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This thread shall now be about Windows 8.
Given MS' decision to bring back the start menu, are there any other reasons to avoid Windows 8?DISCLAIMER: the author of the above written texts does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for any offence and insult; disrespect, arrogance and related forms of demeaning behaviour; discrimination based on race, gender, age, income class, body mass, living area, political voting-record, football fan-ship and musical preference; insensitivity towards material, emotional or spiritual distress; and attempted emotional or financial black-mailing, skirt-chasing or death-threats perceived by the reader of the said written texts.Comment
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When it comes out(there's a few months out yet), probably no.Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God.-Isaiah 41:10
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made - Psalms 139.14a
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No, it still sucks and is the primary reason PC sales have fallen so drastically around the world. End users didn't like it so they stopped buying it while enterprise users stuck with what they already had rather than embrace this turd of a program. 8.1 is an improvement over the completely dysfunctional 8.0 but only slightly; it at least restores basic functionality for end users but that's hardly a reason to spend money on a product. "Hey, it is no longer a complete piece of crap... Just mostly a piece of crap."Originally posted by Colon™ View Post
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Anybody here actually using linux to run any old windows game with Wine? I use an XP machine because my gaming time is too scarce to justify new software purchases and there is no incentive (apart from the impending demise of support) to use windows 7, much less windows 8.
I wonder why HC is so certain that use of XP has been indefensible?Comment
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Good ****ing riddance.
We just expunged GDI+ from our codebase and replaced it with Direct2D. DirectX9 has been replaced by 10.1.
Life is good again."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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I switched away from XP back in...2007 I think? Yeah.
Good riddance. If I had to restrict myself to a single criticism of XP it would be security.Comment
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Originally posted by Geronimo View Post
Keep an XP computer going and leave it off the network?(\__/)
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MS have announced they'll bring back the full start menu in the future.Originally posted by Dinner View PostDISCLAIMER: the author of the above written texts does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for any offence and insult; disrespect, arrogance and related forms of demeaning behaviour; discrimination based on race, gender, age, income class, body mass, living area, political voting-record, football fan-ship and musical preference; insensitivity towards material, emotional or spiritual distress; and attempted emotional or financial black-mailing, skirt-chasing or death-threats perceived by the reader of the said written texts.Comment
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The start menu (or lack thereof) is not the problem with Win8.
hint: (it's the ugly Metro tile touchscreen UI)To us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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That's the same thing.
The only time a desktop user ever sees the ugly Metro tile touchscreen UI is because there's no real start menu.
I say this as a daily Win8.1 user."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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Damn. I thought avoiding the awful UI was at least an option.
Win8/8.1
To us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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Yeah, you could do that. If it never, ever, ever, ever is connected to the internet then you could safely continue to use XP. We're talking not even connected to a network which is connected to the internet though so what's the point? Either junk that ancient beast or just install a different operating system (again, linux would work well even on really old computers).Originally posted by notyoueither View PostTry http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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It's nice that they admitted they totally ****ed up and even fired Steve Balmer over it because the **** up was huge but I still can't forgive them. Win8 will still be a worthless piece of crap even if it because a marginally more useful piece of crap because normal people can now actually understand how to use basic functions once again. I seriously hate this new Samsung laptop my work has foisted upon me and would gladly burn it in the night fires to appease R'hllor and I don't even like R'hllor.Originally posted by Colon™ View PostTry http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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