• Windows 8
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[QUOTE=Foxconn;35288359]Windows 3.11 - Good. Windows 95 - Shit. Windows 98 - Good. Windows Me - Shit. Windows XP - Good. Windows Vista - Shit. Windows 7 - Good. Windows 8 - [img]http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/t/trollface.png[/img][/QUOTE] This chart is 100% accurate. Windows 3.1 was amazing at the time. It played all my DOS games perfectly. Win 95 was radically different than 3.1, and the change felt nice. The start menu and taskbar were welcomed and very useful. :) Win 98 was alright, but didn't get good and fast until Win98 SE. Win ME was like the worst parts of 98 and 2000 mashed together, and BSoD left and right for me. Win XP is good and solid, but now feels a bit featureless and archaic, and having to install 50 million post-SP3 Windows Updates is just not worth my time anymore. I leave this OS for shitbox Pentium 4 systems with less than a gig of ram. And I'm not bandwagoning here, but Vista did nothing but hog my ram, spike my CPU (making it run hot), and thrash my harddrive while it was supposed to be idle, doing nothing. I really hated that about Vista. "Caching" did nothing so speed up my system, it actually slowed it down significantly. Windows 7 solved this for me. I'm in Win 7, and it's by far my favorite Windows version. The compatibility mode works well when I need it, and drivers are abundant. Most Vista drivers run fine when a 7 driver doesn't exist. Win 8 Developer Preview keeps killing itself for me. It also has shit drivers for my wireless card, and having to disable, then re-enable my wireless card after EVERY login is absurd, and will not be tolerated. Win 8 Consumer Preview is questionable, but they both have me coming back to Windows 7 eventually. I hope Metro will be optionable at RC.
[QUOTE=Brock Obama;35289398]This chart is 100% accurate. And I'm not bandwagoning here, but Vista did nothing but hog my ram, spike my CPU (making it run hot), and thrash my harddrive while it was supposed to be idle, doing nothing. I really hated that about Vista. "Caching" did nothing so speed up my system, it actually slowed it down significantly. Windows 7 solved this for me.[/QUOTE] It has nothing to do with the real versions of Windows, though, no matter what you think about Vista. He missed some versions, and many of the versions he did include, wasn't really accepted as "good" until after a lot of updates. Vista is a lot better today than it was at launch.
[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;35289638]It has nothing to do with the real versions of Windows, though, no matter what you think about Vista. He missed some versions, and many of the versions he did include, wasn't really accepted as "good" until after a lot of updates. Vista is a lot better today than it was at launch.[/QUOTE] To be 100% honest with ya, I noticed no improvements in Vista, even with the service packs. Run all the benchmarks you like, but when it comes down to the real-world usage and "feel" of the OS, I noticed no speed increases. And I saw he didn't include 2000, NT 4.0, Windows server, and a few others, but typical users didn't run those versions of Windows at home. They ran those versions in his list.
[QUOTE=Brock Obama;35289679]To be 100% honest with ya, I noticed no improvements in Vista, even with the service packs. Run all the benchmarks you like, but when it comes down to the real-world usage and "feel" of the OS, I noticed no speed increases. And I saw he didn't include 2000, NT 4.0, Windows server, and a few others, but typical users didn't run those versions of Windows at home. They ran those versions in his list.[/QUOTE] That still ruins the "thory", no matter what. I won't really discuss Windows Vista, but saying that everybody thought everything was fine and dandy with the "good" Windows versions is wrong. [url]http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-277211.html[/url] [url]http://www.tweakguides.com/VA_2.html[/url] I don't know how one could possibly support such a theory either way. Why would the half be shit and the other half not? Especially when they could obviously do quality work in-between. XP's reception wasn't great, but Vista sold 20 million licenses in the first month. XP had an enormous amount of time to sell itself, and it did. Not much more to say.
[QUOTE=Foxconn;35288359]Windows 3.11 - Good. Windows 95 - Shit. Windows 98 - Good. Windows Me - Shit. Windows XP - Good. Windows Vista - Shit. Windows 7 - Good. Windows 8 - [img]http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/t/trollface.png[/img][/QUOTE] XP was considered shit until SP1/SP2 interestingly enough Vista had the same problem. Also since ME was actually awful Windows 2000 actually became a popular option for consumers and yet you didn't place it there. Sorry if I broke your overly used and shitty personal opinion "pattern".
Woah, I didn't think people were actually using the pattern as an actual conspiracy theory that Windows releases purposely awful versions every other version. I just thought it was humorous.
