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Windows 8 / RT |OT|
- Thread starter Jzero
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Nice. Definitely needed.
This app looks interesting, wonder if you can add apps to it.
http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/en-US/app/c784938a-bc4a-4195-a49c-0b1399cfa5a8
Edit: Nope, it's not by Microsoft, I was just confused by the miscopied link
This app looks interesting, wonder if you can add apps to it.
http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/en-US/app/c784938a-bc4a-4195-a49c-0b1399cfa5a8
Edit: Nope, it's not by Microsoft, I was just confused by the miscopied link
yn-neko hates a cat
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StudioTan
Hold on, friend! I'd love to share with you some swell news about the Windows 8 Metro UI! Wait, where are you going?
The first cars had gas pedals, the first few versions of Windows didn't have a Start button. When I started using PCs we didn't even have Windows, it was DOS. How the hell did we drive those things back then??
Can you browse the iTunes app store from the web?
yes
What? That's not browsing the iTunes store, those are individual product description pages for pieces of content. Windows 8/RT has the exact same thing.
http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/en-us/app/fruit-ninja/eabfb4b0-cb66-471a-bcff-c48bbbb83ad4
[edit] ah, never knew about that link Windu. Cool. Though browsing a list of titles isn't exactly as helpful as actually being able to sort by ratings.
http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/en-us/app/fruit-ninja/eabfb4b0-cb66-471a-bcff-c48bbbb83ad4
[edit] ah, never knew about that link Windu. Cool. Though browsing a list of titles isn't exactly as helpful as actually being able to sort by ratings.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/27/us-microsoft-windows-idUSBRE8AQ18W20121127
W8 40 mio sales in one month. W7 had 60mio in 10 Weeks
W8 40 mio sales in one month. W7 had 60mio in 10 Weeks
BoboBrazil
Member
Really misleading though, due to how cheap Windows 8 is for most people. It seems like most people are only paying $15-$40 for this. Microsoft has pretty much killed enterprise and business adoption in 8 too as no business will upgrade to this with metro. It's going to be a big blunder once all is said and done.
No, not "for most people". No matter how cheap upgrades are, upgrades are still a tiny percentage of overall sales. For every edition of Windows, including 7 and 8, the vast, vast majority of sales come with brand new PCs.
BoboBrazil
Member
"Reller did not break down the Windows 8 license sales between relatively cheap upgrades and purchases of new machines running the new software, but suggested much of the growth was coming from upgrades."
I doesn't mean that they are only user upgrades (which would mean positively that MS have a winner in its hands because until now people only used the Windows that came in their machines and now they are willingly upgrading in mass ) but OEMs also purchase new licenses to upgrade their current lineup of PCs
) but OEMs also purchase new licenses to upgrade their current lineup of PCsGrowth above and beyond Windows 7 numbers, she doesn't say anything about total Windows 8 numbers.
Meaning, if Windows 7 sold 35 million in the same timeframe that Windows 8 sold 40 million, she's saying "much of that 5 million is upgrades"
Yup, honestly there aren't a lot of arguments to downplay the significance of Windows 8 selling more than 7 in the same timeframe, but hey, maybe in a couple of months the sales will get stangnant and people could say again that MS is doomed.
i don´t think this will happen. When Surface Pro and some other Tablets with the "real" windows 8 starts next year we will see a good amount of W8 Sales.
No it's not misleading, MS gave Windows 7 away initially too...
You probably have no idea what Businesses are thinking either....
No, Win8 is substantially cheaper than Win7 ever was. 7 Pro anytime from 7 home was almost a $100. Win8 Pro from Win7 was $40 or $15. This definitely didn't hurt sales.
It is pretty obvious most businesses are going to hate Metro, because it will require retraining. That doesn't mean they won't eventually adopt it or love it, it just is money that they would rather spend elsewhere.
Microsoft's OSs will always sell well. Trying to spin the numbers positively or negatively at this point is premature.
biosnake20
Member
What browsers do you guys use? Chrome for windows 8 sucks on touch and the only good touch browser is IE. Are there any other good ones?
Jzero
Member
I still use chrome.
Why limit yourself to one browser? Independent of OS I always use more than one and my main browser is never set as the standard browser.
IE10 is great in the Metro UI. IE10 is great for pinning sites to the task bar.
