...this might actually make me buy a tablet....

>Why are we not talking about it.

Because we've had our 20 threads about it already.

>1995
>WE TELL YOU WHAT YOU WANT, but you CAN change colors!

>1998
>WE TELL YOU WHAT YOU WANT, but you CAN change colors!

>2001
>WE TELL YOU WHAT YOU WANT, but have these three default colors. If you want to have other colors, fuck off.

>2008
>WE TELL YOU WHAT YOU WANT. FUCK YOUR CONVENIENT QUICK START. But in compensation, we made modifying themes much easier!

>2011
>implying you want to personalise

Now where's that FreeBSD image I had lying around?

>>17877227
>>2008
>WE TELL YOU WHAT YOU WANT. FUCK YOUR CONVENIENT QUICK START. But in compensation, we made modifying themes much easier!

You realise the entire start bar is now a "quick start" or are you really this daft?

>Everything is touch controlled
>EVERYTHING
>Mouse and keyboard still supported "if you still have them"
>Programs are now javascript and HTML5 and referred to as "apps" but the OS still supports "legacy apps"

Yeah, no, fuck this. If this is the future of Windows I'm going Linux for every build from now on. Hopefully the games will follow.

As long as I can customize that shit to use all that fucking empty space on the borders I am game. This looks nice as hell for older laptops.

>>17877244

Not anywhere as convenient, for actually starting things. Encourages you to keep everything open while working. You'd have to be retarded to think they're the same.

>>17877248
>This looks nice as hell for older laptops.
I doubt this is going to run well on older laptops. Running Aero on Windows 7 already has some steep requirements for an OS feature, you really think MS figured out how to optimize all that eye candy they showed off in Windows 8?

>>17877220
>he actually counted all the windows 8 threads

it looks fuck disgusting, goodbye forever.

>>17877263
How is it not as convenient? You put an icon in the start bar, you click it, it opens. It's exactly the same as quick launch. You just cannot use computers, but whatever.

>>17877247
This. Also dont seem like customable. That fits just fine to windows phone but not in computers. I will stick with win7

>>17877247
>games not following directx
yea that'll work out well for ya buddy

>>17877290
Here it comes.

I love the outrage over change. I look forward to each new version of Windows (and to a lesser extent Facebook/Google and any other widely used service) just for this.

Why do I find it so delicious.

>>17877277
>eyecandy
>think just because it looks good, it must require more resources
underlying metroUI is just bitblitting and basic windowing not unlike classic windows UI, aero have composition and blending

whats cheaper in cycles, bitblt a colored square or alpha blend two squares of various colors together, its not the latter

Have you seen >>17872330 or is not bumping any more?

You really need to look past Page 0 on /g/.

what the fuck is this shit?

windows 8 for tablets?

what the fuck is happening to computers these days?

fuck phones, fuck consoles and fuck tablets

Funny thing, OP. I was full of RAGE for Microsoft screwing around with the task bar in Windows 7. Why wreck a good thing?

But Windows 8 is awesome. Instead of screwing with their existing code base just for the hell of it, Microsoft is trying to make the next default computing platform.

And from what I've seen so far, they may just be able to pull this off.

As I said in the earlier thread, this is a huge win for Microsoft if they can pull in all the casual developers who just want to slap together random libraries to get their app up and running fast, and leave the heavy lifting for others to do.

>>17877302
>Implying that DirectX is necessary to run games
OpenGL motherfucker, ever heard of it?

>>17877307
>>17877307
>>17877307
Mod parent up! This UI is much cheaper computationally than anything Aero and Win7 is doing.

>>17877344
>opengl
>better than directx

Will Win8 get Angry Birds?

>You now realise that double click is going the way of the floppy

I hate this kind of interface. It's got all kinds of distracting and annoying animations and graphical effects that make you wait (even if you have to wait a fraction of a second it's too long). I don't like the way they look, it's all web 2.0 faded pastel colour trendy garbage. I want buttons that react the very moment I click on them, I don't want to have to drag stuff that much, and I don't like touch screens.

I'm glad that I switched to Linux over five years ago. Similar stuff is happening on Linux now with the awful GNOME 3 and Unity, but at least there are tons of alternative window managers and desktops.

