE]
I'd give it a chance if i knew how to bloody use the thing
[QUOTE=Dead Madman;39346740]I'd give it a chance if i knew how to bloody use the thing[/QUOTE]
hint: press the windows button on your keyboard. tada! there's everything that would normally be in the start menu. if you want to find something, just start typing.
[QUOTE=Dead Madman;39346740]I'd give it a chance if i knew how to bloody use the thing[/QUOTE]
It took me all of five minutes and like two google searches to figure out how to do what I needed it to do.
Windows 8 is really desktop oriented, if you use the desktop anyways.
Even after buying a touch screen monitor it hasn't changed how I use it at all, only made it faster because of multitasking with my screen and mouse.
It looks touch or phone oriented at first, but really the experience is smooth across the board when you learn to use it.
it's doing poorly because it's an incremental upgrade with an interface that not everyone likes
[QUOTE=Carbon123;39346720]Windows 8 is actually amazing, nobody bought it because their first thought is "wtf this is for phones"
It's sexy if you give it a chance, I'm sad that nobody else thinks so[/QUOTE]
Windows 8 works for me, but doesn't add enough to justify the huge price tag its going to be at post-January.
Also the fact that you can't 'officially' turn Metro off is retarded. I never ended up using it, just booted then clicked the Desktop tile, never to return to Metro.
[QUOTE=Dead Madman;39346740]I'd give it a chance if i knew how to bloody use the thing[/QUOTE]
Its the same exact thing as windows 7, just you have a whole screen start menu. Moving your mouse to the corners of the screen is all you really need to learn.
With the start menu being the only major change that I can see, I do not see how they are going to justify the huge price increase. I would not buy windows 8 if it was more than $100, I just do not see it being worth that much.
but no matter if windows 8 is good or not, nobody ever buys the next fucking windows platform when the one they have is still in perfect working order and is supported with updates constantly
didnt lift windows. no shit. im dumb and i figured that out.
[QUOTE=assassin_Raptor;39346820]Its the same exact thing as windows 7, just you have a whole screen start menu. Moving your mouse to the corners of the screen is all you really need to learn.[/QUOTE]
Except the fullscreen start menu takes up far more space than it needs to, especially if you're being very minimalistic with your programs.
[QUOTE=Coffee;39346862]Except the fullscreen start menu takes up far more space than it needs to, especially if you're being very minimalistic with your programs.[/QUOTE]
If your being minimalistic have everything you use pinned to your start menu, now you have nothing on your desktop. You can use programs to make the start menu look really cool too.
I mean, does it kill you to press the windows key and then click on a program. I did that in windows 7 I am still doing it in windows 8, Major difference is I can see a lot more of my installed programs when I press the windows key.
Wasn't Ballmer going to get kicked out if 8 didn't score big?
Of course Windows 8 isn't a hit. It's got a stupid UI change and there's not much else going for it. The only reason it's selling at all is because it's so sodding cheap, and that's about to go out the window as well. Good or not, some things just aren't broken, and the start menu was one of those things. It just....worked. Worked well, even.
I haven't gone to Windows 8 for three reasons. One: I installed 7 just three months before it launched and reinstalling windows is a fucking pain in the ass. So fuck that shit, I'm staying on seven at minimum as long as this install of it is still serviceable. 2: There's nothing in 8 that makes me say "I must have that on my machine." It's windows 7 with a fancy new UI I'm not all that fond of and a few minor tweaks under the hood I won't even notice. Yawnsville. 3: I simply don't care about having the latest and greatest. If it works I'm happy using it to the end of time...and 7 just works. I have no reason to replace 7.
Gonna have to do way better than a new UI to get me off of 7, microsoft. I don't even care about dropping support, I turn Windows Update off entirely within minutes of installing Windows in the first place. A....50% drop in resource overhead and a 75% drop in harddrive space required to install it? Yeah that'd get me onto the next one. A new UI and some minor tweaks I could do myself if I could be bothered? No thanks come back with something else.
