For MrRipley

[ebfd11]

Ok I will sy it... MRripley knows it all and we are just complete morons who don't know crap. Sorry Skuzzy but I gu ess you fit in that realm also.

LawnDart

[SIK1]

Ok I will sy it... MRripley knows it all and we are just complete morons who don't know crap. Sorry Skuzzy but I gu ess you fit in that realm also.

LawnDart

About time everybody realized this.  He's been telling us all this for a long time now.
All hail the number one Microsoft fan boi MrRipley.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

that's about right... Anyone who wants to disprove me you're welcome to do so .. with links. Clowns who 'have a feeling but have nothing to show for it' can forget it. Not giving names.. Gyrene.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

NVidia's Linux drivers are not officially supported and developed.  They are done by two NVidia software engineers who just want to do them.

Which is why Linus Torvalds gave Nvidia the middle finger publicly. After that Nvidia released major updates to their drivers. Coincidence?

[ACE]

You never post any proof or links aswell..

[bj229r]

http://www.cnbc.com/id/100713593

Microsoft is preparing to reverse course over key elements of its Windows 8 operating system, marking one of the most prominent admissions of failure for a new mass-market consumer product since Coca-Cola's New Coke fiasco nearly 30 years ago.

"Key aspects" of how the software is used will be changed when Microsoft releases an updated version of the operating system this year, Tammy Reller, head of marketing and finance for the Windows business, said in an interview with the Financial Times. Referring to difficulties many users have had with mastering the software, she added: "The learning curve is definitely real."

Analysts warned that changing course would be a significant admission of failure for Steve Ballmer, chief executive, who called the October launch of Windows 8 a "bet-the-company" moment as Microsoft sought to respond to the success of Apple's iPad.


"It's a horrible thing for this to happen to your flagship product – he'll take a hit for that," said Mark Anderson, an independent tech analyst. "But he's also responsible for a renaissance inside the company. There's a level of risk and creativity going on that would never have happened two years ago."


Richard Doherty, analyst at tech research firm Envisioneering, said: "This is like New Coke, going on for seven months – only Coke listened better." Coca-Cola dropped its New Coke formula in response to a consumer backlash less than three months after launch.

Windows 8 was an ambitious attempt to update the personal computer for the tablet era by moving to a new touchscreen interface based on colorful tiles, hiding the "desktop" launch screen familiar to white collar workers and consumers around the world.

The combination PC and tablet software was widely panned by reviewers and has been blamed by some analysts for worsening the slump in sales that has rocked the PC industry. Even before its launch, Tim Cook, chief executive of Apple, said Windows 8 would be like combining a toaster and a fridge – something that, while technically possible, was "probably not going to be pleasing to the user".

Ms Reller refused to reveal details of the changes Microsoft would make to Windows 8. However, the clamor from reviewers has become overwhelming for a return to a more familiar PC interface. Ms Reller said PC users had faced difficulties adapting to the new software.

Pressure has been building for Windows 8 PCs to launch the familiar desktop view when turned on – and to bring back the "start" button featured in the lower left corner of the screen in previous releases.

Microsoft has also admitted to a range of other slips with the launch of Windows 8, including failing to do enough to train retail staff and educate potential customers about the new software, as well as not focusing all of its financial incentives behind the touchscreen PCs that show off Windows 8 to best advantage. "It's very clear we could and should have done more," Ms Reller said.

Despite the slips, she said that Microsoft continued to view the software as suitable for both PCs and tablets and that "customer satisfaction with Windows 8 with touch is strong".

[MrRiplEy[H]]

You never post any proof or links aswell..

Are you blind?

[MrRiplEy[H]]

See Rule #4

[ACE]

Microsoft have no intentions of getting rid of Windows 8. .

Link

[guncrasher]

You never post any proof or links aswell..

he keeps getting burned by his own links.


semp

[MrRiplEy[H]]

he keeps getting burned by his own links.


semp

You keep getting burned by your own remarks.

