It's pretty love it or hate it, sadly many people feel the need to exert their opinions on others to justify / re-enforce them (several posters on Gaf have made it into a faux religious crusade for example).
If it's right for you then go for it.
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Windows 8 / RT |OT|
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It's pretty love it or hate it, sadly many people feel the need to exert their opinions on others to justify / re-enforce them (several posters on Gaf have made it into a faux religious crusade for example).
If it's right for you then go for it.
Yea, I guess it'll be right for me. I'll use it for web browsing, documents and programming websites and databases - that's it. I wonder if I can play old games like Mafia on W8 but it's not a gaming machine really.
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?
No, if anything it's better since it has better memory management and I find the OS is snappier than 7. Currently I'm running Photoshop CS6, Maya, Mudbox and MARI at the same time. The only games I had that didn't work were Aion and Tera, and that was only for a short time after they changed something in their anti-hacking program and it was while Windows 8 was still in beta.
Steelyuhas
Member
Yeah anything you save to your SkyDrive on your phone, you'll be able to pull up the new document on your computer no problem.
I haven't heard of any issues with Photoshop or Dreamweaver, but I don't use those applications myself. With a few exceptions, pretty much all Windows 7 desktop applications work fine in Windows 8.
Edit: beaten
everything should work fine. Windows 8 is just Windows 7 plus a full screen start menu (which you may or may not like, there are 3rd party tools if you want the start menu back). Tell your friend that I said he was an idiot. Also, you will need to reinstall all of your applications going from Vista to 8. They don't carry over like when you upgrade from 7. I believe its just documents and settings that carry over.
All the software I was using on Windows 7 works perfectly on Windows 8, aside from: -
Hotline Miami, an indie game on Steam that's pretty buggy generally, but I can't even get past the title screen on Windows 8. To be fair though, I didn't even try this on Windows 7 so it may not be Windows 8-specific.
Adobe Audition 1.5, which is a multitrack DAW released in 2004. In Windows 7, I could drag and drop audio files into it via Windows Explorer. That doesn't work in Windows 8, but everything else functions as it should.
I'm using Photoshop on Windows 8 and it works great.
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?
Is there any connectivity between Windows 8 and Windows Phone 7.5? Like, being able to send a SMS from W8 or seeing my Lumia 800 contacts on W8?
I got Macs and iOS devices in the household but I'm trying to get into Windows again.
As long as you use the same Live account with Windows 8 that you do on your phone all your contacts will sync and show up in your People app like they do on your phone. You can send SMS messages with Skype.
not officially. the Start Screen accepts keyboard input so I assume someone can figure out how to get a 360 controller to navigate the UI at some point, if they haven't already.
But apps don't carry over correct? How about to windows phone 8?
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?
No, they're based on the same kernel but they're still different OSs.
Jzero
Member
What do you mean? I have 3 accounts and all of them show up when booting up.
brotkasten
Member
But XP is free and open and gave everyone a kitten.
Windows 8 kills open, free and kitten.
I play Hotline Miami on W8 without issue so you might want to look into that at your end.
huh, maybe installing start8 boned something.
now it's just logging into one of the accounts by default
Kill Your Masters
Member
To answer your question basically all the stuff you mentioned I have not seen on W7 especially the start bar stuff which sounds good. Either the extended desktop didn't work like it does on 8 or I have not used it properly so far on 7.
Well thanks for the explanation. Sounds really good (as does the rest of w8) I'm just going to take the plunge now as I'm kinda bored with 7 and need some novelty.
Photoshop CS5.5 works fine on Windows 8. You're buddy probably hasn't used W8 and is making assumptions based on shit he's heard on the internet from the RC days.
As for Dreamweaver, I don't know. Couldn't tell you myself since I hate it and prefer to just code everything by hand.
Jzero
Member
You may have to install the updates one by one.
He is completely bullshitting. I've used both CS5 and CS6 suites and they both work like they did on Windows 7.
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Deleted member 81567
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I wanted to ask someone for help regarding my shitty situation. Second defective Windows 8 product I'm getting, and it's really getting on my nerves.
After getting a shitty Surface RT, I ordered a Samsung ATIV 500T from Newegg. I received it today and booted it up and was presented with a pre-installed and pre-configured OS. I didn't input any info of mine, as if it was used. When I try to log in it tells me I'm an "Other User" and I have to log in with my local account/domain or my MS Account. I can't log in with my MS account because the thing isn't even connected to one of my networks yet.
Did Newegg send me a used product? What the fuck? Is there a way to restore this thing to factory settings before I break it into pieces?
