stfoskey12
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What do people who have bought Windows 8 think of it? I have heard a lot of negative and some positive reviews, and I am wondering what your opinions are.
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Ahh, good to make a thread on it. It's a big enough thing to warrant it's own thread. I was just coming here to check that.
I'm tempted to upgrade for $40. My windows 7 has problems. For some reason I can't update my windows. Possibly due to a virus of some sort, but my anti virus can't find anything. Other than that, my Windows 7 works fine. But I wouldn't mind faster performance if Windows 8 can give me that.
So my biggest question is can Windows 8 run all the older games? All the reviews don't mention anything about games, and that's all I really care about.
Windows 7 can still run older games like Baldur's Gate 1 (with tutu) and 2 along with Planescape:Torment. Will I be able to run these games in Windows 8? If not, is it possible to run a dual install?
Should I also get a touch screen LCD? I'm worried about the touch screen causing my screen to not be as "sharp", having a piece of glass over the monitor does decrease it's sharpness I notice at work (I use touch screens with my work). I'd be perfectly happy to ditch my mouse (except for games). I just don't want to lose sharpness.
Will Windows 8 make games and other programs faster? I know the boot time is faster, but that doesn't concern me much. Very rarely do I need a fast boot time.
I'm tempted to upgrade for $40. My windows 7 has problems. For some reason I can't update my windows. Possibly due to a virus of some sort, but my anti virus can't find anything. Other than that, my Windows 7 works fine. But I wouldn't mind faster performance if Windows 8 can give me that.
So my biggest question is can Windows 8 run all the older games? All the reviews don't mention anything about games, and that's all I really care about.
Windows 7 can still run older games like Baldur's Gate 1 (with tutu) and 2 along with Planescape:Torment. Will I be able to run these games in Windows 8? If not, is it possible to run a dual install? Should I also get a touch screen LCD? I'm worried about the touch screen causing my screen to not be as "sharp", having a piece of glass over the monitor does decrease it's sharpness I notice at work (I use touch screens with my work). I'd be perfectly happy to ditch my mouse (except for games). I just don't want to lose sharpness.
Will Windows 8 make games and other programs faster? I know the boot time is faster, but that doesn't concern me much. Very rarely do I need a fast boot time.
Heiwod Jablomi
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Why not look at Baldurs Gate: Enhanced Edition? http://www.baldursgate.com/
I'm sure that will work.
I'm sure that will work.
If your Windows 7 can't update, I'd give you fairly good odds on not being able to update to Windows 8.
Almost anything that works in Windows 7 will work fine in Windows 8.
Don't get a touch screen LCD.
Games will perform the same.
Almost anything that works in Windows 7 will work fine in Windows 8.
Don't get a touch screen LCD.
Games will perform the same.
innonimatu
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one word: crap.
I take it you don't like change.
I've had it since release date. Updating my windows 7 HP desktop that is a couple of years old was a nightmare, but updating my 6+ year old laptop that originally came with XP was a breeze. I did the "Blow everything away, repartition, and install" custom installs, so that is what caused the problems with my desktop.
Now that I have been running it for awhile, I am very happy with it. The system, especially on my laptop really seems more zippy and responsive than previously. Sure, there is a learning curve with it, adjusting to the new way of doing things, but hey things change and you have to roll with that.
I've noticed some oddities that I cannot explain, though. THe main one is that the IE that you can start as an app somehow seems to have ads slip past admuncher pro that the IE you can start from you taskbar on your desktop doesn't. I don't quite get that, but oh well. Also, to shutdown your system (hey, I don't care if SOMEONE says I shouldn't shutdown much, if I want to I want to) is stupidly obscure in the steps you have to take to do it. Still, that's just as I said adjusting to the new way of doing things.
Both desktop and laptop, once installs were completed, have been rock solid and just awesome. I do really like some of the metro apps like weather and news.
EDIT: I've just been informed that shutdown is a noun and not a verb. I sincerely apologize to all the English majors out there who freak out when they read that.
Now that I have been running it for awhile, I am very happy with it. The system, especially on my laptop really seems more zippy and responsive than previously. Sure, there is a learning curve with it, adjusting to the new way of doing things, but hey things change and you have to roll with that.
I've noticed some oddities that I cannot explain, though. THe main one is that the IE that you can start as an app somehow seems to have ads slip past admuncher pro that the IE you can start from you taskbar on your desktop doesn't. I don't quite get that, but oh well. Also, to shutdown your system (hey, I don't care if SOMEONE says I shouldn't shutdown much, if I want to I want to) is stupidly obscure in the steps you have to take to do it. Still, that's just as I said adjusting to the new way of doing things.
Both desktop and laptop, once installs were completed, have been rock solid and just awesome. I do really like some of the metro apps like weather and news.
EDIT: I've just been informed that shutdown is a noun and not a verb. I sincerely apologize to all the English majors out there who freak out when they read that.
Grendeldef
Trancerelic & coffeeholic
Are these separate processes and if so, who's the owner of the process ? And further if the separate processes with individual owner are user rights levels the same between owners ?
In case the answer to the 1st question is no this seems more than just weird though I haven't installed a single W8 yet so I might have few surprises ahead of me.
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TomYo689
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Still hate windows 7
Windows RT apps are sandboxed and very resistant to outside tampering.
I hope you're not using XP.
aimeeandbeatles
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I think Windows 7 was a bit overrated. To me it just seems like a fancy UI upgrade of Windows Vista.
TomYo689
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I am passively seeking to trade my windows 7 for an xp
stfoskey12
Emperor of Foskania
But it appears that it is a verb as shut down, and that the issue is more spelling than pronunciation. Of course in informal English it doesn't matter as much. But anyway, are new Windows 8 machines mostly 32-bit or 64-bit?
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Most of them are going to be 64-bit. Even most Windows 7 machines sold recently are 64-bit. I'm sure you'll be able to find 32-bit ones if you hunt for them, but it might be hard to find 32-bit ones that aren't low-end.
I also tend to think of "shut down" as a verb. It's not a thing; it's an action you do in order to cause your coputer to be off. I suppose you could say, "You can't start any programs because the system is in the middle of a shut down," but that's like saying, "He's out of breath because he's in the middle of a run." (And I think the message Windows gives in that situation is, "The window station is shutting down" - definitely a verb) This may be influenced by my perspective as a CS major with some interest in English, however.
We have a high proportion of one-or-two word answers thus far. VRWCAgent wins for most useful post. I'm planning to try out the preview this weekend. Interested to see how it works in practice, as well as figuring out the UI changes so I'm less clueless when I next encounter it.
This may sound dumb, but what's a Surface?
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