I just started using Windows 8. I've got to say, I don't understand a single complaint about it. "It's slow." Bullshit, get a better computer, this is the fastest OS I've ever run. "It's only good for tablets." Again, bullshit. If you looked for two seconds, you could get back to the standard Windows desktop with a single click. "It's ugly." It looks exactly the same. Nothing I have heard about it has matched my experience whatsoever. It really is "they changed it, now it sucks" all over again.
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It's just lazy people who are afraid to use an OS that does not have a shortcut (Start menu) to open your programs, simple like that.
And same thing to me, W8 is the fastest OS (Windows) i've ever run.
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While it may be the fastest Windows, that's only because they cut out some startup items that are present in Windows 7, thus making it faster. And I'm still pretty pissed about the big fat M$ actually removing the "classic" Start menu completely.
I wish they would have just allowed people to choose between the two, which would have made Windows 8 popular. If they did just that, there wouldn't be much complains about the OS. And before you start questioning me, I do use both Windows 7 and Windows 8 and am stating what Windows 8 has that 7 doesn't that you haven't stated and what it can improve on.
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Honestly, that one's far more a matter of opinion, so I didn't comment on it, but it also doesn't make it as valid a complaint either. I thought that would bother me as well and I did look up ways to put the Start menu back in but after ten minutes, it didn't bug me any more. I'm honestly perfectly content with the new layout of everything and the lack of a Start menu doesn't worry me any more.
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"We were unable to verify your credentials. Unable to activate MSDNAA account."
edit: lol fuck. No dreamspark for computer science. oh well, don't need win 8 anyways
edit 2: Can only download windows 7 and Visual studio 2010 + all plugins/addons, but guess what. THEY ARE ONLY 32 BIT, fags.
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Was referring to visual studio, my previous university has a waaaaaaaaaaaaay better software listing, and they gave physical copies instead:
MSVS 2010 ultimate 64bit w/ XNA 4 shit and shizzles.
Win 7 Enterprise 64 bit that I didn't use because I have my own ultimate
MS Office 2010 student 64bit. Word, excel and powerpoint is all I need anyways so I'm fine with it
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I'm not sure if this counts as begging, but if someone can send me a copy, that would be epic. If not, it's fine.
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It depends on what you define as begging? Do you define begging as on your hands and knees keep asking for a copy. I simply asked if someone could send me one, and if they couldn't, oh well.
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Win 7 is quite good.
I do like Win 8 and have been using it. The only big problem is that it comes with more bells and whistles. The upside is they are fun and cool bells and whistles. Sometimes I do have the feeling of why on earth did I abandon Win 7 as it was a neat and tidy but then I go for the opposite in really liking the start menu system of having some programs as panels reporting info to me. It really looks sleek and awesome.
It does feel like a big change so it's quite a hit or miss, I do like the new start menu. Win8 is alot better than when Vista came though. No one really brings anything bad out in Win8 other than the obvious of killing off the start menu, oh and the apps not being scaleable like we are used to with windows.
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Most higher institutions with msdnaa have free windows 8
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I tried it and can only get coding software not Windows 8 :/
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got it from DreamSpark premium for free just after release. good OS. :)
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I already got 2x Win7 Prof x64 from them for 2€, so I don't think that I can get Win8 for free too :D
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Thanks, but honestly I don't like Windows 8. On pc and laptop the operating system just simply isn't good, but with a tablet windows 8 is beast.
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Arrgh the only university of my region is not the one i studied in D:
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Yeah i was quite surprised to see so many, sadly there's ony one in Chubut with the promotion, that, and i finished that career already, so my username may be deleted u.u
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My university is listed, but it's asking me for an account. I'm supposed to write them and ask to create one for me?
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well, my university is listed as premium, i asked the administrator and he said they have an agreement with microsoft that they can offer Visual Studio .iso and license but we can't acces the store page, and they cant offer free operating systems. SUCKERS! xD
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Only applicable universities and (for me at least) only the computer science division of said university. Get a friend who studies in the division to grab it for you if you need it.
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