wellhellothere
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While i agree with you - I also think its impossible to create an OS that is great to use on a Desktop, and great to use on a Smart-Phone. The requirements of both are so far apart it just can't work
Basically this.
Been on it all morning. Its a Tablet GUI, that you can slide out the way and return to, what is basically Windows 7 with some minor changes (on the surface anyway).
Its a big dissapointment to me, and is quite clearly built from the ground up for tablets and smartphones. It also looks like they're trying to take a leaf out of Apple's book in making the grammar and presentation as 'simple' as possible, but it just comes across like its treating you as a retard.
I for one, will not be buying - and i don't think any desktop or laptop user in their right mind should plan on running this OS
While i agree with you - I also think its impossible to create an OS that is great to use on a Desktop, and great to use on a Smart-Phone. The requirements of both are so far apart it just can't work
There's a registry tweak that allows you to kill the Metro GUI but otherwise, for the time being, it's what you get. Hopefully, the final version will let you choose.
When the hell did anyone say it's for smart phones? It's for TABLETS
Windows 8 will support smartphone / tablet architecture
On a posotive note, the Task Manager is a lot better. The other 'improvements' you've quoted aren't anything to get excited about imo. I've still not worked out how to close running apps in Metro, and it took me a good 10 mins to find the shutdown button
I know this is a dev build but i just installed on a fresh partition and got terrible overscan, I installed the nividia drivers and then a black screen, windows is still operating behind, when you press alt and tab it shows the window but the only UI i now have is a black screen, so i need to uninstall the drivers right but, unless i am mistaken, there is no safe mode Have i missed it or am I right that MS has omitted it?
I havent got time to screw around with it now to get it working, but i will
LoL have patience.Windows 8 is not even at it's first beta stage.It is normal that you already have problems.Windows 8 programming code is still fresh a lot.Give Microsoft some time
By the way...NO SAFE MODE?!?!?!
Man if Microsoft does not put SAFE MODE in Windows 8 then.......THAT SUCKS!
...the point I was trying to make is that surely they would not have omitted safe mode unless it was either deemed unneeded at this stage or, and I hope this isnt true, they have omitted it altogether in favor of their other troubleshooting options.
Nvidia driver wont install
I should have clarified. It detects the card, but it wont power anything (game).Download the newest beta drivers on the Nvidia website. Worked fine for my 9500m GS
And it dual boots fine with windows 7
I should have clarified. It detects the card, but it wont power anything (game).
thanks, but have you tried installing 7 after 8? thats what I would need to do.
And farther complaint. My game will only start in 98/me compatibility mode, and in openGL the mouse doesnt respond, so it is practically useless (DX8.1 shows @ 60FPS and everything works)
it does it on 7 too. I think its a faulty card, but anyway, at least 8 detected it.Really worth clarfiying here that this is a the dev preview and this issues are to be expected.
...I choose the customize option and it just froze.