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[Iggy]

I'll never use 8. I'll use xp and 7 for anything I actually need windows for. If it comes with any pc I buy, I suppose I can downgrade or just hack it to get rid of the horrid parts. My bet is they separate that horrid metro interface in the next release, but we'll see.

With you on this one Steven. Metro is awful.

[persia]

I actually like metro better than that funk ball formerly know as "start."  And I suspect a lot of the apps will come out in Metro so that they can take advantage of cross compilation for Windows RT on Surface like devices.  Take a little time to play with Windows 8 with an open mind.  I just wish there was someway to tuen off that legacy desktop....

[TCMSLP]

I may be looking back with nostalgia clouding my judgement but I'm sure the Amiga CLI was much more capable than DOS.  I remember my first year in university, discovering Linux & Solaris and thinking "wow, it's like a multiuser Amiga" (my comparision being the power of the shell).   It was certainly my familiarity with the Amiga CLI that gave me the confidence to dive into Linux.  My other friends (all with DOS/Windows experience) seemed to fear csh/tcsh/bash.

[commodorejohn]

I may be looking back with nostalgia clouding my judgement but I'm sure the Amiga CLI was much more capable than DOS.

Oh, no question there. Even just the ability to specify disks by volume instead of physical drive number puts it leagues ahead. I'm just saying that in terms of lineage, it looks to have more in common with the RT-11 -> CP/M -> MS-DOS tree than the classic Unix shells.

[TheBilgeRat]

So is Cygwin on windows. AmigaOS isn't very unixy.

Cygwin :furious:
 
F*** Cygwin.

[kedawa]

I'll check in on Windows a few versions from now and see how Metro turns out.  I have a feeling it will be a much better experience once the old desktop is axed.

Windows 8 will only interest me if it gets a really solid port of LCARS as a replacement GUI.  It would work well with a touchscreen PC.

[koaftder]

Cygwin :furious:
 
F*** Cygwin.

Seriously. It's a bloat monster. If you need to do *nix work, much better to just run what you need in a VM. If you just need bash and some common tools, msys is a lot easier to deal with.

[runequester]

Back on the topic of win 8, are there any reliable info on how long new versions of direct x will support win 7?

[psxphill]

I'll never use 8. I'll use xp and 7 for anything I actually need windows for. If it comes with any pc I buy, I suppose I can downgrade or just hack it to get rid of the horrid parts. My bet is they separate that horrid metro interface in the next release, but we'll see.

My bet is that you'll end up running it and you won't hack anything.

[persia]

My bet is Window 9 will drop that horrid legacy Window 7 desktop and make everything run in metro.

My bet is that you'll end up running it and you won't hack anything.

[Pyromania]

My bet is Window 9 will drop that horrid legacy Window 7 desktop and make everything run in metro.

I'll bet you a $1 they drop the horrid Metro interface and go back to legacy Windows desktop look and feel.

[MadLensman]

Oh, it's definitely less complicated than it used to be, but weird issues do still have a way of cropping up when you have as many possible hardware combinations (and as many potential software setups) as PCs do.

 
Amen to that - I'm crawling back under my stone until Valve find a fix for my screwed up textures in Portal 2 - Apparently it's something to do with Phenom processors and my "one off" Radeon card - One off? PC World, Aria and Ebuyer have been selling the same MB, CPU, RAM & GC bundle for nearly 12 months now - One Off my ar$e !!!!!

[haywirepc]

I have used 8 to test, and metro is fine if your on a tablet. On a desktop, its simply retarded.

[MadLensman]

I'll bet you a $1 they drop the horrid Metro interface and go back to legacy Windows desktop look and feel.

Just $1??? Safe money that metro's time on desktops is shorter than an Atari ST user's at an Amiga convention......

[runequester]

Just $1??? Safe money that metro's time on desktops is shorter than an Atari ST user's at an Amiga convention......

"hey guys, check it out, now we have a blitter too!"

[B00tDisk]

Back on the topic of win 8, are there any reliable info on how long new versions of direct x will support win 7?

This is what I'd like to know.

I think once MS realizes that 8 is a dead pigeon they'll start forcing people off Vista and 7 at bayonet point with DX.