Windows 8 consumer preview

[Prog]

1) Most of windows ins't written in ASM. ASM on a project that large would be a joke.

I know, but he's never going to get the source code, so he would have to use ASM. De-compiling is hardly possible.

2) You don't need to change much code in order to change boot animations, images, and themes.

He made it sound like he was giving it a complete overhaul, from the bottom up, not just themes that I could make in an hour.

 

[Kickback]

lol @ using XP

 

[Prog]

Well, we have a pretty sucky computer, I hate Vista, and the Dell dealer that my dad's friends with couldn't get licenses on 7.
Not that this install is probably fully legal anyway.

 

[Noah]

Why not install Linux?

 

[Prog]

1. My parents think that it screws everything up.
2. Parallel install uses much-needed disk space
3. Drivers pain in neck
4. Parents prefer to stick with Windows.
5. No games that I own work on it

 

[Mister Nickels]

I actually like XP better than 7. It manages to be straightforward while being somewhat pretty to look at.

I only use Linux on things I won't be gaming on, like my netbook.

 

[Caredo]

I haven't read through this thread at all, but I hang out with somebody who works at Microsoft in IRC. He's been working on 8 and he hates the thing. I'll toss you a couple of logs. Edited the names out, of course.

(Referring to the lack of a start button on Windows 8)
<@Redacted> seems like it will alienate business users, surely they have taken that into account
<@M$> no
<@M$> they haven't
<@M$> they're like
<@M$> IT'LL BE GREAT ON TABLETS GUYS
<@M$> LOOK AT THE IMMERSIVE APP EXPERIENCE YOU CAN CREATE
<@M$> seriously
<@M$> like
<@M$> you don't know
<@Caredo> There must be some sort of option to switch to the old start menu, kind of like how windows 7 lets you use windows 98 window borders and flax
<@M$> how retarded i think these guys are
<@M$> no
<@M$> there isn't
<@M$> because when people first saw it
<@M$> there were emails about how to turn it off
<@M$> and there was a hacky regkey edit
<@M$> but that is going away
<@Caredo> Jesus christ
<@M$> unless the GUI team isn't releasing us their stuff
<@M$> its impossible
<@M$> the UX team is a bunch of retards
<@M$> this company is blind

<@M$> vista was bad because of technical problems
<@M$> drivers and stuff like that
<@M$> i feel that kind of stuff is okay
<@M$> but like
<@M$> the UX makes me want to kill myself
<@M$> actually i take that back
<@M$> if you buy a windows on arm platform
<@M$> you will want to kill yourself too
<@M$> because arm is so broken
<@M$> we're heading into beta
<@M$> and no drivers work

<@M$> i'd just stick with 7, personally
<@M$> unless you get a tablet
<@M$> then win 8 is better
<@M$> win 7 on tablet is a horrifying experience