EPTWhat OS do you use on your pc? windows 7 or 8? - Page 4
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nam nam
Sweden4672 Posts
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NeThZOR
South Africa7387 Posts
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MrCon
France29748 Posts
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mantequilla
Turkey781 Posts
Windows 8 itches my fingers when I use it though. Don't like the new start menu and such. | ||
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FFW_Rude
France10201 Posts
Using Windows 7 because i really don't like the new interface. Also microsoft account to dl stuff like skype is bullshit. You can install it without it but... it's a pain in the ass. I want to do what i want on my computer. W8 is far too restrictive for me. I had WinXP until w8 get announced. Then i switched to windows 7. I'll wait for Windows 10 to be announce to install W9  | ||
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SixStrings
Germany2046 Posts
On October 15 2013 15:13 skyR wrote: You clearly don't since Windows is fucking terrible -.- Didn't peg ya for a Mac user. | ||
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Caladan
Germany1238 Posts
Win 8 is like the equivalent to Windows Vista. Microsoft even admitted it that Win 8 is very bad, hence that's why they made Win 8.1. Windows 7 has every hardware support (64 Bit, DirectX 11, SSD support, 64GB RAM support, etc.) you will need in the next couple of years, is very stable and it's GUI is much better. Really no one needs the new Win 8 GUI, unless you have a touch screen device, in which case you probably will get a mobile OS/Android. Guess why Win 8 is so cheap. Tl;Dr: Use Windows 7. No reason for 8. I'm a tech guy. | ||
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Ben...
Canada3485 Posts
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SixStrings
Germany2046 Posts
Is it allowed to discuss hackingtoshs here? | ||
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Mindcrime
United States6899 Posts
On October 15 2013 18:01 WonnaPlay wrote: IMO the cover screen is a waste of time, for anything not a tablet. I'm quite familiar with the Windows structure, yet whenever I'm trying to find something in Windows 8, I usually end up starting most my applications using CMD. The start button was a great way to quickly search for programs, no matter if they were in the start menu or not. Basically I use Windows 8 more like it was DOS instead of making progress with the OS. You don't need to click the start button to bring up the menu, and Windows 8 still has search. | ||
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semantics
10040 Posts
On October 16 2013 00:32 Ben... wrote: Maybe Linux? Either or. He's definitely right though. Windows is not a good operating system at all. Once you use a UNIX-based OS for a while you can't go back to Windows. After using Mac OS for nearly 4 years and Linux for 7 I find Windows absolutely insufferable to use. I'm at the point where I only use Windows for games and avoid it for absolutely everything else unless I have to use it. I'd much rather use Mac OS or Linux for doing actual work. They're both way faster than Windows and not nearly as much work to maintain. It's hard to see how poorly designed Windows is until you have used something else for a decent length of time, but once you do, you will find Windows turns into more of an exercise in frustration than anything else. The main reason why windows is so insufferable is because of business and their love for legacy support. | ||
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RebirthOfLeGenD
USA5860 Posts
On October 15 2013 09:27 skyR wrote: You don't need to log out before shutting down.. windows c > settings > power > shutdown, a lot of clicks but meh. Everyone saying Windows 8 is terrible are just bad and inefficient so they need a start menu. ALT + F4 seems the fastest to me. | ||
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semantics
10040 Posts
If you just want to shut down, tap the power button. | ||
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Natolumin
France72 Posts
But yeah, even though I almost only use the desktop when I'm at home, I'm not doing any kind of productive work on windows. I actually have to use my mouse way too often (whereas when you have a correctly configured WM, you can do almost anything you need with only a keyboard. That's my main problem with windows, not the OS especially, but rather that it requires me to leave the keyboard and grab the mouse to do virtually anything. Plus it doesn't have virtual desktops without installing awkward addons which don't work half the time. As for windows 8, I don't own a tablet thank you (I mean, fullscreen menu ? really ?) | ||
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semantics
10040 Posts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_keyboard_shortcuts | ||
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zhurai
United States5660 Posts
not interested at all in Windows 8 | ||
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Wiggins8
Germany107 Posts
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Czarnodziej
Poland624 Posts
All the hate stemming from its OPTIONAL component, which is touch-optimized interface. | ||
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FFW_Rude
France10201 Posts
On October 16 2013 18:07 Czarnodziej wrote: Amount of opinions brimming with technological idiocy regarding Windows 8 in this thread is staggering. All the hate stemming from its OPTIONAL component, which is touch-optimized interface. A lot of people don't know how to skip the OPTIONAL components that are in it in the DEFAULT configuration. For example my GF is new to the PC universe and she prefers W7 on my PC than the W8 on her computer and asked me if i could put W7 on her computer. She asked me how i could do this or that on my computer and she couldn't. She has no experience in computers and just find W8 hard to use. She can't find her programs, (the skype things really made her angry because she couldn't find what she just installed) etc... On October 16 2013 04:20 Wiggins8 wrote: Win7 obviously, its the only viable OS for Gamers. I like that if i contract your name it goes => W8 :p | ||
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Iksf
United Kingdom444 Posts
Tried Windows 8.1 alpha leak a few months ago, didnt like a lot of the changes from windows 8 and was buggier (duh). Never got around to trying the RTM. Would prefer to use Linux in an ideal world but I got bored of trying to force various games to work with poor performance. Love Valves new moves into the Linux area but until theres sc2 for Linux or processors that can handle sc2 with ease even through wine are well priced il probably be using Windows 8. | ||
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