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Been testing Windows 8 for the past few days
- Nov 3, 2012 2:01 pm GMT
I have to say, after initially reading all the negative rhetoric, I was skeptical of it myself, what with Windows 7 being a more than adequate OS (love it).
My worries were unjustified, as after I installed it on my laptop and figured out how to generally navigate my way around (took me less than 5 mins), it basically played like a slightly smoother, more polished and less disjointed Windows 7. All the complaints about the lack of a start screen seem trivial now. I thought for sure it would be an issue but it's just a different GUI for it. The OS really is just Windows 7 dressed up and probably optimized better. Which leads me to my next point...
For testing purposes, I decided to install the OS on a regular 7200 RPM drive instead of my SSD. A lot of the productivity tests were based on general feel, but it definitely felt more snappish in nearly all cases and for hard numbers, I decided to run FRAPS for several games like BF3, Diablo 3 and Crysis 2. All posted FPS boots of about 1-2 (minor true, but boosts nonetheless).
If negative word of mouth regarding Windows 8 continues to drown out positive experiences, this will possibly go down as the most underrated OS for Microsoft.
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- Nov 3, 2012 2:24 pm GMT
I've been using it for over a month now.
Its equal to or better than Windows 7 in almost every single possible way.
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- Nov 3, 2012 2:28 pm GMT
CURRENTLY PLAYING: God of War: Ascension, Portal 2
MOST WANTED: GTA V, Beyond: Two Souls, Saints Row IV
But what about game compatibility? Will every game that runs on Windows 7, run on Windows 8 with no worries??- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
[QUOTE="hrt_rulz01"]But what about game compatibility? Will every game that runs on Windows 7, run on Windows 8 with no worries?? [/QUOTE]
Should do
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- Nov 3, 2012 3:50 pm GMT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0fsyb-ttcw&feature=BFa&list=LLlC4vyMEh7h8ANCGwPxFCLw
this review prety much sums it up for me, i will prob get it, but it feels quite schizophrenic between the start screen and the deasktop, so much opportunity missed, because its almost as if you should choose one enviroment or the other, and they dont work too well together when looking for programs in search or switching between "apps" in start and "programs" on the desktop. this is rely somthing they desperatly need to change, because if you give me more flexability to use the start screen as a super charged start button, my productivity sky rockets, and it becomes so much more useful to me and a place i rely want to be,
other than that, the design is a little bit stupid, with so many more clicks and more mouse travle to perform tasks, but then im sure youll get used to it. it looks exciting and has allot of performance and power user benefits over 7 ie the new task manager and ribon and some of the stuff it can do with hardware is nifty.
i just dont think MS knew yuile what they wanted start to be, or rather they did and it was that... hey most people dont care about desktop they just want wiki and music and social networking, so heres start. but the thing is, tablets do that !! the reason we all have pc's is that we want that functionality. so having start look nice is great but like i say id love it if it were actually a bit more useful in concert with the power and functionality of the pc.
im sure theyl get there once the space has settled down and people have understood that pc still has a place in the market.
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- Nov 3, 2012 4:08 pm GMT
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My review:
UAC is completely built into the OS, you can't disable it completely without giving up metro.I have already mentioned this before.
Also I couldn't copy files off mapped network drives to my C:\ drive with UAC on, it just says Z:\ is not accesible.
It's an anoyying OS, but it works fine once you tweak it right.
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- Nov 3, 2012 4:13 pm GMTEfficiency > Verbosity
Change is only good if it improves on the current situation, AND it's benefits vastly outweigh it's negatives.
Windows 8 doesn't improve anything - - and it's ugly, and clunky..
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[QUOTE="Born_Lucky"]
Change is only good if it improves on the current situation, AND it's benefits vastly outweigh it's negatives.
Windows 8 doesn't improve anything - - and it's ugly, and clunky..
