Can we all agree that we are beyond this kind of weird MS hate? We are in a post XP world, this kind of juvenile, infantile animus is pretty passé, amirite.
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Windows 8 / RT |OT|
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Can we all agree that we are beyond this kind of weird MS hate? We are in a post XP world, this kind of juvenile, infantile animus is pretty passé, amirite.
Auron_Kale
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From the OP:
Can my computer run Windows 8?
Windows 8 takes up less resources than Windows 7 so it should run even in older computers.
If you want to make sure, you can use the Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant which will check
to make sure your PC is ready for Windows 8.
Here's a comparison.
Cool thanks. I was kinda figuring it'd be okay to upgrade but wanted to make sure from those that have been running the preview.
I'll think about upgrading as though I don't mind W7, I'd be okay with W8 on my netbook since I have W7 at work.
yn-neko hates a cat
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Hopefully your netbook has the resolution and video capibility to run windows 8 right. You need to support at least DX9 graphics and a resolution greater than 800 x 600.
Is this your fist Microsoft thread or something?
Wouldn't a "Fist Microsoft!" thread be more appropriate for the gaggles of misinformed lemmings still holding onto late 90's "M$" hate.
Auron_Kale
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Yeah, it's running at the weird resolution of 1024 x 600. So I think I'll be okay, right?
Yes, it would be. Shit, you're the first person to use M$, they're losing it.
SapientWolf
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Seems like it's more W8 hate than general MS hate. It's a really polarizing OS.
Franklinator
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Dang it, the Computer Science and Engineering buildings of my school are enrolled in DreamSpark, but not the Business Building. Oh well, I may take advantage of the $15 upgrade since I just bought a laptop.
yn-neko hates a cat
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Ooooooooh..... I don't know man. You may not get more than the desktop. I never ran that low of a resolution so I can't say for sure but I think I read somwhere that you needed at least 1024 x 768 to even see MUI apps.
brotkasten
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Oh no, it's very simple. Give me the option (even if it's not by default) to search across files, settings and apps, like it was in Vista and 7.
That'll be fine if you plan to use it just like Windows 7, but like yn-neko said, if you are planning on using any of the Modern UI/Metro apps then your resolution is too low. You need at least 1024 x 768 for that.
Auron_Kale
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Hmmm... Well, I guess I'll wait for more impressions and google around. If not, I'm okay with not upgrading obviously, but thought it might be fun.
Thanks!
Ahhh, gotcha. And yeah, probably more like W7 would be my usage. Otherwise, I'm looking to get a new comp (probably an Air or iMac if it's refreshed) and then boot camp it.
Im currently running Windows 8 Pro at home, and have been for several weeks now. Its my main OS and runs everything flawlessly. Big upgrade from Windows 7 and I won't be going back. I've also upgraded my work laptop from Windows 7 Enterprise to Windows 8 Enterprise and have no compatibility issues thus far with any work applications. Also running Lync 2013, Office 2013 and a few other new suites of MS applications as well.
I've been running variants of Windows 8 and 2013 suite applications for awhile as one of 6 companies world wide participating in the Super TAP program. Everything has come such a long long way in the past 18 months, and these final builds are ready to go. It will be interesting to see how things go from here, SDKs out there and all and developers starting to release WinRT applications etc..
I would have told you 1 month ago that Windows 8 would seem like the slowest adopted Windows OS yet, based on some of the feedback I read online. But, to the contrary most family and friends around me are interested in upgrading the OS or buying a Surface very soon. Shocking to have even my parents excited about the changes and new OS.. technology really has become a mainstream consumer electronic. People want the 'new' thing so I think Windows 8 will do just well.
That won't stop a few bitter PC enthusiasts upset with change, from making as much noise as they can online. MS will do just fine.
I've been running variants of Windows 8 and 2013 suite applications for awhile as one of 6 companies world wide participating in the Super TAP program. Everything has come such a long long way in the past 18 months, and these final builds are ready to go. It will be interesting to see how things go from here, SDKs out there and all and developers starting to release WinRT applications etc..
I would have told you 1 month ago that Windows 8 would seem like the slowest adopted Windows OS yet, based on some of the feedback I read online. But, to the contrary most family and friends around me are interested in upgrading the OS or buying a Surface very soon. Shocking to have even my parents excited about the changes and new OS.. technology really has become a mainstream consumer electronic. People want the 'new' thing so I think Windows 8 will do just well.
That won't stop a few bitter PC enthusiasts upset with change, from making as much noise as they can online. MS will do just fine.
SeaOfMadness
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Meh. I see what you mean, but it gives you the number of each of those types found, and then you just have click or arrow key down to see the results. Maybe a tiny bit more work, but it's rare for me that what I'm looking for could be in any of those 3 places.
SeaOfMadness
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If you have 2 monitors, you will *really* appreciate the full screen metro apps. You can move them back and forth from monitor to monitor with WIN+PgUp/Down and if you have a big monitor, you can snap them alongside the desktop. I love having a twitter feed snapped while the rest of the space is used by a desktop app.
Yup.
Windows 8 does. Windows RT can't install and run any desktop applications other than what comes with the OS.
