Microsoft Said to Be Aiming for Oct. Launch for Windows 8

[JOSHSKORN]

I hope that gives them enough time to add a Start button to Windows 8.

 

[Guest]

Another vista on the way

 

[bystander]

[citation][nom]wetsa[/nom]Thanks for that, a bit cumbersome, don't you think?[/citation]
You could just hit the power button on your computer. The majority of computers made today (all that I know of, assuming everything was properly hooked up) will shutdown windows when you hit the power button.

 

[jaquith]

I thought the video in this Metro UI kinda answers the (Default vs Option) of Metro -> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Microsoft-Windows-8-Consumer-Preview-Mike-Bibik-Metro-Bar,15007.html it's pretty funny once you realize the older guy is a retired Microsoft Executive...

As far as Windows 95, I barely remember it and so I cannot say (fine) or (crap)...

 

[pocketdrummer]

FANTASTIC! Now I know when to not buy it.

 

[captaincharisma]

Another vista on the way

i love these posts. can you kindly explain to the class what was wrong with vista besides it not being able to run on a 500-800mhz PC?

 

[bystander]

[citation][nom]captaincharisma[/nom]i love these posts. can you kindly explain to the class what was wrong with vista besides it not being able to run on a 500-800mhz PC?[/citation]
The RAM issue was bigger. Vista requires 1gb, but should have 2gb's or more of ram, but it was being sold on computers with 512mb and even 256mb's or ram. This was its down fall. If you had the ram, the OS was good.

 

[captaincharisma]

The RAM issue was bigger. Vista requires 1gb, but should have 2gb's or more of ram, but it was being sold on computers with 512mb and even 256mb's or ram. This was its down fall. If you had the ram, the OS was good.

they did the same thing with windows XP selling it on computers with a 500mhz celeron and 256mb of ram

try again

 

[bystander]

[citation][nom]captaincharisma[/nom]they did the same thing with windows XP selling it on computers with a 500mhz celeron and 256mb of ramtry again[/citation]

So, XP doesn't need nearly as much ram to function well. Vista hogs up about 3 times as much ram as XP did, especially if you don't get rid of the bloat.

 

[DjEaZy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ1oPDtdhFo

 

[captaincharisma]

So, XP doesn't need nearly as much ram to function well. Vista hogs up about 3 times as much ram as XP did, especially if you don't get rid of the bloat.

256MB of ram was the minimum and it just crawled. especially when it was paired with a cereron CPU.

and is the reason why vista ended up getting a bad rap because joe blow tried installing it on their 20 year old PC and wondered why it was so slow or did not work at all