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Posted 28 November 2012 - 03:01 PM
Windows XP had a rocky start also. Now it's the gold standard. Vista also was not really loved, but Windows 7 is really good and stable, but a bit of a memory hog.
Windows 8 seems interesting in its preview but It also has memory and stability issues. Also it will take some time for office personnel to get the hang of it. 8.2 should be really good.
Windows 8 seems interesting in its preview but It also has memory and stability issues. Also it will take some time for office personnel to get the hang of it. 8.2 should be really good.
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Posted 28 November 2012 - 03:01 PM
Even with upgrades selling for about 1/3 the normal price of a Windows upgrade, I have a hard time believing that 40 million number unless it includes OEM sales and corporate licenses which, while still money in the bank for Microsoft, may not represent actual installs of Windows 8 (in the case of corporate licenses).
I hope Windows 8 is successful, as the new UI is promising but still needs some serious work to be truly useful, capable and user friendly. I've upgraded a few systems and, by and large, avoid the UI formerly known as Metro because it just doesn't do anything very useful for me.
I hope Windows 8 is successful, as the new UI is promising but still needs some serious work to be truly useful, capable and user friendly. I've upgraded a few systems and, by and large, avoid the UI formerly known as Metro because it just doesn't do anything very useful for me.
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Posted 28 November 2012 - 03:13 PM
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Windows XP had a rocky start also. Now it's the gold standard. Vista also was not really loved, but Windows 7 is really good and stable, but a bit of a memory hog. Windows 8 seems interesting in its preview but It also has memory and stability issues. Also it will take some time for office personnel to get the hang of it. 8.2 should be really good.
Um where do you get your information windows 7 runs very stable but it is not a memory hog. You can run that system on 512mb of ram and be very happy. I've installed windows 7 on a system with 128 and 256mb and it ran fine. It was tricky to install but once It did those system's ran very fast and efficient. It was vista that was the memory hog not windows 7.
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Posted 28 November 2012 - 03:17 PM
Rumor has it that Microsoft has stationed employees around the Internet in forums just like this one to counter "bad press" regarding Windows 8 release. They fired the President of the Windows division at Microsoft just two weeks after the Windows 8 launch for crying out loud! That says it all! IT SUCKS!!
I am a dedicated and long time Windows user and would LOVE to see a SP1 update that LETS ME CHOOSE a Windows 7 style desktop or the cute bubblegum interface. Why force this crap on us?
Give us the choice and things will be much better for all parties involved!
I am a dedicated and long time Windows user and would LOVE to see a SP1 update that LETS ME CHOOSE a Windows 7 style desktop or the cute bubblegum interface. Why force this crap on us?
Give us the choice and things will be much better for all parties involved!
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Posted 28 November 2012 - 03:17 PM
The fact that they have to argue about it tells you everything you need to know.
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Posted 28 November 2012 - 03:19 PM
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Have you tried Windows 8? It's good. Relax.
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Posted 28 November 2012 - 03:21 PM
Windows XP is the gold standard? LMAO
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Posted 28 November 2012 - 03:22 PM
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Even with upgrades selling for about 1/3 the normal price of a Windows upgrade, I have a hard time believing that 40 million number unless it includes OEM sales and corporate licenses which, while still money in the bank for Microsoft, may not represent actual installs of Windows 8 (in the case of corporate licenses). I hope Windows 8 is successful, as the new UI is promising but still needs some serious work to be truly useful, capable and user friendly. I've upgraded a few systems and, by and large, avoid the UI formerly known as Metro because it just doesn't do anything very useful for me.
I'll be honest with you I grew up with windows from 3.1 to 95, 98,98se,me 2000,xp, vista, windows 7. I tried windows 8 out last month it was a nightmare. I couldn't find the simplest of things, the 2 environments don't work together well at all. They are basically like running 2 OS's at the same time. Items that are usually found in the traditional start menu are now buried deep in the system. It act's almost like a mac environment which to a pc user like my self is an alien environment. if
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Posted 28 November 2012 - 03:22 PM
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Vista also was not really loved
That's kind of like saying, "Microsoft Bob was not really popular."
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Posted 28 November 2012 - 03:23 PM
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Windows XP is the gold standard? LMAO
I thought they were referring to the XP emoticon (squinty eyes, tongue out)...
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Posted 28 November 2012 - 03:25 PM
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Have you tried Windows 8? It's good. Relax. Sounds like you just tasted the kool-aid that was drank at Jonestown.
