I've run windows 7 24-7 since its release. I rarely ever reboot unless required to by driver install or update.
I have no slowness or crashiness. Windows 7 and now Windows 8 are extremely good. I've been running windows 8, which i updated over a clean win7 install (which historically is a no no)... and everything is perfect.
Most of the bugs I encounter on a daily basis are actually 3rd party software, as I work in 3d animation dealing with very large data sets doing complex 3d modelling/animation and simulation.
Yes.. I cant believe it either, but the damn thing is actually really good. Chrome is a mess. Firefox is the middleman, and IE10 is faster, smoother than both of them. IE10 GPU acceleration is incredibly superior in every way.
Re:Innovative companies fail a lot, MSFT included
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Surface hasnt failed, and I dont think it will fail.
The problem is Windows RT. No one wants windows RT because theres no application support. However, I'll gladly take a Surface pro tablet with Windows 8 Pro that can run all of my regular desktop apps.
Its completely unfair to judge MS Surface right now because its only available in the RT model, which has NO programs, no use, nothing. The app store is virtually just learning to breathe at this stage.
After windows 8 pro x64 has been available on the surface pro tablets for a good peroid.. then we can start to determine how much of a success it was or wasnt.
No one in their right mind would buy a windows RT product right now. Releasing Windows RT on surface first, was a giant mistake.
The biggest walled garden is an Apple orchard.
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Apple still does well with walled gardens all over the fucking place. Not that I approve of that, but lets not rip MS apart when the competition is fucking worse.
It was his people's skills, not products.
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From what I can find around the web, he was asked to leave due to his way of working with people, not the products he created, which frankly are good. Windows 7 is good. Windows 8 is better (not perfect but better).
Now that may mean he gets the job done but they didnt like his methods, or they didnt like the job he did, and the methods. but whatever. NEXT
Win8. IE10 just has really good gpu acceleration, where as chrome is terrible. IE10's framerate and scrolling is very smooth on extremely graphically heavy pages where as chrome just seems like its chugging at 3fps.
Or huffington post, or even slashdot itself. IE10 is just smooth. Chrome is not performing well in comparison. I still like chrome because of the extensions and better adblock addons, but I have to say IE10 is pretty impressive, and I thought IE9 was ok but not good enough. Now I think IE10 is better, but needs extensions cause no one makes any for it obviously.
That's a very interesting point. I remember running OS/2 Warp, and using c64 basic prompt:) You're probably right. It is interesting that younger people have grown up with only the start menu ever since windows 95. I never thought about that.
Theres actually less clicks now. The intended workflow is to pin apps to your taskbar. The old start menu was redundant and had too many clicks.
Now if you pin all your apps to the task bar, you never have to go to the start menu unless you need something very specific or want to launch a metro app.
If you didnt know know how to close the metro apps, you probably dont know a lot of the new navigation workflow. I suspect you take some time to learn it. Its actually very good and fluid. There are some hiccups but I find most people just dont know how to use windows 8.
I love windows 8. Its technically superior to windows 7 in every way. The only thing that is throwing people off is the start menu now being full screen with apps on it.
If people took the time to actually understand how you're supposed to navigate and use windows 8.. people would realize they're just wrong.
Its not that hard to use:) For fuck sake we're tech geeks people. ACT LIKE IT. I fucking wrote config.sys and autoexect bats and ran bbs under desqview! wtf
Try updating your gpu and installing drivers, apple hasnt decided to support.
I used iOS ever since the first iphone and I felt very restricted for the first year without a cut and paste function.
Its not all perfect, it never is.
I'm not sure how I feel about trusted computing... but I do know that the MS app store is terrible right now. I also know that Windows RT is too restrictive considering it doesnt even have anything to offer a user. Theres no reason to own windows RT.
Now try this, click the top left corner to toggle between open apps and even your desktop.
THEN try this...
Click and drag your desktop out from the top left corner and place it next to an app. Now double click the divider so that the desktop is in the smaller portion. Notice how it now thumbnails every window on the desktop so you can switch to them fast. Click one of those thumbnails. Now double click the divider again... now click a different desktop window thumbnail.
Its pretty cool. Get used to toggle clicking the top left corner. Granted with a mouse its a little hard to click the divider but its not that bad once you get it down. It really shines in a touch environment.
