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Because Bringing the phone and PC closer together the last time Worked SO WELL...
I mean, WTH, we should still have crank starters and clutches on the steering column. What is with all this new fangled stuff you young ones are trying to get us to use.
Because Bringing the phone and PC closer together the last time Worked SO WELL...
I'm constantly amazed by how automobile manufacturers are adamant about "clinging to" the steering wheel. Oh that's right, because IT JUST WORKS.
See what I did there?
And you see no problem with Microsoft holding DX improvements hostage behind a Windows upgrade paywall? Then you're part of the problem if not an employee or investor. Do tell.
I'm constantly amazed by how people on a forum dedicated to pushing technology, always clamoring for something new, are adamant about using the exact same operating system into perpetuity.
I say this as someone who thinks Windows is generally a junk OS and uses OS X as his primary OS.
So again, if gaming is your #1 priorityand around here it certainly should bethen there's no reason not to be on 8 right now and 8.1 tomorrow afternoon.
So I assume then that you're still running (OS X) Cheetah then, since all the other ones didn't change that much and the UI largely remains the same - right?
Hey, you like the new stuff good for you. I guess you also buy every Mac service pack that comes out too, since (judging by your comment) you are NOT adamant about using the exact same operating system into perpetuity.
And why is that? Precisely what does 8 offer that isn't in 7 other than a dot update on DirectX and a bunch of tacked on Xbox 360 related crap that I don't care about?
MacBooks are actually among the best-selling notebooks. The Air, for instance, is currently fifth on Amazon's best sellers list, amidst a number of low-cost Chromebooks.Also, I do not know where you get that info that people are willing to pay a premium for Mac Books because, from where I sit in this industry, I see more or less the exact opposite.
Mac Mini's are no where near enticing unless you like a computer with no keyboard, monitor or mouse. Also, I do not know where you get that info that people are willing to pay a premium for Mac Books because, from where I sit in this industry, I see more or less the exact opposite.
I guess you're not reading my posts very closely.
Yep, you definitely are not.
Ah, the dismissal of 11.1 as a "dot update". There it is. Took longer than I thought it would, but it eventually showed up.
Anyway, ask people who played the BF4 beta about DirectX 11.1 and Windows 8. Or just ask DICE. With new consoles finally coming out, PC spec requirements are going to jump up. That includes the underlying APIs.
I find it unlikely they would introduce an OS that renders a high end ($$$) computer useless for anything but gaming. A large portion of Windows is Enterprise crap that it either overkill or entirely not used in the home. Yet home users get to pay for it.Gaming and desktop operating systems are two entirely different worlds that should never be compared. I give him credit for taking a risk on something like SteamOS. He sees something that is wide open for the taking and is placing his bet accordingly.
people aren't buying as many desktops as they used to.
maybe its the horrible OS?
And I don't really care about BF4 because (I would assume) they're still going with the "Origin only" requirement in addition to all those newfangled other spec requirements that you're talking about.
You could do that or simply leave it alone. That's not to say that you should buy Windows 8 if you have no compelling reason to do so, but the notion that a person simply must jump through all of these hoops to make it just like Windows 7 has been so grossly overplayed. In terms of how far both OSes are from perfection, they're both pretty much equidistant: both too far from it to worry unnecessarily about how large the sliver of the distance is between the two.I would install 8 and tweak the hell out of it to make it work - but then it'd be just like 7, which needs no tweaking to make it the way I like it.
My posts actually say "rising hardware and software requirements, kick-started by new products coming out soon, are going to force some new technologies to market. BF4's recommendation of Windows 8 (DirectX 11.1) is the herald of this change. If you're going to allow something like a new user interfacethat is not functionally different from the one you're using right nowto restrict you from hopping on board, then you have only yourself to blame."
Or, in other words: if gaming is your #1 priority on the PC, then you should already have Windows 8 and be preparing to get 8.1.
But hey, why talk about the actual content of posts and their underlying points when rolleyes emoticons are so much easier?
You could do that or simply leave it alone. That's not to say that you should buy Windows 8 if you have no compelling reason to do so, but the notion that a person simply must jump through all of these hoops to make it just like Windows 7 has been so grossly overplayed. In terms of how far both OSes are from perfection, they're both pretty much equidistant: both too far from it to worry unnecessarily about how large the sliver of the distance is between the two.
It's a big, annoying Start Menu and hot corner weirdness. It isn't that big of a deal.
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8.2. After that, 9. Personally I think 8 is a fine OS, though not as good as 7 was when it came out. And all you idiots out there think 9 will suck just like 8 (even though 8 doesnt suck), well it won't. Remember Vista, ME, 95? Bad, good, bad, good. ME, XP, Vista, 7, 8.