Oh and I hope you get the option to boot in a "low resource" mode that is basically the overlay UI without the underlying OS/standard file system stuff going on. Windows 8 FLP?

>>17877372
It's already on PC so yes?

If OpenTTD makes a port for Windows 8 ARM tablets, which I'm sure they will, I'll be throwing away my iPad 2 for one of these things.
This looks amazing, a MAJOR leap forward in touch UI, miles ahead of Apple's piece of shit UI.

Windows: The GAY OS®

>>17877319
>what the fuck is happening to computers these days?

Apple is. Specifically, the iPhone. Since the average person has no fucking idea how to computer and spends the near entirety of their computing time just facebooking and browsing random websites, they think that touch controls are just fucking awesome because they never do anything that requires more than pointing and clicking every 5 minutes.

Give it another 10 years and soon this shit will be standard and people will have forgotten how to operate a real fucking computer. Then all you'll need to do to be considered a wizard is use a traditional OS, keyboard, and mouse. It'll be viewed the same way that normalfags view using a command prompt now.

>>17877382
Yep, if Windows 8 is going to run on cheaper low-power ARM processors, then I think "Legacy Mode" (everything from MS DOS 1 to Windows 7) will have to be completely bannable.

>>17877381
>all kinds of distracting and annoying animations and graphical effects that make you wait (even if you have to wait a fraction of a second it's too long)
Fucking this. In 1995 we waited for the GUI to finish because computers were so slow. Now we are waiting for animation to finish, which introduce artificial delays. Even more, these new animations and stuff require high end CPUs and GPUs, otherwise shit is even slower.

So. Much. Bullshit.

>>17877440
>Even more, these new animations and stuff require high end CPUs and GPUs
>cellphone hardware
>high end anything.
what the fuck are you on?

>>17877413
I haven't read something that made that much sense in a long time. Excuse while i inherit your opinion and spam it at my friends. We both know that will end up happening.

>>17877453
All the time I hear of people who have trouble with their Smartphone, because the software is too slow, drains too much hardware, and so on.
What was your point again?

>Using the word "App"

>>17877440
>OMG ARTIFICIAL DELAYS

You now realise that every windows OS has a delay built into the interface.

For the start menu, it's been 200ms for over a decade

>>17877478
>drains too much hardware
Oh fuck my brain... s/hardware/battery/

>>17877344
>implying OpenGL has better performance than DirectX
>implying OpenGL IS better than DX

>>17877478
The windows 8 shit we saw can probably run perfectly fine on a 15 year old PC. There is literally NOTHING fancy on intensive in what they showed. If this shit works fine on cellphone hardware, why the fuck would it require high end anything on a regular computer?

>>17877454
>>17877413
I have a nice tip for you guys.

99% of people who use computers, aren't the people at /g/. 99% of people who use computers, use it for a bit of Internet and a bit of gaming. They generally do one thing at a time, get it done and then go on with their lives. (Generally outside.)

Us on /g/ though, no, we're different. We spend more time on our computers than we do going outside. We program, we make applications, we mess around with things, we do more things than just use Facebook. This isn't going to ruin Windows, this will be a massive hit.

People like us? We can keep on using linux or man the fuck up and get used to a new UI scheme.

>>17877481
>underage thinks Apple invented the word app
>not aware that the word app has been used for 20+ years

>>17877500
>thinks better performance at the cost of graphical quality is a good thing!

>>17877495
What the fuck. Go fuck yourself, that's not true in general.

>>17877500
OGL has been outperforming directx for a few years now

>>17877263

You'd have to be retarded to think you need to keep everything open while working.

You pin the icons to the task bar so the work EXACTLY like quickstart. But even better, because they light up when there's an instance of that program running, and also! If you hover over an icon it shows you live previews!

>>17877500
GL and DX are almost the same thing these days. Why do you think it's so easy for nvidia to support both APIs?
The problem is just that these APIs are still incompatible, and writing games that support both is more work.
Too bad GL is gaining market share on the mobile and internet sectors.

>>17877506
I need proof. I'm sure Apple did App. See, it's APP(LE). It just reinforces their brand.

>>17877504
Worst still, since at least some of /g/ likes Windows 8, it means that the earlier GUI is going down hard. If even the techies are positive, then it's a guaranteed hit.

>>17877515
What? It's entirely true.

