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They had introductory pricing till 1/31 of $39.95 for Pro (did not offer regular during this promotion), it is now $119.00 for regular and $199.00 for Pro upgrades!
 
I never used Win7 that much and personally I'll be passing on Win8.

Running an arm6 version of Debian with OpenBox and playing with RISCOS as well. The latter uses memory in the Kilobytes and yet has a very functional GUI and lots of apps.
 
andruoid said:
I never used Win7 that much and personally I'll be passing on Win8.

Running an arm6 version of Debian with OpenBox and playing with RISCOS as well. The latter uses memory in the Kilobytes and yet has a very functional GUI and lots of apps.
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If you are using Photoshop (full version) I have been told by many people that it does not work well running it on a virtual box on Linux and I refuse to use a Mac.
 
SamuraiBigEd said:
If you are using Photoshop (full version) I have been told by many people that it does not work well running it on a virtual box on Linux and I refuse to use a Mac.
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If I need to edit a photo or image I use GiMP in GNU/Linux. PS, Lightroom and the like are overpriced (just like Windows) so I refuse to support them.
 
What goes around comes around.
LL
 
I just took delivery of my first PC with Windows 8 (a.k.a. "Son of Bob") pre-installed on it, and have to say that it's a GIANT step backwards! The interface IS like using an old, clunky DOS program. Replacing a Programs menu with a bunch of large squares is like trading in a smart phone for a Jitterbug. No, it more like:

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Thank God they left room for a Linux install!!!
 
Speed Daemon said:
I just took delivery of my first PC with Windows 8 (a.k.a. "Son of Bob") pre-installed on it, and have to say that it's a GIANT step backwards! The interface IS like using an old, clunky DOS program. Replacing a Programs menu with a bunch of large squares is like trading in a smart phone for a Jitterbug. No, it more like:

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Thank God they left room for a Linux install!!!
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I remember that thing, it was called the Big Button, a telephone from mid-80s. I know it very well because I used to work for an outfit called Phonemend. Who used to handle the UK repairs and replacements for the company that sold them.
 
mikedt said:
I remember that thing, it was called the Big Button, a telephone from mid-80s. I know it very well because I used to work for an outfit called Phonemend. Who used to handle the UK repairs and replacements for the company that sold them.
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You have my sympathies...unless you're seriously vision impaired, of course...in which case you have my sympathies. :hmmmm:
 
I love it. Everyone whining about the lack of a start menu needs to shut up and learn command line. I launch my programs with windows+R, never once throughout my day do I use the metro start screen. Certain settings and applications are displaced from their Windows 7 locations, but I think people can deal with it.

Make sure you check driver compatibility though. One legitimate complaint I won't make fun of is that older graphics cards, PCI devices, etc. have trouble working on Windows 8 sometimes. I bought all new equipment to build my desktop and made sure that my sound card had windows 8 drivers available. When in doubt, check the manufacturer's website and if that doesn't say anything about Win8, google "(product) windows 8" and see what people have to say.
 
JoeyofBladez said:
I love it. Everyone whining about the lack of a start menu needs to shut up and learn command line. I launch my programs with windows+R, never once throughout my day do I use the metro start screen. Certain settings and applications are displaced from their Windows 7 locations, but I think people can deal with it.
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Or install Classic Shell or Start 8 and never see the Fisher Price/Son of Bob/AOL '96 menu again. :D

Although I bought Win 8, in a very roundabout way because of location...see post #78 in this thread. I just don't use it much at all. Mainly because I don't trust Microsoft and their software not to be spying on me.
 
mikedt said:
Or install Classic Shell or Start 8 and never see the Fisher Price/Son of Bob/AOL '96 menu again. :D
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"Hello again Stardock, my old friend!" I'm going shopping!

I remember playing with alternative Windows shells over the years. The "Mac" desktop for Windows 3.1, Microsoft's own Windows 95 preview shell that ran on NT 3.51 and several UNIX/X window managers. And then there's Packard Bell Navigator... :puke:
 
Mehta23 said:
I was real close to actually buying a copy of windows 8. The cd pack was £25, the same as the digital download.
I was thinking that the original £50 was quite a bit to have a "play" on it to see if I like it was but £25 seems alright.
Just wanted to sort of recap on the disadvantages of Win 8.....is it just people don't like change, and some things are incompatible? Would my steam games work?
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I have been using Windows 8 since August 2012 when it became available for developers when upgrading from my Windows 7 Professional (64 bit). I haven't noticed any software disruptions, except for Alcohol 52% which doesn't work with it. My Nvidia graphics works like a charm also.

