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Help with Win 8 feedback buy or not to buy?
Bob2004:
--- Quote from: Mirgond on December 13, 2012, 01:09:31 PM ---The System itself uses less resources, since components are only loaded when needed and unloaded again when no longer needed.
Made a difference on my notebook of 0.5GB RAM usage. (Win7 1.5GB vs Win8 1GB Ram system usage, 64bit edition)
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Not entirely sure that's relevant, actually. My Windows 7 PC, when I first start it up, sits at around 1.1GB RAM used when idle. So I think it's more to do with what programs and services you have running (antivirus, update schedulers, and similar services) than the OS itself.
jevitsj:
^I don't know if that's the case. But if you're running the same programs on windows 8 as on windows 7 then I would assume that the difference in RAM usage comes from the OS.
Ivon:
I would highly recommend updating (though, perform a clean install) to Windows 8.
Then mod it to support Windows 2012 Server's ReFS.
As this should help resolve some of the issue people have when it comes to PROPERLY organizing their torrents. While the file name will still have the 255 character name, the path length is 32,000 characters. Pretty sure all my issues happen because most of the file names leave you with but a few characters remaining in the Path Length.
-Note: I need to test this but had to delete the files that were tripping the 'Destination Path is too Long' Error in order to reformat the drive as ReFS....and BakaBT doesn't support uTorrent 3.2.3 (at the time of this post) so I can't re-download the files and try and move them around :(
UPDATE: Nope, still has the freaking limit....crap. Oh well, least ReFS is more resilient than NTFS
Now I see a few people here complaining about the Metro UI, which I find funny since most of you probably had a 'Metro UI' layout on your computer since you've been using Windows.
"What do you mean?" You ask? How many desktop icons do you have on the desktop? More than 5 (Recycle Bin, Computer, User's Files, Control Panel, Network)? Congrats! You've been using a Metro-like UI and didn't even notice it.
Yes, I know in Windows 8 programs still put shortcuts on the Desktop when they install...this'll probably diminish over time as they update to be Windows 8 Compatible (read Metro-based Interface).
My few issues:
-the fact that the Charms Bar needs a regedit to function properly if you have a Multi-monitor setup
-Metro UI's default search is Apps, so WIN Key + Search has me clicking on 'Settings' or 'Files'
-Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier starts up on the screen that's not designated as the 'Metro UI Monitor' (screen that Metro opens on) when using Mult-monitor setups.
kitamesume:
--- Quote from: Ivon on December 14, 2012, 03:48:40 AM ---"What do you mean?" You ask? How many desktop icons do you have on the desktop? More than 5 (Recycle Bin, Computer, User's Files, Control Panel, Network)? Congrats! You've been using a Metro-like UI and didn't even notice it.
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im much more used to pinned apps onto the taskbar, i only got like two folders on my desktop and nothing else, pop that folder and you see the jumbled apps.
also heres another thing that makes metro-ui horribad, each icons covers everything under it, i cant even appreciate the wallpaper anymore ._. unlike the pinned apps on a fraction of the screen.
Ivon:
--- Quote from: kitamesume on December 14, 2012, 04:00:02 AM ---
--- Quote from: Ivon on December 14, 2012, 03:48:40 AM ---"What do you mean?" You ask? How many desktop icons do you have on the desktop? More than 5 (Recycle Bin, Computer, User's Files, Control Panel, Network)? Congrats! You've been using a Metro-like UI and didn't even notice it.
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im much more used to pinned apps onto the taskbar, i only got like two folders on my desktop and nothing else, pop that folder and you see the jumbled apps.
also heres another thing that makes metro-ui horribad, each icons covers everything under it, i cant even appreciate the wallpaper anymore ._. unlike the pinned apps on a fraction of the screen.
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Don't stay in the Metro Environment then :P
I only go there to do System Searches, only have 7 apps (Adobe Application Manager, Winamp, Remote Desktop, GW2, Skyrim [Cursor Lock], and EVE Online) pinned...in addition to the stuff Windows pinned (Win Explorer, IE10, WMP).
...hopefully in future versions we'll see the elimination of the Desktop UI, and Windows will simple run on 'everything'. Meaning you can take the version installed on your Tablet and drop it directly onto a PC
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