Anyone else get Windows 8?

[gadgtfreek]

Thats why Im staying with the dekstop full time.

[meStevo]

Problem with Metro is that I tend to multitask a lot, and metro doesn't really allow for that. The reason I have a large widescreen monitor is to put more than 1 thing up at a time, and metro kills that.

I do too, and still do it in windows 8. Not everything is a metro app.


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[KC9TIK]

I downloaded it over a month ago because I could get if for free through DreamSpark. I wasn't happy with Win 7 Pro x32 because PAE didn't do anything, and I wanted to UEFI boot. Windows 8 Pro x64 fixed all that, I now have boot times in under 10 seconds. After installing some software, boot time increased.

Windows 8 doesn't include any video codecs, Media Center costs an additional $10, and a lot of their support sites say, "use third party software for that" when they could have easily done it right the first time. I use my computer heavily for media-related tasks.

IE10 requires compatibility mode to be turned on to see Satelliteguys correctly and allow the 'enter' key to work. The site still doesn't look right.

I'm wondering how well explorer.exe and related programs out of 7 will work within 8 - the goal would be to have the kernel of Windows 8, but the UI of Windows 7 without "third party software". It worked with screen savers in the past.

It doesn't have backup options either.

Exiting the Start screen is the first thing I do. It's no longer called Metro because of a copyright infringement.

[dangue]

I downloaded it over a month ago because I could get if for free through DreamSpark. I wasn't happy with Win 7 Pro x32 because PAE didn't do anything, and I wanted to UEFI boot. Windows 8 Pro x64 fixed all that, I now have boot times in under 10 seconds. After installing some software, boot time increased.

Windows 8 doesn't include any video codecs, Media Center costs an additional $10, and a lot of their support sites say, "use third party software for that" when they could have easily done it right the first time. I use my computer heavily for media-related tasks.

IE10 requires compatibility mode to be turned on to see Satelliteguys correctly and allow the 'enter' key to work. The site still doesn't look right.

I'm wondering how well explorer.exe and related programs out of 7 will work within 8 - the goal would be to have the kernel of Windows 8, but the UI of Windows 7 without "third party software". It worked with screen savers in the past.

It doesn't have backup options either.

Exiting the Start screen is the first thing I do. It's no longer called Metro because of a copyright infringement.

You can get media center for free by providing ms with your email info. They email you a product key within 24 hours.

[jbernardi]

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I did a clean install of windows 8, so I have a newly formatted C: drive and a new registry. I think it works great. You can quickly get to a lot of system tools and file explorer by moving your cursor to the bottom left corner of the screen and right clicking, whether you're on the desktop or the tiles. I moved the taskbar to the right side of my screen and can still pin over 20 programs to it, as well as having other shortcut icons on the screen. I don't feel that I'm missing anything from Windows 7.

I don't think I'll be spending much time on the tiles, but it's nice for those whom buy a Surface or other Windows 8 RT tablet to have the same tiles in both places.

[whitewolf8214]

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