My main browser is Opera. Opera's default setting is that it reopens all tabs of the last session when you start it. In my case that's a ton of tabs (50+ across three windows right now). I don't have it set to be the standard browser, because at times when I don't have a browser running I want to open a website without first loading 50+ others.
So I use a second, more light-weight browser that doesn't open the last session as a default browser.
Alx
Member
I still use Opera desktop on my laptop, and wish there was a metro version for RT. I also use Opera Mini on my android phone, and I miss many features it has for touch interface (the most common one being the "jump to bottom of page" contextual button that appears when you scroll a big page, like a neogaf thread).
IE10 is ok, actually much better in metro than in desktop (I still can't get used to that interface), but not "great".
IE10 is ok, actually much better in metro than in desktop (I still can't get used to that interface), but not "great".
I finally installed Windows 8 yesterday and it may have taken me 20 minutes to learn how to navigate everything. I have fallen in love with this OS, it is so easy to use and understand, runs fast as hell, everything is pretty damn seamlessly integrated. It is so easy to go straight from the metro gui right to the desktop I can't believe people are moaning and groaning about it. Task manager is leaps and bounds better than any previous installment, networking has never been easier. All my programs and drivers from windows 7 work flawlessly. This new OS feels fresh and fun.
The only question I have is if I can log into 8 without having to use my email account. Can I just make a local login without always being connected?
The only question I have is if I can log into 8 without having to use my email account. Can I just make a local login without always being connected?
Jzero
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Penguins&PolarBears
Member
I use IE10 in Metro and Firefox on the desktop.
I'm glad the OS is selling really well. Hopefully it means I won't have to wait as long for Apple to deliver proper Boot Camp drivers for Windows 8. I decided to do the cheap $15 upgrade on my old MacBook and everything works fine except there are no on-screen display controls. I was able to find a 3rd party solution for volume display, but don't have on-screen display yet for screen brightness or keyboard backlight. Really wish the touchpad gestures were enabled though; all that works for gestures is two finger scrolling.
I'm glad the OS is selling really well. Hopefully it means I won't have to wait as long for Apple to deliver proper Boot Camp drivers for Windows 8. I decided to do the cheap $15 upgrade on my old MacBook and everything works fine except there are no on-screen display controls. I was able to find a 3rd party solution for volume display, but don't have on-screen display yet for screen brightness or keyboard backlight. Really wish the touchpad gestures were enabled though; all that works for gestures is two finger scrolling.
Xplatformer
Member
I still don't know why RT is referenced in the title and the OP. Its the equivalent of having a MacOS + IOS thread. A seperate WinRT thread would be very useful.
Alx
Member
There's still the Surface thread, since it's currently the only device running RT I suppose it would be a good fit.
Windows 8 and Windows RT are very much alike. OSX and iOS are not.
Yep, definitely. There's an option when making a new account, and I believe you can convert an existing Microsoft account to a local one.
Has this been posted yet?
http://windows8rubbishapps.wordpress.com/
I can't believe how much crap gets through Microsoft's quality control.
EDIT: There seems to be some kind of "conspiracy" where an MS employee apperantly has asked these developers to upload their crap apps multiple times. Why? Is MS that desperate to inflate the number of apps in the store? Or is it just this one employee's own idea?
http://windows8rubbishapps.wordpress.com/
I can't believe how much crap gets through Microsoft's quality control.
EDIT: There seems to be some kind of "conspiracy" where an MS employee apperantly has asked these developers to upload their crap apps multiple times. Why? Is MS that desperate to inflate the number of apps in the store? Or is it just this one employee's own idea?
lol, most of the stuff I have seen out there is complete garbage. But this goes for every app store I have searched.
Dreams-Visions
Member
Interesting.
Obvious problem areas fixed in a couple months, then annual Windows releases. That's cool.
Obvious problem areas fixed in a couple months, then annual Windows releases. That's cool.
infinityBCRT
Member
Being signed in doesn't mean you have to be connected to the internet. I haven't tried doing a local account but I imagine the experience is crippled compared to using your ms account.
Not necessarily crippled. I'm on a local account (tried out the MS account, as well), little difference. I had to enter my Live information for Xbox Games initially, but afterwards, it signs me in automatically. It's pretty much that way across the board for the Metro apps.
You lose the ability to sync your preferences across different computers, for one, and that's probably a huge feature for others, but not for me. I'm either on my Windows desktop or my Macbook Pro. I have Dropbox to sync files, otherwise.