Desktop and touch mobile all in one OS. pretty ambitious, pretty well executed... not perfect... but no one has done it before. Give MS some credit.
The reason why print resulted in nothing found is purely user error on your part.
You do not understand how the search function works... if you did, you would understand that of course it finds no apps named "print" but it finds print in settings.
Your problem is your own fault for not realizing that the search catagorizes your results, by apps, files, settings and more.
That is simply not possible because its not a fair comparison. Windows 8 is technically a superior OS to windows 7. Windows VISTA had serious technical flaws in it.
People have convinced themselves that windows 8 is bad because the start menu is different. THATS ALL THAT REALLY CHANGED. Everything else IMPROVED over windows 7.
So if winodws 7 is the great OS that it is.. and Vista is garbage... then Windows 8, being that its technically superior to windows 7, faster and smoother in every way... is better than vista.
What you're talking about is a personal preference regarding the start menu. But dont imply windows 8 is a technical mess like Vista was.
Personally I love windows 8. Am I crazy about the modern ui (metro ui) ? I only care about a UI as long as there are things to do with it. The metro ui is a good foundation and it would work very well for touch devices, and it blends seamlessly with windows 8 for the most part, but if the apps never come, and MS doesnt follow through... Metro UI will remain just a pretty full screen start menu.
The metro ui could use some improvements, but everything needs improvement. Iphone didnt have cut and paste for years!
The trick here is, will MS follow through. Will they APPLE up, and make a complete experience.
Windows 8 is fine on the technical level, its faster, better, smoother than the version before it... but will the intended experience be there be delivered by MS?
History has proven that MS does not follow through, and they often leave things up to other people. That kind of thinking will never help MS beat Apple.
It doesnt mean we want a walled garden, it just means people are looking for a complete experience that Microsoft gets behind.
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I've run windows 7 24-7 since its release. I rarely ever reboot unless required to by driver install or update.
I have no slowness or crashiness. Windows 7 and now Windows 8 are extremely good. I've been running windows 8, which i updated over a clean win7 install (which historically is a no no)... and everything is perfect.
Most of the bugs I encounter on a daily basis are actually 3rd party software, as I work in 3d animation dealing with very large data sets doing complex 3d modelling/animation and simulation.
Windows is just fine.
Dont give the rich your money. Save it all, by only what is necessary and fuck the rich.
Yes, and it was a terrible choice, and they forced the issue when no one really needed 3do.
Careful Valve.. If its not really needed, you may not want to do it.
Funny, it looks just like my brain.
all browsers use gpu acceleration for scrolling.
What the hell did I just say?
Yes.. I cant believe it either, but the damn thing is actually really good. Chrome is a mess. Firefox is the middleman, and IE10 is faster, smoother than both of them. IE10 GPU acceleration is incredibly superior in every way.
I'm liking the giant turd so far.
Surface hasnt failed, and I dont think it will fail.
The problem is Windows RT. No one wants windows RT because theres no application support. However, I'll gladly take a Surface pro tablet with Windows 8 Pro that can run all of my regular desktop apps.
Its completely unfair to judge MS Surface right now because its only available in the RT model, which has NO programs, no use, nothing. The app store is virtually just learning to breathe at this stage.
After windows 8 pro x64 has been available on the surface pro tablets for a good peroid.. then we can start to determine how much of a success it was or wasnt.
No one in their right mind would buy a windows RT product right now. Releasing Windows RT on surface first, was a giant mistake.
Apple still does well with walled gardens all over the fucking place. Not that I approve of that, but lets not rip MS apart when the competition is fucking worse.
From what I can find around the web, he was asked to leave due to his way of working with people, not the products he created, which frankly are good. Windows 7 is good. Windows 8 is better (not perfect but better).
Now that may mean he gets the job done but they didnt like his methods, or they didnt like the job he did, and the methods. but whatever. NEXT
Win8. IE10 just has really good gpu acceleration, where as chrome is terrible. IE10's framerate and scrolling is very smooth on extremely graphically heavy pages where as chrome just seems like its chugging at 3fps.
