Windows 8

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Anyone using it yet ? or planning too. Was total under impressed with the Microsoft website speel.Even though its really cheap compared to their past releases. I would say i would be less likely to change to it.


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[Squeak 17]

Hit up Amazon, I guarantee she has been using it.
Im still on XP

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Hit up Amazon, I guarantee she has been using it.
Im still on XP

Been using it for over a year and a half thru various builds.

I have 3 of the release versions on the way to replace all the beta and eval versions I have that are pre Build 8400.


I like it its a progression.
IE 10 is cool...

With that said.. I don't know nuffin bout com putters.

( that keeps the free work down to a minimum)

[Maksimsf 0]

One of the Eval versions turned me away. I will stick to the 7 and Ubuntu for a couple of years. I learned hard way since '95 not to jump on Microsoft products right after their release. Win 8 SP3 - may be :)

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One of the Eval versions turned me away. I will stick to the 7 and Ubuntu for a couple of years. I learned hard way since '95 not to jump on Microsoft products right after their release. Win 8 SP3 - may be :)

That's funni... I have lived in the land of alpha, beta and dogfooding MS products for so long.. its just first nature to figure out how it all works.

[Arvoitus 1]

I upgraded my desktop from Windows 7 to 8 last week simply because it was so cheap to do it.

For the first few minutes I was impressed by the new UI, then it really started to piss me off, since I was so used to using the old Windows style UI with start up menus and what have you. Then after few hours I started to get used to the new look and feel and I'm okay with it now.

It is significantly faster then windows 7 though, my bios start up takes over twice as long to load then it takes for Win8 to load. Also like the new UI look how its more clear and simplified.

The thing that I dislike about it the most is that MS seems to be trying to push people to some sort of online model where they need to have the MS account and everything is located on their cloud servers and soon you'll just rent the SW from MS but I hope its just a bad feeling I'm having.

Overall I don't think there is anything so massive in it that you absolutely have to upgrade right now and if you do prepare to have an adjustment period if you do.

Your rights end where my feelings begin.

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Hit up Amazon, I guarantee she has been using it.
Im still on XP

I have XP and 98 (got some software on that one that costs $20k to upgrade to the newer version).

[Meso 38]

Eh. I looked into Windows 8 this weekend but there are a few things that put me off, one being that it's not really highly supported yet, I generally like to wait a couple of years before moving onto an operating system - just so that all software is compatible.

I like my start button, it's been there for a long time and I'd preferably have it remain there. If I wanted a whole new navigation system and an OS which isn't vastly supported - I'd move to Ubuntu.

Windows 8 is generally created with things like touchscreens in mind, the UI navigation for a regular PC seems to leave something to be desired.


I've been a long time XP user, it was only actually yesterday that I moved to Windows 7 since I needed a 64bit operating system to run my 8GB of ram. And the transition so far really hasn't been as bad as I was expecting, it seems if one has high specs - Windows 7 is quite delightful (after turning UAC off). I'm quite impressed with 7 and I would likely be waiting until 9 potentially before moving on from it... If at all... May just hang on to it like I did with XP.

[Amazon 7]

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Hit up Amazon, I guarantee she has been using it.
Im still on XP

I have XP and 98 (got some software on that one that costs $20k to upgrade to the newer version).

You could always try an upgrade to Windows Millennium on that WIN98 Machine

I think I have an old IBM AT out in the garage somewhere... it has Windows 286 on it.

[theonlyski 8]

I bought it over the weekend at CompUSA and actually brought it to work with me to upgrade my laptop from 64bit 7 Ultimate to 64bit 8 Pro.

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[theonlyski 8]

Well, I've lost Virtual PC and the new Hyper-V isn't supporting my processor.

Other than that, very fast booting (running from SSD) and everything does seem to feel a bit quicker so far.

Not much of a fan of the new UI though.

"I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly
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I upgraded my desktop from Windows 7 to 8 last week simply because it was so cheap to do it.

For the first few minutes I was impressed by the new UI, then it really started to piss me off, since I was so used to using the old Windows style UI with start up menus and what have you. Then after few hours I started to get used to the new look and feel and I'm okay with it now.

It is significantly faster then windows 7 though, my bios start up takes over twice as long to load then it takes for Win8 to load. Also like the new UI look how its more clear and simplified.