After getting a shitty Surface RT, I ordered a Samsung ATIV 500T from Newegg. I received it today and booted it up and was presented with a pre-installed and pre-configured OS. I didn't input any info of mine, as if it was used. When I try to log in it tells me I'm an "Other User" and I have to log in with my local account/domain or my MS Account. I can't log in with my MS account because the thing isn't even connected to one of my networks yet.
Did Newegg send me a used product? What the fuck? Is there a way to restore this thing to factory settings before I break it into pieces?
Jzero
Member
Looks like it.
Try using the "reset PC" option. Maybe that will get you back to initial setup.
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Deleted member 81567
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Where does it say that? Just called Samsung customer service and they told me to restore it to factory settings, but once I did that it told me Recovery error or some shit like that.
Settings Charm -> Change PC Settings (at the bottom) -> General -> "Remove everything and reinstall Windows"
Edit: Oh wait, it won't even let you log in at all? Yeah go yell at newegg.
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Deleted member 81567
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Can I create a recovery drive with Windows 7? I don't have another Windows 8 PC so how would that work?
I narrowed it down to one update, KB2770917. It fails every time, many people are having the same issue.
GreatMightySymp
Member
Has anyone ran into an issue where the bar at the top (app bar?) or the bar at the right (charms?) don't respond correctly all the time? For the former I've ran into an issue where the cursor changes but it doesn't let me drag. And for the latter it recognize a left click on any of the options but doesn't do anything.
Noticed it when installing/configuring my mother's new PC which came with it preinstalled. My only guess is that Win8 has issues responding either action when it's doing something in the background, but the Metro app performs fine so I'm not exactly sure.
Noticed it when installing/configuring my mother's new PC which came with it preinstalled. My only guess is that Win8 has issues responding either action when it's doing something in the background, but the Metro app performs fine so I'm not exactly sure.
Doubt it, but learning Win8 (about 30 mins all in) > Vista.
Enjoying W8 so far, but just one issue: when I copy files from my W8 PC to the NAS or another PC it hogs all the network traffic from the W8 PC. This means that If I'm streaming a vid (like a QL on GiantBomb) it suddenly dies until the network transfer finishes. W7 never did this; it just balanced the available bandwidth allowing both to continue at a slower speed. I don't see how it can be my router as everything else in the house works fine and the same PC worked fine in W7.
Anyone else seen this or how to fix it?
Anyone else seen this or how to fix it?
Commander Riker again?
Why would anyone want to do this?
If anything you should go back to W7. Not Vista. Even that is kinda unnecessary.
Iced_Eagle
Member
When you're at the login screen for the last logged in user, click the back arrow to the upper left of the profile picture. You should then be able to see all the users on the machine.
Before the users show up there, you will need to add the user accounts if you haven't already (Settings charm -> Change PC Settings -> Users -> Add Users).
I don't have Windows 7, only Windows Vista on disc. That's why I would go back to Vista, IF I couldn't get used to how Windows 8 works when it comes to setting up databases, MAMP, website programming etc.
So I guess it's possible?
I suppose it's possible but generally 8/7 >>>>> Vista.I don't have Windows 7, only Windows Vista on disc. That's why I would go back to Vista, IF I couldn't get used to how Windows 8 works when it comes to setting up databases, MAMP, website programming etc.
So I guess it's possible?
yn-neko hates a cat
Banned
Yes that's my impression too.
Let's say I upgrade to W7/W8 and my HDD crashed. Will I be able to install W7/W8 again on a new HDD? Will I get a download key?
My main complaint right now, is the lack of customizations on the Start screen.
Is there a way to control the layout of tiles?
Example:
I have a bunch of desktop games in Start. I added them alphabetically, so that's how they were added. Unfortunately, Start wants to do everything in 2 columns. So they're sorted top to bottom, with the first 2 columns in order.
Is there a way to control the number of columns in a group?
Is there a way to control the layout of tiles?
Example:
I have a bunch of desktop games in Start. I added them alphabetically, so that's how they were added. Unfortunately, Start wants to do everything in 2 columns. So they're sorted top to bottom, with the first 2 columns in order.
Is there a way to control the number of columns in a group?
Yes that's my impression too.
Let's say I upgrade to W7/W8 and my HDD crashed. Will I be able to install W7/W8 again on a new HDD? Will I get a download key?
I think anyone can download the OS, it's the key that's ...... well key. I downloaded the update, selected the "make a bootable DVD" option, and installed from the DVD. I wrote the key on the DVD, so no worries I think.
After you do the actual upgrade, you can also created a recovery disc.
It doesn't really create a new group unless you force it to by dragging a tile out of the group. And the number of columns in a group should grow as you add apps and fill the columns