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Who's on Win8.1 and what do you think about it?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Me!
I like it so far, seems a little faster (although I just uninstalled/deleted about 102 GB worth of miscellaneous junk, which may be part of it). The start button turns blue and has a 'shine line' (what is the actual name for that?) go across it. There are new apps (incl. Skype. I removed that right away). The UI font is different (looks bigger and more spread out). Battery life seems better (although that may be the uninstallations/deletions again).
Also, My Computer is now This PC, and shows several personal folders (documents, music, etc.) as well as drives and other devices.
Keep Clam And Proofread
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√(-1) 23 ∑ π...
And it was delicious.
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Me!
Way faster than Win 8, and everything Works äs smooth as it used to on 7.
You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colon."
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I'm on 8.1 and have some issues.
First is that my browser seems to lock up, a lot. I can't restart the normal way so I have to do a hard reset.
Second is every time my computer starts, I get a "Could not initialize BTStack" or something to that effect. Apparently this is an issue with the blue tooth stack.
Third, start button, yeah its there, but it's like a tease. I want my start menu back.
Fourth, I use my computer for things other than stuff that should be full screen, I hate working full screen. I have to jump through hoops to use my computer like a normal computer.
The control panel is hard to get to. It forced me to use my MSN account for logging on otherwise it wouldn't let me download from the store (it changed to this in 8.1).
I really can't stand it, and just don't have the time to downgrade to 7, luckily 8 is only on my portable dev machine that I only use in the field. 7 is on my main dev machine and I enjoy it 100 times better than 8. I can't stand the Metro UI, live tiles, etc on my computer. Tablet sure, computer no.
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The move to forcing you to sign into apps has been creeping in a bit and I totally understand their intention, but please don't force us to use a Live login.
The start menu: yes, I heard and saw the band-aid approach. Kinda pointless, but there are plenty of start menu apps to fix this.
The full screen (or half, 2/3 screen) is also a killer for me. I run a 27" monitor. Full screen? I think not.
I live in hope there's a killer feature that someone will mention that will make it all good again.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Using it for 3 months since it became available via MSDN, don't hold your breath for that killer feature Chris.
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The features in 8.1 are double that of 8
if you can't find them you are not looking hard enough
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Oh, one other big one...
Visual Studio 2013 RC is not compatible with Windows 8. How do you like that? Brand new development environment can't even run on the newest OS. Also see my comment further down about Windows 8 removing support for DVD playback.
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8.1 is an upgrade to 8
it's the newest OS - your argument is flawed.
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Ok, since you want to get into semantics, VS 2013 will not run on Windows 8, or Windows 8.1.
When installing it says something to the effect that "This operating system is not supported by this version of Visual Studio".
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I am running vs 2013 on windows 8.1
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Are you saying it's not compatible with 8.1? I running VS 2013 RC on Windows 8 with no problem.
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2010/2012 works just fine, when I went to install 2013 it told me that VS was not compatible with that version of Windows...
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I have both VS 2012 and VS 2013 installed. My VS 2013 install worked without a hitch, on both my desktop running Windows 8 and my laptop running Windows 8.
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Not completly true.
"Windows Store app development requires Windows 8.1 RTM, which is available to MSDN and TechNet subscribers. Visual Studio 2013 RC does not support Windows 8.1 Preview or Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview. To develop on Windows 8.1 Preview or Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview, download Visual Studio 2013 Preview."
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Chris Maunder wrote: I live in hope there's a killer feature that someone will mention that will make
it all good again
What, like the "shutdown" command....
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You can make the start menu transparent (in a way)
- right click on start menu
- click properties
- go to navigation tab
- enable show desktop background on start
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And I need to know this why?
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I think you missed the sarcasm in the post. I am fully aware of the shutdown function thank you very much.
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I hear ya.
I find it very frustrating that in the Windows and OSX world, OS == UI. There is no reason for them to be coupled. Yes, there are many start menu workarounds, but it's unreasonable for users, especially in the enterprise to change everything because someone made an arbitrary decision. I so sick of Mac fanboys lining up every time OSX's version is incremented by 0.001 and given a new hat. The thing is, I really liked the Windows 2000 UI and it had a reliable and small kernel to boot. Other than driver and security updates, it was all the OS I need for a desktop. (PS: On modern hardware, Win2K starts up in less time on a magnetic drive than Win8 does on SSD.
Those of us from Un*x land don't face this and I don't think I've ever said, "I wish that this particular UI was the only one available and that I can't change it until someone at Unix Inc. decides I need a new one and then I'll cope". You pick your OS (FreeBSD for me) and you pick your UI from hundreds available.
I use Windows 8 because I need it to build Windows Store and Windows Phone apps. Hell, I actually like it on my Surface Pro.
You could install Windows NT from a stack of floppies. Win2K fully installed was what, 300MB? What on earth is filling 20GB of space on a clean Win8 installation, and how is this considered progress?
I really hope ReactOS goes somewhere. It's an open-source OS that is binary-compatible with Windows.
#GetOffMyLawn
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Ron Beyer wrote: I hate working full screen.
That there is a killer, like CM I use multiple large screens and full screen is bloody ridiculous, I think I'll continue to wait a while before I get a new machine. I certainly won't upgrade my dev box from 7.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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You don't upgrade based on fear only.
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