I have it on one of my pc's and am very satisfied. I experienced some installation issues but they are resolved. Windows 8 pro is a more visual experience than 7 and keeps the user more engaged.
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Posted 28 November 2012 - 03:29 PM
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Rumor has it that Microsoft has stationed employees around the Internet in forums just like this one to counter "bad press" regarding Windows 8 release. They fired the President of the Windows division at Microsoft just two weeks after the Windows 8 launch for crying out loud! That says it all! IT SUCKS!! I am a dedicated and long time Windows user and would LOVE to see a SP1 update that LETS ME CHOOSE a Windows 7 style desktop or the cute bubblegum interface. Why force this crap on us? Give us the choice and things will be much better for all parties involved!
They didn't fire him, he left of his own accord.
Also, MS is hiring people to troll forums...LOL
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Posted 28 November 2012 - 03:31 PM
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Also, MS is hiring people to troll forums...LOL
Many major companies do this, it's not exactly news (nor is it evidence of poor quality of product).
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Posted 28 November 2012 - 03:43 PM
The funniest thing is I got an email from the Skydrive Team. It shows a screenshot of the Windows 8 desktop complete with a replacement start button. If Windows 8 Modern UI isn't good enough for Microsoft employees, why do they feel the need to force it on us.
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Posted 28 November 2012 - 03:43 PM
I would be interested to read someone reviewing Windows 8 without mentioning the modern style apps. I see the start screen, modern style apps as a lobby of sorts into my desktop. I still work with my Adobe CS, Full MS Office, Visual Studios as I did on 7, Vista, and XP. There are different ways to access system settings, but the control panel is by and large intact. There were some Smart Screen issues with 3d applications, but those were quickly fixed.
There is so much more to this operating system that is going unnoticed and this constant belief that all applications need to be written with the Modern UI. The fact is, the backward compatibility layer of Windows 8 is nothing short of AWESOME! I can install and run applications as if they were written in XP. A lot of these compatibility issues were installers embedded in installers and this constant check for OS=5 Never OS >= 5. Would have saved us a lot of headaches if this simple sniffer code was written correctly. Games and applications I couldn't even get to run on Windows 7 I could get to run on 8. I have not found 1 incompatible program in the bunch.
Home networking, Smart Glass, a task manager that makes sense. The ability to load songs, pictures, and almost every type of video onto my xbox. Its a dream come true.
If anyone is still wining about loosing the start menu, learn to use the task bar. Or pin them to the start screen. Or at the very least, learn to type the name of the program (great for those Keyboard and Mouse guys of which I am a part of). The start menu was something that we were stuck with. I am still very surprised on the so called "seasoned techies" latching onto that out dated functionality. I adopted the Windows Key > type, long ago and stopped needing that clutter piece.
Finally, remoting into Windows 8, far better than anything else. I am stunned to how much people want to stay in 2002 with XP.
There is so much more to this operating system that is going unnoticed and this constant belief that all applications need to be written with the Modern UI. The fact is, the backward compatibility layer of Windows 8 is nothing short of AWESOME! I can install and run applications as if they were written in XP. A lot of these compatibility issues were installers embedded in installers and this constant check for OS=5 Never OS >= 5. Would have saved us a lot of headaches if this simple sniffer code was written correctly. Games and applications I couldn't even get to run on Windows 7 I could get to run on 8. I have not found 1 incompatible program in the bunch.
Home networking, Smart Glass, a task manager that makes sense. The ability to load songs, pictures, and almost every type of video onto my xbox. Its a dream come true.
If anyone is still wining about loosing the start menu, learn to use the task bar. Or pin them to the start screen. Or at the very least, learn to type the name of the program (great for those Keyboard and Mouse guys of which I am a part of). The start menu was something that we were stuck with. I am still very surprised on the so called "seasoned techies" latching onto that out dated functionality. I adopted the Windows Key > type, long ago and stopped needing that clutter piece.
Finally, remoting into Windows 8, far better than anything else. I am stunned to how much people want to stay in 2002 with XP.
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Posted 28 November 2012 - 04:13 PM
I had to go back to win 7 for my Samsung pc slate that I had purcased in June as one of the firsts Windows tablets. It ran beautifully on win 7, after installing win 8 noticed that processor was running often at 100% and kept getting very annoying messages that I was running out of memory. I tried to uninstall all the built in apps, not better, now it works very fine on win 7 and will stay this way. I also instaled win 8 on 2 other pc's that had never crashed before, keeping an eye on them, they both have crashed more then once since win 8. Disappointing
