Windows 8 unveiled

2011-06-01 16:50:50

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Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5955|College Park, MD

http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/01/micr … rototypes/

I don't like it. I think the Metro UI is great for phones, heck even the Xbox would be fine with it, but I don't like it as a desktop UI. Where the hell are my icons? Or a dock? Looks like they're taking the Apple route of dumbing shit down.

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SEREMAKER wrote:
Preview of Windows 8

" Yesterday at D9, Microsoft officially revealed Windows 8 to the world. Taking hints from their desktop and mobile operating systems, Windows 8 is clearly created for use on a tablet although can be utilized on a PC as well. "

http://gearmedia.ign.com/gear/image/art … 40-000.jpg

https://static.bf2s.com/files/user/36793/marylandsig.jpg

2011-06-01 16:55:05

#2

13/f/taiwan: Member; +940|5952

alright

2011-06-01 16:56:24

#3

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6751

story

2011-06-01 16:56:30

#4

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6776|...

meh I'm sure you will have options to what you want. 1 poor resolution screenshot is not the totality of an unreleased product.

edit: bro

2011-06-01 17:01:22

#5

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6854|132 and Bush

jsnipy wrote:
meh I'm sure you will have options to what you want. 1 poor resolution screenshot is not the totality of an unreleased product.

edit: bro

From the article in the op
"There'll be two kinds of applications for Windows 8, one that runs in a traditional desktop, and the other pseudo-mobile apps based on HTML5 and Javascript, but both environments -- rather, the entire OS -- have been designed from the ground up for touchscreen use."

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2011-06-01 17:08:10

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jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6776|...

Kmar wrote:
jsnipy wrote:
meh I'm sure you will have options to what you want. 1 poor resolution screenshot is not the totality of an unreleased product.

edit: bro
From the article in the op
"There'll be two kinds of applications for Windows 8, one that runs in a traditional desktop, and the other pseudo-mobile apps based on HTML5 and Javascript, but both environments -- rather, the entire OS -- have been designed from the ground up for touchscreen use."

I can't be bothered to RTFA

2011-06-01 17:09:41

#7

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6751

maybe i'll install it on my dual core tegra

2011-06-01 17:25:10

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KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,979|6885|949

Looks pretty cool so far. I like the idea of tiled views, and who says you won't be able to bundle groups of applications/icons into one tileset? The tile view is just a better graphical representation of a folder anyway. It's not dumbing it down, it's just making it more aesthetically pleasing.

2011-06-01 17:43:28

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AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6406|what

Press the Start button to shut down.

2011-06-01 19:06:39

#10

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5955|College Park, MD

AussieReaper wrote:
Press the Start button to shut down.

or more accurately to start the shut down process

owned ^

2011-06-01 19:35:51

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unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|7025|PNW

Windows 3.1 was good, Windows 95 sucked, Windows 98 was good, Windows ME sucked, Windows XP was good, Windows Vista sucked, Windows 7 was good, Windows 8 ________.

2011-06-01 19:36:37

#12

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6751

won't be released for another 12 years?

2011-06-01 19:36:55

#13

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|7025|PNW

/lolpic

2011-06-01 19:42:50

#14

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5955|College Park, MD

unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Windows 3.1 was good, Windows 95 sucked, Windows 98 was good, Windows ME sucked, Windows XP was good, Windows Vista sucked, Windows 7 was good, Windows 8 ________.

You forgot Bob and Windows 2000.

2011-06-01 19:44:43

#15

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6854|132 and Bush

They're obviously looking at the future and mobile computing, trying to bridge some familiarity.

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2011-06-01 19:50:16

#16

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|7025|PNW

Hurricane2k9 wrote:
unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Windows 3.1 was good, Windows 95 sucked, Windows 98 was good, Windows ME sucked, Windows XP was good, Windows Vista sucked, Windows 7 was good, Windows 8 ________.
You forgot Bob and Windows 2000.

And NT and 2008. I consider those another animal.

2011-06-01 20:03:40

#17

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6406|what

Hurricane2k9 wrote:
AussieReaper wrote:
Press the Start button to shut down.
or more accurately to start the shut down process

owned ^

So

Press the Start button to restart

=

Hurricane2k9 wrote:
or more accurately to start the restart process press the start button then restart

2011-06-01 20:06:57

#18

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5955|College Park, MD

well if you wanna be a nga about it, it should say "Start a program or process" and "restart computer"

2011-06-01 20:11:24

#19

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6406|what

Hurricane2k9 wrote:
well if you wanna be a nga about it, it should say "Start a program or process" and "restart computer"

Not sure why you're defending a bad OS design. Anyway, I thought you had a Mac?

2011-06-01 20:13:05

#20

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6854|132 and Bush

Hurricane2k9 wrote:
AussieReaper wrote:
Press the Start button to shut down.
or more accurately to start the shut down process

owned ^

You can't say owned in response to your own retort. I think it's a unwritten rule.

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2011-06-01 20:13:58

#21

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6854|132 and Bush

unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Hurricane2k9 wrote:
unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Windows 3.1 was good, Windows 95 sucked, Windows 98 was good, Windows ME sucked, Windows XP was good, Windows Vista sucked, Windows 7 was good, Windows 8 ________.
You forgot Bob and Windows 2000.
And NT and 2008. I consider those another animal.

NT good. No?

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2011-06-01 20:18:29

#22

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6751

Kmar wrote:
unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Hurricane2k9 wrote:

You forgot Bob and Windows 2000.
And NT and 2008. I consider those another animal.
NT good. No?

if you liked to reboot early and often. and Vista, with UAC - "You moved your mouse, allow or deny?" jesus, M$ - for this people showered you with ca$h?

2011-06-01 20:23:04

#23

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6406|what

Kmar wrote:
Hurricane2k9 wrote:
AussieReaper wrote:
Press the Start button to shut down.
or more accurately to start the shut down process

owned ^
You can't say owned in response to your own retort. I think it's a unwritten rule.

Don't you mean "an" unwritten rule?

pwned^@!!1

2011-06-01 20:25:09

#24

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5955|College Park, MD

owned ^

2011-06-01 20:25:53

#25

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5955|College Park, MD

AussieReaper wrote:
Hurricane2k9 wrote:
well if you wanna be a nga about it, it should say "Start a program or process" and "restart computer"
Not sure why you're defending a bad OS design. Anyway, I thought you had a Mac?

I do

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