Windows 8's metro interface is perfectly suited so small screens like those on tablets and netbooks, right? Wrong! I discovered at work on a customer's netbook that if the screen res is any lower than 1024x768 (this netbook was 1024x600), the no metro apps will run (unless you do some registry hacks and increse your res beyond the natine and distort the image). So, it looks like Windows Hate isn't suited to big desktop screens or small tablet/phone screens. So what is it suited to?
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Newfound hatred for windows 8
I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!
No wonder it doesn't work! You installed the jumper wires backwards
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Re: Newfound hatred for windows 8
windows 8 looks like it was made by a 3yr old for a 3yr old.....it will be a disaster worse than vista and ME combined. Maybe now MS will get rid of that asshole steve ballmer. Hes driven MS right into the ground.<--- Badcaps.net Founder
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Originally posted by Topcat View Postwindows 8 looks like it was made by a 3yr old for a 3yr old.....it will be a disaster worse than vista and ME combined. Maybe now MS will get rid of that asshole steve ballmer. Hes driven MS right into the ground.
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Originally posted by shovenose View PostLet's agree to disagree. I love it and find Windows 8 to be faster and more efficient to use than any other version of Windows (including XP)<--- Badcaps.net Founder
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We are a dying breed Topcat, I wrote this editorial a few days ago and received nice comments about it on Techspot, on Neowin however I was just titled as "insanely stupid"
I guess I really am becoming too old to swallow the crap being forced down my throat....
http://www.techspot.com/article/596-...retrogression/"The one who says it cannot be done should never interrupt the one who is doing it."
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Originally posted by shovenose View Post...I love it and find Windows 8 to be faster and more efficient to use than any other version of Windows (including XP)I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!
No wonder it doesn't work! You installed the jumper wires backwards
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Originally posted by c_hegge View PostMaybe, but it's soooooooo UGLY! Even windows 95 was somewhat better looking.
Windows 8 has the Improved nt 6.2 kernel = fact
windows 8 is ugly = personal opinion .
and i personally think it looks very pleasing.
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Originally posted by shovenose View Postthat is pure opinion.
Windows 8 has the Improved nt 6.2 kernel = fact
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Re: Newfound hatred for windows 8
I just got seven on my laptop. Seems okay so far. Not too much different from XP. Just picked up a copy for the desktop but not installed yet. I have no desire to get 8 from the little bit I have seen so far. Just personal opinion. I also have been accused of being stuck in the seventies as well. So take with a grain of salt.
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Windows 8 was pointless IMO as well. You got Windows 7 now, which pretty much does what XP does but with a more flashy interface and better support for new software and games. That all aside, the average home user / office worker doesn't really need anything more than a Pentium 4 for work... IMO.
Originally posted by shovenose View PostWell its not crap if I can work more efficiently in my opinion.
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Most of what makes Metro any better in terms of productivity I can get for free in the form of gnome shell. Actually, IMHO, gnome shell is way better than Metro... But then again, I've been using it since gnome 3 came out.
To be honest, W7 is 2nd best after GS... Xp's interface is 3rd. In my book, that is.sigpic
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Originally posted by ratdude747 View PostMost of what makes Metro any better in terms of productivity I can get for free in the form of gnome shell. Actually, IMHO, gnome shell is way better than Metro... But then again, I've been using it since gnome 3 came out.
To be honest, W7 is 2nd best after GS... Xp's interface is 3rd. In my book, that is.
I tried putting Ubuntu 12.10 on my desktop 3 days ago. It did not work!!
Linux is awesome, for servers. For desktop or laptop, what a joke. It's not good for people who rely on their computer to work
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Originally posted by ratdude747 View PostMost of what makes Metro any better in terms of productivity I can get for free in the form of gnome shell. Actually, IMHO, gnome shell is way better than Metro... But then again, I've been using it since gnome 3 came out.
To be honest, W7 is 2nd best after GS... Xp's interface is 3rd. In my book, that is.
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Originally posted by shovenose View PostLinux is awesome, for servers. For desktop or laptop, what a joke. It's not good for people who rely on their computer to work
Linux is king for servers. I've run datacenters with both linux and windows systems, always had less trouble and security issues with the linux ones.... FWIW, the first 7 years of badcaps.net was hosted from a win2k server.<--- Badcaps.net Founder
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I have to use Windows 8 on my work computer. Everything works, and it's pretty fast but I just don't like it that much....I hardly ever use the "Start menu" for anything except to search for stuff. Windows 7 is perfect for me I think I'm going to stick to that for a few more years.
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Originally posted by Topcat View PostThat is just plain false. It depends on what you do with your system. For an emailing web browser, linux can be wonderful! ...and the vast majority of PC users out there do nothing more than web browse and email.....
Linux is king for servers. I've run datacenters with both linux and windows systems, always had less trouble and security issues with the linux ones.... FWIW, the first 7 years of badcaps.net was hosted from a win2k server.
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Originally posted by shovenose View PostFor desktop or laptop, what a joke. It's not good for people who rely on their computer to workI love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!
No wonder it doesn't work! You installed the jumper wires backwards
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