There's a 200ms delay to every part of the start menu. You need to edit the registry to bypass it, or click

>>17877194
>mfw w8 will be like steam with some games that have nice tiles and the rest of your applications as shitty old centered shortcuts.

>>17877537
>GFWL

>>17877478

Cellphones have 1/8th of the power of a PC, even nowadays. Not to talk about all the performance-for-memory trade-offs you can do with 4-16GB they have nowadays.

>>17877535
App is short for application.
>>17877520
[citation needed]

This convinced me to totally abandon the windows system when 8 comes.

>>17877536
Yep. I got rid of the start menu delay. (I use Win XP).

I hate opening windows in Windows 7 as it takes FOREVER with their stupid fade-in effect. Most people don't notice but I go APE with NERD RAGE.

>>17877536
The start menu is not the GUI.
GUI = graphical user interface

>>17877556
Who ever said the GUI is the start button?

>>17877556
0/10

>>17877454
>iphone
>anywhere outside usa

>>17877556
>Start menu
>not a graphical user interface

So i was fucking around with the leaked w8 build and this happened...

>>17877556
Of which the start menu is apart of. Seeing as it's both graphical and an interface, and I assure you it's focus is on the user

>>17877504
Yes, that's exactly what we were saying. But thanks for you "tip" anyway.

>>17877575
Nope.

>>17877504
Nicely put. You're right and some neckbeards will lose the will to live. Boo hoo.

>>17877571
>BSOD only takes down one window/app thing
Holy shit, I take back everything I said, this OS is going to be great if it can sandbox fatal errors like that!

>>17877555
>use aero
>complain about effects
oh god it burns

>>17877506

"App" only became a prevalent term when Apple released the iPhone.

>>17877594
>implying it can sandbox a cpu fault

>>17877571
shoop shoop shoop
pixels pixels pixels

>>17877594
It's just a trollan image, I'm sure. BSOD in one box? Yeah right. On the same page it says 2343 Viruses found. So that would suggest you've got one monolithic installation of Windows 8, not some sort of hived-off seperate world for each app with Win 8 being a hypervisor on top of the original garbage code for Win 7.

>>17877600
No it did not. You're fucking retarded.

>>17877601
IBM z/OS can sandbox crashed CPUs. You can even swap one CPU card out while the mainframe keeps on chugging away on the CPUs that remain.

And people said IBM mainframes sucked. Pffft.

>>17877580
How is this:

>99% of people who use computers, aren't the people at /g/. 99% of people who use computers, use it for a bit of Internet and a bit of gaming. They generally do one thing at a time, get it done and then go on with their lives. (Generally outside.)

Different from this:

>the average person has no fucking idea how to computer and spends the near entirety of their computing time just facebooking and browsing random websites, they think that touch controls are just fucking awesome because they never do anything that requires more than pointing and clicking every 5 minutes.

>>17877413 was bemoaning the fact that soon only OS's aimed at the tech crowd (ie Linux distros) are going to maintain a traditional feel/operation. Mainstream consumer OS's, on the other hand, will go the way of Windows 8. Then you came in and said the "hurr durr, just use Linux guys".

>>17877597

>>17877601
>>17877610
It was a joke people.

I don't like this.
I want a taskbar on my PC.
This looks like it would be amazing on a tablet (and I'm really looking forwards to Windows 8 tablets) but not for desktops.

Also. Apps are done in HTML and JavaScript.
.. this only thing can make the whole Metro thing fail miserably. Noone wants to make apps in HTML and JS. NOONE!!!

>>17877623
sauce

>>17877623
>mainframe
We are talking about desktop/tablet OS. Not 16 processor-64GB RAM beasts..

>>17877601
>implying a bluescreen is a cpu fault and not an internal kernel error/bug (which possibly triggered a fault)

>>17877649
If you look at the video there appears to be the 7 UI in there too, you just have to access it. Anyway if this happens I'm seriously considering a touchscreen monitor.

>>17877629
I can't even figure out what in this greentext mess are quotes, your own thoughts, or the other's faults. How about you learn some English?

>>17877691
>vertical touch surface
enjoy your arm cancer

>>17877709
>Implying I won't have a nice cozy arm rest or angle the monitor
What I want to know is how easy it will be to priate

>>17877481
>implying App is a word

>>17877669

Desktops and big phones are hardly within the same range, power-wise.

