Windows 8 unveiled, get ready for the: "OH NO WHAT HAVE THEY DONE?!"

Anthony W. · 06-02-11, 05:12 PM

I went bankrupt on medical bills, and Windows 8 was my idea

Jimbuna · 06-02-11, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Anthony W.

I went bankrupt on medical bills, and Windows 8 was my idea

Lucky you

flatsixes · 06-02-11, 05:38 PM

Jimbuna · 06-02-11, 05:43 PM

Nice one

kiwi_2005 · 06-02-11, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by flatsixes

vienna · 06-02-11, 06:24 PM

I was using a computer in the local library to do some database research (the databases are only accessible from the library) and a female patron sat down at the computer next to me and was tring to login. The computer system is set up with a login window that acts as a screensaver and floats across the screen until you move the mouse or hit a key on the keyboard; then the window stops dead center and you can enter your login code. I was busy looking up data when I happened to glance at the person next to me and saw her frantically trying the catch the floating window with her finger and she was digging her fingernail into the LCD screen as she dragged it after the window. She was creating some very impressive ripples in the surface of the screen, so I told her it wasn't a touch screen. Her reply was to show me her iPhone and say, "But my phone has one." I reached over, moved the mouse, the window stopped and I told her to enter her he login ID. She seemed very annoyed to be dealing with such antiquated equipment; she rather reminded me of the Star Trek film where they went be to earth in the 1980's and Scooty had to deal with computers that did not respond to voice commands and his comment: "How Quaint." I have long maintained a very, very large number of "computer problems" are more due to the people using them than the computers themselves. No matter how foolproof they make new systems, evolution seems to produce bigger, better fools...

Platapus · 06-02-11, 06:31 PM

I am still pissed that some of my favourite games can't be played on Windows 7

I assume this will get worse with windows 8

Raptor1 · 06-02-11, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

I am still pissed that some of my favourite games can't be played on Windows 7

I assume this will get worse with windows 8

Which games are those? I haven't had too much trouble running old games on Windows 7...

06-02-11, 05:12 PM	#1
Anthony W. Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 850 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	I went bankrupt on medical bills, and Windows 8 was my idea __________________ Sunken Mustangs Proud Ford Mustang owner "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" - Admiral David Farragut Run silent - run deep - keep the baffles clear - targets front and center. Private pilot and history buff

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,678 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Nice one __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,380 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I am still pissed that some of my favourite games can't be played on Windows 7 I assume this will get worse with windows 8 __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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flatsixes Weps Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Virginia Posts: 362 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0

06-02-11, 06:24 PM	#6
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,718 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I was using a computer in the local library to do some database research (the databases are only accessible from the library) and a female patron sat down at the computer next to me and was tring to login. The computer system is set up with a login window that acts as a screensaver and floats across the screen until you move the mouse or hit a key on the keyboard; then the window stops dead center and you can enter your login code. I was busy looking up data when I happened to glance at the person next to me and saw her frantically trying the catch the floating window with her finger and she was digging her fingernail into the LCD screen as she dragged it after the window. She was creating some very impressive ripples in the surface of the screen, so I told her it wasn't a touch screen. Her reply was to show me her iPhone and say, "But my phone has one." I reached over, moved the mouse, the window stopped and I told her to enter her he login ID. She seemed very annoyed to be dealing with such antiquated equipment; she rather reminded me of the Star Trek film where they went be to earth in the 1980's and Scooty had to deal with computers that did not respond to voice commands and his comment: "How Quaint." I have long maintained a very, very large number of "computer problems" are more due to the people using them than the computers themselves. No matter how foolproof they make new systems, evolution seems to produce bigger, better fools...