Allright. Let's be completely honest about this. You want to hear my personal opinion about Windows 8? There you go. When i was using Ubuntu instead of Windows 7, I have slowly started to miss the games, that I have actually bought and were originally intended to be only on Windows. I didn't bother using Wine or VMWare, because opening up the wrong .exe file will screw up my Linux absolutely. I've tried to hush my game hunger with Cube 2: Sauerbraten, Red Eclipse, Minecraft, Epic Inventor and Quake 3 Arena, but it wasn't enough. Installing Windows 7 again could not be a problem for me, but I was slowly starting to dislike Microsoft cause of It's monopoly around the world. When I was scrolling up the internet for some free games, I saw someone with a signature saying "Windows Developer Preview". I proceed to think like "what the hell is this". Then i looked at it, and saw something, that was pretty promising and good in my thoughts. I have looked up it's Informations and general discussion stuff, and i was like "OK, fine, let's check this thing out. Maybe finally I'm gonna have a good quality operating system. I have downloaded the 64-bit Developer Version, burned it on a DVD, ran it off, and i was like "Hmmm...expiration date, May 2012. Well, whatever. I won't be using this OS for that long." Then i have installed it and i have enabled dual-booting. English, German (Euro), German (Germany), Agree, New Partition, Format, Install, Restart, Boot, Wait, Configure. My first impressions were unforgettable with this one. The whole Metro UI looks pretty neat and minimalist. Synced it up with my Windows Live account, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Everything was perfect. Then i took a look at these apps. Their Preview looked pretty awesome. When i have enabled the standard desktop mode, there was literally no difference between the 7 and 8. Just absolute tradition and modernity. Tee hee. Internet Explorer 9 is as fast as firefox (I don't want to say that it is IN FACT faster, because it will spark a little shitstorm), installing the latest Avast! on it was pretty easy too, and...THE BLOODIEST F**K IN THE WORLD?! How the hell my goddamn fresh and updated copy of the DevPrev is NOT ABLE to detect my god damn CD DRIVE at all?! Well, let's look it up on the forums. Click, Write, Search, Click, Click, Follow Instructions, for cock's sake, it didn't work. Whatever, maybe installing additional drivers would help. Unofficial drivers for Optiarc AD-7241S for Windows DevPrev. Didn't work. Well, whatever, i still have the Internet and my Ubuntu. So, whatever. Steam, Pidgin, Origin, Quassel, DVDVideoSoft, Emsisoft Emergency Kit, Paint.NET, Blender, Thunderbird, LibreOffice...OK. Now the Nvidia drivers...285.62...Loaded it up, check, check, check, Install. Five minutes later...FAIL! What kind of a god damn unstable operating system is this, when i can't even install the GPU drivers without MAJOR tweaks?! These tweaks got it working, then, DirectX SDK. "DirectX 11 has been installed". Good. Origin, Battlefield 3 - PLAY. Everything was even smoothier than in the Windows 7. Generall happiness caused by having your stuff finally properly configured + extreme graphical orgies with Frostbite 2 = WIN. A quick round of multiplayer was even more awesome. OK, Steam, your turn. Call of Duty: Black Ops. Zombie mode, 52 waves survived with friends. Generall awesomeness. The first impression was absolutely, extremely, deliberately AWFUL, but after getting slowly used to your new OS, it is all OK. But it is a big shame that my DVD still does not work on Windows 8. I, and my illiterate and illegitimate shitpost are awaiting your criticisms.
[QUOTE=Foxconn;35302648]A huge wall of text appeared[/QUOTE] Install Windows Consumer Preview
[QUOTE=Darkwater124;35302802]Install Windows Consumer Preview[/QUOTE] I think i SHOULD. I have never tried that one out.
its not even out yet and you complain about drivers
[QUOTE=Foxconn;35288359]Windows 3.11 - Good. Windows 95 - Shit. Windows 98 - Good. Windows Me - Shit. Windows XP - Good. Windows Vista - Shit. Windows 7 - Good. Windows 8 - [img]http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/t/trollface.png[/img][/QUOTE] what? 98/ME/vista were shit, 95/2000/XP/7 was great [editline]26th March 2012[/editline] Is there nothing really new in GPO manager or am I missing it?
[QUOTE=Foxconn;35302648] Wall of stuff[/QUOTE] So you're saying Windows 8 will be shit because you're encountering bugs and driver problems? That's hardly anything. I agree on one thing, though, IE10 is faster than Firefox. And Chrome.