>>17877709
Perhaps they will add Kinect support.

The butthurt in here is astronomical and Microsoft hasn't even announced a release date yet!

>>17877743
If your dictionary hasn't kept pace with it, then don't blame me.

>>17877601
Yes it can, if it simply virtualize cpus.

At that point everything runs in VMs though. Which means that we have finally gotten to the point where we have hacked in GC into the OS in a language that doesn't use GC.

>>17877344
OpenGL is shit and you know it.

>>17877706
They're quotes from two posts you retard. The last greentext paragraph is a typo that resulted from the fact that the line started out with a post reference which the board read as a greentext indicator.

If you can't understand that post, get off 4chan, go learn to read, and then when you come back actually fucking lurk this time before spouting your summer faggotry.

>>17877413
>It'll be viewed the same way that normalfags view using a command prompt now.
Wow, that really puts the current trend into perspective. Thanks.

>>17877777
>it's shit
You haven't got anything better?

>soon this shit will be standard and people will have forgotten how to operate a real fucking computer. Then all you'll need to do to be considered a wizard is use a traditional OS, keyboard, and mouse. It'll be viewed the same way that normalfags view using a command prompt now.
It's called progress.

>>17877773
>Which means that we have finally gotten to the point where we have hacked in GC into the OS in a language that doesn't use GC.
>hacked in GC into the OS in a language that doesn't use GC.
1) non sequitur
2) ever heard of COM?

>>17877800
Considering you don't either, and you are the one who made a claim in the first place, he really doesn't need to

>HTML5 "apps"
>are we cool yet?

I hope those stupid tablet features aren't the only new thing in Win 8.

>>17877773
>we have hacked in GC into the OS in a language that doesn't use GC
Explain. Yes, I know what a GC is and how OSes work.

>>17877826
See >>17877533.

>>17877601
If your CPU has a fatal error your computer just restarts.
You can't get a dump from that.

>>17877919
Yes you can.

I get dumps all the time when my cpu fails because I've undervolted it a lot

>>17877919

CPUs do not have error detection. It is instead performed by the operating system in the form of sanity checks. When a sanity check doesn't pass, you get a kernel panic.

The thing that halts and restarts is the operating system.

>>17877910
Last I heard opengl is a pain to work with which would mean directx is still very much at an advantage.

Win2K: I am in heaven.

WinXP: Baby's First GUI; meh.

Vista: I'll pass thanks.

Win7: Usable but wonky in places. Meh.

Win8: FINALLY!!

>>17877986
And I heard of developers who still prefer OpenGL over DX, even if they don't need the portability.

>>17877970
They have some error detection, and some of that can even be kernel controlled, I think.

>>17877919
Bitches don't know about my x86-64 MSR feature.

>>17878004
I know that opengl users are a lot more vocal, as most foss and similar developers are. But I rarely see any argument other than "FREE and CROSSPLATFORM and FREE"
If you have a fair, reasonably unbiased comparison I'd love to see it

Here is some news for the curious of how all these threads started:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/02/windows_8_unveiled/

Well, maybe more why than how.

>>17878097
And also, of course, directX comes with sound and networking which openGL doesn't.

http://www.bejiitaswrath.com/uncategorized/a-look-at-the-new-windows-8-interface/

My blog posting about this issue, I think this interface will suck on many levels.

>>17878113

If you're gonna compare one framework to another, it should be DirectX to SDL or QT.

OpenGL's equivalent is Direct3D.

>>17878277
You should probably use your brain and understand that this GUI is tablet ONLY. On desktop PC, it will have same GUI as W7.
Actualy, there is no need for W8 on desktop, because it doesnt have any new features for desktop yet.

Windows 8 will run on Tegra 3.
http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2011/6/2/microsoft-shows-nvidia-tegra-3-based-laptop-running-wi
n82c-word.aspx

>>17878277
How can you comment on interface with a webdesign like that?

I've watched Part 3 of the four-part video.
It works! Right now!! Why isn't Microsoft announcing general availability by August 1st 2011?

Why wait for Apple to steal all their thunder!?

