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I am earnestly trying to convince myself that Windows 8 is better, so chill. So I want to find out more about it, not get into a semantics argument. Quote:
I guess the search "window" is bigger in Windows 8...that's about it.
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2012-11-12, 01:20 | Link #422 | ||
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The Start Screen is used to launch applications. However, I find that I rarely have to access it at all since I like to create desktop shortcuts to commonly used apps (if all else fails, you can add the "Start Menu" as a toolbar, although that's a messy workaround). Quote:
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2012-11-12, 01:26 | Link #423 | |
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Another useful shortcut: Windows key + Prt Scr, which takes a full screenshot and saves a PNG into My Pictures\Screenshots.
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2012-11-12, 01:26 | Link #424 |
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I just checked our the new Task Manager and indeed it's much nicer. I use it quite often, so I'll look forward to that. The right-clicking will probably be more convenient for me as I get more used to it. I guess I'll look forward to using it.
@blaze0041: Okay, somehow I missed that you can directly search the internet by too on your start page. That's pretty interesting. Is there a way to "edit" the default Apps screen? If so, you can sort of organize icons that you want when you press start, so your desktop become less cluttered. And then, you can sort of transform the start menu into a "start grid" which would be amazing!
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2012-11-12, 01:35 | Link #425 | ||
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2012-11-12, 02:50 | Link #426 | |
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It's one of the options that doesn't get synchronised if you have linked your user account to a Microsoft account (previously known as an MSN account or Windows Live ID), however.
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2012-11-12, 04:23 | Link #427 | |
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2012-11-13, 10:04 | Link #428 |
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If you don't plan on using Metro ever, I tried using Windows 7 Explorer on Windows 8 with Ex7forWin8 and it basically does it job... and it's completely reversible. I tried it over the weekend and it works perfectly with some bugs involving bluetooth and account creation since those depend on Metro UI. It also loses the second taskbar for multi monitor setups.
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But yes, Windows 8 is actually more usable without the Metro stuff in my opinion without sacrificing the new features. There is also a program called "Startisback" that also brings back the native Windows 7 Start Menu while maintaining access to the Metro UI without needing to copy Window 7 files and is cheaper than Start8. Still, it's ironic that one has to install third party utilities just to fix Windows 8.
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2012-11-13, 10:15 | Link #429 | |
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2012-11-13, 10:47 | Link #430 | |
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and I don't really miss the start menu at all. I kinda like the startscreen...
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2012-11-13, 15:20 | Link #432 | |
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That is the objective of every operating systems; to provide an abstraction layer for the hardware for programmers to build applications... OK, with the popularization of computers adds a GUI for simple tasks... nonetheless the prevalence of MS-Windows, probably misleads a lot of users, so we have to rely to higher level and cross-OS abstraction these days like web-apps, java, OpenGL, etc In a perfect world, that would be clear, and easy to do, but marketing (not necessarily profit) takes precedence over the service advertised. |
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2012-11-13, 16:09 | Link #435 | |
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2012-11-13, 17:05 | Link #436 |
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It's important to remember that the hardware has to also support DirectX 11.1 to take advantage of it.
There doesn't seem to be anything too significant about this DirectX update though. Also, I'm uncertain as to whether my graphics card supports DirectX 11.1 or not.
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2012-11-13, 17:28 | Link #437 | |
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2012-11-13, 20:05 | Link #438 | |
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11.1 is much like 10.1 was It was mostly a revision of some components.
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at this point, the startscreen might as well be satan, saddam, and bin laden at the same time...
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-Heavier. It'll be slower, probably noticeably so, on your laptop +More secure +Faster booting +Retains 7's nice improvements over XP +Has a couple improvements on top of that So is that worth $40? Quote:
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2012-11-13, 23:35 | Link #440 | |
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This is a "feature" that makes perfect sense on a 2"x2" screen or even a small tablet. On a wide-screen monitor, not so much. Microsoft just figures the small screen environment is where the money is - I guess.
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