| windows 8 looks so tabletish but i still like it |
| Windows 8 is like Windows 7 for cell phones shaped like computers. That and there's no start menu. So if your computer doesn't have a touch screen, Windows 8 is borderline unusable IMHO. I had a laptop that came with Windows 8, and I sent it back to the shop so they could downgrade it to Windows 7. |
bennitori said: Windows 8 is like Windows 7 for cell phones shaped like computers. That and there's no start menu. So if your computer doesn't have a touch screen, Windows 8 is borderline unusable IMHO. I had a laptop that came with Windows 8, and I sent it back to the shop so they could downgrade it to Windows 7. Windows 8 can be modified to be essentially a replica of Windows 7. I have the old start menu, and if I want to, I can open the Windows 8 menu with the windows button, since it has a faster file search. It took me maybe an hour to set everything up how I wanted it. |
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Khaoscontrol said: bennitori said: Windows 8 is like Windows 7 for cell phones shaped like computers. That and there's no start menu. So if your computer doesn't have a touch screen, Windows 8 is borderline unusable IMHO. I had a laptop that came with Windows 8, and I sent it back to the shop so they could downgrade it to Windows 7. Windows 8 can be modified to be essentially a replica of Windows 7. I have the old start menu, and if I want to, I can open the Windows 8 menu with the windows button, since it has a faster file search. It took me maybe an hour to set everything up how I wanted it. This. We can surely expect Microsoft to give us an actual start menu update this summer/early fall. Link |
| alot of people would say 7 is better most of the pople i know with it have problems that happen because of 8 |
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| A friend of mine seemed to have some problems when trying to play older games like Warcraft 3 and the likes. But i don't know if it's a pc specific problem or a general problem with Windows 8. I personally hate the Windows 8 tiles but if they make it so that you can just disable all that useless stuff that nobody needs i'd consider getting it for my new laptop. |
| Windows 8.1 if you really want windows 8 or stay windows 7 |
| Windows 8 with everything disabled and http://www.classicshell.net/ windows classicshell and then I deleted every single app on the computer |
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| Windows 7 by far. Windows 8 tries to be user friendly but fails because of all the fancy crap. Keep it short and simple like Windows 7. |
| I have windows 8.1 but i'd say the new features are pretty useless, for me that is... windows 7 is fine in my opinion |
| Windows 8.1 with apps from Stardock (Start8 & ModernMix) that make it look and work just like Windows 7. |
| I find that It is easy to get used to Windows 8/8.1, actually you can just disable things that you don't like about Windows 8 usually. One thing that has been bothering me though, is the lack of a way to change the font used in Windows 8. Microsoft removed it from some reason in windows 8... (>_<) |
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| Reasons I like Windows 8 over Windows 7: - Intuitive, easy to install alternate on-screen keyboards for multiple language support. I studied a bit of Hebrew in uni, and still tinker with Rosetta Stone Hebrew, so it's nice to be able to switch between keyboards with a couple keystrokes or screen taps. - Windows 8.1 + Start8 puts all the functionality back into the start menu and allows booting right to the normal desktop. Apps are there if I want them, but I rarely use them. - Very stable, great for multitasking. Might be my hardware though. But so far the OS itself has never crashed or locked up, just applications (mainly my heavily tweaked/modded Skyrim). - Charms menu makes stuff very accessible, took some getting used to at first, but I like it. Things I don't like about Windows 8: - Stock Windows 8 does not have a functional start menu, at least not according to my standards of functionality. Did not like the fact that it booted to app screen either. - Permissions issues in stock Windows 8. Unable to view, delete, modify, rename, etc. files, even after numerous changes to settings and hard drive file attributes. - ^ Necessitated an 8 -> 8.1 upgrade and the addition of Start8, an application that restores functionality to the start menu. The 8 -> 8.1 upgrade was hell though. Tons of issues with permissions, failure to boot properly, etc. but finally got it sorted. - Search functionality is still broken, even after an 8 -> 8.1 upgrade. So I've killed indexing and turned off all search functionality, I use it so rarely that if I end up needing it I'll just install a 3rd party search application. |
duckduckshark said: can't say that windows 8 is a crappy one since I am using windows 8 and haven't seen anything that is crappy, there are no bugs too D:Windows 8 = crap |
| Is linux choice for this thread?? |
| Zero Suit Samus/ Meta Knight M2k DBZ |
elfenliedXsis said: http://www.zdnet.com/five-reasons-id-rather-run-windows-8-than-linux-7000025597/Is linux choice for this thread?? and I think this is only between 7 and 8 |
kanakura said: elfenliedXsis said: http://www.zdnet.com/five-reasons-id-rather-run-windows-8-than-linux-7000025597/Is linux choice for this thread?? and I think this is only between 7 and 8 Fine i perfer windows 7 over 8 |
| Zero Suit Samus/ Meta Knight M2k DBZ |
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