The thing that I dislike about it the most is that MS seems to be trying to push people to some sort of online model where they need to have the MS account and everything is located on their cloud servers and soon you'll just rent the SW from MS but I hope its just a bad feeling I'm having.

Overall I don't think there is anything so massive in it that you absolutely have to upgrade right now and if you do prepare to have an adjustment period if you do.

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Ive tested several release candidate versions and honestly I dont like it that much. Yes its vastly cheaper but its designed for tablets. Finding the applet similar to the control panel is difficult and I'll just stay with my current version of Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit edition.


One more thing to add...its boots fast...but my windows 7 build is lightning fast as well. Of course I've got two 120 GB SSD's running in RAID 0.

[pincheck 0]

Yes squeak your not the only one still on XP

Amazon i still have my windows Millennium disc never had a problem with it after clean install Honest

funnily enough i have Vista on my laptop and never had a problem with it which is surprising the other has XP as well.

will probably Built my next desktop for Win 7.

I like my start button too just not the crashes

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[theonlyski 8]

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I like my start button too just not the crashes

For what it's worth, there is a program that will put the start button UI back, will do conventional, XP or Vista/7 styles.

Works fine so far.

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Yes squeak your not the only one still on XP

Amazon i still have my windows Millennium disc never had a problem with it after clean install Honest

funnily enough i have Vista on my laptop and never had a problem with it which is surprising the other has XP as well.

will probably Built my next desktop for Win 7.

I like my start button too just not the crashes

I never had the issues that so many people say they have with XP or Vista or Millennium.. then again.. I stay off WaR3Z sites and porn sites. Others around here.. not so much

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I like my start button too just not the crashes

For what it's worth, there is a program that will put the start button UI back, will do conventional, XP or Vista/7 styles.

Works fine so far.

Go bump the corners and sides of your monitor with your rodent... amazing what might pop up for ya

[popsjumper 2]

What's all this windows crap?

GO DOS!!!!



Vista was a joke played on all users and MS people are still laughing.

Somebody tell me how to dump VistaBitch and go back to XP which I never had a single problem with.

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
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What's all this windows crap?

GO DOS!!!!



Vista was a joke played on all users and MS people are still laughing.

Somebody tell me how to dump VistaBitch and go back to XP which I never had a single problem with.

What's it worth to you.. I think I have a couple XP packages around here somewhere

[popsjumper 2]

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What's all this windows crap?

GO DOS!!!!



Vista was a joke played on all users and MS people are still laughing.

Somebody tell me how to dump VistaBitch and go back to XP which I never had a single problem with.

What's it worth to you.. I think I have a couple XP packages around here somewhere

Worth saving many, many grey hairs.

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239

[regulator 0]

how many do you have left?

[theonlyski 8]

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Worth saving many, many grey hairs.

Many grey hairs? You have grey hair??

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I like my start button too just not the crashes

For what it's worth, there is a program that will put the start button UI back, will do conventional, XP or Vista/7 styles.

Works fine so far.

Cough..............who goes to those types of sites

my desktops running sp pro service pack 3 but seen that they will be pulling support in 2 years which is why i was looking around

Pops.........Msdos that's kind of new when i did field service, i hated the stuff and concurrent Dos as well was so much easier working on Pick but i am lazy then we started migrating to the companies own version of Unix that's was a hoot

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[theonlyski 8]

Why don't ya just run Ubuntu?

Works great, have it as a server in my media center, never has any problems that I didn't cause.

"I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly
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Why don't ya just run Ubuntu?

Works great, have it as a server in my media center, never has any problems that I didn't cause.

yeh once i build the new one i might just do that as i had
a back up already sitting doing nothing except do emergency work on

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What's all this windows crap?

GO DOS!!!!



Vista was a joke played on all users and MS people are still laughing.

Somebody tell me how to dump VistaBitch and go back to XP which I never had a single problem with.

I've still got piece of crap Vista on my laptop, which I'm suddenly finding myself using all the time for homework. I'd upgrade to Windows 7, like I have on my desktop, but I think I'd end up missing out on some functionality (Sony FW-190 with somewhat unique screen, sony-built card reader, and R/W Blu-Ray with Vegas Pro). I've seen some reviews of Windows 8, and don't see any reason to buy it when the Windows 7 on my desktop does everything I want it to. When that changes, I'll change.

Blues,
Dave

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