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I'm not sure what else I would have expected. Having two completely disparate environments is more confusing than one integrated environment. Metro is OK by itself, Desktop is OK, but they don't intermix well. Sure it's workable, and you can learn your way around it, but that is really irrelevant to the point on it being inconsistent.
This is good. Hopefully it works well.
awesome
just got my new laptop today and honestly i was expecting much worse
I don't like metro being shoehorned in, but aside from startup it's been easy to completely ignore and use desktop just like you would in win7 for the most part. Ideally a start button gets added in and the option to ignore metro completely and just boot to the desktop gets added in an update for all those that want it, but as is it's really not much of an issue.
I don't like metro being shoehorned in, but aside from startup it's been easy to completely ignore and use desktop just like you would in win7 for the most part. Ideally a start button gets added in and the option to ignore metro completely and just boot to the desktop gets added in an update for all those that want it, but as is it's really not much of an issue.
The folders and icons on the desktop look very big in videos. I would like to see a screenshot of smaller icons on the Wndows 8 desktop.
Yeah, it's very easy to change, same as in Win7. When I installed Win8, for some reason all the desktop icons were set to large. Simply right-click desktop, select View and small icons. Now it's like Win7 was.
Fyi: Installed programs won't carry over from vista to 8. Going to have to reinstall them.
facebook application spotted in web ad
http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-8-facebook-app-spotted-in-an-advertisement
http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-8-facebook-app-spotted-in-an-advertisement
Jzero
Member
it will probably be awhile. I remember seeing an amazon video application tile during that launch event, still hasn't shown up.
Anton Sugar
Member
Can't wait to get FB message notifications on my WP8 messages, W8 messages, and W8 Facebook app messages at the same time!!!
there is a work around to installing it on a new drive. you can install it fine on a new drive, but it won't be activated. I believe if you do this then I think it works:
http://www.ghacks.net/2012/10/27/windows-8-upgrade-clean-install-possible/
most likely a hardware problem
fuck
When my stationary started to do the same, I checked the CPU fan sensors and noticed the temperature shot up to absurd levels. I then checked the thermal grease and noticed almost all of it had disappeared.
Try checking your motherboard sensors for off-the-charts temperatures; PC's have a habit of shutting down/restarting if some H/W reaches critical levels.
Jzero
Member
Blue Screen or just a restart?
anyone used this? (start screen customizer) http://www.stardock.com/products/decor8/
looks pretty sweet
looks pretty sweet
LukasTaves
Member
Folder? Oh you mean the all apps view?
Well, you can pin all the icons you need to the start screen and group them as you please... Which is also faster than scrolling through a list of folders with no visual indication of the group.
Jzero
Member
It does look nice but not paying for that
LukasTaves
Member
Hummm, trimming the number of rows down sounds really cool.
They also need a backup/restore feature so you can apply the same layout across different devices
This looks quite nice:
Bought.
Was waiting for something just like this.
Now I just need something to change tile colours.
Treefingers
Member
You can download a trial, I've been using it for a couple of weeks, it's really nice.
Total restart.
Just downloaded it. Pretty sweet. Using the trial for now.
I don't know, but to me that rather shows that MS was correct in their decision to limit wallpapers/backgrounds.
rohlfinator
Member
Has anyone else had a problem with taskbar icons randomly disappearing? I've had a couple pinned apps change to a generic icon, and right now I have Desura minimized to the notification area but the icon is invisible.
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?
I disagree with you fundamentally because I don't spend my day in the OS UI, I spend my day using software. I'm constantly using disparate UIs. During the course of any day I'm moving from Photoshop to Zbrush to Firefox to Cubase to games. My screen is filled with different UIs and colour schemes and styles. Metro is just another launcher. I press a key or click in the lower left and my "launcher" pops up, I click my tile and I move on. It's not any more complicated than that. Sure I sometimes use Metro apps, but they behave and work in the way I expect them to, yet I don't expect them to be desktop apps. Just like I don't expect Zbrush to have the same UI as Word.
My girlfriend is a classic example of someone who hates change and she gets easily frustrated when she doesn't know how to do something on her computer, but amazingly, I've never heard her complain about Windows 8 once. She pinned the stuff to she uses to her taskbar and she keeps all her files on her desktop. Occasionally she'll launch something with Metro but she's never been confused or frustrated with the UI.
I understand that you have a specific workflow that you use regarding search and that that workflow has been broken, so I hope for your sake they improve that aspect, but for my personal workflow Windows 8 is faster.
Jzero
Member
Yes.
I've been looking for something like this, but $4.99 seems steep.
says the guy who bought Tweetbot for the iPhone and iPad.
What is that Walking Dead tile?
No need to "upgrade" once the upgrade has been done and verified your Win 8 key will then act as a retail key so you can clean install away after the initial upgrade.
Only if you try to use your old Vista key again will you have to upgrade again.
SmashN'Grab
Member
If anyone wouldn't mind helping me out, I have a couple of questions:
Right now I have Windows Vista 64-bit installed, however the 29.99 price for Windows 8 Pro has me interested. If I upgraded, where are the main areas I would see performance improvements? Would game performance improve from Vista? Or has Vista now reached the point where its performance in gaming has caught-up with Windows 7 and beyond?
How is the start-up/boot time on a normal 7200rpm HDD? Would I see much difference there?
Are there known issues with older programs and Windows 8, such as 90s and early-00s PC games not working, GOG.com titles or old games on Steam and things like that?
Also, my Steam library is currently installed on my 2nd HDD. Because its a massive size, I really don't want to have to redownload any of it. How would I set up this Steam library on a new install of Windows 8? I ask because I haven't upgraded an OS before and had to carry over games.
Right now I have Windows Vista 64-bit installed, however the 29.99 price for Windows 8 Pro has me interested. If I upgraded, where are the main areas I would see performance improvements? Would game performance improve from Vista? Or has Vista now reached the point where its performance in gaming has caught-up with Windows 7 and beyond?
How is the start-up/boot time on a normal 7200rpm HDD? Would I see much difference there?
Are there known issues with older programs and Windows 8, such as 90s and early-00s PC games not working, GOG.com titles or old games on Steam and things like that?
Also, my Steam library is currently installed on my 2nd HDD. Because its a massive size, I really don't want to have to redownload any of it. How would I set up this Steam library on a new install of Windows 8? I ask because I haven't upgraded an OS before and had to carry over games.
yn-neko hates a cat
Banned
HOw often would you say it happens?
Comixology
Does it do a parallax effect with any picture?
hemtae
Member
Can't help with the first two questions, but the only problems I have had game wise would be running crysis 2 in dx11 mode and getting the morrowind graphics extender working. I only have 5 games from gog but they all work even with mods.
Steam has instructions if you need to move your entire steam catalog.
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7418-YUBN-8129
SmashN'Grab
Member
Thanks, that's helpful.
Excellent, will check out the trial.
Willkiller
Banned
I'm probably being a total idiot but I cannot find a Windows 8 ISO download anywhere on the Windows store.
I'm building a new PC without a disk drive so I need to mount the file to a USB stick and install it from there. Despite reading everywhere that Windows are offering 8 as an ISO download I just can't find it.
I'm in the UK if that helps.
I'm building a new PC without a disk drive so I need to mount the file to a USB stick and install it from there. Despite reading everywhere that Windows are offering 8 as an ISO download I just can't find it.
I'm in the UK if that helps.