Windows 8
I'll stick with Win 8 for a while just to have a look around.
The only reason I tried it in the first place was that I had read that it was faster than Win 7 on smaller machines.
It seems to me that this is not really a new operating system but a new wrapper around the old one.
I'll see what else I can find to dislike about it.
Pentax K-1 + K-5 and some other stuff
Algi
Pentax K-1 + K-5 and some other stuff
Algi
I'll see what else I can find to dislike about it.
It won't take you long
Since my software will have to work with Windows 8, even though it isn't a Metro app, I've been playing with it on and off since the early tech previews came out.
I don't like the Metro UI much, it seems quite clunky on a desktop. It's a shame, since it's quite nice on a phone or a tablet.
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The interface does take some time to get used to, but now I'm used to it I find it pretty easy.
Overall I'm not convinced it will be the final answer and that Windows 9 will be a lot better. Alternate Windows versions, like Star Trek films, tend to be good and bad.
But there is a lot of new stuff in there, it's just hidden under the hood!
Windows 98(SE) was great
Windows ME was crap
Windows XP was great
Windows Vista was crap
Windows 7 is great
Windows 8 is likely crap
Windows xxxx is probably going to be great
I have to ask, why do people install this stuff without waiting to see if it's a dog or not? What's so wrong with Windows 7 that you have to leap to upgrade?
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first so that they think what you offer second is good when
in fact it's also dross
Pentax K-1 + K-5 and some other stuff
Algi
I have to ask, why do people install this stuff without waiting to see if it's a dog or not? What's so wrong with Windows 7 that you have to leap to upgrade?
Because you cannot develop Windows 8 applications without Windows 8!
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19 years
Totana,
Spain.
No dramas during the install and when it eventually became usable I thought the new interface looked very good.
I then tried to use some of the 'Apps' from the shiny new user interface. No go.
For every app I tried I received the message "This app cannot open because your screen resolution is too small."
These apps apparently require minimum screen dimensions of 1024 x 768, my netbook is 1024 x 600.
We are not amused.