MS STILL is silent on the complaints? Jesus
[QUOTE=Foxconn;35288612]Of course it was. What you have just said is like saying "My OS, Windows Vista is slowing down my computer and the programs i use, manages itself very badly, does endless tasks on my HDD, is wasting my time by making me click the UAC notifications every time i open up everything and is resource hungry, but i am OK with it".[/QUOTE] Oh look, I got a new generation OS on a computer that's built to run the last generation OS, with shitty drivers and new security features which punishes lazy programmers which got used to shitty security.... Everything is obviously the OS's fault!!!! It didn't help that OEM's tended to slap vista on computers which were never ever meant to run vista. Vista was genuinely good after SP1. Though the more important part was hardware vendors actually releasing important drivers.
Alright guys, I'm sick of pinball for the day... [IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14940709/imgs/My%20pinball%20score%202.png[/IMG] What should I do now?
[QUOTE=LegoGuy;35310304]Alright guys, I'm sick of pinball for the day... [IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14940709/imgs/My%20pinball%20score%202.png[/IMG] What should I do now?[/QUOTE] Purchase a hat.
[QUOTE=LegoGuy;35310304]Alright guys, I'm sick of pinball for the day... [IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14940709/imgs/My%20pinball%20score%202.png[/IMG] What should I do now?[/QUOTE] Play more pinball. At this rate you'll never break the 1,000,000,000 barrier.
Is it already possible to go directly to the desktop instead the metro interface after booting?
Is it really that hard to press the windows key or alt tab?
[QUOTE=FlubberNugget;35315542]Is it really that hard to press the windows key or alt tab?[/QUOTE] YES, it's annoying, hence why he asked for a solution to the problem.
I just tried the Windows key on the Consumer Preview, and it didn't do shit to bring me to the desktop from the Start Screen.
[QUOTE=Brock Obama;35316438]I just tried the Windows key on the Consumer Preview, and it didn't do shit to bring me to the desktop from the Start Screen.[/QUOTE] It should, if your last used "application" is the desktop. It'll bring you back and forth between the start screen and whatever app you used before it.
[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;35316589]It should, if your last used "application" is the desktop. It'll bring you back and forth between the start screen and whatever app you used before it.[/QUOTE] There are no "last used apps" after booting.
Whole lotta reading comprehension going on in the last few posts.
[QUOTE=Brock Obama;35316438]I just tried the Windows key on the Consumer Preview, and it didn't do shit to bring me to the desktop from the Start Screen.[/QUOTE] Win key + D
[QUOTE=Lord_Schrotty;35316633]There are no "last used apps" after booting.[/QUOTE] Just on top of my head, it isn't supposed to go to the desktop when you press the Windows key just after start-up (I'm not near a computer right now, so I can't check either), and it makes sense considering that the desktop application isn't open yet. If this is really the case, i don't see what the problem is. Did he say that he cold booted? I supposed that he simply meant that he was sent to a different application. Edit: Just backtracked a little. I'm on a mobile device, and I'll use that as an excuse. Still, my former statement was in no way wrong, as that is why it doesn't go to the desktop.
[QUOTE=Foxconn;35288612]Of course it was. What you have just said is like saying "My OS, Windows Vista is slowing down my computer and the programs i use, manages itself very badly, does endless tasks on my HDD, is wasting my time by making me click the UAC notifications every time i open up everything and is resource hungry, but i am OK with it".[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Brock Obama;35289679]To be 100% honest with ya, I noticed no improvements in Vista, even with the service packs. Run all the benchmarks you like, but when it comes down to the real-world usage and "feel" of the OS, I noticed no speed increases. And I saw he didn't include 2000, NT 4.0, Windows server, and a few others, but typical users didn't run those versions of Windows at home. They ran those versions in his list.[/QUOTE] People complained about slow downs because they were running 5+ year old computers and never bothered to upgrade. When 7 came out, everyone already upgraded to run Vista so they didn't complain about performance issues. Vista improved so many things that it's not even funny. Wireless support, Memory management, new device driver model, IPv6, complete audio core rewrite; [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_features_new_to_Windows_Vista"]here's[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_and_safety_features_new_to_Windows_Vista"]a list[/URL] of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management_features_new_to_Windows_Vista"]new[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista_I/O_technologies"]features[/URL]. If you're able to understand what's being said in these articles, you'd realize what you're saying is complete nonsense.
when i install window 8 in my current HD that alredy has window 7 it will move all my stuff into a new folder called Window Old? or it will delete EVERY thing?
[QUOTE=werewolf0020;35319463]when i install window 8 in my current HD that alredy has window 7 it will move all my stuff into a new folder called Window Old? or it will delete EVERY thing?[/QUOTE] It moves Users, Program Files and some other folders to C:\Windows.old
[QUOTE=Darkwater124;35319589]It moves Users, Program Files and some other folders to C:\Windows.old[/QUOTE] In my experience it's either pretty much the whole thing, or everything.
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