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When building... Do you buy Windows?
megido-rev.M:
In any case, as it is right now I am not enticed to use Win8 let alone buy it.
No question that I always go tweak some things in an OS before using it, however if there are noticeable problems right away I can't be bothered to add something to fix it, as it does not appeal to me.
I might consider waiting for improvements to roll out, but I won't hold my breath.
^ My smartphone runs Android fyi.
AceHigh:
--- Quote from: Tiffanys on August 19, 2013, 11:48:17 PM ---It's good to get Windows 8 if you're doing something new since the new versions of DirectX will only be available on 8. That's the same shit they pulled to get people to switch from XP to Vista back in the day. Remember that? Anyways, they're doing it again. It must be their strategy when they release a shitty OS that nobody really wants to force them to get it anyways.
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Do you have a DX12 graphic card? I don't.
zherok:
Tiffanys beat me to it, but with a start menu replacement you can use Windows 8's desktop mode exactly as you would Windows 7's. I never see Metro (Modern?) unless I go out of my way to use it (which is never.)
It's a better performing OS that runs everything the previous OS could. The start menu is really the only hang up.
--- Quote from: Tiffanys on August 19, 2013, 11:48:17 PM ---There's still a lot of nastiness it needs to work out though so if you can wait to get it, then wait. Give it a good 6 months from now, maybe a year. Hopefully it'll have worked out its problems by then.
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8.1 looks like it might have some issues.
It also reintroduces the start menu to the desktop, but brings you to the Metro menu while doing so.
I'm not even against the idea of tiles. The problem is having hundreds of them on a horizontally arranged screen. And single mindedly focusing on one fullscreen item at a time. I regularly play full screen games with movies running in the foreground. Or edit spreadsheets with webpages open. My computer isn't a tablet, and an interface designed around the notion that I should be using it like one is terrible.
--- Quote from: AceHigh on August 20, 2013, 12:00:05 AM ---Do you have a DX12 graphic card? I don't.
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AMD seems to think there won't even be a DX12.
For what it's worth though, they were selling Win8 copies for $15 when I picked up my copy. And they even happened to work on pirated editions of Win7.
Kazumi:
--- Quote from: Tiffanys on August 19, 2013, 11:48:17 PM ---It's good to get Windows 8 if you're doing something new since the new versions of DirectX will only be available on 8. That's the same shit they pulled to get people to switch from XP to Vista back in the day. Remember that? Anyways, they're doing it again. It must be their strategy when they release a shitty OS that nobody really wants to force them to get it anyways.
Overall, once you replace the start menu with one fit for human use it's not all that different from Vista & 7, albeit with some minor improvements here and there like better searching and a better task manager. So, there's no reason not to get it.
There's still a lot of nastiness it needs to work out though so if you can wait to get it, then wait. Give it a good 6 months from now, maybe a year. Hopefully it'll have worked out its problems by then.
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Yea I'll probably just stick with Windows 7 for now. I've heard some people saying It's slightly faster though? I've never really understood their reasoning behind releasing 2000, vista etc, they all just feel like unfinished versions of the upcoming OS. Guess they make more money this way?
Gh0st93:
For my current setup I have Windows 7 and will use it into my next build, But after that Windows 8 Should be to the point where it's acceptable to use. Because I'll be doing a lot to it anyways.
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