More Than 3 Out of 4 Enthusiasts Reject Windows 8


  1. Posts : 9,600
    Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
       #1680

    Dallas 7 said:
    ...Essenbe I totally agree, especially with the highlighted statement. For a desktop, W8 is clearly an inferior product and like you, I will not be force fed M$'s "one size fits all" compromised OS.
    And like you, I also resent M$'s "Our way or the highway" attitude about W8.

    If it comes down to "their way or the highway," I'll take the "highway".
    Meantime I'll stay with W7 till M$ comes to their senses.
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  2. Posts : 415
    Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 32-bit; Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (VM).
       #1681

    ICit2lol said:
    Boozad said:
    ICit2lol said:
    I just don't see what the fuss is all about
    No Aero! I love me some Aero!
    LOL!! I always disable that stuff anyway it eats into the performance of the machine - I do that from Brink's tutorial on Optimisation:) Optimize Windows 7

    It has no effect whatsoever on the performance of this i7 2670QM Sandy Bridge laptop with 8G Ram & a 2G Ge-Force.

    So I strongly resent not being able to have it should I so wish.

    Other than that, I'm just fine with W8.

    Yes, mine has Classic Shell, and boots direct to the desktop.

    Metro is there if I want it (which isn't often) but doesn't intrude the rest of the time.


    Wenda.
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  3.    #1682

    Aero has such low overhead it can actually use more resources to turn it off.

    I've always wondered why when presented with the sheer beauty of Win7, one would want to get rid of it to have the government-file-cabinet hideousness of Win2000 Classic Theme, or Win8's own droll ugliness.


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    Last edited by gregrocker; 22 Aug 2013 at 13:17.
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  4. Posts : 1,711
    Win 7 Pro 64-bit 7601
       #1683

    ICit2lol said:
    LOL!! I always disable that stuff anyway it eats into the performance of the machine
    Aero glass and stuff runs on the GPU in moments when it does not have anything better to do. When playing most games all effects are temporarily disabled. But even if not I doubt anyone would notice the performance impact anyway.

    I mean, that stuff was right in the Vista times when they acted like morons and pushed the OEM to place Vista on low-end hardware from 2005-2007 that was barely capable of supporting it, but with stuff made after 2010? Not quite. Even an Atom n455 can run Aero at full effects without any performance impact while doing the heaviest thing it can do (watch a youtube video at 720p, damn crappy flash player, the same video is less than 50% if played by VLC).

    "Has anyone who has posted on this thread actually read all 1671 replies on this posting?"
    Yeah, followed the thread from day one. Plenty of neat articles about windows 8 getting posted every now and then.

    It is a tablet OS ported to the desktop environment, and will never work well as such. Apple would be proud.
    Apple is laughing. They know how stupid that move is. Their laptops and mini-PCs still run the same-ish apple interface, they didn't move their tablet/phone interface to their PCs as well.
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  5.    #1684

    Lee said:
    Here's a question, please be truthful in your answer: "Has anyone who has posted on this thread actually read all 1671 replies on this posting?"
    I've followed this thread since it's original writing

    I wonder how long this thread will last for?
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  6. Posts : 173
    Win7 64
       #1685

    x BlueRobot said:
    Lee said:
    Here's a question, please be truthful in your answer: "Has anyone who has posted on this thread actually read all 1671 replies on this posting?"
    I've followed this thread since it's original writing

    I wonder how long this thread will last for?
    I'm surprised that this thread is still running

    M$ made an oops and will not admit it.....

    Maybe win8 might be like DOS 6, as it wasn't till DOS 6.22 that they got it working... (well mostly)
    And that was from DOS 5, which was quite good,,,,, as far as M$ dos goes..
    Last edited by Iforgot; 22 Aug 2013 at 07:40. Reason: Now I feel old
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  7. Posts : 330
    Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
       #1686

    x BlueRobot said:
    Lee said:
    Here's a question, please be truthful in your answer: "Has anyone who has posted on this thread actually read all 1671 replies on this posting?"
    I've followed this thread since it's original writing

    I wonder how long this thread will last for?
    I guess until "More Than 3 Out of 4 Enthusiasts Accept Windows 8" is the norm

    Or 8 is dismantled and SP2 comes out
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  8. Posts : 4,049
    W7 Ultimate SP1, LM19.2 MATE, W10 Home 1703, W10 Pro 1703 VM, #All 64 bit
       #1687

    Umm ...


    gregrocker said:
    I receive a page not found error when I click your link, gregrocker.
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  9. mjf
    Posts : 5,969
    Windows 7x64 Home Premium SP1
       #1688

    Foxit Reader appears to have gone old world Spartan in keeping with W8. Maybe it's a sign of the times.
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  10.    #1689

    lehnerus2000 said:
    gregrocker said:
    I receive a page not found error when I click your link, gregrocker.
    Sorry Peter. Its' one of my oldest bookmarks. Seems they've changed the link to 120 Original Windows 7 High Resolution Scenery Regional Wallpapers Free Download « My Digital Life
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