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Marionumber1
Posted on 05-01-13 08:02 PM Link | #21916
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Posted by Degolegodyl
It was shit for Tablets. Microsoft has to adjust to people's tablets.


And they thought it was a good idea to ignore PC users, who make up a large amount of their user base. Don't try to lie, the response of PC (and even some tablet) users has been overwhelmingly negative.

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Posted on 05-01-13 08:12 PM Link | #21917

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Yes but they're trying to surf on that lame "the PC is dying because tablets are obviously superior" wave. Except PCs can play games that aren't cheap phone games, and are more comfortable to use. Oh and they can be upgraded and modified at will. And they run any software you want without needing to be hacked in some way.

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AdrienTD
Posted on 05-04-13 05:44 PM Link | #21984

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Last view: 3204 days ago 		Microsoft thought that people will more likely use tablets than PCs, because they can connect to the Internet (many people bought PCs only to do that), and that the tablet 'apps' are easier to use than the programs for PCs (that's what 99.9-% dummies find).
So Microsoft made the Metro platform and Windows RT so that people don't abandon him.

I forgot to mention some things about Windows 8:
+ It can run from an USB disk! It runs as fast as from the harddisk. But this functionality (named Windows To Go) only works on Windows 8 Entreprise. If it could be done also in other editions, I would buy it. Sorry Microsoft! >:
- The fact that Metro apps only work in fullscreen is very annoying. There are programs like MetroMix that make them run in windows.

My first tip for Windows 8: If you want to get rid of the fullscreen Start screen, the Charm Bar, the tiles at the edges of the screen and all the shits, then start the Task Manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC) and kill explorer.exe. Welcome to Windows 3.1! ;)

Marionumber1
Posted on 05-04-13 05:51 PM Link | #21985
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Last view: 168 days ago 		You should realize that our interest was in removing the Start Screen, but keeping the Windows 7 taskbar.

AdrienTD
Posted on 05-04-13 06:46 PM Link | #21987

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Last view: 3204 days ago 		Yes, I know that doing so will kill the taskbar.
Also, I found that OpenGL (desktop) applications run slower because the OpenGL DLLs are using a software renderer. But it seems that Intel doesn't distribute his own drivers for my graphic card for Windows 8 (or I should run the driver installer in Windows 7 compatibility mode).
DirectDraw programs also run slow, but when I press CTRL-ALT-DEL and I return, they work faster.
One annoying thing is that it isn't possible to turn Aero off >: . Turning Aero off can make games faster and make less graphic problems.

Marionumber1
Posted on 05-04-13 07:05 PM Link | #21988
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Last view: 168 days ago 		Windows 8 doesn't have Aero anymore.

Degolegodyl
Posted on 05-04-13 07:27 PM Link | #21989

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Last view: 2592 days ago 		Tru. That sucks, but it also means that older video cards work with windows 8 that dont in windows 7.

AdrienTD
Posted on 05-04-13 08:03 PM Link | #21992

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Last view: 3204 days ago 		Windows 8 still uses something like Aero with a new squared style. It still renders the windows using Direct3D (this makes some window animations possible). It is problably liter and faster than the Aero in Windows Vista/7.
Some people name it Aero Lite.

Anthe
Posted on 05-04-13 09:28 PM Link | #21996
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Marionumber1
Posted on 05-04-13 10:00 PM Link | #21999
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Last view: 168 days ago 		I really liked Aero. Many people claimed it was a distraction, but I never thought so. I thought it helped make Windows 7 look more visually appealing.

Anthe
Posted on 06-01-13 10:00 PM Link | #23780
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Last view: 480 days ago 		I actually prefered XP Luna over Aero :/

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Degolegodyl
Posted on 06-01-13 11:43 PM Link | #23787

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Last view: 2592 days ago 		Aero was useful to record the desktop with. Now that its gone in Windows 8, i had to find other solutions to the problem.

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Posted on 06-03-13 03:21 AM Link | #23941
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I saw thst Windows 8 can work nicely on a tablet laptop. However, I have noticed that Windows 8 is still meh. Something lower than Windows 8 would be cooler to use on a tablet laptop.

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Posted on 06-19-13 12:57 PM Link | #26057
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Last view: 3022 days ago 		I originally thought Windows 8 was going to suck, but it actually isn't so bad now that I've seen it in action. I still don't like the touch screen interface, though.

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Anthe
Posted on 07-18-13 09:26 AM Link | #28417
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Degolegodyl
Posted on 07-18-13 11:41 AM Link | #28431

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Last view: 2592 days ago 		Eh, i wouldnt waste money on it.
So windows 8.1 released, but i still didnt try it out. Its free to download, but i want all my programs to be compatible before i upgrade.

shibboleet
Posted on 07-18-13 01:10 PM Link | #28443

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DROP TABLE users;

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Last view: 1179 days ago 		blah, I'm not getting windows 8 at all. So, I'm just going to stick with 7 for now xD


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Anthe
Posted on 07-18-13 02:48 PM Link | #28453
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Last view: 480 days ago 		Surface is awesome.
And every Windows software driver program thing that works in Windows 7 works in Windows 8 too, no worries.

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Degolegodyl
Posted on 07-18-13 03:14 PM Link | #28455

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Last view: 2592 days ago 		No, i mean windows 8 going to windows 8.1. For example, it took nvidia 2 days to release their graphics card drivers for windows 8.1, so imagine other companies might take longer to add support for windows 8.1. Im not ready to upgrade yet. I will do so when windows makes windows 8.1 into a patch for windows 8 through automatic windows update.

Anthe
Posted on 07-18-13 08:52 PM Link | #28482
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