Windows 8
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Lenas
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I installed Windows 8.1 on my laptop last night and it's a much better experience. Menus have been revamped, start screen has been revamped, IE 11 is much better, apps auto update, Skydrive integration is great. The best update IMO is to the application snap feature. It's way more usable now that it isn't stuck in a 20/80% split, you can size them however you want.
Do you use an external monitor? if so can you confirm 8.1 lets you set different scaling for the external vs the laptop screen?
Lenas
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I haven't been able to test it myself yet but they did show that off during the Build keynote presentation.
And Microsoft will be inserting advertising to the Windows 8.1 search feature -http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertho...ws-8-1-search/
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What the fuck? How do you expect Microsoft to keep people paying for paid Bing ads if they don't even show them in their built-in search? Google does the same god damn thing with their search app. Here's a clue: Bing and Google don't make any money from your mouth-breathing ass using their search. They make money from the people trying to sell shit to you, and they're not going to give up that business.
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There's a big difference between ads in a free web browser or on a free website and ads in an OS-essential search function on an OS you fucking paid for. Thankfully there will be SOME registry hack to get rid of this, I'm sure.
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No, there isn't a difference. You're still using a service that Bing is providing, and Bing's free search results come with paid, targeted advertisements so they can keep the fucking doors open.
The OS-level searching doesn't use Bing. The only time you get Bing results is when you're doing an internet search.
The OS-level searching doesn't use Bing. The only time you get Bing results is when you're doing an internet search.
I am confused here. Is MS adding ads to the OS search function, i.e. what you use to search for system files and such. Or is this some sort of internet search app built in to windows 8?
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Search has been overhauled a bit. At the top, you can specify between: Everywhere, Settings, Files, Web Images, Web Video, or Internet Explorer. If you search for a term that is a question or doesn't match an application/system setting, the OS search will automatically send you to a Bing results page. The reported ads would only be on the Bing results page.
What no one seems to be mentioning, is that there's also a search settings pane where you can disable Bing results completely, have them tailored to you and your location, have them not be personalized, or filter them strict/moderate.
What no one seems to be mentioning, is that there's also a search settings pane where you can disable Bing results completely, have them tailored to you and your location, have them not be personalized, or filter them strict/moderate.
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That's fine then. I'll probably avoid using the metro search anyway.
The best way to save Windows 8 is to just let you uninstall metro entirely under Windows Features.
The performance of this OS on new hardware is pretty ridiculous. UEFI Secure Boot is super fast on a mediocre kingston sandforce SSD.
I put windows 8 on my laptop and desktop. I had so many fuckin issues, even though I wanted to like it, I eventually reverted back. I'll wait till 8.1.
Fuckin bullshit, setting up networked folders was a shit-storm, windows 8 wouldnt recognize my usb 3.0 thumbdrive (in bios it would) and widi was wonky.
Fuckin bullshit, setting up networked folders was a shit-storm, windows 8 wouldnt recognize my usb 3.0 thumbdrive (in bios it would) and widi was wonky.
If the Bing results are on by default and users aren't shown an explanation the first time they use the service its irrelevant whether it can be turned off as most users won't (know how to). Beyond the repugnant factor of ads, its also a massive privacy violation.
I had no issues with Win8 (aside from gripes about the metro crap). I updated to the 8.1 preview, and the experience is essentially the same for me while the stability of the OS has gone down. I never had any crashes under W8, but I've had a few under 8.1.