Windows 8
I thought it might be a good idea to get a junker laptop and put Windows 8 on it and see if it was improved at all.
Versus the immediate competition, Windows XP and Windows 7.. or even a rain soaked history textbook.
So the installation process is still simple.. download the ISO, mount the ISO and follow the instructions on the launcher.
The big question remains why you'd want to. Without touch interface, all else is inferior to Windows XP and Windows 7.
One could speculate as to why Microsoft has lost billions.. but one wouldn't need to bother if one already has Winxp or 7.
Basically it all falls apart at the installer. Unless I'm mistaken I can't find an option to install to another partition.
So I allowed it to just eat the Windows 7 Ultimate install that was already on the junker Dell Latitude D620. Not a tear shed since it was French and seemed to be clean as a whistle.
After installations there's more paint by the numbers configurations that ignore connecting to a network, or the internet using internet shared from another computer (ICS) and other basic settings that would be obvious to anyone not living in the coolaid drinking wonderland of Microsoft.
After dropping back to the desktop several times to tweak settings and update configurations.. the machine is using shared internet and can browse.. but even before getting that far.. there's preening the 'whatever you call it don't call it Metro' splash page. Arguably it is shit and the desktop is nerfed, and IE10 lacks proper flash support (and I can't be bothered to figure out how to keep the address bar up) and other annoyances.. so.. what's the point exactly?
One cute thing I might have missed during the community review was the mail app. Which should allow you to open up your Gmail accounts in a Windows 8 UI style.
Again why? Google's style is plenty minimalist enough.
Essentially without a touch screen the OS is utter bunk. And assuming you can find an affordable touch screen, with an integrated PC powerful enough to justify Windows 8, over Xp or 7.. and you don't mind being annoyed.. or you accept the challenge of learning to like the Not-Metro interface that has very little support and probably won't get any.. and a plethora of memory and application error messages.. network snafus.. and basically paying to be trolled by Microsoft.. because you should just use Windows 7.. there's no point in dealing with Windows 8.
Not now at least.. or in October.. and probably not for a few years until the 3rd party software development community has delivered deep modifications that make the platform even remotely useful.
I wish I too could run a huge corporations flagship product into the ground and not get shot.
I thought it might be a good idea to get a junker laptop and put Windows 8 on it and see if it was improved at all.
Versus the immediate competition, Windows XP and Windows 7.. or even a rain soaked history textbook.
So the installation process is still simple.. download the ISO, mount the ISO and follow the instructions on the launcher.
The big question remains why you'd want to. Without touch interface, all else is inferior to Windows XP and Windows 7.
One could speculate as to why Microsoft has lost billions.. but one wouldn't need to bother if one already has Winxp or 7.
Basically it all falls apart at the installer. Unless I'm mistaken I can't find an option to install to another partition.
So I allowed it to just eat the Windows 7 Ultimate install that was already on the junker Dell Latitude D620. Not a tear shed since it was French and seemed to be clean as a whistle.
After installations there's more paint by the numbers configurations that ignore connecting to a network, or the internet using internet shared from another computer (ICS) and other basic settings that would be obvious to anyone not living in the coolaid drinking wonderland of Microsoft.
After dropping back to the desktop several times to tweak settings and update configurations.. the machine is using shared internet and can browse.. but even before getting that far.. there's preening the 'whatever you call it don't call it Metro' splash page. Arguably it is shit and the desktop is nerfed, and IE10 lacks proper flash support (and I can't be bothered to figure out how to keep the address bar up) and other annoyances.. so.. what's the point exactly?
One cute thing I might have missed during the community review was the mail app. Which should allow you to open up your Gmail accounts in a Windows 8 UI style.
Again why? Google's style is plenty minimalist enough.
Essentially without a touch screen the OS is utter bunk. And assuming you can find an affordable touch screen, with an integrated PC powerful enough to justify Windows 8, over Xp or 7.. and you don't mind being annoyed.. or you accept the challenge of learning to like the Not-Metro interface that has very little support and probably won't get any.. and a plethora of memory and application error messages.. network snafus.. and basically paying to be trolled by Microsoft.. because you should just use Windows 7.. there's no point in dealing with Windows 8.
Not now at least.. or in October.. and probably not for a few years until the 3rd party software development community has delivered deep modifications that make the platform even remotely useful.
I wish I too could run a huge corporations flagship product into the ground and not get shot.