| Windows 8 18:40 - Feb 11 with 4264 views | Stranglers |
Any geeks or computer buffs, got it?
Purchased it yesterday, and sort of getting the old grey matter round it?
Is it just a case of bearing with it ?
Was gonna chuck it out the window early last night
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| Windows 8 on 18:42 - Feb 11 with 4249 views | BrighouseDale |
It's basically the same as Windows 7 apart from the home screen where you can put all your shortcuts. If you go to the desktop all the menus are very similar. Works for me anyway! |  |
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| Windows 8 on 18:48 - Feb 11 with 4229 views | Stranglers |
| Windows 8 on 18:42 - Feb 11 by BrighouseDale |
It's basically the same as Windows 7 apart from the home screen where you can put all your shortcuts. If you go to the desktop all the menus are very similar. Works for me anyway! |
no worries... | |
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| Windows 8 on 18:57 - Feb 11 with 4215 views | Daleaholic |
I don't think I've stayed on the Windows 8 page for longer than a minute or so. Awful. Straight to desktop every time. |  |
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| Windows 8 on 19:09 - Feb 11 with 4191 views | Stranglers |
| Windows 8 on 18:57 - Feb 11 by Daleaholic |
I don't think I've stayed on the Windows 8 page for longer than a minute or so. Awful. Straight to desktop every time. |
getting the same impression | |
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| Windows 8 on 19:19 - Feb 11 with 4178 views | D_Alien |
The thing about Microsoft products is that they've got to the point where re-design is overtaking functionality. They've got loads of programmers just sat there in front of screens thinking of ways to make a product that works do more, or they're out of a job. |  |
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| Windows 8 on 22:54 - Feb 11 with 4035 views | BobsAdaley |
I personally find it crap, but then again may be its my age, in fairness to myself I should never have upgraded from 7.
However, you can make it look and perform exactly like 7, down load "Classic Shell" from the net, its the best win 7 emulator and turn window 8 in to 7, well it is win 8 underneath but you would not know, it still loads mega quick and solves it all in one go |  | | |
| Windows 8 on 00:38 - Feb 12 with 3998 views | Stranglers |
cheers for the help/info people | |
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| Windows 8 on 00:40 - Feb 12 with 3996 views | BrighouseDale |
| Windows 8 on 00:38 - Feb 12 by Stranglers |
cheers for the help/info people |
The best thing about Windows 8 for me is, if you're using a touch pad on a laptop, you can use two fingers next to eachother, to scroll up and down or side to side. The wonders of technology. | |
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| Windows 8 on 15:16 - Feb 12 with 3883 views | DaleView |
| Windows 8 on 00:40 - Feb 12 by BrighouseDale |
The best thing about Windows 8 for me is, if you're using a touch pad on a laptop, you can use two fingers next to eachother, to scroll up and down or side to side. The wonders of technology. |
Personally, I would raise two fingers to Windows 8, Full Stop.
Previous poster hit the nail on the head.
Too many updates/new products are coming out of Microsoft when the philosophy should be "If it 'aint broke - don't mend it!"
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| Windows 8 on 19:58 - Feb 12 with 3775 views | DiddyDave |
My brother has it,he says it`s a bloody nightmare. | | | |
| Windows 8 on 12:39 - Feb 13 with 3680 views | Mass_Debater |
| Windows 8 on 19:58 - Feb 12 by DiddyDave |
My brother has it,he says it`s a bloody nightmare. |
Being your brother? | | | |
| Windows 8 on 19:13 - Feb 14 with 3572 views | wimborne_dale |
I'm a software engineer and most of my colleagues slate it. XP was a stable, intuitive system (NT and 2000 were very similar), since then Microsoft have lost the plot. As a poster on here alluded: Microsoft keep changing everything around because no-one justifies their continued employment by leaving well alone. Let's just be grateful they don't make cars! |  |
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| Windows 8 on 12:24 - Feb 15 with 3517 views | D_Alien |
| Windows 8 on 19:13 - Feb 14 by wimborne_dale |
I'm a software engineer and most of my colleagues slate it. XP was a stable, intuitive system (NT and 2000 were very similar), since then Microsoft have lost the plot. As a poster on here alluded: Microsoft keep changing everything around because no-one justifies their continued employment by leaving well alone. Let's just be grateful they don't make cars! |
I'm that poster, and the situation's actually worse than that.
Because of the possibility of greater connectivity between programmes and networks, additional security features have to be inbuilt - and the default settings are always pretty high. What this results in is greater control at corporate level, which mitigates against the ability of individuals to use the (previously) intuitive software.
This is then compounded by organisations (such as the NHS) having to pay bigger and bigger sums of our cash to have the security fully functioning. The NHS can't afford to pay top-level programmers in competition with private industry, so we either get third rate and poorly motivated programmers or the potential for flaws in the security of data - that's yours and my personal health data. | |
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| Windows 8 on 12:42 - Feb 15 with 3491 views | KenBoon |
I'm not a fan of Windows 8. However you can mess about with it enough to get it operating something like Windows 7. XP reached the end of its lifetime cycle. Home computing had changed between when that launched and Windows 7 (Shall not mention Windows Vista). I see where Microsoft are going with Windows 8, but the 'surface' part of it shouldn't be thrown in desktop and laptop users faces. Until 8.1 the GUI was terrible.
Windows 8 is still much better than the last few OSX efforts, which have taken a great OS and locked out features to encourage upgrades, offer few new features, many not available to older hardware users even though their machines are more than capable of running them, virtually lock down software to the appstore and are much more unstable. |  | | |
| Windows 8 on 12:43 - Feb 15 with 3490 views | MoonyDale |
| Windows 8 on 12:24 - Feb 15 by D_Alien |
I'm that poster, and the situation's actually worse than that.
Because of the possibility of greater connectivity between programmes and networks, additional security features have to be inbuilt - and the default settings are always pretty high. What this results in is greater control at corporate level, which mitigates against the ability of individuals to use the (previously) intuitive software.
This is then compounded by organisations (such as the NHS) having to pay bigger and bigger sums of our cash to have the security fully functioning. The NHS can't afford to pay top-level programmers in competition with private industry, so we either get third rate and poorly motivated programmers or the potential for flaws in the security of data - that's yours and my personal health data. |
In simple terms Windows 8 is the largest pile of Microsoft shite ever put out for public use..... [Post edited 15 Feb 2014 12:57]
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| Windows 8 on 19:26 - Feb 15 with 3434 views | Ninco |
I'm not keen on it. I preferred XP or 7. I've found that if you go down to the bottom right hand corner, you get your pop up start button, then if you right click it, the traditional start menu should pop up.
Another problem I have found, and I am not sure if this is just my laptop or all Windows 8 is that it wont play Lovefilm or Netflix.
I think it's something I will get used to after a while, but it will take time. | | | |
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