Anyone using Windows 8?
- Started
- Last post
- 55 Responses
- akrok0
i have test it a bit. but that was on tablet and laptop with touchscreen. worked nice on the sony. so, i like the touch part. the other, not so much.
- sine0
just managed to create a partition. gonna install soon.
hopefully i didn't bugger my boot drive. can't deal with a crash now.- as i understand if you have two OS booting on a system this affects the master boot record, the MBR can sometimes crash.i_was
- it didn't crash, but it did change it to 'dynamic' drives, and windows 8 won't install on it...sine
- don't know how to fix that, but at least my master boot still works and i can use the new partition for data.sine
- animatedgif0
"There is desktop mode if you're not on RT"
Till you click the start menu then you're back in metro land.
- ??? There is no start menu any more.ETM
- none at all, completely removedanimatedgif
- canuck0
Installed so far no issues. Programs seem to be working still. Quite like it actually.
- animatedgif0
^ Couldn't they have redone the fucking icons to match the rest of it?
- Folder icons? Yeah they should redesign those. But they are easily changeable if you really want.benfal99
- Why should I have to do their job for them.
Also I found an old win 95 folder icon while digging aroundanimatedgif
- monospaced0
I dunno. The Windows part still looks clunky to me.
- @benfal's screenshot abovemonospaced
- three navigation rows on the window, it's just not quite elegantmonospaced
- formed0
This looks promising. I am happy that it is only a $40 (or $50?) upgrade over 7. I'll personally wait a bit, but will upgrade.
Also very excited about the possibilities of using a tablet with PS. I wanted a new laptop, but only work remotely here and there.
That said, my new machine (with whatever latest i7 and 32gbs of ram barely feels faster than my last machine when editing the Nikon D800's massive files - I've received 'warnings' that the files exceed the 2gb limit on PSDs numerous times now! But I digress....)
Mostly, W8 is prettier than anything else (iOS has always been horribly ugly, imho)
- inteliboy0
Has anyone addressed the fact that it is just some kind of gimmick that sits above normal windows? Is there some kind of new architecture here? Why does windows look exactly the same? Why not refine the actual OS? Why is it some kind of split down the middle metro vs windows explorer interface?
Yes I could google this shit, but one shouldn't have to. When OS X was launched it was pretty damn clear this was a new generation operating system for Apple.
- where have you been?
OSX is seriously out of date now.fadein11 - he said, when it was released, you fuckassmonospaced
- Info about win 8 architecture is ALL over the net. Google it.ETM
- Security:
http://www.pcmag.com…ETM - Increased performance:
http://www.techspot.…ETM - http://news.cnet.com…ETM
- There I googled some for you since you couldn't.ETM
- :DETM
- To your credit, the Microsoft messaging has been crap.ETM
- yes it's been addressed, it's not true, it's a major overhaul.zarkonite
- > Out of date
> Still most advanced OS on the market
animatedgif
- where have you been?
- nocomply0
I posted some lengthy comments in another Windows 8 thread of you search for it. I've been running the consumer release preview since late July. Haven't tried the final product, but even the preview version has been remarkably stable.
I never use it in Metro mode. I can only see that being useful if I had a tablet or some kind of hybrid machine like the Lenovo Yoga IdeaPad.
- GeorgesII0
windows 8 pro is only $39,
that is pretty cheap for microsoft,
I may buy it for my vaio
will see, will see- Buy it NOW!benfal99
- you're missing a 1 before the 39
http://www.newegg.co…albums
- i_monk0
How are you enjoying the built-in ads?
- animatedgif0
^
Such a fucking joke, then again this is the company that drenches your TV in adverts even when you subscribe to xbox- oh wowmonospaced
- I know. I hate when they try to make you aware of new games, peripherals and movies you may be interested in.ETM
- It's regional though. So some get it worse than others.ETM
- Anyone else noticed these? I haven't.
– ETM1/3
...yet.
– ETM2/3
you mean like the location based ads in ios6 that drain the battery?albums - WHAT
THE
FUCK
?albums - you mean like the location based ads in ios6 that drain the battery?albums
- No. Do you walk around with your Xbox a lot? Regional... by country, or state etc.ETM
- Why would you pay for, or would I want an AT&T ad in Canada or the UK? For example.ETM