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No it's the 10 sec. rule. i.e. If retrieved within 10 secs. you're good to go.
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I will never use this sorry excuse for desktop OS.
I will instead move to linux, and Win 7 and Stay away from Win 8
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I feel that Metro is the new Vista.
"the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011) "No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
"It is the celestial scrotum of good luck!" - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
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It seems to be faster than Vista on the same hardware. I'm using it right now as my primary OS and am really looking forward to the "real" release.
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Marc A. Brown wrote: It seems to be faster than Vista
So is Windows 7, which I currently have for my machine at home, and I do like it.
What do you like most about Metro, just curious?
"the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011) "No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
"It is the celestial scrotum of good luck!" - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
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Slacker007 wrote: What do you like most about Metro, just curious?
I like the look -- it's clean, simple, and functional. It's capable of providing a reasonable amount of information at a glance. It doesn't seem to be a resource hog. Now, I'm not sure how well some apps would translate to Metro (I'm thinking of stuff like MS Office, Visual Studio, and other large, complex applications), but for a lot of the things we do, I feel like it works rather well.
Keep in mind that I've been using Windows Phone since it came out and own a Zune HD (which is Metro-styled also). But I loved the look of Windows Phone when I saw the first screenshots, long before I could get my hands on one, and got excited about Windows 8 when I saw those first shots of the new Start screen.
In the case of both WP7 and Win8, the start screen and I just get along. It was comfortable from the first time I used it. I'm not sure if I'm really conveying anything useful there, but that's it.
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...stil de-gunking my machine from the developer preview.
I can wait.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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I will try it sooner, for sure..
To get goin. .
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I like testing new things but when it comes to OSs it's a whole new picture to me.
On new OS's I don't test their new shiny shell, I test its performance, its compatibility with the stuff I use, etc...
This kind of testing requires a lot of time, and time that is actually to throw away as everything will be reinstalled once the OS final version is released.
Like I said on the subject, I have a lot of work to do so I need this time for important stuff... not necessrelly work!
So I prefer to test it on a final version where I can keep the result if I like it.
Just a final work of appreciation for those who do test early stages of products and contribute for a better end result.
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Have my 5 for this!
// ♫ 99 little bugs in the code,
// 99 bugs in the code
// We fix a bug, compile it again
// 101 little bugs in the code ♫
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5+ for your status message
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Currently my experience of Metro is on the XBox and, frankly, it is awful - everything is now much harder to find to the extent that my XBox usage is now just playing games, everything else I have given up on.
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I prefer to drive my own car, thank you.
"the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011) "No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
"It is the celestial scrotum of good luck!" - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
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Just sayin'.
m.bergman
For Bruce Schneier, quanta only have one state : afraid.
To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered. -- Voltaire
Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense. -- Steve Landesberg
I am not a chatbot.
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Only problem is, I don't drink anymore, but I get the point (that's what she said).
"the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011) "No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
"It is the celestial scrotum of good luck!" - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
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What about VS2012 ?
It seems more important to me then W8..
I've installed it both on W7 and W8 (to test metro interface with C++)
.. not to mention SQL Server 2012 and W8 Server..
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Microsoft Betas are bad enough - there is very, very little chance that I will install something that hasn't even got to that stage yet.
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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...with Xp in office and Win 7 in home, at the moment.
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Not to excited with the new metro look yet...
I haven't used it yet, but it seems like the most overrated 'technique' (it's really a UI, right?) of the moment.
Although it seems to work really well on phones (I'll get a Windows Phone just for that)!
The Windows Runtime looks pretty cool though.
But WHY do I have to learn a whole new framework just as I was getting to know .NET better?
I'll probably get Windows 8 at the same time as I will get a new computer... Not anytime soon.
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
}
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That's computer programing for you. That's how I felt with the Win32->dotNet transition.
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Downloaded on saturday.
Excited to install and try.
Will do on next saturday.
// ♫ 99 little bugs in the code,
// 99 bugs in the code
// We fix a bug, compile it again
// 101 little bugs in the code ♫
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I downloaded it on the first day but I have not installed it yet. I have no time to do that even as a virtual box guest. Although I am somewhat put off that the start menu is still gone. And that is also partly the reason for not installing.
John
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All these years, the MS OS is keyboard/mouse oriented, now they say this Windows 8 is touch oriented. To get the best out of it I need to make my desktop touch supportive and I don't want to do it NOW.
And many souls are already shouting not to install it, unless you are ready to format/burn your hard disk and particularly if you are using XP.
So lets wait untill the evil bogies are handled. No hurry
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I had installed the developer preview earlier....and it was quite unstable. Consumer Preview is said to be stable...
Also Windows 8 is more for touch screens and tabs. Still i am asking myself: Do I really need this update?
A drop of water breaks a rock not by brute force but by patience.
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