Windows 8 vs Windows 7

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What's the best Wondows OS

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Re: Windows 8 vs Windows 7

Postby Metcarfre » 23 Dec 2012, 17:30

Windows; an OS so ugly we have to change it every few years.
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Re: Windows 8 vs Windows 7

Postby JayBlanc » 24 Dec 2012, 08:43

If you use Windows Media Center, Windows 8 will be an epic downgrade. Windows Media Center is now a downloadable "plugin". And it does not run in fullscreen mode any more, since they want to push 'full screen apps' to metro only. Of course, this entirely defeats the point of having Windows Media Center.

The slight kernel improvements are simply not worth the massive UI failures and removed functionalities of 8 over 7, and I'm sticking with 7 for my games and movies box. (Of course, I use a Mac to do actual real computer use...)
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Re: Windows 8 vs Windows 7

Postby Drdiggit42 » 24 Dec 2012, 09:33

I just realized the poll asks "What's the best Wondows OS?". I may have to change my answer now.
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Re: Windows 8 vs Windows 7

Postby empath » 24 Dec 2012, 13:43

JayBlanc wrote:(Of course, I use a Mac to do actual real computer use...)


...dude; why?
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Re: Windows 8 vs Windows 7

Postby Dutch guy » 24 Dec 2012, 14:22

As I'm now using Unix at work I am thankful for any version of windows. Unix isn't all that great either...
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Re: Windows 8 vs Windows 7

Postby Lord Chrusher » 24 Dec 2012, 14:58

What sort of Unix? Not all Unixes are created equally.
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Re: Windows 8 vs Windows 7

Postby Keab42 » 24 Dec 2012, 15:07

Mac OS is effectively UNIX...
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Re: Windows 8 vs Windows 7

Postby Lord Chrusher » 24 Dec 2012, 15:17

OS X is certified UNIX. Linux is effectively Unix.
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Re: Windows 8 vs Windows 7

Postby Dutch guy » 25 Dec 2012, 03:06

I'm not entirely sure on the type of Unix. It's a SUN-oracle system.

Edit: a little further research indicates its SUN Solaris (probably Solaris 2.0)
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Re: Windows 8 vs Windows 7

Postby empath » 25 Dec 2012, 04:46

Solaris....ehhhhh. I remember some old builds of that on some of the networks at the uni years back. Mostly the shiny new equipment over in the Math Dept. (where we tried out NCSA Mosaic for the first time and read up on gemstones. :) )
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Re: Windows 8 vs Windows 7

Postby Danzama » 25 Dec 2012, 06:17

By the way: Win 7 woo!
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Re: Windows 8 vs Windows 7

Postby Lemegeton » 25 Dec 2012, 15:15

this sums up windows 8 perfectly

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