Scratch

Zeusking19 · 2012-04-25 12:33:05

It is probably gonna turn out like what happened to ubuntu, when gnome changed to unity.

It will be fine in the end.

stevetheipad · 2012-04-26 00:07:15

Might I quote Tim Cook from his latest Apple quarter report conference call about Windows 8?

"Anything can be forced to converge. But the problem is that the products are about tradeoffs. You begin to make tradeoffs to the point where what you have left at the end of the day doesn’t please anyone. You can converge a toaster and a refrigerator, but you know, those things are probably not going to be pleasing to the user."

wolvesstar97 · 2012-04-26 00:21:22

Spy-TF2 wrote:
Windows 7 is already too shiny for Windows.
STOP POLISHING IT MICROSOFT
YOU'RE JUST MILKING IT. >:I

That is why I changed my theme to Windows Classic.
Runs quickly as Windows 7.
Is Windows 7.
Looks like a classic.

I <3 grey boxes big_smile

maxskywalker · 2012-04-26 08:28:58

stevetheipad wrote:
Might I quote Tim Cook from his latest Apple quarter report conference call about Windows 8?

"Anything can be forced to converge. But the problem is that the products are about tradeoffs. You begin to make tradeoffs to the point where what you have left at the end of the day doesn’t please anyone. You can converge a toaster and a refrigerator, but you know, those things are probably not going to be pleasing to the user."

No, you may not quote the CEO of Apple to describe Microsoft's doings. Remember the move from Gnome to Unity, as Zeusking19 pointed out?

stevetheipad · 2012-04-26 10:10:22

maxskywalker wrote:
stevetheipad wrote:
Might I quote Tim Cook from his latest Apple quarter report conference call about Windows 8?

"Anything can be forced to converge. But the problem is that the products are about tradeoffs. You begin to make tradeoffs to the point where what you have left at the end of the day doesn’t please anyone. You can converge a toaster and a refrigerator, but you know, those things are probably not going to be pleasing to the user."
No, you may not quote the CEO of Apple to describe Microsoft's doings. Remember the move from Gnome to Unity, as Zeusking19 pointed out?

So opinions of opposing teams don't count?

I think you should at least acknowledge what he has to say.

Last edited by stevetheipad (2012-04-26 10:10:45)

veggieman001 · 2012-04-26 10:13:49

Zeusking19 wrote:
It is probably gonna turn out like what happened to ubuntu, when gnome changed to unity.

It will be fine in the end.

Except Unity looks gross and I can't stand using it tongue

stevetheipad wrote:
Might I quote Tim Cook from his latest Apple quarter report conference call about Windows 8?

"Anything can be forced to converge. But the problem is that the products are about tradeoffs. You begin to make tradeoffs to the point where what you have left at the end of the day doesn’t please anyone. You can converge a toaster and a refrigerator, but you know, those things are probably not going to be pleasing to the user."

If that's what Apple thinks, they're hypocrites.

Servine · 2012-05-05 07:44:10

Just got it! Posting this from IE in Win8!

VirtualBox is awesome.

FadeTheHedgehog · 2012-05-05 08:51:17

I have it running on my pc's real hardware as my processor can't do amd hardware assist/amd hyper v

jvvg · 2012-05-05 09:06:03

I have the Windows 8 Developer Preview in VBox, but couldn't get the consumer preview working. It appears I'm not the only person that wants a computer to be different than a smartphone. I'm sticking with Windows 7.

terminator68 · 2012-06-20 10:21:41

I can't wait for Windows 8! My dad has the preview version, and it's very fun to use!

Dinoclor · 2012-06-20 19:00:42

Last edited by Dinoclor (2012-06-20 19:01:01)

jji7skyline · 2012-06-20 23:25:34

You got bsod? Not surprising.

I dual boot the 64bit release preview for personal reasons to do with schoolwork, and it freezes so often and is such a pain to use.

technoguyx · 2012-06-20 23:57:37

Looks like a blatant copy of Android and iOS to me.

veggieman001 · 2012-06-20 23:59:26

jji7skyline wrote:
You got bsod? Not surprising.

I dual boot the 64bit release preview for personal reasons to do with schoolwork, and it freezes so often and is such a pain to use.

That's why it's a preview.
And it probably works better if not dual-booted.

jji7skyline · 2012-06-21 01:13:32

veggieman001 wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
You got bsod? Not surprising.

I dual boot the 64bit release preview for personal reasons to do with schoolwork, and it freezes so often and is such a pain to use.
That's why it's a preview.
And it probably works better if not dual-booted.

Interesting how Ubuntu runs fine on a dual-boot, whereas Windows seems to buggy whether it's dual-booted or not. And also, this is the final preview, the release preview, so major bugs should have been fixed.

micky011 · 2012-06-21 04:45:48

w8 is very intresting . you ues one time and all time

nathanprocks · 2012-06-21 05:35:18

Windows 8 is the only Windows I can use on my notebook because I formatted my entire hard disk to install Ubuntu, which removed the OEM version of Windows 7 that came pre-installed on the notebook, then I installed Win 8 DP, then I reinstalled my GRUB boot-loader so I can boot into Ubuntu, then I installed Win 8 CP, and now I can't reinstall GRUB for some reason. If I try to install Win 7, I get the BSoD when I try to login. On DP, you can get the old Start Orb back using the Registry Editor, but in CP and above, MS completely removed the old menu.

jji7skyline · 2012-06-21 06:22:53

Yea, I used the registry trick with DP but it doesn't work anymore. Stuck with the ugly metro start menu xD

At least I don't use it every day smile

And I'm pretty sure you can fix it with a clean install. Wipe your drive, boot from DVD and install.

