Help with Win 8 feedback buy or not to buy?

[chem.x]

Hi I've been absent from baka for probably 6 months now because my last comp died on me.

Now I'm looking to buy a laptop but my dilemma is about win 8 its bundled with most laptops and I don't want to get one with win 8 if it causes problems with for example CCCP codecs and the player that comes with it.

Please don't eat me its a serious question :-)

Does anyone know if win 8 poses any threats to my anime addiction?

Anyone here that uses it?

[megido-rev.M]

Did Googling turn up any answers?

[Slysoft]

Step 1: buy laptop
Step 2: reformat and install windows 7 or your flavor of linux
Step 3: ??
Step 4: profit.


More seriously, I don't think you will have any problems as far as 3rd party software goes

[chem.x]

no not really, so it either works or no anime watchers bothers with it, Im looking for some first hand reassurance before I spend my $$.

Well if Im gonna get a new laptop I prefer to get the os Im gonna use, they stilll sell them with W7 hence my questions.

[Bob2004]

You'll have no problems playing anime in Windows 8 - CCCP etc should work fine. Of course, I recommend opting for Windows 7 anyway - there are far too many problems with Windows 8 for it to be worth upgrading yet, given the choice, IMO.

[megido-rev.M]

Just go for Win7 as it is tried and true; Win8 is kinda ridiculous.

[chem.x]

Thanks for the replys, good to hear that it don't pose a problem the laptop it self will probably decide if I roll w7 or w8.

[kitamesume]

windows 8 - if you have the time to waste on configuring and figuring out stuffs then sure, there shouldn't be no issues. the only worst thing you'd experience in windows 8 is getting used to it, some apps on the other hand needs some time to be 100% working, waiting usually solves things.

otherwise stick with windows 7, you can purchase a laptop with flatout no OS, then manually install your own OS.

[Duki3003]

Get Windows 7, you can then even "upgrade" to Windows 8 at a ridiculous price (15$ or so) if you desire so.
But many people don't like the new interface at all and encounter problems, so most simply don't bother...

My advice, just stick with Windows 7 for now.

[kureshii]

Just get a Win8 laptop and save those many hours trying to rollback to Win7. It's somewhat painful to use, but whatever compatibility issues will eventually get smoothed out anyway. And for all people’s complaints, guess what? They’ll suck their thumbs and get used to it anyway.

If you’re already on a laptop with Win7, stick to it as long as you can. But if you’re getting a new one, just make the leap already instead of wasting time doing lots of messing around that won’t matter in a years’ time.

[mgz]

Just get a Win8 laptop and save those many hours trying to rollback to Win7. It's somewhat painful to use, but whatever compatibility issues will eventually get smoothed out anyway. And for all people’s complaints, guess what? They’ll suck their thumbs and get used to it anyway.

If you’re already on a laptop with Win7, stick to it as long as you can. But if you’re getting a new one, just make the leap already instead of wasting time doing lots of messing around that won’t matter in a years’ time.

there isnt any real benefit to grabbing a win8 laptop, and using that shitty interface bleck.
Grab a win 7 lap, or a win 8 lap and reformat it(should happen anyway to get rid of factory bloatware) and install the os of your choice.
If you dont have a win 7 disk grab one for whatever version of win 7 you have installed on another comp from the interweb and work magic.

[megido-rev.M]

Dang, I completely forgot about the bloatware.
Probably some weirder than normal garbage I suppose.

[chem.x]

haha that comic don't really work as convincing material but what ever :-)

On that note how is linux codec and player wise? Haven't gotten my head around that yet.

[kitamesume]

haha that comic don't really work as convincing material but what ever :-)

On that note how is linux codec and player wise? Haven't gotten my head around that yet.

android is a kind of off-shoot of linux on some ways and it works well, although theres no processor as of date that does hi10p 1080p well enough.

as for linux distros themselves, yeah i'm seeing good feedback all over the net, but configuring it may be a PITA for new users.

[megido-rev.M]

That would depend on the UI look/feel for the most part.

[Bob2004]

Android is so different from Linux, it can't be counted as even a relative, despite the fact the Android kernel is based on it.

As for Linux video players, mplayer2 is capable of playing pretty much everything you need, 10-bit included. It's not as good as some of the stuff available for Windows, but it does the job fine. VLC also runs on Linux.

[kitamesume]

Android is so different from Linux, it can't be counted as even a relative, despite the fact the Android kernel is based on it.

not quite, it still is "an off-shoot in some ways"(note its not "entirely") since it still uses linux as a base platform, its like having a linux distro with an android skin/interface.

[Freedom Kira]

No, it really isn't. Things that run on Linux don't run on Android without some major code changes, and vice versa.

The only thing it has in common is the filesystem structure. And that's not saying much, considering how there really are only two different kinds - Windows-style and Linux-style.

[kitamesume]

lets just leave it as having a different front end on the same platform.

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otherwise you'd wanna read through this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_%28operating_system%29

Android is a Linux-based operating system designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. It is currently developed by Google in conjunction with the Open Handset Alliance.[2] Initially developed by Android Inc, whom Google financially backed and later purchased in 2005,[9] Android was unveiled in 2007 along with the founding of the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of 86 hardware, software, and telecommunication companies devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices.[10]

[Tiffanys]

Microsoft has a long track record of doing a decent OS followed by a shit one. Well, let's play OS leapfrog...

XP - good
Vista - bad
W7 - good
W8 - CAN YOU FILL IN THE PATTERN??

With that said... it's intelligent to NEVER upgrade to an OS until it's been out for a good 6 months to a year so all of the bugs and kinks are all worked out and generally the first major service pack is released. But with Windows 8, you can just skip the garbage unless you're using a touch screen tablet device, cause you absolutely do not want it for a desktop PC. It'll drive you insane.

Metro is, basically, fucktarded.