New Lap Top

[Jefftowz]

Bought a new Lap Top today, is it me or does Windows 8 sucks ass! Any options?

 

[Mackinaw]

Yes it does suck ass unless you have a touch screen or tablet and I don't, just a laptop like yourself

 

[mentalmatt]

Yea I've used windows my whole life until recently and windows 8 suuuuucks.... It's a huge departure from their old stuff. Truly it was designed for a touch screen and I get that but come on! They should give the option to turn all the overlay crap off. I know you can get to the desktop through an icon but everything is different. I did not like it at all in any way.

That said, I switch to a Mac and love it. I still use Remote Desktop to get ino my development machines but they run windows 7 which is still fine.

 

[ka0tyk]

you're just realizing that windows sucks? it sucked since 3.x back in the dos days.

mbp here.

 

[BigQ]

Do your self a favor and get use to the interface. While it is not the same old icons on a desktop like previous windows, MAC and Linux machine it is one of the best performing and secure Windows OS thus far.

If you really want to change, you can get Linux Mint to throw on there. One of the best Linux distros out there.

 

[pronstar]

rivermobster would tell you to buy a Mac :thumbsup

 

[Dan Lorenze]

Any options?

MacBook Pro.. They just work..

 

[Hammer]

MacBook Pro.. They just work..

X2

 

[copterzach]

MacBook.


Aggie class of '97. WHOOP

 

[shueman]

Lots of ways/hacks to change it, according to Leo Lap, but beware of "bugs".

This looks like a workable solution:

One of the best interface features new to Windows 7 was the ability to pin icons to the taskbar and open Jump Lists. Together, these two features made the Start menu more or less superflous. Users could pin popular folders and apps to the taskbar and navigate many of their functions directly without having to go into the Start menu at all. This is still possible with Windows 8. Users can create a faux Start menu by creating a shortcuts folder, pinning it to the taskbar, and then adding the desired shortcuts. This can take a few minutes, but it creates a simple, paired-down option that only lists the software the user wants to include.

Additionally, users who want a very close approximation to a Start menu ? unused apps and all ? can create it. Right-click on the taskbar, go to Taskbars in the context menu, then click New Taskbar. When an open folder window pops up, type the following:

%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

Ta-da! Now, right-click the taskbar again and uncheck ?Lock the taskbar.? This makes it possible to drag the Programs button over to the left side so that it sits where the Windows 7 Start button sits.


Read more: http://www.digitaltrends.com/comput...-8-to-look-more-like-windows-7/#ixzz2Mr1Yaaaw
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I still have not spent quality time with w8....got rooms full machines to move to w7...:grumble:

 

[OCMerrill]

Lots of ways/hacks to change it, according to Leo Lap, but beware of "bugs".

This looks like a workable solution:

One of the best interface features new to Windows 7 was the ability to pin icons to the taskbar and open Jump Lists. Together, these two features made the Start menu more or less superflous. Users could pin popular folders and apps to the taskbar and navigate many of their functions directly without having to go into the Start menu at all. This is still possible with Windows 8. Users can create a faux Start menu by creating a shortcuts folder, pinning it to the taskbar, and then adding the desired shortcuts. This can take a few minutes, but it creates a simple, paired-down option that only lists the software the user wants to include.

Additionally, users who want a very close approximation to a Start menu ? unused apps and all ? can create it. Right-click on the taskbar, go to Taskbars in the context menu, then click New Taskbar. When an open folder window pops up, type the following:

%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

Ta-da! Now, right-click the taskbar again and uncheck ?Lock the taskbar.? This makes it possible to drag the Programs button over to the left side so that it sits where the Windows 7 Start button sits.


Read more: http://www.digitaltrends.com/comput...-8-to-look-more-like-windows-7/#ixzz2Mr1Yaaaw
Follow us: @digitaltrends on Twitter | digitaltrendsftw on Facebook

I still have not spent quality time with w8....got rooms full machines to move to w7...:grumble:

I am getting used to it. Just ignore the start screed and get to your desktop. Pin icons there and it works like before. I like icons on the desktop. I am not all about those tiles on the start screen.

 

[C-2]

Lol, never fails.

"I don't like the interior on my new Ford Mustang GT"

Solution: "Should have bought an AMG SLS"


Maybe the OP should buy a MAC touchscreen laptop or desktop? Oh, wait, there isn't one. :rolleyes :thumbup:


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[Froggystyle]

On a conference call right now with someone who is on Windows 8 and is about to throw his laptop through a window... ironically

 

[Forensic]

I do this for a living and it took me a little bit of messing with it to get a few basics figured out. I can only imagine what the avg user has to go through.

The best thing can advise someone to try is this. When at the home screen (with the tiles), just start typing what you want to do.
It searches the system and gives you what you want, if available.

Need a command line, you don't have to click start, click run, type cmd, click enter.
Now you just type cmd and click it, or hit enter if its highlighted.

Its a big, frustrating learning curve. The biggest issue I see is that it almost requires a touchscreen to use all the features it offers.

 

[hallett21]

Lol, never fails.

"I don't like the interior on my new Ford Mustang GT"

Solution: "Should have bought an AMG SLS"


Maybe the OP should buy a MAC touchscreen laptop or desktop? Oh, wait, there isn't one. :rolleyes :thumbup:


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I think they call it an iPad

 

[OCMerrill]

I think they call it an iPad

I have one and that for me is not the answer to being productive.

Toshiba i7 with 8g ram is mucho better. I guess its just what I know.

 

[Ziggy]

Bought a new laptop for my daughter at Christmas, still a handful of W7 units out there then. My daughter was adament about not wanting W8. Ended up having to order online to get one that measured up to current and future needs.
Have yet to talk to anyone that likes W8 better than 7, albeit they all say its geared for touchscreen which is the way its all going. Sooner or later it'll be the norm for us all...........says the guy still using xp.

From my POS T-mobile thingie