Windows 8 =
    HTML5
    + CSS
    + Javascript

Watch the "Microsoft Partners Preview" videos. You will hear oohs and aaahs for something Microsoft made! Impossible!

>>17878491
>>17878512
link?

>>17878518
Bump on this. Couldn't find anything.

>>17878553
>>17878518
http://vr-zone.com/articles/windows-8--microsoft-partner-preview-w-hotel-taipei-/12513-4.html

>>17878565
Thanks.

I was going to buy an iPad 3 with RetinaDisplay but I think I may wait a bit longer for a Windows Tablet.

And this is coming from someone who believes 100% of what this pic-related pic says.

This now needs to become a 4-koma with an addition on the awesomeness of Windows 8.

notsureifwant.jpg

I sure can't wait to navigate this touch-based interface with my mouse and keyboard.

>>17878666
Watch the @#$@#$ videos! The presenter guy says that you can navigate with keyboard too, using page up and page down keys to go through the different floating frames.

This Microsoft Metro stuff (google it) is awesome. I'm in love.

>>17877263

What? No.
Rightclick - Pin to Taskbar

I saw this stuff on the Zune. Even though I hate the idea of the Zune, I had to admit that it looked snazzy. I'm happy to see Microsoft bringing it to Windows.

I don't like it being used on laptops and desktops, but really:
>Desktops
>2011
And,
>Laptops that become tablets.

>>17878704
Those "you slide your phone into a docking station and it becomes your PC" can become real with one of these

>>17878677

More correctly:

Any interface that works for a tablet does not work for a mouse.

Any interface that works for a keyboard does not work for a mouse.

Any interface that works for a mouse does not work for a keyboard.

However, you CAN have an interface that works with both keyboard and touch.

>>17878721
Eh. I'm not sure. They just released Windows Phone 7. The two aren't directly cross-compatible.

I just saw the desktop thing. I do quite like it. It's definitely a step forward, and it's nice to see Microsoft innovating for a change.

I quite like it. Seems like something from a sci-fi movie. Probably best to wait for Windows 9 though; just like with Vista, this is new stuff, and Microsoft never gets new stuff right on their first try.

Think of the upside: you'll get less calls from your parents asking you to come over and fix their PC.

2012-2020: The years of the Linux desktop running Wine.

Uhh .. guys?

>>17878778
It's fine. It can be hidden.

Fuck me, people still use Fahrenheit?

The GUI seems easy to navigate:
- dragging in from the sides is the OS control
- dragging from the top and bottom are the app's control
- there's an onscreen split keyboard for thumb use
- the drag from the edges are made for holding a tablet
Overall, A++. This is even better than iOS.

Now Microsoft only needs to license Pinch-To-Zoom from Apple Co. and I can scale up and down the size of fonts and images to suit my taste.

>>17878798
America and two little tin-pot dictatorships somewhere.
The giant all-seeing wiki would know for sure.

Looks good for tablets but I don't give a fuck about tablets. I doubt I'll be using this on my PC.

>>17878778
What's peoples problem with ribbon? It's the exact same as the interface on, say, libreoffice writer, except it's tabbed to have everything on the interface instead of being hidden behind a metric fuck of menus.
It doesn't look any different but has far more functionality.

>>17878823
Why would they need to license pinch to zoom?
Microsoft, Google etc have been doing pinch to zoom flawlessly for a long time now, without violating any patents.

In fact, WP7 has the best pinch to zoom functionality as it allows you scroll while doing it.

>Using a UI designed with limited input capabilities of a smartphone in mind, on a $2k custom built PC

Seriously, guys, seriously, this might make me start using linux as my primary desktop OS.

Oh god, I'm doing something but I can't tell if it's laughing or crying.

>>17878844
>>17878781
I'm not saying it is bad. I'm only notifying, because it didnt seem many people noticed it.
And it actualy looks good when it is minimized like that.

>>17878855
>not using Linux as a primary OS

>>17878855
0/10

This is going to turn me into one of those faggots that still uses XP.

Except it'll be 7.

Heck, looks like I finally have to switch to Linux.

>>17878877
We all know you're a faggot.

>>17878855
except no one said a smartphone you eye can't have keyboard and mouse commands.
>>17878864
Well I for one like ribbon, even when maximized. At least on office software, I think the minimize might actually be a better option for folder navigation

>>17878855
>implying

Linux will be the same as Windows: touch-friendly by default, with M&K available if you want it. You will still the occasional HUGE BUTTONS.

