Windows 8 on my desktop, or not?
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I am wondering about installing Windows 8 on my desktop... I'm so undecided that I'm asking other people's opinions!!!! (And yes I got a licence of it, thanks to an MSDN subscription coming with my job! ;P ) On one hand, everytime the OS jumps on the metro UI I get cranky.. :/ + I will have to reinstall all my steam games... (a couple of days of download!!!) and other apps.. :/ On the other hand I can setup my system to skip it (the start screen) most time!! (using the taskbar + taskbar's toolbar, as I do on my Win7!!) (Using it on my old laptop now) And, this way, I could develop / play with Metro app on my desktop instead of having 2 keyboards to juggle with (old laptop + desktop) mmm.. wondering if I can cope with the annoying metro effect... I guess once I will get used to it on the laptop, I'll upgrade the desktop... [Edit] One strong pro, I'd rather use my powerful desktop instead of my old laptop to... Play, mix and match DirectX11 (in C++) and XAML (in C#), which WinRT and Windows 8 is the best at!
A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.
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I am wondering about installing Windows 8 on my desktop... I'm so undecided that I'm asking other people's opinions!!!! (And yes I got a licence of it, thanks to an MSDN subscription coming with my job! ;P ) On one hand, everytime the OS jumps on the metro UI I get cranky.. :/ + I will have to reinstall all my steam games... (a couple of days of download!!!) and other apps.. :/ On the other hand I can setup my system to skip it (the start screen) most time!! (using the taskbar + taskbar's toolbar, as I do on my Win7!!) (Using it on my old laptop now) And, this way, I could develop / play with Metro app on my desktop instead of having 2 keyboards to juggle with (old laptop + desktop) mmm.. wondering if I can cope with the annoying metro effect... I guess once I will get used to it on the laptop, I'll upgrade the desktop... [Edit] One strong pro, I'd rather use my powerful desktop instead of my old laptop to... Play, mix and match DirectX11 (in C++) and XAML (in C#), which WinRT and Windows 8 is the best at!
A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.
Why not install it on a virtual box and kick it around a bit until you finally decide that it is the stinking corpse of a skunk and toss it in the garbage?
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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I am wondering about installing Windows 8 on my desktop... I'm so undecided that I'm asking other people's opinions!!!! (And yes I got a licence of it, thanks to an MSDN subscription coming with my job! ;P ) On one hand, everytime the OS jumps on the metro UI I get cranky.. :/ + I will have to reinstall all my steam games... (a couple of days of download!!!) and other apps.. :/ On the other hand I can setup my system to skip it (the start screen) most time!! (using the taskbar + taskbar's toolbar, as I do on my Win7!!) (Using it on my old laptop now) And, this way, I could develop / play with Metro app on my desktop instead of having 2 keyboards to juggle with (old laptop + desktop) mmm.. wondering if I can cope with the annoying metro effect... I guess once I will get used to it on the laptop, I'll upgrade the desktop... [Edit] One strong pro, I'd rather use my powerful desktop instead of my old laptop to... Play, mix and match DirectX11 (in C++) and XAML (in C#), which WinRT and Windows 8 is the best at!
A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.
So your pro/con arguments are basically: CON: It's really annoying. PRO: I guess I can tolerate it. Wait for Windows 9 :)
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Why not install it on a virtual box and kick it around a bit until you finally decide that it is the stinking corpse of a skunk and toss it in the garbage?
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
Tried that! But virtual box only allow for 128MB of video memory. And that probably explains some bug I experienced with VB: no snap in metro, VS designer crashing, Direct3D app not really working! Me want to learn Direct3D, bummer!!! And mix and match DirectX with XAML with little effort, hence my WinRT eagerness!!
A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.
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So your pro/con arguments are basically: CON: It's really annoying. PRO: I guess I can tolerate it. Wait for Windows 9 :)
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)PRO: I want to play with DirectX11 (in C++ where you got most samples) and C# (which I prefer) WinRT is must then! And my desktop is way better than my laptop, so much so that even though I use VS2012 on my laptop now, I still use the desktop on the side!
A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.
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I am wondering about installing Windows 8 on my desktop... I'm so undecided that I'm asking other people's opinions!!!! (And yes I got a licence of it, thanks to an MSDN subscription coming with my job! ;P ) On one hand, everytime the OS jumps on the metro UI I get cranky.. :/ + I will have to reinstall all my steam games... (a couple of days of download!!!) and other apps.. :/ On the other hand I can setup my system to skip it (the start screen) most time!! (using the taskbar + taskbar's toolbar, as I do on my Win7!!) (Using it on my old laptop now) And, this way, I could develop / play with Metro app on my desktop instead of having 2 keyboards to juggle with (old laptop + desktop) mmm.. wondering if I can cope with the annoying metro effect... I guess once I will get used to it on the laptop, I'll upgrade the desktop... [Edit] One strong pro, I'd rather use my powerful desktop instead of my old laptop to... Play, mix and match DirectX11 (in C++) and XAML (in C#), which WinRT and Windows 8 is the best at!
A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.
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No!!!! This is the problem!!!!
A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.
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I am wondering about installing Windows 8 on my desktop... I'm so undecided that I'm asking other people's opinions!!!! (And yes I got a licence of it, thanks to an MSDN subscription coming with my job! ;P ) On one hand, everytime the OS jumps on the metro UI I get cranky.. :/ + I will have to reinstall all my steam games... (a couple of days of download!!!) and other apps.. :/ On the other hand I can setup my system to skip it (the start screen) most time!! (using the taskbar + taskbar's toolbar, as I do on my Win7!!) (Using it on my old laptop now) And, this way, I could develop / play with Metro app on my desktop instead of having 2 keyboards to juggle with (old laptop + desktop) mmm.. wondering if I can cope with the annoying metro effect... I guess once I will get used to it on the laptop, I'll upgrade the desktop... [Edit] One strong pro, I'd rather use my powerful desktop instead of my old laptop to... Play, mix and match DirectX11 (in C++) and XAML (in C#), which WinRT and Windows 8 is the best at!
