Windows 8

[Vaya]

Been using it for a couple of days, its GUI is completely different from W7, the corners options and switching is very handy though.
here are some screenshots of my windows 8, it's the leaked pro RTM version.



the new start menu


messaging app, quite useful..


app store with the windows side panel


a mini version of control panel


the desktop and system settings showing windows version/info

So, anyone else has tried it out yet?

[Strwarrior]

E g y p t ?

ontopic:
Looks amazing

[Vaya]

Yesh!

[poehalcho]

I wish this was reddit so I could report every post that's positive about w8...

I have never wanted MS to burn as much as I do when I think about w8. worst Farking decision ever. Phone OS on a PC are you shitting me??

[omier]

The last screen is the only one I understand. Otherwise I'm completely lost.

[Gaigemasta]

I tried the developer/consumer preview but it was too buggy for me to enjoy

I just installed Windows 8 Enterprise last night and it works like a charm. The issue is though is that I had a hard time learning the shortcuts to use it since my laptop isn't a tablet -_-. One thing I've always dreamed of is integration with my devices and I have a Windows 7.5 device (with a slight 7.8 tile screen from the deepshining custom rom,) my laptop, and Xbox 360 and now they all have connection with each other seamlessly. I've also been a big fan of simplistic art and styles and I'm glad it's finally being pushed with Microsoft, Google, and Steam. Windows 8 internally is much better and typically faster than Windows 7 BUT the UI still has some work if it wants to be used for non-touch desktops/laptops but it has gotten better since the previews.

[chrisorg]

Just installed Windows 8 Pro myself, our school offers it for free so I thought why not... Kinda enjoying it

[I Am Vegeta]

is that a tablet? o_O

[*BlackFox]

Meh.. I'm not impressed!

[CrimsonNuker]

Would be cool, IF EVERY COMPUTER HAD A TOUCH SCREEN.

Seriously though, that interface, DO NOT WANT.

[BuDo]

The reviews that I am seeing and hearing about windows 8 is that it is visually appealing but not very intuitive like previous versions of windows.

[Skyve]

The low-res icons kind of breaks the modern/edgy look they're going for.

[TheDrop]

Looks very nice but kinda sucks having to scroll your mouse across the whole screens (i'd guess)

[Razorhead]

Windows 8 sucks PERIOD

NO START button, windows start button is the only button every pc users knows...
It has been with is since windows 95
This OS was made for mobile devices and will probably be great on them
But on pc's, NO

Skip it like Vista

Explorer.exe = app
When u start a program (displayed as an "app" at the Metro GUI), first the explorer-app gets
started and then the actual program starts...
It's plain stupid

Removing start button was the worst decision ever.

It works/loads fast, but it's far from user friendly
I hate the day w7 will not be available anymore for sale and people will be forced to buy w8

[BuDo]

^
A lot of what I am hearing plus a whole lot more complaints about how un-inituitive it is..

[heroo]

windows 98 = good

windows ME = fail

Windows XP = good

Windows Vista = fail

Windows 7 = good


I think I'll stay with windows 7 a little longer and wait for windows 9

[omier]

It's good that I got my laptop during the Windows 7 era and not the Vista era, otherwise I would have to buy Windows 7 before they stop selling them and wait for Windows 9.

[Skyve]

It's good that I got my laptop during the Windows 7 era and not the Vista era, otherwise I would have to buy Windows 7 before they stop selling them and wait for Windows 9.

[Mirosuke]

windows 98 = good

windows ME = fail

Windows XP = good

Windows Vista = fail

Windows 7 = good


I think I'll stay with windows 7 a little longer and wait for windows 9

Super thumbs up. That explains why W8 might probably fail.

[CrimsonNuker]

windows 98 = good

windows ME = fail

Windows XP = good

Windows Vista = fail

Windows 7 = good


I think I'll stay with windows 7 a little longer and wait for windows 9

Super thumbs up. That explains why W8 might probably fail.

I was going to say that too, but I didn't know the order

[Mirosuke]

^lol, *pat pat*

[DarkJackal]

Im still on XP ¬.¬.

[Vaya]

You guys didn't even try it, don't follow what "they" say, vista failed because it was resources intensive, windows 8 has better performance than windows 7, so the performance part is a plus.
the boot time comparison:

overall speed:


And for the UI you can customize it already to get the windows 7 look back, here.. http://www.stardock.com/products/start8/
with a start button you don't need to enter the metro style mode at all, tada!

[Razorhead]

You guys didn't even try it, don't follow what "they" say, vista failed because it was resources intensive, windows 8 has better performance than windows 7, so the performance part is a plus.
the boot time comparison:

overall speed:


And for the UI you can customize it already to get the windows 7 look back, here.. http://www.stardock.com/products/start8/
with a start button you don't need to enter the metro style mode at all, tada!