For example:
http://wonderwall.msn.com/movies/cnns-don-lemon-jonah-hill-was-a-tool-for-ignoring-me-in-hotel-lobby-1717280.story?ocid=answw11
Or huffington post, or even slashdot itself. IE10 is just smooth. Chrome is not performing well in comparison. I still like chrome because of the extensions and better adblock addons, but I have to say IE10 is pretty impressive, and I thought IE9 was ok but not good enough. Now I think IE10 is better, but needs extensions cause no one makes any for it obviously.
That's a very interesting point. I remember running OS/2 Warp, and using c64 basic prompt :) You're probably right. It is interesting that younger people have grown up with only the start menu ever since windows 95. I never thought about that.
Because IE10 is better than chrome. Seriously. Try it.
I dont tolerate assholes.
Theres actually less clicks now. The intended workflow is to pin apps to your taskbar. The old start menu was redundant and had too many clicks.
Now if you pin all your apps to the task bar, you never have to go to the start menu unless you need something very specific or want to launch a metro app.
If you didnt know know how to close the metro apps, you probably dont know a lot of the new navigation workflow. I suspect you take some time to learn it. Its actually very good and fluid. There are some hiccups but I find most people just dont know how to use windows 8.
I love windows 8. Its technically superior to windows 7 in every way. The only thing that is throwing people off is the start menu now being full screen with apps on it.
If people took the time to actually understand how you're supposed to navigate and use windows 8.. people would realize they're just wrong.
Its not that hard to use :) For fuck sake we're tech geeks people. ACT LIKE IT. I fucking wrote config.sys and autoexect bats and ran bbs under desqview! wtf
wah wah wah. :)
Try updating your gpu and installing drivers, apple hasnt decided to support.
I used iOS ever since the first iphone and I felt very restricted for the first year without a cut and paste function.
Its not all perfect, it never is.
I'm not sure how I feel about trusted computing... but I do know that the MS app store is terrible right now. I also know that Windows RT is too restrictive considering it doesnt even have anything to offer a user. Theres no reason to own windows RT.
Now try this, click the top left corner to toggle between open apps and even your desktop.
THEN try this...
Click and drag your desktop out from the top left corner and place it next to an app. Now double click the divider so that the desktop is in the smaller portion. Notice how it now thumbnails every window on the desktop so you can switch to them fast. Click one of those thumbnails. Now double click the divider again... now click a different desktop window thumbnail.
Its pretty cool. Get used to toggle clicking the top left corner. Granted with a mouse its a little hard to click the divider but its not that bad once you get it down. It really shines in a touch environment.
Desktop and touch mobile all in one OS. pretty ambitious, pretty well executed... not perfect... but no one has done it before. Give MS some credit.
... and yet I would rather own a windows 8 pc than a mac.
He just wants to hate because thats what ignorance wants to do.
The reason why print resulted in nothing found is purely user error on your part.
You do not understand how the search function works... if you did, you would understand that of course it finds no apps named "print" but it finds print in settings.
Your problem is your own fault for not realizing that the search catagorizes your results, by apps, files, settings and more.
That is simply not possible because its not a fair comparison. Windows 8 is technically a superior OS to windows 7. Windows VISTA had serious technical flaws in it.
People have convinced themselves that windows 8 is bad because the start menu is different. THATS ALL THAT REALLY CHANGED. Everything else IMPROVED over windows 7.
So if winodws 7 is the great OS that it is.. and Vista is garbage... then Windows 8, being that its technically superior to windows 7, faster and smoother in every way... is better than vista.
What you're talking about is a personal preference regarding the start menu. But dont imply windows 8 is a technical mess like Vista was.
Personally I love windows 8. Am I crazy about the modern ui (metro ui) ? I only care about a UI as long as there are things to do with it. The metro ui is a good foundation and it would work very well for touch devices, and it blends seamlessly with windows 8 for the most part, but if the apps never come, and MS doesnt follow through... Metro UI will remain just a pretty full screen start menu.
The metro ui could use some improvements, but everything needs improvement. Iphone didnt have cut and paste for years!
The trick here is, will MS follow through. Will they APPLE up, and make a complete experience.
Windows 8 is fine on the technical level, its faster, better, smoother than the version before it... but will the intended experience be there be delivered by MS?
History has proven that MS does not follow through, and they often leave things up to other people. That kind of thinking will never help MS beat Apple.
It doesnt mean we want a walled garden, it just means people are looking for a complete experience that Microsoft gets behind.