Ordered windows 8 today, who it using it and is it any good? I hear there are a huge number of differences to the windows we know and love.
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the way i have seen it / heard it described its like 2 diffrent operating systems with many bugs
compared to what,W7?
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yup currently on 7
its not very different in many ways,but some will throw you
the new start page is probably the biggest change
just install it and see how you go
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It came, its installed....
someone stole my start button
someone stole my start button
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It came, its installed....
someone stole my start button
give it time
get used to the sidebar menus
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I gave it 2 months and without a touch screen I hate them. With a touch screen however is a different story :slayer:.
Windows 9 will be better. May even be free (but only as in "free beer").
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I don't think it's going to be quite as large scale as Vista but I think they may make changes to it in the coming months especially for corporate environments.
I really don't see any of my customers investing in touch screens to get the best use out of it.
I really don't see any of my customers investing in touch screens to get the best use out of it.
I've used it and liked it. it will take getting used to but I saw no issues with it, didn't come across any bugs either.
It will be great for my home theater PC, the start screen will be very useful. It will almost make it like an xbox. Boot up, big panel for netflix, big panel for videos, will be very handy
It will be great for my home theater PC, the start screen will be very useful. It will almost make it like an xbox. Boot up, big panel for netflix, big panel for videos, will be very handy
Ive had issues
my windows store simply stopped working
a common issue of thinking it has no network access
took ages to fix
had a couple of issues with the PC locking up
it also seems more RAM hungry vs W7
admittedly I do only run 4GB,so I need to add more
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I have no issues with 4GB ram but then again I'm always in desktop mode rather than using the Metro Desktop and Apps (well the weather one now and again).
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I have the pro version, what ever that means. Its ok on a touch screen PC but its a waste of time on anything else IMO.
Saying that most of my Metro Apps now do this:-
Just annoying to be honest. And what if you are the system administrator :chin:
I also don't see any home users having a system administrator :bang:
tried the app tool?
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=268423
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Well after a few weeks i can officially conclude windows 8 is and absolute ****ing load of ********ing **** crap****, which has made my laptop totally unusable.
The biggest problem seems to be something going on behind the scenes, something Microsoft don't want to deal with or admit.
Ever since I installed it in task manager the hard drive has basically been thrashed at a constant 100% use meaning opening the simplest of apps that requires any use of the hard drive sees the whole computer grind to a halt while it waits for some unknown process to finish and allow enough access for the app to execute.
I spent the afternoon on the phone to Microsoft tech support who say this is 3rd party services, however since doing a complete restore of windows it is evident that with no other software installed this problem still persists.
I've reached the end of my tether with it, am now trying to find a way to return it to windows 7 which is apparently just as impossible as fixing the fault.
Thank load for our Mac which as kept me sane with access to enable online research and FF access
The biggest problem seems to be something going on behind the scenes, something Microsoft don't want to deal with or admit.
Ever since I installed it in task manager the hard drive has basically been thrashed at a constant 100% use meaning opening the simplest of apps that requires any use of the hard drive sees the whole computer grind to a halt while it waits for some unknown process to finish and allow enough access for the app to execute.
I spent the afternoon on the phone to Microsoft tech support who say this is 3rd party services, however since doing a complete restore of windows it is evident that with no other software installed this problem still persists.
I've reached the end of my tether with it, am now trying to find a way to return it to windows 7 which is apparently just as impossible as fixing the fault.
Thank load for our Mac which as kept me sane with access to enable online research and FF access
Not heard of that one - are you sure all your hardware is Windows 8 compatible?
I've had Windows 8 for a while, now Windows 2012 - now that is strange!
I've had Windows 8 for a while, now Windows 2012 - now that is strange!
