[QUOTE=Zedicus Mann;34992286]So what ever happened to being able to play Xbox games on our PCs? Did that fall through?[/QUOTE]
It was never going to happen and was merely a rumour sparked by a technically illiterate journalist. We can't emulate PPC that well yet, let alone the exact hardware of a 360.
[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;34989179]Don't you lose out on stuff like aero peek and such? And if you have a half-way decent computer, you'll see no performance difference.[/QUOTE]
Yes, but frankly I find aero peek annoying. I miss out on window previews on the superbar but that's about all I miss and I can live without them. And my laptop is not halfway decent. It sucks.
[QUOTE=werewolf0020;34994050]IS the customer review stable enough to keep as main os?[/QUOTE]
I'm still using the developer preview, it's pretty stable apart from the rare point where explorer.exe will automatically restart (just see the start menu disappear then reload)
So, I'm getting pissed off. I've tried two different USB drives and neither of them will take the OS so I can install it on another partition.
My computer won't even format one of the drives, and it almost broke the other one.
Anyone else had this problem?
[IMG]http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/963/bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbba.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=somescripter;34990044]I doubt there'll even be a "Desktop" mode in Windows 9. I think they're gonna phase it out.[/QUOTE]
everything you do/say is awful
I hate windows, apple, valve etc... They are all a bunch of dreamers who turned into to sell out assholes and have built houses of shit on what was a sturdy foundation, My friend home made operating system, the one I am using currently, is better then windows seven or the new macs, n anybody who knows how to program knows that these products are less than satifactory and take all of three seconds to make the 'tweaks' that they have been doing for the past ten years, then they put a $500 price tag on something that can reach my 8gb of ram capacity, It is sickening and I hope at least some of you are smart enough to agree.
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[QUOTE=Abscond;34997834]I hate windows, apple, valve etc... They are all a bunch of dreamers who turned into to sell out assholes and have built houses of shit on what was a sturdy foundation, My friend home made operating system, the one I am using currently, is better then windows seven or the new macs, n anybody who knows how to program knows that these products are less than satifactory and take all of three seconds to make the 'tweaks' that they have been doing for the past ten years, then they put a $500 price tag on something that can reach my 8gb of ram capacity, It is sickening and I hope at least some of you are smart enough to agree.[/QUOTE]
Can't tell if the fact the forums say you're on vista is part of the troll...
[QUOTE=Abscond;34997834]I hate windows, apple, valve etc... They are all a bunch of dreamers who turned into to sell out assholes and have built houses of shit on what was a sturdy foundation, My friend home made operating system, the one I am using currently, is better then windows seven or the new macs, n anybody who knows how to program knows that these products are less than satifactory and take all of three seconds to make the 'tweaks' that they have been doing for the past ten years, then they put a $500 price tag on something that can reach my 8gb of ram capacity, It is sickening and I hope at least some of you are smart enough to agree.[/QUOTE]
yeah your "Super epic own operative system wich beats windows and all the OS!!!"
Ok, so it suddenly started working... Should I be worried that I won't be able to put the OS in the partition?
[QUOTE=sdwise;34998001]Ok, so it suddenly started working... Should I be worried that I won't be able to put the OS in the partition?[/QUOTE]
In what partition? More details please.
[QUOTE=Abscond;34997834]I hate windows, apple, valve etc... They are all a bunch of dreamers who turned into to sell out assholes and have built houses of shit on what was a sturdy foundation, My friend home made operating system, the one I am using currently, is better then windows seven or the new macs, n anybody who knows how to program knows that these products are less than satifactory and take all of three seconds to make the 'tweaks' that they have been doing for the past ten years, then they put a $500 price tag on something that can reach my 8gb of ram capacity, It is sickening and I hope at least some of you are smart enough to agree.[/QUOTE]
Your friend made Vista?
I didn't know you knew Jim Allchin. Neat.
[QUOTE=RautaPalli;34998021]In what partition? More details please.[/QUOTE]
Oh yeah, new page. Sorry. I'm gonna dual boot 7 and 8 and I'm using a partition on my hard drive.
[QUOTE=Dotmister;34993938]Metro IE doesn't support extensions, so no.[/QUOTE]
If there's one thing I've learned about Computer Engineering, programming and Google, it's that the impossible is possible.
So I just installed W8.
I figured out how to move icons and pin icons and unpin, but how do I change colors of the icon?
Both my steam and firefox icons are this really lame grey...
[QUOTE=sdwise;34998039]Oh yeah, new page. Sorry. I'm gonna dual boot 7 and 8 and I'm using a partition on my hard drive.[/QUOTE]
There's no reason at all for why you couldn't put it in the new partition, if that's what you mean. You don't even need a partition, just having unallocated space is enough. The installer creates the partition for you in that case.
Make sure that you select the new partition though, if you install it on the old one by accident there is no going back.
[editline]5th March 2012[/editline]
Is there any way to display metro apps on a second monitor? I'd like to have the music app in the small mode on my second monitor.
[QUOTE=RautaPalli;34998468]There's no reason at all for why you couldn't put it in the new partition, if that's what you mean. You don't even need a partition, just having unallocated space is enough. The installer creates the partition for you in that case.