A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.
I'm using it on my home computer instead of gentoo to give it a fair shake. Works pretty good so far. Only thing I don't like is that I don't know the short cuts to navigate around, but I'm learning those quickly. I have it on my work computer as well.
If it moves, compile it
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I am wondering about installing Windows 8 on my desktop... I'm so undecided that I'm asking other people's opinions!!!! (And yes I got a licence of it, thanks to an MSDN subscription coming with my job! ;P ) On one hand, everytime the OS jumps on the metro UI I get cranky.. :/ + I will have to reinstall all my steam games... (a couple of days of download!!!) and other apps.. :/ On the other hand I can setup my system to skip it (the start screen) most time!! (using the taskbar + taskbar's toolbar, as I do on my Win7!!) (Using it on my old laptop now) And, this way, I could develop / play with Metro app on my desktop instead of having 2 keyboards to juggle with (old laptop + desktop) mmm.. wondering if I can cope with the annoying metro effect... I guess once I will get used to it on the laptop, I'll upgrade the desktop... [Edit] One strong pro, I'd rather use my powerful desktop instead of my old laptop to... Play, mix and match DirectX11 (in C++) and XAML (in C#), which WinRT and Windows 8 is the best at!
A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.
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PRO: I want to play with DirectX11 (in C++ where you got most samples) and C# (which I prefer) WinRT is must then! And my desktop is way better than my laptop, so much so that even though I use VS2012 on my laptop now, I still use the desktop on the side!
A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.
I was pondering that too, but decided that if I try my hand at game development (Which I've been considering in my spare time), I'll be going with C++/OpenGL. With all of the rumors flying around about Valve building a non-Microsoft PC gaming console, I'm thinking that change might be around the corner... Remember, these are the guys who run the largest game distribution network on the net...
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels) -
I'm using it on my home computer instead of gentoo to give it a fair shake. Works pretty good so far. Only thing I don't like is that I don't know the short cuts to navigate around, but I'm learning those quickly. I have it on my work computer as well.
If it moves, compile it
On work PC hey? "lucky" you?! ;P
A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.
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I was pondering that too, but decided that if I try my hand at game development (Which I've been considering in my spare time), I'll be going with C++/OpenGL. With all of the rumors flying around about Valve building a non-Microsoft PC gaming console, I'm thinking that change might be around the corner... Remember, these are the guys who run the largest game distribution network on the net...
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)Good points!
A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.
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I have Win 8 on my laptop, I certainly wouldn't put it on my development desktop PC. You'll need the Windows 8 Start button hack if you plan to do so.
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Yeah, me start thinking, why hurry it? Keep using it on the desktop until I accept it, then upgrade, not before! ;P
A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.
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No!!!! This is the problem!!!!
A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.
Have a look at Start8[^] Start8 brings the "Start" menu back to Windows 8
Espen Harlinn Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail. Edsger W.Dijkstra
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Have a look at Start8[^] Start8 brings the "Start" menu back to Windows 8
Espen Harlinn Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail. Edsger W.Dijkstra
Thanks!!!!! :) :) :) :rolleyes:
A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.
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Have a look at Start8[^] Start8 brings the "Start" menu back to Windows 8
Espen Harlinn Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail. Edsger W.Dijkstra
Just tried it, awesome!!
A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.
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Have a look at Start8[^] Start8 brings the "Start" menu back to Windows 8
Espen Harlinn Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail. Edsger W.Dijkstra
A third-party OS mod for an OS that's only in beta? Why have I got chills down my spine?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Just tried it, awesome!!
A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.
I've used their Object Desktop for a couple of years on XP - appears they know a thing or two :-D
Espen Harlinn Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail. Edsger W.Dijkstra
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A third-party OS mod for an OS that's only in beta? Why have I got chills down my spine?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
Mark Wallace wrote:
Why have I got chills down my spine?
Because you haven't turned off the aircondition? In my experience Stardock is pretty good at what they are doing ...
Espen Harlinn Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail. Edsger W.Dijkstra
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I am wondering about installing Windows 8 on my desktop... I'm so undecided that I'm asking other people's opinions!!!! (And yes I got a licence of it, thanks to an MSDN subscription coming with my job! ;P ) On one hand, everytime the OS jumps on the metro UI I get cranky.. :/ + I will have to reinstall all my steam games... (a couple of days of download!!!) and other apps.. :/ On the other hand I can setup my system to skip it (the start screen) most time!! (using the taskbar + taskbar's toolbar, as I do on my Win7!!) (Using it on my old laptop now) And, this way, I could develop / play with Metro app on my desktop instead of having 2 keyboards to juggle with (old laptop + desktop) mmm.. wondering if I can cope with the annoying metro effect... I guess once I will get used to it on the laptop, I'll upgrade the desktop... [Edit] One strong pro, I'd rather use my powerful desktop instead of my old laptop to... Play, mix and match DirectX11 (in C++) and XAML (in C#), which WinRT and Windows 8 is the best at!
A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.
Super Lloyd wrote:
I will have to reinstall all my steam games... (a couple of days of download!!!)
Assuming Windows 8 doesn't wipe your drive (Windows 7 doesn't, no reason to suspect 8 does), then you just have to reinstall the Steam client and point it to your existing downloaded games. It should be able to reinstall them without having to download them again.