Windows 8: update or not
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 5813 posts since 17 Aug, 2004 from Berlin, Germany
Windows 8 will be released tomorrow (26).
Do you update, try it or switch to a different platform?
Do you update, try it or switch to a different platform?
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- KVRAF
- 1676 posts since 17 Dec, 2002 from Yorkshire
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- KVRian
- 1176 posts since 25 Dec, 2003 from Kentucky y'all
Hate hate hate the gui (metro) and the ability to not turn it off without a 3rd party hack.
once you get to the desktop its win 7.. so why bother
Scott
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once you get to the desktop its win 7.. so why bother
Scott
ADK
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- KVRian
- 574 posts since 16 Jun, 2003
I've been running it in the Office for a few weeks now, and I got used to it very quickly and now like it a lot. I don't think I'll be upgrading my DAW any time soon though.
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- Beware the Quoth
- 33159 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
where's the 'f**k no, dont be stupid' option?
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- KVRAF
- 11035 posts since 19 Jun, 2008 from Seattle
Hmmm... Let's see: I'll beta-test (we ALL will) Windows 8 (RC) for them in anticipation of SP-1, and suffer through all of its inevitable bugs, while waiting for the really hip devs to make touch-screen apps for it, on a buggy compiler... even though I don't have nor can afford an appropriate touch-screen this year! ... and um.
no.
p.s. "Metro" blows!!!
no.
p.s. "Metro" blows!!!
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- KVRAF
- 1782 posts since 4 Sep, 2011 from England
If it allows DIVA and Virtual Tape Machines to use less CPU I will get it if not then it's just a cash cow.
- KVRAF
- 4645 posts since 1 Aug, 2005 from Warszawa, Poland
I will have to see it in action, maybe when I get it on a new laptop or something. Meanwhile I'm not upgrading XP to 7, I've got 7 on lappy and I don't like.
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- KVRian
- 1265 posts since 3 Jul, 2009
Agreed. I think I'll wait and see if they get Win9 right (but W9 probably continues to use that horrible Metro UI so my hopes are not high).jcschild wrote:Hate hate hate the gui (metro) and the ability to not turn it off without a 3rd party hack.
once you get to the desktop its win 7.. so why bother
Scott
ADK
- KVRAF
- 6113 posts since 7 Jan, 2005 from Corporate States of America
It's the most cost effective way for me to get a more modern Windows OS ($50 upgrade via download??). Win7 Pro costs too much for me as a poor person, but I definitely want the Win 7 improvements that make it "What Vista shoulda been," since I've been stuck on Vista all this time. And while this is my DAW, I'm moving from Windows to Mac and it's more a legacy thing than a future production station. It is my game rig, tho.
Edit: I'm likely to disable metro ASAP since it's yet another step in Microsoft "improving usabity" by way of obstructing what you want with more layers of clicks and text. Sigh.
Edit: I'm likely to disable metro ASAP since it's yet another step in Microsoft "improving usabity" by way of obstructing what you want with more layers of clicks and text. Sigh.
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- KVRAF
- 3057 posts since 4 Jan, 2005
+1 I like the metro interface on my XBOX , but if you got to do a hack to turn it off on W8 thats not good . Maybe service pack1 or windows9 will address this . MS clearly aren't targeting the corporate world with W8 but are competing with Google and Apple in the tablet and phone market . I think Metro is great but Desktop users should be able to cut it off and on , maybe if they did this they could get the corporate world to embrace 8 as well .sonicpowa wrote:Agreed. I think I'll wait and see if they get Win9 right (but W9 probably continues to use that horrible Metro UI so my hopes are not high).jcschild wrote:Hate hate hate the gui (metro) and the ability to not turn it off without a 3rd party hack.
once you get to the desktop its win 7.. so why bother
Scott
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- KVRAF
- 4205 posts since 21 Oct, 2001 from my bolthole in the south pacific
There is certainly no guarantee of that. If Win8 is resisted by the commercial world - as currently seems likely - then a version which follows more directly from XP and Win7 will be on the cards.sonicpowa wrote:Agreed. I think I'll wait and see if they get Win9 right (but W9 probably continues to use that horrible Metro UI so my hopes are not high).jcschild wrote:Hate hate hate the gui (metro) and the ability to not turn it off without a 3rd party hack.
once you get to the desktop its win 7.. so why bother
Scott
ADK
It is possible we may get a fork in the Windows world with Tablet/Phones/consumer portables going one way and x86 workstations and corporate PCs another. If MS loses their footing in the corporate world they are in trouble. They will be battling it out in the consumer space with all the established players and Linux could finally clean their clock in the corporate world.
Vista was rejected and MS responded with the release of the more palatable Win 7.
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 5813 posts since 17 Aug, 2004 from Berlin, Germany
update (download version) from Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows XP with Service Pack 3 (SP3) to Windows 8 Pro version:
29,99€ or $39,99
This promotion is valid from October 26, 2012 and runs until January 31, 2013
Some infos about the upgrade:
read in German or read in English
29,99€ or $39,99
This promotion is valid from October 26, 2012 and runs until January 31, 2013
Some infos about the upgrade:
read in German or read in English
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