Make sure that you select the new partition though, if you install it on the old one by accident there is no going back.
[editline]5th March 2012[/editline]
Is there any way to display metro apps on a second monitor? I'd like to have the music app in the small mode on my second monitor.[/QUOTE]
It's all good. And I had no unallocated space. It was all put with C:
[editline]4th March 2012[/editline]
By the way, posting this shit from Windows 8.
First things I notice:
How the fuck do you navigate to anything worth a damn in this OS?
The metro is jinky as shit with my touchscreen. Shifts about a half an inch back and forth when I hold my finger still on the screen. Worse in other apps.
More to come.
[editline]4th March 2012[/editline]
Thought the Xbox Companion was the coolest fucking thing when I made my Xbox go to netflix… Then disappointment when I found out I can't do shit all else.
Also, I can use the touch screen to navigate (even though it's jinky as hell) but I can't use the hot corners because the frame around my screen won't let the tip of my finger reach the corner... Also disappointing.
[editline]4th March 2012[/editline]
Why the hell is the Xbox Games a separate app from the Xbox Companion? That's just odd. They should be integrated into a single Xbox app.
[editline]4th March 2012[/editline]
Why doesn't the IE app open the IE I have running in desktop mode? It opens a completely different one.
[editline]4th March 2012[/editline]
That's all for now. I'll mess around with it more tomorrow.
[QUOTE=RaDiVaX;34944188][IMG]http://puu.sh/j1aA[/IMG]
Ugh, it seems like it's a bug if you upgrade from Win7.
[url]http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/727351/cant-agree-with-developer-license-in-visual-studio-11-beta[/url][/QUOTE]
I was told you can't upgrade...
Windows 8 fucking deleted the 7 partition and I ran it on a different one with my dad's computer
anyway he told me his thoughts and it made me realize something that the older generation of people (50's+) will have a hard time learning this, we may like the design and shit but for people like my Dad who hate new things it will be a heartattack. He basically hates how the start area by default is so noisy and polluted with things you don't need, you need to enter a password everytime you enter (I disabled this for him in group policies) and how the mail is set up for keyboard+mouse users.
Microsoft should probably get some older play testers not the young generation.
[QUOTE=Canary;35003915]I was told you can't upgrade...[/QUOTE]
It breaks everything if you try.
[editline]5th March 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;35004057]Windows 8 fucking deleted the 7 partition and I ran it on a different one with my dad's computer
anyway he told me his thoughts and it made me realize something that the older generation of people (50's+) will have a hard time learning this, we may like the design and shit but for people like my Dad who hate new things it will be a heartattack. He basically hates how the start area by default is so noisy and polluted with things you don't need, you need to enter a password everytime you enter (I disabled this for him in group policies) and how the mail is set up for keyboard+mouse users.
Microsoft should probably get some older play testers not the young generation.[/QUOTE]
How did you try to install it?
Could Windows 8 be tricked into upgrading from Developer Preview by booting to the Consumer Preview DVD, and performing a "Refresh My PC"?
uh no i really doubt the mechanisms for factory reset and reset to factory defaults are the same
I don't understand why everyone hates the metro startmenu. I think it's easier to hit the winkey and click on the app icon instead searching through the programs tree. (yeah I know you can use shortcuts too but still)
[QUOTE=Techbot;35008991]I don't understand why everyone hates the metro startmenu. I think it's easier to hit the winkey and click on the app icon instead searching through the programs tree. (yeah I know you can use shortcuts too but still)[/QUOTE]
You prefer this over collapsible folders?
[t]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14597902/Screenshot.png[/t]
And this is just with 6 programs installed. I don't even want to imagine how hard it will be to find anything there after a while when you have more stuff on your computer.
lmao navigating the start menu has always been a pain in the ass. searching is way better whether it's metro or not
[QUOTE=RautaPalli;35009317]You prefer this over collapsed folders?
[t]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14597902/Screenshot.png[/t]
And this is just with 6 programs installed. I don't even want to imagine how hard it will be to find anything there after a while when you have more stuff on your computer.[/QUOTE]
Most of that is a bunch of Codec bullshit that shouldn't be in the Start Menu anyway. Would it kill them to have one configuration tool?
[QUOTE=Zanfall;35009422]Most of that is a bunch of Codec bullshit that shouldn't be in the Start Menu anyway. Would it kill them to have one configuration tool?[/QUOTE]
And all of that "codec bullshit" would be under a single folder in the old start menu. Which is the point I'm making, most programs add multiple different shortcuts into the start menu. It will be terrible to look at in metro after a while.
[QUOTE=RautaPalli;35009460]And all of that "codec bullshit" would be under a single folder in the old start menu. Which is the point I'm making, most programs add multiple different shortcuts into the start menu. It will be terrible to look at in metro after a while.[/QUOTE]
Right click, remove from start menu.
[QUOTE=SynisterSilen;35009516]Right click, remove from start menu.[/QUOTE]
Can't do that in the apps menu. I could find the start menu folder and remove them manually, but how am I going to find that program later then? I doubt it's indexed from anywhere else, so I'd have to find the .exe myself to start the program.
They need Start Menu, MetroUI, and Desktop mode all somehow.
They should've added tablet features instead of replacing desktop ones with them
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