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Klein
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Sup PA crew. I just got a laptop with Windows 8 on it and I am debating on putting Windows 7 on it. I am fairly computer savy and like how Windows 7 had its search preferences, but in Windows 8 it goes to the desktop when it finds the menu(such as computer), which I do not like. I am not a big fan of metro, but I don't want to not use it just because it is different. I have installed a search menu on the desktop side of Windows 8 so it feels more familiar, but some menus go into the metro mode which I really do not like, I would rather have it all metro or all desktop. Any thoughts from you guys on Windows 8? I don't want to make this a bashing Windows 8 thread, I think it is important to learn how to use new technology, but I want have no idea of the state Windows 8 is in.
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Verify that your manufacturer has made windows 7 drivers for all your devices. Then to be on the safe side shrink your main OS partition, create a new volume for EFI and install windows 7 to that. You may need to bcdedit and add the new windows 7 install but then that'll give you the option to dual boot without much work. Also, if it doesn't work too well you can always delete the windows 7 part and extend the windows 8 part to recover the lost space.
Or just wait, Windows 8.1 will be out in a few months which will add features back like the start menu and xp mode.
I'm fairly sure the bolded is not true. I don't think MS has even put out real realease notes yet. It's all rumors at this point. It sounds most likely to have some more UI customization options in Metro (more tile sizes, colors, &c.,) and maybe a boot-to-desktop option, instead of boot-to-Start.
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
I don't want to sound biased, but Windows 8 does have some features which are potentially useful--most obviously tablet functionality, but also integrated disk image mounting and a folder setup in desktop mode which is a bit more streamlined once you learn it. It's also pretty efficient with memory, even more so than Windows 7--though that's on a computer-to-computer basis as much as anything. I use Windows 7 Pro 64-bit on my desktop (where I'm posting this now), but I believe removing Windows 8 from my laptop (a touch-sensitive Surface Pro) and replacing it with Windows 7, if it were possible, would basically ruin it.
I'd say check out those plug-ins, and see if they address any of your concerns. I think they will. If not, you can always format it later.
I have a plug in similar to start on there which seems to work fine, but occasionally some system menus are in metro and I don't like switching from one look to another. The laptop is not touch based. I'm going to play with windows 8 for a few more days and see how I feel. Any more advice or opinions would be welcomed.
I do think that, behind the metro, the core improvements to the OS are worth it. The improved explorer and task manager are great.
Also, have you hit win+x yet? You should hit win+x.
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
I had Windows 8 on the desktop and I hated it
Now I own a Samsung Series 7 and I would never roll back to Windows 7, because the touch screen interface is worth it
Also 8 is just faster on crummier harddrives
I recommend giving 8 a little more patients and investigating 3rd party workarounds to missing features
we also talk about other random shit and clown upon each other
Just find a cheatsheet for the Win+ commands until you learn them.
I think you're talking about certain utility applications (not the control panel, oddly enough, that's old-style) which are in the new style--I don't think there's an app that changes that, since those are fundamental Windows function. Just speaking for example can download Internet Explorer 8 and run it on Windows 8, but IE9 is going to be in Windows 8 style, no matter what. Things like the task manager don't have multiple versions.
That doesn't sound like a Windows 8 issue. You've got it set to the start menu, not to switching desktops, right?
You could use autohotkey or a similar program to set up a keyboard map with Winkey disabled or mapped to something else.
This is an age-old gamer problem. Hell, my keboard has that functionality built in.
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
Serious question here, what would you need the start menu for that you can't do in windows 8? I can pin programs I use often to my toolbar, and just tap the windows key and type in the name of whatever other program I want to use and there I go.
It is just like a bigger start menu.
Though metro apps are really terrible for a desktop.
I multitask like crazy, having the app take up the whole screen is nonsense to me.
And yeah, hitting the windows key during a game and having it minimize the game has always been a thing with Windows. 7 would not fix that. I have a keyboard that does let me just toggle that button off, but yeah I guess not everyone is gonna have one of those. I don't really ever accidentally hit it anyway