Disclaimer: I'm not responsible for anything on this post.

nathanprocks · 2012-06-21 08:16:43

jji7skyline wrote:
Yea, I used the registry trick with DP but it doesn't work anymore. Stuck with the ugly metro start menu xD

At least I don't use it every day

And I'm pretty sure you can fix it with a clean install. Wipe your drive, boot from DVD and install.

Disclaimer: I'm not responsible for anything on this post.

Lol. I can just wait 'till I get the new Ubuntu from a magazine disc and that will upgrade my Ubuntu and reinstall my boot loader. I can't do that with my current version of Ubuntu because I used the update manager, not a disc.

nathanprocks · 2012-06-21 08:19:36

Dinoclor wrote:

Sorry, your computer crashed.
O |
|
|
O |
|
You need to restart it now.
Error 34187491

No really, that's it BSOD.

I got that when I hit the keyboard on my notebook really hard... I probably hit the CPU or RAM directly under the keyboard where I hit it. tongue (And I know where that is because I have pulled it apart before.)

maxskywalker · 2012-06-21 08:24:15

jji7skyline wrote:
veggieman001 wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
You got bsod? Not surprising.

I dual boot the 64bit release preview for personal reasons to do with schoolwork, and it freezes so often and is such a pain to use.
That's why it's a preview.
And it probably works better if not dual-booted.
Interesting how Ubuntu runs fine on a dual-boot, whereas Windows seems to buggy whether it's dual-booted or not. And also, this is the final preview, the release preview, so major bugs should have been fixed.

Actually, that's not necessarily true. If Microsoft gets lucky, most of the major bugs will have been fixed by the first update after the full release takes place. My OS X 10.7 (Lion) Mac STILL has a bunch of really annoying bugs.

jji7skyline · 2012-06-22 07:46:04

maxskywalker wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
veggieman001 wrote:

That's why it's a preview.
And it probably works better if not dual-booted.
Interesting how Ubuntu runs fine on a dual-boot, whereas Windows seems to buggy whether it's dual-booted or not. And also, this is the final preview, the release preview, so major bugs should have been fixed.
Actually, that's not necessarily true. If Microsoft gets lucky, most of the major bugs will have been fixed by the first update after the full release takes place. My OS X 10.7 (Lion) Mac STILL has a bunch of really annoying bugs.

Uh... no it doesn't.

Servine · 2012-06-22 10:59:43

It's the idea of a phone downgrading a pc, thats what it is.

XenoK · 2012-06-22 11:02:39

no more start button, I hear. I like ubuntu a lot better... But windows 8 is supposed to be a lot more accessible.

lallaway12 · 2012-06-22 14:08:20

Cant got Windows 7 pro not risking

Scratch

archived forums

#76 2012-04-25 12:33:05

Re: Windows 8

#77 2012-04-26 00:07:15

Re: Windows 8

#78 2012-04-26 00:21:22

Re: Windows 8

Spy-TF2 wrote:

#79 2012-04-26 08:28:58

Re: Windows 8

stevetheipad wrote:

#80 2012-04-26 10:10:22

Re: Windows 8

maxskywalker wrote:

stevetheipad wrote:

#81 2012-04-26 10:13:49

Re: Windows 8

Zeusking19 wrote:

stevetheipad wrote:

#82 2012-05-05 07:44:10

Re: Windows 8

#83 2012-05-05 08:51:17

Re: Windows 8

#84 2012-05-05 09:06:03

Re: Windows 8

#85 2012-06-20 10:21:41

Re: Windows 8

#86 2012-06-20 19:00:42

Re: Windows 8

#87 2012-06-20 23:25:34

Re: Windows 8

#88 2012-06-20 23:57:37

Re: Windows 8

#89 2012-06-20 23:59:26

Re: Windows 8

jji7skyline wrote:

#90 2012-06-21 01:13:32

Re: Windows 8

veggieman001 wrote:

jji7skyline wrote:

#91 2012-06-21 04:45:48

Re: Windows 8

#92 2012-06-21 05:35:18

Re: Windows 8

#93 2012-06-21 06:22:53

Re: Windows 8

#94 2012-06-21 08:16:43

Re: Windows 8

jji7skyline wrote:

#95 2012-06-21 08:19:36

Re: Windows 8

Dinoclor wrote:

#96 2012-06-21 08:24:15

Re: Windows 8

jji7skyline wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

jji7skyline wrote:

#97 2012-06-22 07:46:04

Re: Windows 8

maxskywalker wrote:

jji7skyline wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

#98 2012-06-22 10:59:43

Re: Windows 8

#99 2012-06-22 11:02:39

Re: Windows 8

#100 2012-06-22 14:08:20

Re: Windows 8

Board footer