Change for change's sake - is stupid.[/QUOTE]
It's designed with tablets in mind, and Windows 7 on a tablet was horrible. So yes, it does imrpove things. Nobody said you had to get it on a desktop/laptop.
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- Nov 3, 2012 5:49 pm GMT
PC, Wii U, PS3, Vita, 3DS, Xbox 360, iOS, and Android Gamer.
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i7 3930k @ 4.5Ghz + H100i Quiet Ed. l3x Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 6GB Trifire @ 1205/1515 l 32GB @ 2133Mhz DDR3 RAM l MSI x79 Big Bang-XPOWER IIl Lepa G1600W l HDD: 5.5TB - SSD: 124GB l Creative X-Fi HD l CM Storm Trooper l Logitech G170+ l CM Storm Sentinel lWindows 8 Pro l Tempest X270OCGA [2560 x 1440 @ 120hz] l 3x Asus VH242H Eyefinity [6042 x 1080 @ 60hz]
I've been using it for a while now. I hated it a while ago but now I LOVE IT!! Such an amazing OS. Very Worth the $40 I spent on it. I wish I knew about the $15 thingy but meh, the OS is so good that I don't care.- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Nov 3, 2012 5:59 pm GMT
PC/Wii/360/PS3/PSP
GO LEAFS GO
I'm happy with 64 bit Wins 7 on my desktop. I like Android for my tablet, so Wins8 is not for me.
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- Nov 3, 2012 6:03 pm GMT
I can get the upgrade for $15 so I'm probably going to try it out in a few days.
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- Nov 3, 2012 6:14 pm GMT
Well, i may try it out in a year or so, that way a bit more support is out and some new updates are put in place. For now, i'll just use rainmeter
I once killed a man with my thumb.
Well, i may try it out in a year or so, that way a bit more support is out and some new updates are put in place. For now, i'll just use rainmeter
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- Nov 3, 2012 8:48 pm GMT
Intel i7 3770 | Asus Sabertooth | 32GB 1600Mhz DDR3 RAM | 240GB SSD | GTX680 4GB
^^ I've been meaning to try rainmeter for quite some time. Isn't it the same as Win7 Desktop Gadgets? Or better?- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Nov 4, 2012 12:34 am GMT
Last week I bought Windows 8 Professional upgrade for $38.88 + tax. I tried it for a couple of days and hated it overall. One of my games I tried out on it ran slower. For example, F1 2012 benchmark, 124 fps avg in Windows 7 and 97 fps avg in Windows 8. In FSX I saw no visual difference in performance.
For example, 3Dmark 11, 9530 in Windows 8 and 9630 in Windows 7. 3Dmark 06, 24900 in Windows 8 and 27000 in Windows 7, however the CPU score was a little higher in Windows 8 and that's with core parking disabled in Windows 7 and Windows 8 does not park cores as I checked in the resource monitor. Cinebench R11.5, 7.24 in Windows 8 and 7.26 in Windows 7. Most things ran slower for my in Windows 8 though, maybe not visually, but measureably and I Windows 8 seemed too load up at the same speed as Windows 7 for me, but I'm already using an SSD and Windows 7 loads fast for me, so I don't no if those people that say that Windows 8 loads faster than Windows 7 are using an HDD or and SDD.I also hate the interface of Windows 8. I prefer having a start button on the desktop, like previous versions of Windows. I don't like being booted up to the Windows Metro Start menu and then having to click on Desktop or the lower left corner of the screen to get to the desktop. I don't like having to move my mouse all the way to the right edge of the screen to get to the shutdown options in Windows 8. I prefer how it was in Windows 7 in terms of interface. Yes, I know I can download 3rd party programs that can mimic the Windows 7 interface, but I refuse to run a program in the background so that I can basically have a Windows 7-like interface, as I think I'm better of with Windows 7 if I have to do that because some things ran better for me in Windows 7.
The only reason why I bought Windows 8 Pro upgrade was because I was able to buy it for only $38.88. I'm back to using Windows 7. Maybe if things for Windows 8 get better in the future, I'll reinstall Windows 8.
