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Topic: Windows 8 prices
Posted By: djeddie
Subject: Windows 8 prices
Date Posted: 06 December 2012 at 6:49pm
Just been to Comet and grabbed a copy of Windows 8 Pro for £25! If you need a copy it might be worth popping along to Comet before they sell out and shut down for good.

Mind you it's the first time I've ever payed for an OS and I feel slightly dirty now.Big smile


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Posted By: Audio_AL
Date Posted: 06 December 2012 at 7:31pm
Wait......... You paid money for windows 8.......
Let me know how that works out for you. It looks  like complete shit to me! No offense if u like it. But seriously let me know how u like it


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Posted By: levyte357-
Date Posted: 06 December 2012 at 7:52pm
Originally posted by Audio_AL Audio_AL wrote:

Wait......... You paid money for windows 8.......
Let me know how that works out for you. It looks  like complete shit to me! No offense if u like it. But seriously let me know how u like it


Since hearing Bill Gate$ is a murdering SOB, so glad Windows 7 is free for DELLs. Embarrassed


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Posted By: Ras Loud
Date Posted: 06 December 2012 at 7:52pm
The biggest joke are the Microsoft commercials where they act like it is only possible to share files or to watch tv on your computer (or whatever) with the new Windows version


Posted By: djeddie
Date Posted: 06 December 2012 at 8:26pm
I had to buy a copy, unfortunately, for a machine that has to be 100% above board. It was just that fact that is was only twenty five quid!

It's actually not that bad. Only took twenty five minutes to install and be fully running, it starts up in less than a minute and is quite simple to use... apart from those f*&^*g tiles! They really are crap! Even trying to find the Shut-Down button is a nightmare with those.


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Posted By: levyte357-
Date Posted: 06 December 2012 at 8:33pm
What does 8 really give you over '7 ?

Apart from ruined GUI, and probably even more cpu/mem hungry !?

Some of us want PC Gui to be flash, but not look like a phone.Dead


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Posted By: Sinai Sound
Date Posted: 06 December 2012 at 8:33pm
Originally posted by djeddie djeddie wrote:

.......Even trying to find the Shut-Down button is a nightmare with those.

I spent ages trying to find it! 

Gave up in the end, loaded task manger, loaded command line

shutdown -s

really couldn't get on with it, so re installed windows 7 Tongue


Posted By: bitSmasher
Date Posted: 06 December 2012 at 10:43pm
I like it, although having to ctrl+alt+del to shut down is a bit annoying... do need to spend some time reading/watching tutorials to get the most out of it, seems with dual monitor you can run tiles on one screen and desktop on the other. Hope to find more shortcuts, win+tab and a few other +tab combos seem to do new things.
Really want a tablet/slate computer now, to take advantage of the touchscreen functionality


Posted By: Audio_AL
Date Posted: 07 December 2012 at 12:11am
I think that is what they were going for. An operating system for tablets/pad/phone type machines. If I needed to upgrade my Ipad2 in the future and didn't go with an apple product then there is a tiny chance but you will NEVER see Windows 8 on one of my desktops. My workflow for graphic design and video editing would be severely compromised I think. We can't have some flashy bells and whistles affecting the bottom line, now can we? ;)

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Posted By: levyte357-
Date Posted: 07 December 2012 at 10:23am
So I'm guessing '7 x64 is possibly the pinnacle of M$ Windows technology.

Unless Windows suddenly becomes POSIX compliant. LOL


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Posted By: Admin
Date Posted: 07 December 2012 at 12:48pm
I have been using Windows 8 for about 6 months thanks to Microsoft prerelease to partners and I love it.

Not having the Start button is a pain, but you can install Classic Shell for free from the link below which puts back the start button:-

http://classicshell.sourceforge.net

Once you have the start button back it is a great OS.

One thing I can not workout is why Microsoft use the same interface on Windows Server 2012. Without putting back the start button using Classic Shell trying to get the right mouse over regions is a right pain when using remote desktop.


Posted By: djeddie
Date Posted: 07 December 2012 at 8:24pm
Thanks for the http://classicshell.sourceforge.net" rel="nofollow - classicshell link. Perfect.


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Posted By: levyte357-
Date Posted: 07 December 2012 at 8:26pm
Question is, in what way is '8 technically superior to '7 ?


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Posted By: djeddie
Date Posted: 07 December 2012 at 8:30pm
Dunno Lev, not got that far into into it yet. But so far everything seems to work and work very quickly. There's just no 'clunkyness', if you see what I mean.


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Posted By: fat_brstd
Date Posted: 08 December 2012 at 6:58am
I thought the whole point of 8 vs 7 was that 8 is able to do everything 7 can but is way less memory hungry so it would be able to run on the reduced power thats going into tablets and phones which is why its all built around touch screen stuff.

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Posted By: levyte357-
Date Posted: 08 December 2012 at 11:15am
Originally posted by fat_brstd fat_brstd wrote:

I thought the whole point of 8 vs 7 was that 8 is able to do everything 7 can but is way less memory hungry so it would be able to run on the reduced power thats going into tablets and phones which is why its all built around touch screen stuff.


Well, '8 is a long way off for me.

Moving all my family up to '7 Ultimate x32/x64 and they love it, with plenty ram & fast CPU/HD.




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Posted By: mykey-
Date Posted: 08 December 2012 at 11:26am
Originally posted by djeddie djeddie wrote:

Just been to Comet and grabbed a copy of Windows 8 Pro for £25! If you need a copy it might be worth popping along to Comet before they sell out and shut down for good.

Mind you it's the first time I've ever payed for an OS and I feel slightly dirty now.Big smile
50p here......a copy of course


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Posted By: djeddie
Date Posted: 08 December 2012 at 1:06pm
I take it you're still over there then Mykey!


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Posted By: SamV
Date Posted: 08 December 2012 at 2:06pm
You should see how fast 2kPro runs on the latest PCs.


Posted By: Tony Wilkes
Date Posted: 10 December 2012 at 11:58am
Just upgraded my Samsung Netbook from Win7* to XP and it now flies and runs all the programs that I need to on the little thing. I do like 7 though on suitable hardware.

* It never had the resources to run 7 correctly.

Tony


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Posted By: levyte357-
Date Posted: 12 December 2012 at 12:22pm
Originally posted by Tony Wilkes Tony Wilkes wrote:

Just upgraded my Samsung Netbook from Win7* to XP and it now flies and runs all the programs that I need to on the little thing. I do like 7 though on suitable hardware.

* It never had the resources to run 7 correctly.

Tony


On PCs, as long as the hardware supports Core2Duo/Core2Quad, DDR3, SATA II, you can load it up very cheaply and fly '7.

For laptops, IMHO, min spec is Core2Duo 2.0ghz, 4GB DDRII, SATA HD.


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