>>17878844
I personally hate the ribbon because it tries to guess what functionality to expose to the use based on context.

But I must write Word Docs 100% counter-intuitively, as I'm always searching for things that the ribbon doesn't give me.

In pre-2007 Office, this was never a problem. I got to the menu bar. Get what I want. (Or more often than not ALT+whatever and then a single letter to jump to that menu selection.)

>>17878893
>Linux will be the same as Windows: touch-friendly by default

Not if you don't want to.

Apple is going iOS (eventually) on all their devices, Macs included.
Microsoft is going WP7 on their next OS too.

Linux will do its own rip-off imitation touch UI, so all you nearbeards better start archiving the codebase for gnome and kde. You'll be needing it to roll your own one day.

>>17878909

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Default_%28computer_science%29
>A default, in computer science, refers to a setting or value automatically assigned to a software application, computer program or device, outside of user intervention. Such settings are also called presets, especially for electronic devices. The Oxford English Dictionary dates this usage to the mid-1960s, as a variant of the older meaning of "failure in performance".
>Default values are generally intended to make a device (or control) usable "out of the box". A common setting, or at least a usable setting, is typically assigned.

>>17878888
I like Ribbon too. And think it is best piece of UI. But it is highly useless for explorer. But like this. It makes sense.

>>17878898
>it tries to guess what functionality to expose to the use based on context.
Are you talking about Ribbon?? Because thats what Office 2003 does. In 2007, everything has it place. There is no way to move it around.

>>17878898
It's just because you're not used to it.

>>17878936
I knew where everything was in Office 2K3. Why change?

>>17878932
THERE IS NO DEFAULT GUI IN LINUX

>>17878935
The ribbon is only there for tablets in the immersive UI.

>>17878944
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl9kD693ie4

>>17878952
Huh? it is nowhere in Metro. It is in standard Windows interface part.

>>17878945

Fedora, Ubuntu, OpenSUSE and Debian all have default UIs. Your argument is invalid.

>>17878944
>I knew where everything was in win98, why change
If you got used to it and profcient at it I'm sure you would prefer it. I'm still getting used to it myself but my impression of it is that it is highly functional if you know what you're doing

>>17878944
Because we need to move on. When they finally realised a good UI improves productivity, they had to make changes.
Imagine a child learning to use a computer. They will do so much better with the ribbon than with menus.

>>17877217
But it will have windows on it...

>>17878935
Oh yeah, you have to turn off that "command hiding" feature that is in Office 2003. That's a real bugger there.

I always knew I was dealing with techno noobs when the "command hiding" feature was activated.

>>17878778
For a moment I thought his finger in that picture was a dildo
Fucking /g/

>>17878959
You retard.

>>17878958
There was a metro explorer.
The ribbon was only so you could use it on tablets, is what I meant.

>>17878952
windows already uses ribbon. It's fine, better than menu navigation, touch or no touch

>>17878964
I know, I know. This equation hurts my head too:
Microsoft + Windows + Tablet = Want

Honestly, until today, I would have said no way.

I want to have hot sex with Windows 8, especially the new gui shell.

>>17877413
>Give it another 10 years and soon this shit will be standard and people will have forgotten how to operate a real fucking computer. Then all you'll need to do to be considered a wizard is use a traditional OS, keyboard, and mouse. It'll be viewed the same way that normalfags view using a command prompt now.

Here is a protip for you and the neckstubble that is controlling your brain: There is no such fucking thing as a "real fucking computer".

People won't need to know how to operate the sort of OS we have now because it's not going to be used anymore. Just like 99.9% of people don't know and don't have know how to operate DOS right now.

And you know what? Things getting easier to use is a good thing.

Now all we need is for Japan to start cranking out some Metro-tans.

Let's not jump the boat and force this issue. Let's wait for them to arrive organically.

It seems good for a tablet, but there is no way I'm putting this shit on my desktop.

>>17879012
Well. You dont have to.

>>17879012
Like to give a reason why?