On reply #20 I linked a benchmark verifying my claims about the speed benefits of Windows8.

Obviously there is no link confirming anything from a future release since Microsoft hasn't released any information on 'blue' but rumors and speculations reveal that the ability to boot directly to the desktop and return of the start menu may be possible. Windows blue aka Windows 8.1 will contain minor user interface changes and other updates. No plans to 'get rid of Windows 8'. I mean seriously folks, WHAT exactly would they replace it with? Do you think they'll just whip up a totally new OS from scratch? Windows 8 is a tweaked Windows 7 and Win7 is a tweaked Windows Vista etc.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/7/4306328/windows-8-1-release-date-pricing-windows-blue

It starts slowly to sound like you guys think that if MS will remove the 'modern' UI, that will mean that Windows 8 ceases to exist? LOL! The user interface is just one tiny component in the OS.

[ACE]

The UI in my opinion is way more than one little piece of the OS.  Come on I'm terrible with computers compared to you and I can figure this out and see right from wrong.  I think you argue for the sake of arguing or to increase post count. I'd go with number 1.

[Skuzzy]

You keep getting burned by your own remarks.

On reply #20 I linked a benchmark verifying my claims about the speed benefits of Windows8.

Obviously there is no link confirming anything from a future release since Microsoft hasn't released any information on 'blue' but rumors and speculations reveal that the ability to boot directly to the desktop and return of the start menu may be possible. Windows blue aka Windows 8.1 will contain minor user interface changes and other updates. No plans to 'get rid of Windows 8'. I mean seriously folks, WHAT exactly would they replace it with? Do you think they'll just whip up a totally new OS from scratch? Windows 8 is a tweaked Windows 7 and Win7 is a tweaked Windows Vista etc.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/7/4306328/windows-8-1-release-date-pricing-windows-blue

It starts slowly to sound like you guys think that if MS will remove the 'modern' UI, that will mean that Windows 8 ceases to exist? LOL! The user interface is just one tiny component in the OS.

Actually you are off there.  Microsoft had two desktop operating system development teams and one mobile operating system team.  After the release of Windows 7, the teams were combined.

Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows Vista were from one team.  Windows 95/98, Windows XP, and Windows 7 was from another team.  They were completely different development branches.

Windows 8 is from the combined teams.


You need to quit being so obtuse.  When people talk about Microsoft "killing" Windows 8, they are making reference to the pathetic user interface, which has defined Windows 8.  The cheap shots you keep trying to take are getting tiresome and do not provide anything useful.

[olds442]

So essentially you're saying any consumer can now go and buy the ready tweaked version of windows out of the box. How are you not seeing how you're your own counter argument?

Here is a Win8 speed comparison to Win7: http://usabilitygeek.com/windows-8-vs-windows-7-speed-and-performance-testing/

The gaming performance is driver related, some benchmarks have got opposite results there.

I don't care for the layout of the control panel. First of all I very rarely have to use it and second the desktop search makes finding things extremely easy in Win8. As what goes for 'control what you have installed' it only affects Metro applications in the same way as Apple controls whatever can exist in Apple store and can pull malicious apps if need be. Microsoft has the full ability to remove any file from your computer as it is, if they chose to include that kind of a 'feature' to some patch for example

And yet for anyone using a regular non-tweaked Win7 it takes 20-50 seconds to boot to desktop. Others do not have the privilege of having your tweaked version, they have to get it in the form of Win8.

I have to wonder - would you accept Win8 better if they called it Win7.1 instead? Because that's pretty much what it is - a tweaked version of Win7.

And yet you are probably running windows 8 on a SSD and windows 7 on a normal HDD that is so fragmented the read head might fly off! (hyperbole). My windows 7 on HDD boots in under 20 seconds with a i5 2500k at 5.2 ghz.
If you are not willing to tweak some settings you are doing PC gaming wrong sir.

[ACE]

5.2 GHz?  Damn I'm still at 2.9. What temps do you get with that?