The system speed has improved, and games run a little faster IMHO (5-10%).
I installed a free app - Classic Shell with Classic Start Menu from Sourceforge, which brought the Start Menu back, and used a couple of applications for changing the default Segoe UI font to Lucida Grande and minimizing the window borders to minimum, since Microsoft had removed this from Windows 8 :confused:.
I don't use metro because I have 26" LCD and it looks strange :D.

I was thinking of downgrading it to Windows 7 to get the classic theme, but decided it works fine and so am happy with it.

Note that Windows 8 is not a "new" operating system, it's internal designation is 6.2. It is still based on the reworked Vista (Vista = 6.0, Windows 7 = 6.1, Windows 8 = 6.2). So everything that worked on 7 works on 8 too.
 
OK Windows 8 lovers, here's a question for you: Precisely how do I access the settings that I used to have close at hand through Administrative Tools and Control Panel? The "Settings Lite" that I get from that thing that occasionally comes out of the weeds at the right side of the screen isn't cutting it for me. I need at least the MMC to get me by.
 
Im not sure if this is what your talking about, but open Charms, select Settings, Tiles, move "Show Administrative Tiles" to Yes

And you can run MMC by typing "mmc" at the start screen, it will search for you. Assuming you mean Microsoft Management Console.
 
javasirc said:
Im not sure if this is what your talking about, but open Charms, select Settings, Tiles, move "Show Administrative Tiles" to Yes

And you can run MMC by typing "mmc" at the start screen, it will search for you. Assuming you mean Microsoft Management Console.
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Yes, that's what I mean, thanks. Now...where are the charms hidden? :vollkommenauf:
 
Charms is the 5 items on the right of the screen when you move your curser to the top right or bottom right corner. Or you can do Win + c on keyboard to open it.

If your using a tablet, you can swipe from the right of the screen to open it.
 
Speed Daemon said:
And then there's Packard Bell Navigator... :puke:
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Ohh heck...I actually remember Packard Bell Navigator! Glad to know I was not the only one stuck with it.

My first home computer was actually a Packard Bell with a 6.3 GB hard drive. The Packard Bell Navigator actually took up about 2GB of the space. Nothing but bloat. I actually disabled and uninstalled the Packard Bell Navigator and went with the Windows 95 desktop UI.
 
mikedt said:
Charms!

Did MS really intend Win 8 as a serious enterprise operating system?
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That's pretty much what I had running through my mind when I read that. Thanks javasirc for the help, but I gotta agree that names like that don't inspire confidence. I hope there's still time to change the order for my rendering box to ship with Windows 7!
 
kct1975 said:
Ohh heck...I actually remember Packard Bell Navigator! Glad to know I was not the only one stuck with it.
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Being an owner of Hewlett-Packard test equipment and a student of Bell System engineering, I wasn't about to buy anything from this coattail-riding company. But I did have the displeasure of exorcising a Packard Bell machine for its owner who just happened to be a right hottie. At least having her as company helped! ;)
 
Speed Daemon said:
That's pretty much what I had running through my mind when I read that. Thanks javasirc for the help, but I gotta agree that names like that don't inspire confidence. I hope there's still time to change the order for my rendering box to ship with Windows 7!
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I'm seriously thinking. Did Microsoft subcontract the UI design of Win 8 and RT to Mattel?
 
Windows "Blue," an update to Windows 8 that is widely expected to arrive later this year, has so far been something of a mystery, with the only information coming from leaks and rumors.

Over the weekend, a build of the software with a date of March 15 leaked onto the Internet, at last giving people the opportunity to see what Blue would contain.

The big news is... Windows Blue looks an awful lot like Windows 8, which is consistent with its likely position as an update to Windows 8. Those hoping that Microsoft would abandon the Metro environment will be disappointed. - ars technica
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If they want to improve Metro, just remove it.
http://arstechnica.com/information-...dows-blue-leaks-more-metro-more-multitasking/
 
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