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- Nov 4, 2012 1:20 am GMT
"Theres 3 kinds of people in this world: Those who can count and those who cant."
[QUOTE="c_doody_1999"]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0fsyb-ttcw&feature=BFa&list=LLlC4vyMEh7h8ANCGwPxFCLw
this review prety much sums it up for me, i will prob get it, but it feels quite schizophrenic between the start screen and the deasktop, so much opportunity missed, because its almost as if you should choose one enviroment or the other, and they dont work too well together when looking for programs in search or switching between "apps" in start and "programs" on the desktop. this is rely somthing they desperatly need to change, because if you give me more flexability to use the start screen as a super charged start button, my productivity sky rockets, and it becomes so much more useful to me and a place i rely want to be,
other than that, the design is a little bit stupid, with so many more clicks and more mouse travle to perform tasks, but then im sure youll get used to it. it looks exciting and has allot of performance and power user benefits over 7 ie the new task manager and ribon and some of the stuff it can do with hardware is nifty.
i just dont think MS knew yuile what they wanted start to be, or rather they did and it was that... hey most people dont care about desktop they just want wiki and music and social networking, so heres start. but the thing is, tablets do that !! the reason we all have pc's is that we want that functionality. so having start look nice is great but like i say id love it if it were actually a bit more useful in concert with the power and functionality of the pc.
im sure theyl get there once the space has settled down and people have understood that pc still has a place in the market.
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That video made it look clunky as hell. I will probably wait a few months myself.
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- Nov 4, 2012 1:15 am GMT
Intel i7 3770 | Asus Sabertooth | 32GB 1600Mhz DDR3 RAM | 240GB SSD | GTX680 4GB
DJP, have U tried a clean install ?- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Nov 4, 2012 1:23 am GMT
steam id: ionus123, PSN: ionusx,BLOG
Solidpanda with something interesting to say.. hallelujiah! praise the lord!!
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- Nov 4, 2012 1:27 am GMT
[QUOTE="SolidPandaG"]If negative word of mouth regarding Windows 8 continues to drown out positive experiences, this will possibly go down as the most underrated OS for Microsoft.[/QUOTE] Nah, this is exactly what happened with 7 "f that, I have XP and that is all I need, you stupid sheep can just buy that failure that is 7", people start using it, they love it "oh yeah? YEAH? well, I kinda like it, I guess it's ok, okay it's awesome, OMG I LOVE IT". Vista was also an outrageously good OS after the XP trash and people that "actually used it" loved it, it did however have a problem, it was similar to XP in a way, even if it was better at everything, faster, actually secure, more stable, after an year it started doing what XP does after a month on a clean install, it got slower and slower the more applications you installed (not necessarily keeping them all and even if you cleaned some useless DLLs that remained) and the more patches it got, it was also heavy on RAM, 7 however is nearly perfect, the optimum experience in and at everything. Same thing happened so far with 8, till now the internet treated it like a new wave of some form of extremely dangerous alien plague, all that almost entirely stopped since it launched, most people are positive about it. Got it since launch, been looking at the box every day since, I really want to make some time, backup everything I have and install it.- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Nov 4, 2012 1:40 am GMT
Intel i7 3770 | Asus Sabertooth | 32GB 1600Mhz DDR3 RAM | 240GB SSD | GTX680 4GB
^^ I reckon two years from now people will look back and feel weird using the start menu on an old box with XP or 7. I see Win9 even optimizing the Metro Menu better with the desktop- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Nov 4, 2012 1:44 am GMT
Yes, I did do a clean install of Windows 8. In fact, it was the only way I could get Windows 8 to install as initialy I tried to install Windows 8 ontop of Windows 7 but didn't work for me or at least I got tired of waiting after an hour at the same screen that has the progress circle that I decided to hard reset my system and do a clean install of Windows 8.
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