[QUOTE=Foda;39346788]hint: press the windows button on your keyboard. tada! there's everything that would normally be in the start menu. if you want to find something, just start typing.[/QUOTE]
That button is the most annoying motherfucker to ever be put on a keyboard, and pretty much every gamer I know has ripped both of them off. I certainly have. Nothing quite grinds my gears more than going for the crouch button only to stab the windows key, alt-tabbing out of a game that crashes if alt-tabbed, leaving the last 45 minutes of progress lost to the ether because of a stupidly placed shortcut key that few use.
Also, you shouldn't have to 'start typing' to use the start menu. The whole reason it's a menu is so you can just click on what you want. The option to type is nice if you can't find what you want and i use it fairly often(Usually to find control panel stuff that isn't in the CP itself for some reason), but it's not a suitable replacement.
[QUOTE=assassin_Raptor;39346891]If your being minimalistic have everything you use pinned to your start menu, now you have nothing on your desktop. You can use programs to make the start menu look really cool too.
I mean, does it kill you to press the windows key and then click on a program. I did that in windows 7 I am still doing it in windows 8, Major difference is I can see a lot more of my installed programs when I press the windows key.[/QUOTE]
I never use the desktop itself, I have Steam and Chrome on my task bar and a few other programs on my start menu. I've been accessing the start menu via the windows key for years anyway.
I have a 1920x1200 monitor. I use about ~7 programs. When I tried windows 8, it took up a shitload of space and it seemed wasteful and unnecessary.
Is anybody else seeing a pattern on these Microsoft operating systems?
Good:XP
Bad:Vista
Good:7
Bad:8
[QUOTE=marcosppp;39347347]Is anybody else seeing a pattern on these Microsoft operating systems?
Good:XP
Bad:Vista
Good:7
Bad:8[/QUOTE]
No, this is dumb and there's plenty of reasons why this is dumb and the majority of us agree it is dumb (dumb).
Moving on, did nobody read that windows 8 is actually increasing their revenue, they're just dropping in profits because of increased spending on research and development? I feel like every time windows 8 is mentioned facepunch's retard squad that only reads thread titles jumps in. The article says their profits increased 3% to quite a few billions of dollars :v:
good job BBC you worded your title wrong and now everybody's being an idiot
[QUOTE][B]The Windows arm of the firm performed well, with revenues up by a quarter, following the launch of Windows 8.[/B][/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]Much of Microsoft's revenue growth was eaten up by an increase in spending on sales and marketing[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]stronger earnings at the Windows division were partly offset by a decline in sales of the company's Office products.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=marcosppp;39347347]Is anybody else seeing a pattern on these Microsoft operating systems?
Good:XP
Bad:Vista
Good:7
Bad:8[/QUOTE]
It's not that 8 is bad, it's just not very appealing.
[QUOTE=TurbisV2;39347416]It's not that 8 is bad, it's just not very appealing.[/QUOTE]
I would like to try it out as well but the Metro looks retarded and I don't feel like shelling out money when Win7 works perfect.
Gabe Newell.
Why do you always take control of your mind.
You always serve the right point
Windows 8 isn't going to help Microsoft, it's just going to disaster Microsoft
Its worth noting that Windows 8 also has some better compatibility for older software. While desktop composition is now always enabled, there's almost no applications that are incompatible with it anymore. Plus, there's now some nice colour mode compatibility options that eliminates the strange rainbow colour bugs in older games like Diablo and C&C.
All these people bitching about Windows 8 have never used it
It's not that bad. The only annoying part is getting the start button back and that takes like 2 seconds
[QUOTE=Dead Madman;39346740]I'd give it a chance if i knew how to bloody use the thing[/QUOTE]
Are you 60 years old? It takes literally 10 seconds to find it out, especially because it FUCKING TELLS YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO ACCESS THE START MENU
or alternatively, you do what you would likely do anyway, and press the windows key on your comp
[editline]24th January 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=TurbisV2;39347416]It's not that 8 is bad, it's just not very appealing.[/QUOTE]
It being $40 isn't appealing enough for you?
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