I am getting damn tired of these Direct X versions being tied to specific Windows versions. I'm not leaving Win 7 just to get DX 11.2. If MS doesn't get it together in that regard I'm just going to start using something else. I have 4 PCs in my house and the cost alone of keeping up on licenses is getting stupid. Even Apple doesn't charge that much for an OS. The only thing keeping me with MS is games. That's it. I could care less about what the UI looks like or how it functions I just want to be guaranteed a certain number of years worth of upgrades. To spend $100 to $130 for an OS and then get shafted on the next DX version is inane. I know they aren't making money after that purchase but Linux distros don't make a single dime in most cases from the end user and they continue to provide upgrades as long as they can without throwing up an artificial pay-wall for their users.
Times are changing MS put your meat on the seat or put your feet on the street.
Mac Mini's are no where near enticing unless you like a computer with no keyboard, monitor or mouse. Also, I do not know where you get that info that people are willing to pay a premium for Mac Books because, from where I sit in this industry, I see more or less the exact opposite.
A lot of wrech0 vs heatlesssun pissing contests.
AFAIC until they return the desktop to the same desktop that was prevalent from 95 through 7, they can do whatever else they want....IMHO 7 is damn near perfect; if they gave it a few of the better bells and whistles out of 8 like the task manager, faster boot, better defense....call it 9, I'm on board on day 1.
If they stick with the touchscreen stuff for people who don't own touchscreens - no thanks.
For instance - why all the sudden can I not rename 'Network 2' or 'Network 3' or 'Network 102' to simply 'Network' anymore without having to go into the Registry? Why, in Windows 7, that's a 60 second job (tops) that takes rooting around in literally 3 screens with 3 clicks to do. Why was that made so difficult in 8?
I like how fast 8 boots. I like the (reported) under the hood stuff. I like the new task manager, I like the ribbon additions to Explorer. All good stuff.
Everything else - don't want it. Sorry. If they took 8, stripped out all the 'app' nonsense (on the desktop), removed any and all traces of Metro, moved all the stuff back the way it was in 7 but kept the new additions and the new flat UI and called it 8.1 - I'd install 8.1 tomorrow.
Not everything that's new is better. People really need to understand this.I'm constantly amazed by how people on a forum dedicated to pushing technology, always clamoring for something new, are adamant about using the exact same operating system into perpetuity.
Not sure wth you are talking about. All you need to do is click "rename this connection" This takes literally 5 seconds to get to and do.
You know you don't have to use metro or any of the apps? That is all optional.
Guess it is just easier to bitch about stuff then to actually use it.
We use to have a major DirectX revision once or twice a year, then Microsoft came out with their Xbox and we had DirectX 9 for 8 years. DirectX 11 & 11.1 may contain improvements but I have no doubt they contain primarily an alignment to Xbox One. Unless DirectX 12 contains further alignments you won't see DirectX 12 for another 8 years. Competition with SteamOS or Mantle might be the only thing to chang that. But bringing out technical improvements to the PC purely for the sake of it won't be the reason.You've missed about four different points in one post, and this is a perfect encapsulation of how you've done that. You actually thought the purpose of my posting is to essentially say "BF4 good, need Windows 8 now!"
My posts actually say "rising hardware and software requirements, kick-started by new products coming out soon, are going to force some new technologies to market. BF4's recommendation of Windows 8 (DirectX 11.1) is the herald of this change. If you're going to allow something like a new user interfacethat is not functionally different from the one you're using right nowto restrict you from hopping on board, then you have only yourself to blame."
Or, in other words: if gaming is your #1 priority on the PC, then you should already have Windows 8 and be preparing to get 8.1.
But hey, why talk about the actual content of posts and their underlying points when rolleyes emoticons are so much easier?
Windows 7 is popular because its usability wasn't a radical departure from XP, which is somehow held in warm regard and still used by a significant number. And yet, 8 is not fundamentally different from 7 once you get to the desktop.
8 missteps when you need to interact with system functions from the desktop, namely with the hot corners and Charms bar garbage. Otherwise, the Start Screen is basically a full screen Start Menu with a Windows Phone theme, and the UI overall does not warrant the obstinance on display in every thread ever about 8. And I say this as someone who thinks Windows is generally a junk OS and uses OS X as his primary OS.
bring windows closer to phones?
are you freaking kidding me??
I may indeed stay on 7 forever
You are aware the touchscreen stuff is optional right?
This is what I don't get about the bitching in regards to Windows 8. Desktop mode is exactly the same as Windows 7. Well minus the start button, but I guess I'm the only one who hasn't used a start button in years. It was and remains inefficient, slow, and basically pointless so I haven't missed it in 8.
bring windows closer to phones?
are you freaking kidding me??
I may indeed stay on 7 forever
I'm constantly amazed by how people on a forum dedicated to pushing technology, always clamoring for something new, are adamant about using the exact same operating system into perpetuity.
I'm constantly amazed by how people on a forum dedicated to pushing technology, always clamoring for something new, are adamant about using the exact same operating system into perpetuity.