The biggest profit comes from the startup time, for the rest it isn't much of a big difference
boot 25 seconds faster, waste 30 seconds on finding the thing u want to open...

And it shouldn't be the customer's task to find/install software to make the OS more userfriendly
Seriously, when u ask somebody about stardock; how many will say: "what's that?"

If they could make a windows OS without the BSOD's I would buy it in a heartbeat; or an OS where the BSOD's/errors aren't so vague...

[Gaigemasta]

You guys didn't even try it, don't follow what "they" say, vista failed because it was resources intensive, windows 8 has better performance than windows 7, so the performance part is a plus.
the boot time comparison:

overall speed:


And for the UI you can customize it already to get the windows 7 look back, here.. http://www.stardock.com/products/start8/
with a start button you don't need to enter the metro style mode at all, tada!

The biggest profit comes from the startup time, for the rest it isn't much of a big difference
boot 25 seconds faster, waste 30 seconds on finding the thing u want to open...

And it shouldn't be the customer's task to find/install software to make the OS more userfriendly
Seriously, when u ask somebody about stardock; how many will say: "what's that?"

If they could make a windows OS without the BSOD's I would buy it in a heartbeat; or an OS where the BSOD's/errors aren't so vague...

Like I tell everyone, if you have ever had issues with BSOD and not know why, then you should become a mac user

[poehalcho]

You guys didn't even try it, don't follow what "they" say, vista failed because it was resources intensive, windows 8 has better performance than windows 7, so the performance part is a plus.
the boot time comparison:

overall speed:


And for the UI you can customize it already to get the windows 7 look back, here.. http://www.stardock.com/products/start8/
with a start button you don't need to enter the metro style mode at all, tada!

The biggest profit comes from the startup time, for the rest it isn't much of a big difference
boot 25 seconds faster, waste 30 seconds on finding the thing u want to open...

And it shouldn't be the customer's task to find/install software to make the OS more userfriendly
Seriously, when u ask somebody about stardock; how many will say: "what's that?"

If they could make a windows OS without the BSOD's I would buy it in a heartbeat; or an OS where the BSOD's/errors aren't so vague...

Like I tell everyone, if you have ever had issues with BSOD and not know why, then you should become a mac user

Come on Gaige. Don't joke like that, it's bad for my heart.

[Razorhead]

You guys didn't even try it, don't follow what "they" say, vista failed because it was resources intensive, windows 8 has better performance than windows 7, so the performance part is a plus.
the boot time comparison:

overall speed:


And for the UI you can customize it already to get the windows 7 look back, here.. http://www.stardock.com/products/start8/
with a start button you don't need to enter the metro style mode at all, tada!

The biggest profit comes from the startup time, for the rest it isn't much of a big difference
boot 25 seconds faster, waste 30 seconds on finding the thing u want to open...

And it shouldn't be the customer's task to find/install software to make the OS more userfriendly
Seriously, when u ask somebody about stardock; how many will say: "what's that?"

If they could make a windows OS without the BSOD's I would buy it in a heartbeat; or an OS where the BSOD's/errors aren't so vague...

Like I tell everyone, if you have ever had issues with BSOD and not know why, then you should become a mac user

Ow u had bluescreen, better buy mac
...
The errors/errorcodes haven't changed since windows 95?
There should be a better indicator as to why Windows gives BSOD
especially if they are hard to replicate...
Stresstesting a pc for a week to replicate a BSOD the client "often" gets, yeah fun times
Reading the dumpfiles sometimes narrows it down but not often

0x7e gl hf with this
have had a few of them in the last weeks, everytime something different that was "broken"
and only 1 with a sysfile that crashed

[Gaigemasta]

If you have problems with BSOD constantly and cannot figure it out then yes you should become a mac user. I've had plenty of BSODs, mainly due to hardware malfunctions and driver errors. People bitch about getting BSODs all the time. I get all my information from the dump and it's pretty informative..if you know what you're doing. I rarely get the BSOD because I don't install shit drivers and install incompatible or ruined hardware. Every OS has an error handler with error dumping, but Windows BSOD is just notorious.

[BuDo]

I've been a windows user forever not because I'm impressed with windows but merely because I felt trapped since most programs I used were only found on windows...I'm about to jump ship and start using a mac since I am impressed with their user friendly features....I've always like mac and now that lots more programs are available on them it makes my decision a lot easier..

[omier]

I very rarely get any BSOD, got them a lot on my old pc though. BSOD are not a concern for me, but there are some things about Windows 7 that are in essence, pretty straight forward, but I have to go through a lot of shit to do them.
Regardless, I would never use Mac. Only used it several times.