Microsoft Unveils Windows 8

[Max]

Originally Posted by Chris

I'd pay $30 more to be able to permanently unclick the stupid "re-open everything when you log back in" nonsense.

This

[Jeff]

Originally Posted by Chris

I'd pay $30 more to be able to permanently unclick the stupid "re-open everything when you log back in" nonsense.

Yeah. What I don't get is that I did this:

Disable Mac OS X Lion Resume & App Window Restore Completely

And yet it still does it. Apparently they're not the same thing, which sucks.

[Buzz]

Originally Posted by Chris

In Win8, they aren't forcing anyone to use their stupid widget-desktop either. The thing is, they're putting dev time into it. XP in the Classic theme is nice and clean. With 7, even if you disable Aero it still gets all over-helpful. I hate the way it manages the system tray, and the pinning thing that's trying to be like the OSX dock and failling.

It may be OPTIONAL, but they're defaulting to the widget style desktop and having you load the standard desktop as an extra app.

They also went so far as to say that "All monitors should be touch. Non-touch monitors feel lifeless." No shit.

Oh, plus they're really trying to jump on the java and HTML train now and leaving their silverlight and .net devs in the dust.. or at least that's the impression I've gotten from their press releases.

[Elysian]

Originally Posted by Chris

Well no, because I can use my side of the argument to make money, while your Roberto-Venn "degree" is worth slightly less than the sandwich that I had for lunch today with your taxpayer dollars.

How about my 5 years experience building afterwards or my 10 years doing repair before? I wasn't really being serious anyways, I was making the point that your point of view(being your opinion was superior) was invalid.

[Elysian]

Originally Posted by Chris

Yeah right.

Even with the I'm not a big fan of the sentiment.

[Scott]

Originally Posted by Buzz

Oh, plus they're really trying to jump on the java and HTML train now and leaving their silverlight and .net devs in the dust.. or at least that's the impression I've gotten from their press releases.

Do you mean javascript? I didn't see anywhere support for Java.

It also doesn't look like they're abandoning anyone. They're just giving more options for Metro programming over what is offered for Desktop programming, but still allowing them to use the Desktop options in Metro if they wish.

[Hebo]

Originally Posted by Chris

Just give me Service Pack 4 for XP and I'll be happy with it, for crying out loud.

It's called Windows 7

[Chris]

Originally Posted by Elysian The Bearded Texan

How about my 5 years experience building afterwards or my 10 years doing repair before? I wasn't really being serious anyways, I was making the point that your point of view(being your opinion was superior) was invalid.

I was just busting your balls, and you know it.

That said, I spent ten years in IT and I work with about 50-60 different Windows machines pretty much every single day, and across all of my labs and event gear I probably have 200 or so that I am directly responsible for right now. That's not including another 100 or so virtual machines. I flew to Indiana and brought 11 Windows laptops with me. You have one box that runs 7 and a tablet.

If you really want to get into a silly argument about it, my point was that yes, my opnion on it is a tad more informed than yours. That is because I use Windows a fuckload more than you do, and as such I see it fail a fuckload more than you do. Your opinion on guitar building is > mine, but since I don't build guitars, it's like saying that your opinion on being named Adam is > mine too.

(This argument is stupid. )

[Kagami]

The end result is Soundwave superior, Destructicons inferior.

[Jeff]

Originally Posted by Hebo

It's called Windows 7

Actually no, Windows 7 is Vista SP3. It's still bloated, just not as much.

Originally Posted by Chris

I was just busting your balls, and you know it.

That said, I spent ten years in IT and I work with about 50-60 different Windows machines pretty much every single day, and across all of my labs and event gear I probably have 200 or so that I am directly responsible for right now. That's not including another 100 or so virtual machines. I flew to Indiana and brought 11 Windows laptops with me. You have one box that runs 7 and a tablet.

If you really want to get into a silly argument about it, my point was that yes, my opnion on it is a tad more informed than yours. That is because I use Windows a fuckload more than you do, and as such I see it fail a fuckload more than you do. Your opinion on guitar building is > mine, but since I don't build guitars, it's like saying that your opinion on being named Adam is > mine too.

(This argument is stupid. )