sophie
Break My Heart
How many more times are you going to have to say this do you think?
Windows 8
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How many more times are you going to have to say this do you think?
Probably until Win9 comes out with all the same features as Win8.
warpus
Sommerswerd asked me to change this
I like windows 7.
What incentive do I have to upgrade to 8? Honestly curious
What incentive do I have to upgrade to 8? Honestly curious
filli_noctus
Hmmn
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Do you enjoy swearing at your computer? If not, probably none.
Zack
99% hot gas
Any serious responses?
Desktop UI is nicer, task manager is better, file transfers are better, MS account integration is better, multi-monitor support is better, backups are better, startup is faster.
Windows 8 seems slightly faster and perhaps more stable (not 100% sure, as 7 wasn't THAT bad)
It's going to get new technology that won't make it into 7 (e.g. DirectX upgrades)
It's more touchscreen friendly
It's more keyboard friendly (search-based launching/administration has become much better)
It has a whole different ecosystem available (not much of a draw yet but maybe eventually)
However:
Tacky commercialism in spades.
The service integration they're pushing is heavily region locked.
Some interface changes feel clumsy if you want to spend all time in a traditional WIMP desktop.
Desktop is declared legacy, they want people to rely on their own store which gives them more control and a cut.
Most of the downsides I can see are a matter of taste and politics, while the advantages are quite tangible.
It's going to get new technology that won't make it into 7 (e.g. DirectX upgrades)
It's more touchscreen friendly
It's more keyboard friendly (search-based launching/administration has become much better)
It has a whole different ecosystem available (not much of a draw yet but maybe eventually)
However:
Tacky commercialism in spades.
The service integration they're pushing is heavily region locked.
Some interface changes feel clumsy if you want to spend all time in a traditional WIMP desktop.
Desktop is declared legacy, they want people to rely on their own store which gives them more control and a cut.
Most of the downsides I can see are a matter of taste and politics, while the advantages are quite tangible.
So I broke down and added one of those start menu 3rd party add-ons to Windows 8. I now have my start button and menu back and all is well. 
You can make it look like Classic (9x), XP, or Windows 7.
http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/
(cue zelig counter in 3...2...1... which I will pre-counter now just by saying that not everyone uses their computer the same way, and I really do better with a start button.)
You can make it look like Classic (9x), XP, or Windows 7.http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/
(cue zelig counter in 3...2...1... which I will pre-counter now just by saying that not everyone uses their computer the same way, and I really do better with a start button.)
I actually don't have much of a problem with start menu add-ons - I don't think they're particularly useful, but I don't think they're particularly bad either. I find the start menu and start screen to be largely on par for usability with mouse and keyboard.
What I really want is Quicksilver for Windows: http://qsapp.com/about.php
What I really want is Quicksilver for Windows: http://qsapp.com/about.php
stfoskey12
Emperor of Foskania
I tried out Windows 8 on Tuesday, and it's not as bad as I feared. However, going from Metro to the desktop seems pointless if I already click on all my icons on the desktop. Until I actually tested it, though, I thought the desktop had been removed. Some interface things seem confusing, like basic navigation, but that would probably just take some getting used to. The Blue Screen of Death seems a lot nicer, but like it's being explained to an eight-year-old.
Spoiler :
Mr.WorldWide
Smugly Inferior
Admittedly that removes much incentive for me to own a Windows OS, I might as well get a Mac if I wanted to be forced to use their "store".
You realize that by default on Mac OS you can't even install anything not from the store?
Windows is still "click on exe link in browser, click run".
shahidsaif
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I think window 8. thanks
innonimatu
the resident Cassandra
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The Linux and BSD systems are the only free general purpose operating systems. Windows and Mac OS were "kind of free" from the end-user perspective in that the user was treated as an owner of the device. They're now being walled in.
Dump Microsoft. Dump Apple. Use a free system.
Linux desktop is ugly and can't run MS Office.
1) Which easily changeable default look of which of the 200 or so widely available desktops is ugly?
2) Hardly surprising given how MS Office is a study in lock-in. Enough reason to avoid it if at all possible and to send people insisting on the genuine thing files created with DOS-era versions.
2) Hardly surprising given how MS Office is a study in lock-in. Enough reason to avoid it if at all possible and to send people insisting on the genuine thing files created with DOS-era versions.
Yes, Linux desktop is easily changeable. For example (kubuntu), you can remove the task bar in two clicks, I did that recently.
Getting it back however... The best recommendation I could find on the internet was to remove all of my personal Kubuntu settings, so that everything would get back to the default.
Genius design.
Getting it back however... The best recommendation I could find on the internet was to remove all of my personal Kubuntu settings, so that everything would get back to the default.
Genius design.
Mise
isle of lucy
You mean nobody recommended you install Debian?
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