Windows 8

my gf has a Windows Phone 7, and believe me it's not suited for desktop applications. i see they're tryin to shovel it into tablets, but damn that's a big risk to lose your Windows gui from the last 15 years.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20110602/tc_digitaltrends/microsoftofficiallyunveilswindows8

I'm hoping they've got enough brains to realise a touch interface should remain a touch interface. I've heard people suggest MS would phase out the current shell after Windows 8. I'm not so sure they'll go that far.

That said, I like the way you can split your screen to make apps share screen estate. It's something that's lacking on iOS.

wondering how much legacy control for mice, etc there will be. also, expect Kinect integration.

looks like steaming dickshit

lol. everything except backward compatibility.

it won't run the software you've spent tha last ten years spending thousands on, but you can have access to a pretty cool apps store.

fuckwads.

  On 6/3/2011 at 12:34 AM, loganfive said:

lol. everything except backward compatibility.

 

it won't run the software you've spent tha last ten years spending thousands on, but you can have access to a pretty cool apps store.

 

 

fuckwads.

sounds like vista all over again

Ballmer looks like ET

Whats wrong with Windows 7? I thought they finally did something right? are they gonna mess it all up again?

Cool, they're using the camera's inbuilt microphone in that official video.

when he opens up word in windows 8 with all the impossible to touch icons while talking how great everything is it becomes a joke

Windows 7 is becoming de-facto the #1 choice for any enterprise. They really are just trying to split the market in two entity (home and business). Nobody would adopt such an OS for work, but for home users the market is still there, nobody has it really at the moment.

i would have to start agin, software wise, if i wanted to upgrade to win7.

in fact i did a system rebuild recently and bought win7, tried 64 bit, nothing would run, tried compatibility modes, some stuff would run, tried 32 bit, different stuff would run.

i'm using xp pro again and it does everything fine. granted, it's a bit more of a faff with drivers and shit and it isn't as slick.. oh and there's the memory capacity.

but it runs all of my software and it runs it well. that's really all i need.

In some alternate universe, Bill Gates is still in charge of MS, and they released Windows 2012 and its a networking dream with a full xbox360/720 integration to the HD-DVD drive. Visual .NET never existed, and Visual Studio 12 is an immaculate suite of separate programs. ActiveX was built with security in mind, and they adopted Apache and Cisco products early and never bothered to create IIS. Also in this alternate universe Steve Ballmer isn't sweating profusely nor yelling all the time. I'd probably buy a Microsoft product happily in this universe.

  On 6/3/2011 at 1:00 AM, loganfive said:

i would have to start agin, software wise, if i wanted to upgrade to win7.

 

in fact i did a system rebuild recently and bought win7, tried 64 bit, nothing would run, tried compatibility modes, some stuff would run, tried 32 bit, different stuff would run.

 

i'm using xp pro again and it does everything fine. granted, it's a bit more of a faff with drivers and shit and it isn't as slick.. oh and there's the memory capacity.

 

but it runs all of my software and it runs it well. that's really all i need.

well...if you were running Windows 7 Ultimate, you would have access to what is called Windows XP Mode which is a fully licensed and legal copy of Windows XP Pro running in a virtual machine. All of your software would work flawlessly through that virtual machine. Of course, it depends on what your needs are though...if you're wanting to run music applications or things of that nature, you'd definitely be better off running XP natively rather than through a virtual machine.

but it sounds like you've found a solution that suits you perfectly, and there's something to be said for having a system and workflow that does exactly what you want it to.

If it can't run Buzz then I'M NOT INTERESTED

lolosoft

fuck apps, seriously.

ballmer got old

  On 6/3/2011 at 1:07 AM, oscillik said:

  On 6/3/2011 at 1:00 AM, loganfive said:

i would have to start agin, software wise, if i wanted to upgrade to win7.

 

in fact i did a system rebuild recently and bought win7, tried 64 bit, nothing would run, tried compatibility modes, some stuff would run, tried 32 bit, different stuff would run.

 

i'm using xp pro again and it does everything fine. granted, it's a bit more of a faff with drivers and shit and it isn't as slick.. oh and there's the memory capacity.

 

but it runs all of my software and it runs it well. that's really all i need.

well...if you were running Windows 7 Ultimate, you would have access to what is called Windows XP Mode which is a fully licensed and legal copy of Windows XP Pro running in a virtual machine. All of your software would work flawlessly through that virtual machine. Of course, it depends on what your needs are though...if you're wanting to run music applications or things of that nature, you'd definitely be better off running XP natively rather than through a virtual machine.

 

but it sounds like you've found a solution that suits you perfectly, and there's something to be said for having a system and workflow that does exactly what you want it to.

was running ultimate. xp mode doesn't work properly. fails to recognize devices, fails to run certain software.

fuck touch

Looks pretty impressive for a tablet OS. I have a feeling that the touch interface will be optional for people with regular laptops/desktops, look at the screen when he switches to using word. It is pretty much just using windows 7(normal taskbar, aero, desktop). I will withhold my judgement until I see what other features it has. This is probably just the biggest innovation as far as windows 8 goes so they chose to show off this particular aspect.

Who knows though, maybe the classic interface has been gimped. maybe they will decide to keep pushing windows 7 and (codename)"windows 8" at the same time, push 8 for the casual desktop/tablet/ARM users and 7 for the business/windows power users. I don't know, I don't care, just keep updating windows 7.

Looks like a tablet UI to me?

I'd like my PC to remain a PC thank you. No Tablet/Consoles OS UI for me please.

  On 6/3/2011 at 1:32 AM, loganfive said:

  On 6/3/2011 at 1:07 AM, oscillik said:

  On 6/3/2011 at 1:00 AM, loganfive said:

i would have to start agin, software wise, if i wanted to upgrade to win7.

 

in fact i did a system rebuild recently and bought win7, tried 64 bit, nothing would run, tried compatibility modes, some stuff would run, tried 32 bit, different stuff would run.

 

i'm using xp pro again and it does everything fine. granted, it's a bit more of a faff with drivers and shit and it isn't as slick.. oh and there's the memory capacity.

 

but it runs all of my software and it runs it well. that's really all i need.

well...if you were running Windows 7 Ultimate, you would have access to what is called Windows XP Mode which is a fully licensed and legal copy of Windows XP Pro running in a virtual machine. All of your software would work flawlessly through that virtual machine. Of course, it depends on what your needs are though...if you're wanting to run music applications or things of that nature, you'd definitely be better off running XP natively rather than through a virtual machine.

 

but it sounds like you've found a solution that suits you perfectly, and there's something to be said for having a system and workflow that does exactly what you want it to.

 

 

was running ultimate. xp mode doesn't work properly. fails to recognize devices, fails to run certain software.

i'm not sure if running a 32-bit guest OS on a 64-bit host would still cause you problems, maybe someone else on here could answer that for you, but you could try 32-bit win7 with an xp guest OS. my guess is that would give you the best chance to do what you want to. if you don't have 32-bit ultimate win7, you can use virtual box, which is free and so easy to use. you would need a separate xp installation disc with a working key though. if you do go with virtual box, make sure you install the "guest additions" too.

32-bit software can run on a 64-bit OS just fine. In fact, most software released for Windows today are still 32-bit binaries. What software is causing these problems?