Thanks. Very nice. I think I'll install this for the HTPC I am building in December. The screen and format seems like a perfect fit for entertainment purposes.
yn-neko hates a cat
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Jzero
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Dreams-Visions
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really cool.
still far, far from sold on the exposed keyboard on the reverse.
brandonh83
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I like it. Or it could just be because it's something new... ish.
faceless007
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I know this isn't exactly the right thread for this question, but will MS stop selling Win7 licenses as soon as Win8 launches?
In lieu of the expensiveness of the Surface RT. I'm thinking either Ideapad Yoga 13 (i7, 8gbRAM, 256gbSSD) or the Surface Pro, whichever can run TF2/League of Legends better.
I like the laptop replacement factor for the Yoga though, ridiculous commercial aside.
Jzero
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I don't think so since they're allowing people who buy Win 8 Pc's to downgrade to Win 7.
yn-neko hates a cat
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I do hope the edges and keyboard surfaces (generally all locations acting as surface contacts) are treated to be scratch and scuff resistant in addition to being durable otherwise it would suck to see your $1200+ piece of tech not lasting as advertised
yn-neko hates a cat
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Having been seeing Hybrid laptops adverised with discrete graphics but I'd imagine those will be the ones you'll want to jump at should they come. I think think Surface Pro is integrated graphics but maybe that's all you really need. People have been showing some interesting bench marks of the HD4000 integrated stuff at work on a 1366 x768 screen and AMD is rumbling about it's APU offerings as well.
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?
Great ad. Does a good job of showing off both the OS and the device.
Jayayess1190
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I cannot wait until next month, once my school finishes testing it I will get it for free. Ready to move up from the RC.
yn-neko hates a cat
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Here are the formats 8 and RT supports natively.
It doesn't say M4V or example but remember that Windows 8, like Windows 7 doesn't ship with many formats but there are plenty of free Codec packs that fix this so Windows 8 is no different from Windows 7 in that regard. Windows RT is where it becomes interesting because you'll only have a two (possibly 3) options:
- Download an app from the market place that implements the codec natively within the app. I have to imagine someone at MPC is all over this
- Stream it using an extender of some sort. I'm not aware of which ones are available but I know there are certain things I can stream over Skydrive for example.
Dreams-Visions
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well an i7 is going to run shit better than an i5.
that said, neither League nor TF2 require much in the way of power, so there is probably little benefit to the i7 for those games.
LukasTaves
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It can play any format. The platform itself already comes with some default ones (Mp4, wmv... You can see the full list here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/06/08/building-a-rich-and-extensible-media-platform.aspx)
Mpeg is available on the Pro with the Media Center addon, but not on RT, but any metro app can use their own codecs (even with hardware acceleration).
The downside is that you can't install codec packs in metro, it has to be on a per app basis...
But i hope once the platform is released there will be a few open source / free choices so developers can add new formats painlessly. It is supposed to be very easy to add new codecs to metro apps. The app in theory could inclusive add support for mpeg without the need of the Media Center add on.
yn-neko hates a cat
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It just occured to me: There isn't a Windows Marketplace accessable through a browser is there? If I'm wrong or it's just not being made available till launch then disregard but given all the things they've done with the Xbox store and accessability, it seems like there's value in a Windows Marketplace that's accessable outside of Windows.
For you Enterprise people out there Windows 8 also has a feature called Windows to Go.
You can essentially boot Windows from a mass storage device, an example being a USB.
Here are the differences between WtG and Windows 8 Pro.
You can essentially boot Windows from a mass storage device, an example being a USB.
Here are the differences between WtG and Windows 8 Pro.
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?
There is but it's not really accessible at the moment.
It's http://apps.microsoft.com/ but it doesn't work. However if you google (or bing!) that with an app you can find it. For example "http://apps.microsoft.com/ solitaire" brings you to something like http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/en-us/app/simple-solitaire/7910c30b-4933-443d-8b04-c57fe5f1cc12.
yn-neko hates a cat
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Sweet! Let's hope they launch something official when they pull the giant fake switch (those sorts events generally call for) because it'll be more in line with where they say they want to take the business and it's always nice to buy things when all you have is the internet and not necessarily your platform of choice at hand.
chickdigger802
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Yeah yoga is probably the most impressive hybrid thing to me.
I do wonder if they will sell like a thin plastic cover thing for the keyboard.
I do wonder if they will sell like a thin plastic cover thing for the keyboard.
it can play .m4v, which are basically just .mp4, out of the box - I tried mine out recently in the metro player in win8. however, if you've got a lot of files with multiple audio tracks or subtitles, you'll probably need to wait for a dedicated app in the store as I couldn't get either to work (both work in ios natively)
You need a resolution of 1024x768 to run the metro applications and 1366x768 to use the snap view.
I have a dual boot of Windows 7 Professional and Windows 8 Professional (thanks again, Sethos). Haven't had the time to go through Win 8, but Start page is both awesome and somewhat annoying.
Awesome because Microsoft made the OS more simple and stylish, somewhat annoying because I'm still not used to going the extra step (not a difficult one) to access the desktop.
Awesome because Microsoft made the OS more simple and stylish, somewhat annoying because I'm still not used to going the extra step (not a difficult one) to access the desktop.
opticalmace
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Just wanted to say you did an excellent job OP. Not too long, but all the info with nice pictures.
brotkasten
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They already have the Windows Phone Store on the web. You can expect the same for Windows 8. I'm not sure if remote install will be available at launch, though.