WINDOWS 8 BLOWS

MaadDaawg · #1 01-05-2013

Just when I thought I was getting to like it, the damned thing blew up

I went to load an ROG screen saver (which was dumb cause my new lappy isn't ROG) and it told me it couldn't run because it wasn't win 8 compatible, so, I say OK to close the install... next thing I know DOS boxes are opening and closing the the screen goes black

So I press F9 and go into safe mode, no dice, black screen

I end up opening a command window and manually backup my files to a thumb drive just in case the "refresh" doesn't keep the files as promised.

2 hours later, and I'm back to where I was before this shit started

Win 8 does have some nice features, and the start screen ain't one of the

:, but it doesn't seem to be ready for prime time yet... could that be why Microsoft has already announced Win 9 for next year

jeeezzzz

Tomorrow I gotta replace the power recepitacle on my ROG laptop... that should be fun ..... I'm told this is a known design flaw in the model I have (G53JW), but I've got two new fans and a new keyboard so why send it to ASUS for a month....

New lappy has a 3630QM with a 635m nvidia card with 2GB, not too shabby and a whole lot cheaper than the ROG version

Oh, and Bang & Ohlafsen sound with a little plug in sub woofer and all

Witchdoctor · #2 01-05-2013

Sounds nice, grabbed my son a Lonovo Y580

quad with 660M and 32GB SSD cache

boots in 13 seconds from cold and comes out of sleep in 2

Should do well for Solidworks

MaadDaawg · #3 01-06-2013

Sounds like a nice machine WD, max RAM mine can take is 16GB, only came with 8 but I happen to have a couple stix laying around rofl.

I've found Win 8 is bearable if you pin everything you need to the taskbar then just stay in desktop. The fucking tiles on the Start screen are just too confusing, besides, I have no intention of staying socially connected while surfing

Witchdoctor · #4 01-06-2013

Are you a social outcast ...........

Has been bullet proof so far on my end. Other than it does not like my Outlook 2007 version

you can grab a start menu from just about anywhere, although the free ones are addware for their app's

Their is a definint learning curve but I guess I like it for no oother reson than it is different, the misconception that Windows has to be the same since it inception is going a long way in torpedoing this OS

Change is good and glad to see then go out on a limb rather than simply rereleasing the status quoe.

Not much middle ground here, it is a love hate type of deal, but this interrface will morph into something great I am sure, even if it isn't untill Windows 15

MaadDaawg · #5 01-06-2013

lol.. could be Win 15 rofl

Like I said, there are good points to it, but having to sign in every time i started the computer to stay in sync just didn't fit my idea of what an OS should do. I've got it set to a local account now and no more signing in

I like the way it auto detected and setup my printers, that was cool. I've had no problems with Office 2007 apps including outlook. Only time it went south on me was when it tried to load a Win7 screen saver ... went to shit then.

And YES, I am a social outcast

: Since I only have 1 Win8 machine I couldn't think of any good reason to stay in sync

Just another way for THE MAN to track you down

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Interesting bunch of crap you have to go through to get to BIOS too .... at least on this ASUS machine, but then, the BIOS isn't much to get into anyway

Press F9 at startup, then maneuver through menus to reboot into the BIOS... give me back the delete key dammit

Neuromancer · #6 01-07-2013

Had my aunt return a laptop today because it came with windows 8. Couldn't even get online with the stupid thing.

I didn't spend much time with it though, and will not. I have added to my rule. It was... I will not work on Apple products, I have added windows 8 to that rule