djMot Posted February 9, 2013 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 98 Topic Count: 357 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 5257 Content Per Day: 1.09 Reputation: 11146 Achievement Points: 48948 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 114 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: 7 hours ago Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Posted February 9, 2013 I have been pretty outspoken in defense of Windows 8, and I know that makes some of you scratch your heads. Hopefully not your butts, but I digress.... All the criticism of Win8 has not been lost on me, and I do believe Microsoft has quite a road ahead as it adapts Win8 (or maybe Win9) to correct some of the widespread, and valid negativity it has attracted. To that end, I thought I would mention this article as a solid read on what has gone obviously wrong with Win8. It is presented in a very factual manner and backed by serious usability concepts and studies. http://www.nngroup.com/articles/windows-8-disappointing-usability/ Awards
7Toes Posted February 9, 2013 Member ID: 87 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 58 Topic Count: 98 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 3789 Content Per Day: 0.66 Reputation: 3589 Achievement Points: 27251 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18, 2022 Birthday: 04/02/1871 Posted February 9, 2013 i read it basically states win8 rates a d- lol theres a pattern xp-a vista-c- win7-a win8-d- win9 should be an A Awards
FLDMARSHAL Posted February 9, 2013 Member ID: 5490 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 3 Topic Count: 136 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 469 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 243 Achievement Points: 4101 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/06/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 2, 2024 Birthday: 10/18/1976 Device: Windows Posted February 9, 2013 hi guys i have a knowlage base when it come to gaming windows 7 64bit is best for gaming as wind8 was made for touch screens unles u game with a touch screen thats different but from experece i have built 69 pc and not once has any body come to me and said windows 8 is bril. i get asked to take windows 8 of please and stick windows 7 on and i ask why and they say its worse than vista and its no good for playing games on its only good for office work well any way i thought i would let u all no my views Awards
djMot Posted February 9, 2013 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 98 Topic Count: 357 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 5257 Content Per Day: 1.09 Reputation: 11146 Achievement Points: 48948 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 114 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: 7 hours ago Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Author Posted February 9, 2013 hi guys i have a knowlage base when it come to gaming windows 7 64bit is best for gaming as wind8 was made for touch screens unles u game with a touch screen thats different but from experece i have built 69 pc and not once has any body come to me and said windows 8 is bril. i get asked to take windows 8 of please and stick windows 7 on and i ask why and they say its worse than vista and its no good for playing games on its only good for office work well any way i thought i would let u all no my views Everyone says Win8 was made for touch screens, but that is only partially true. Yes, it has elements that clearly target touch screen and handheld devices, but its Desktop is as fully functional as Win7 - IF you take into account (or maybe discount) the fact that the Start Orb has been replaced by the Start Screen. There's already one paid ($5) and one Free app that gives you a Start Orb back and boots you straight into the desktop, so even the Start Screen can effectively be dismissed on a desktop computer. As for gaming, I suspect we will see refinements that will correct any deficiencies in that area. Win8 is built on Win7, so things might need to be cleaned up a bit to brush off the remodeling dust and let the thing shine better. I will admit, they have quite a cleanup ahead, though... Awards
FLDMARSHAL Posted February 9, 2013 Member ID: 5490 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 3 Topic Count: 136 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 469 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 243 Achievement Points: 4101 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/06/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 2, 2024 Birthday: 10/18/1976 Device: Windows Posted February 9, 2013 well it seems there is alot of work to be done on win8 so if u want to play bf3 now with no problems get win7 64 and wait until win 8 has had all problems sorted cause if u put win8 on i sujest u get 2 ssd or sata;s and put win 7 64 on one and play ur games from that and use wind8 to do office stuff on and keep ur games on the other not to mention the fact there is no drivers out yet for ur needs for gaming on win 8 as i have tried 64 bit drivers little heads up GorillaXI 1 Awards
Nobodygood>XI< Posted February 9, 2013 Member ID: 219 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 15 Topic Count: 24 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 492 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 108 Achievement Points: 2906 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 2, 2018 Birthday: 04/28/1957 Posted February 9, 2013 the only problem I have with windows 8 and games is punkbuster, wish they would get off the friggen dime and fix it. It is not a windows8 problem as much as it is a punkbuster problem, Lord knows they never caused problems before....he says with tongue firmly in cheek Awards
GorillaXI Posted February 9, 2013 Member ID: 62 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 73 Topic Count: 480 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 4124 Content Per Day: 0.72 Reputation: 1413 Achievement Points: 27905 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 10 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 4, 2015 Birthday: 06/16/1972 Posted February 9, 2013 I have a feeling this was spawned about my post on partitioning a drive to test Win 8. I have done so for the past week and am severely disappointed in Win 8. I wish they had a better platform for gaming. But as far as just a regular operating system it isn't bad. But once you start running games and some other programs I found that I ran into problems. But I'm sure that they need some time to get rid of the bugs just like all other versions of Windows. This is just my first impression of Win 8 and not a complete rundown of it. Happy Gaming Friends.
Nobodygood>XI< Posted February 9, 2013 Member ID: 219 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 15 Topic Count: 24 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 492 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 108 Achievement Points: 2906 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 2, 2018 Birthday: 04/28/1957 Posted February 9, 2013 I have been running it for a few weeks, it is noticeably faster than windows 7 at most task, it boots up faster. The interface is something you have to get used to, I know people that went from XP to 7 bitched about the diff and it was small in comparison, so I am not shocked at the response, most people don't like learning something new. and as I said, games work fine if you don't have to run punk buster Awards
Nobodygood>XI< Posted March 22, 2013 Member ID: 219 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 15 Topic Count: 24 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 492 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 108 Achievement Points: 2906 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 2, 2018 Birthday: 04/28/1957 Posted March 22, 2013 Well with a lot of screwing around, I can run cod4 with the firewall down and punk buster is now working with Win 8 no problem Awards
BUDMAN Posted March 22, 2013 Member ID: 800 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 152 Topic Count: 139 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 7097 Content Per Day: 1.26 Reputation: 4636 Achievement Points: 60349 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 11/27/09 Status: Online Last Seen: Just now Birthday: 05/29/1957 Device: Windows Posted March 22, 2013 Thanks for the update....but i think i will stick Win 7 thank you............. Awards
Hickeydog Posted March 23, 2013 Member ID: 783 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 2 Topic Count: 25 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 283 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 27 Achievement Points: 1698 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/23/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 6, 2015 Birthday: 04/10/1990 Posted March 23, 2013 The only thing that's keeping me from Windows 8 (and the Microsoft 2013 software) is the BUTT UGLY GUI! I don't know what Microsoft was thinking, but whoever came up with that GUI should be fired with extreme violence.
ugotittoo Posted March 23, 2013 Member ID: 5514 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 36 Topic Count: 6 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 122 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 46 Achievement Points: 792 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/07/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 24, 2013 Birthday: 07/20/1914 Posted March 23, 2013 The reason Y we have Win8 is cuz Bill Gates needs our money......... we all know he lives in a cardboard box down by the river...........Linux for the win
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