In defense of Windows 8.1

[goontron]

Re: In defense of Windows 8.1

Missed that. Whoops, break was ending and I didn't have time to notice. I put it in a keyboard folio case which helps when I'm at a table or desk.

Sorry, but I live my life with a ruggedized " hybrid"/"convertible" Panasonic toughbook CF-19 mk3, and I see absolutely no point in a dedicated tablet. Such low power, and can't really type on it worth a damn. Keyboard cases are no good excuse for a real keyboard ether!

[ratdude747]

Re: In defense of Windows 8.1

Sorry, but I live my life with a ruggedized " hybrid"/"convertible" Panasonic toughbook CF-19 mk3, and I see absolutely no point in a dedicated tablet. Such low power, and can't really type on it worth a damn. Keyboard cases are no good excuse for a real keyboard ether!

Well, you and I have different circumstances. I wanted/needed something more discreet than a laptop that I could take into the stores I do overnight work in and use on break.

[hikaruichijo]

Re: In defense of Windows 8.1

I fell Windows 8/8.1 faster than Windows 7, the aero interface puts a high load on the system, for me the only bad point of windows 8/8.1 is the metro interface and classic shell does a very good job. Now i'm using Windows 10 on my newer systems and I'm happy with it.
I'm a light gamer and like powerfull hardware and I don't know why but I fell that linux can't take afvantage of some hardware.
My girlfriend's laptop has an 2.1 sound system and on linux it losses a lot of audio quality. I daylli use an alienware m17x r3 and when I used linux it was a very dificult to make thins work an not everything worked well.
I think Windows is a success because it makes thins work withought the need of a programer degree, and because hardware vendors give a serious support.
On linux a lot of hardware vendors act as linux doesn't exist.

[ratdude747]

Re: In defense of Windows 8.1

^Linux runs well on a lot of systems. In fact, aside from bay trail tablets, the only other problem devices are non-recent AMD GPUs and some realtek wifi chips. Otherwise, I've had good luck.

[momaka]

Re: In defense of Windows 8.1

There's now a program that removes the Windows 'telemetry' gathering (read: spying) ability of Windows. And Microsoft disguises these in updates for the older OS' so that no one gets left out.

... which adds more to the reason not to update and why I don't do it.

Same here, I'm still using XP on most of my PCs. I guess I can't let it go. It still does everything I need it to do.
I wonder what someone will think nowadays if they were to sit on my PC and try to use it. I have classic theme on every single computer I own. All the same black-gray-white-red colors too (same .Theme file used throughout.)

that's called FDISK

Wait, can I get that in the App store?

^Linux runs well on a lot of systems.

IDK. I tried it several times in the past, and I never liked it. Not because it is different, but because you really have to get behind everything and do it manually to make it work right. And even then, I can't say it's faster than Win XP or 7. Oh, and many of my games won't work on it. I guess it is okay for a basic PC to surf the web.

[TELVM]

Re: In defense of Windows 8.1

IMHO the last Windows OS worth using by intelligent forms of life is Windows 7 SP1 with updates completely disabled before May 2015.

[diif]

Re: In defense of Windows 8.1

IMHO the last Windows OS worth using by intelligent forms of life is Windows 7 SP1 with updates completely disabled before May 2015.

No, don't disable security updates. You are leaving your system open to abuse. Disable recommended updates. There is a big difference.

[shovenose]

Re: In defense of Windows 8.1

I fell Windows 8/8.1 faster than Windows 7, the aero interface puts a high load on the system, for me the only bad point of windows 8/8.1 is the metro interface and classic shell does a very good job. Now i'm using Windows 10 on my newer systems and I'm happy with it.
I'm a light gamer and like powerfull hardware and I don't know why but I fell that linux can't take afvantage of some hardware.
My girlfriend's laptop has an 2.1 sound system and on linux it losses a lot of audio quality. I daylli use an alienware m17x r3 and when I used linux it was a very dificult to make thins work an not everything worked well.
I think Windows is a success because it makes thins work withought the need of a programer degree, and because hardware vendors give a serious support.
On linux a lot of hardware vendors act as linux doesn't exist.

This guy gets it 100% agree with this post.