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10-04-2013, 09:04 PM | #121 |
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10-04-2013, 09:12 PM | #122 |
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I did not care for it and went back to 7 as well.
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10-04-2013, 09:13 PM | #123 |
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got a brand new dell laptop collecting dust because I hate 8.
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10-04-2013, 09:18 PM | #124 |
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My dear girl, there are some things that just aren’t done. Such as, drinking Dom Perignon ’53 above the temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s just as bad as listening to the Beatles without earmuffs. |
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10-04-2013, 11:07 PM | #125 |
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There are a number of minor upgrades in Windows 8 that are nice, but the entire "Metro" interface is completely useless.
My recommendation is Windows 8 + Start8 to get rid of the obnoxious shit. |
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10-05-2013, 07:54 AM | #126 | |
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Worst thing about windows 8 is that its almost impossible to get into safe mode if you can't get to the start menu. The FBI virus was out well before windows 8, so they should have forseen a method to boot into safe mode when turning on your computer. Its supposed to work when you hit shift + f8. Problem is that it gets to the log in screen so quickly that you don't have the time to get there.
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10-05-2013, 08:48 AM | #127 |
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I installed 8.1 at work. A little better but not a lot different
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10-05-2013, 08:50 AM | #128 |
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"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour" Peter 5:8 "Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay" Isaiah 29:16 "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." Revelation 3:20 |
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10-05-2013, 08:51 AM | #129 |
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Y not put windows 7 on it? I have 2 brand new laptops that I converted back to Win 7.
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10-05-2013, 09:07 AM | #130 |
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In many cases, that's much easier said than done. You can't simply insert a disc and install 7. Most new laptops shipping with 8 have the new UEFI partition system. Which Windows 7 can't be installed on. You have to do some DOS command line work to erase and repartition the drive just to install Win7. Which most people wouldn't be capable of. And that also borks your recovery partition as well. So it's a one-way conversion and you can't easily go back to Win8.
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10-05-2013, 09:09 AM | #131 |
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not gonna sell it -- I bought it for work related specific tasks. hell, it's still under 30 day moneyback and I considered it, but I need a laptop for this, so I'm probly gonna go find a 7 disc and purge that poison..
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10-05-2013, 09:44 AM | #134 |
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Yeah... here's an example: http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials...ndows-7-a.html
Some models are more difficult than others. Supposedly HP is especially difficult, as they are putting in additional measures to prevent downgrading.
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10-05-2013, 09:45 AM | #135 |
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Yeah, Start8 is a great solution, and that's what I'd recommend people try first. The sad part of the whole affair is that Win8 is really solid minus the metro interface. Start8 does as good of a job as any.
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