Anyone using Windows 8?
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- ArmandoEstrada0
I have the beta running. Besides the tile screen home thing, looks just like other versions of windows. Not saying its a bad thing, but the whole tile things feels like gimmick. Moving from the tiles to the desktop feels like two different OS'es.
As a Mac user, please tell me what other features make this better other than the whole tile thin.
- vaxorcist0
@ArmandoEstrada not sure about better, except to see if it's faster...
Question, did you have any compatablity issues with recent Adobe Suite apps? or any other apps?
- Only use OSX I use windows for testing. Just curious whats new aside from tiles.ArmandoEstrada
- trooperbill0
got my copy i the post... deciding whether to do a fresh install or install over windows 7... installed over win 7 at work... seems fine
- youngdesigner0
Worth upgrading or not? Where can I get a copy??
- i_was0
it's looks good so it might taste good.
- inteliboy0
If Apple released a new OS that simply was a skin that sat on top of the normal everyday finder - they'd be burnt at the stake by nerds on the internet.
- vaxorcist0
yes.. the idea of a beautiful skin over a kludgey older interface, that sounds like a lot of Linux distro's....
- d_rek0
I played around with the new Metro UI at a store this weekend. I was pleasantly suprised by the new UI... it's quick, responsive and aesthetically pleasing (subjective, i know). Is the end all be all? I dunno, hard for me to say just from quicky demo... but my first impression is that it's a step in the right direction.
- 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
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- where have you been?
- sine0
didn't know they had a trial version available. at the moment i mostly use autodesk software and access/sql (and some indesign, etc).
will install monday.
- 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.
- kalkal0
I've been using RTM for a while. It works just fine. Is it worth the upgrade for a designer/developer?
I would argue that there's nothing that specifically makes it worth it but it's nice.
I haven't had any issues with lightroom or photoshop.
- kalkal0
Oh actually, if you have a multi-monitor setup, I would say that'd be useful for designers because app management between screens is much improved.
- 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.