>>17879005
I expect the style of dress to be dark and sleek
A bit of a change from the usual

>>17877504
>>17877504

fucking this. you neckbeards complain about everything. you are less than 0.0000001 per cent of the customers. The other people who spend time elsewhere than on their pc prefer this shit. I for one am happy to see a windows on a tablet. i hope you can make it multiboot MeeGo and W8. then im sold

>>17879022

Does that mean that every versions of windows from now will have this GUI ?

>>17879004
>And you know what? Things getting easier to use is a good thing.

Not in favour of functionality, WHICH ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE THE CASE.

>>17879004
>Calling the CLI, DOS

windows 8 is the new hotness

>>17878959
>Implying distributions of GNU+Linux are "Linux"

>>17879024
I was thinking her clothing might be made of irregularly-sized rectangles of all sorts of colors, to match the new start screen.

I hope Microsoft removes the word "Start" from the top-left corner. If people can't figure out that the shiny squares are meant to do something, then they are too stupid for Windows 8.

>>17879054
>windows users
>not stupid
Wow, do i have news for you.

>>17879054
>irregularly-sized
Actualy. They are all regulary sized.

>>17879044
I'm with you chibi K-ON-tan girl.

Looks beautiful, but I think I'll switch to using server versions of Windows on most of my systems instead of this.

so what does it add in terms of functionality....

You guys are overreacting. I'm pretty sure this will be a "mode" and you can have a traditional desktop in W8, sort of like Windows Media Center. All this is showing is the accessibility for tablet users.

>>17877194

XFCE > Gnome2 > TillingWM > KDE > Unity > Finder > Ribbon/WindowsUI

>>17879131
>Implying winfags need functionality
>Implying they don't just want fancy visuals
They're just macfags in denial.

>>17879156
but im a winfag....

>>17879151
Are we playing Odd one Out?

>>17879151
>XFCE and Gnome2 better than a tiling wm

Worthless fucking tablet piece of shit UI.

Not going to use any OS that has this.

O well, its probably going to change by a fuckton just as Longhorn did.

>>17879167
You're just a macfag in denial.

>>17879258
i know too much to be a macfag

>>17879264
>Claiming to know shit about technology
>Not using *nix
0/10

>>17879299
i dont know if you're trolling or just incredibly stupid.

I remember when trolling didn't actually mean pretending to be stupid...

>>17879306
>Calling me stupid
>Not using *nix
Just stop, you aren't fooling anyone.

>>17879327
so stupid. okay

>>17879327
>mfw linux is *nux
>mfw using any *nix other than freebsd or ubuntu except on a server.
>if using the above considering yourself to be a true *nix user
Just because you use the most assbackwards non compatible distro doesn't make you any better at how to into computer.

>>17879345
That's just the typical freetard, he thinks that if you don't use his magical os, you're just too stupid to use it.
No way you realized it's actually useless.

Oh and, having things looks better doesnt mean you lose fonctionality. Stop living in 95, linuxfags.

>>17879345
>Hurr durr, can't computer
>>17879356
>Debian
>Not the most modern OS
0/10
Go back to scanning for viruses you retard. This is /g/, we like loli and linux, deal with it.

>>17879378
>Using windows
>Not realising how shit it is

>>17879396
>debian
>good
oohohohohohoho
>scanning for viruses
It's like I'm really using XP sp1!
>we like loli and linux
ohohohohoho, oh summer. You have to be summer, even linuxfags aren't this bad. In fact they are usually nice to have a conversation with and teach you a thing or two.

>>17879410
>hating windows
>not realize how much worse everything else is

>>17879396
Unless you are a programmer, and a good one at that, you have no reason to be using linux.

>>17879396
>loli and linux
fuck off summerfag

>>17879435
Are you serious?

>>17879414
>It's like I'm really using XP sp1!
You're using XP with a new taskbar.
>You have to be summer
I'm a year rounder here. I'm just pretty butthurt from all the summer at the moment. Makes me grouchy.

>>17879440
>implying most of /g/ doesn't hate the loli and animu fags
>implying tripfags are the majority
>>17879449
>You're using XP with a new taskbar.
Oh I see, you are that ignorant. Come back when you know what you're talking about.

>>17879435
>Not old enough to remember /g/uro.
>Not even old enough for to remeber miku mondays and techloligy.

>>17879460
>implying most of /g/ doesn't hate the loli and animu fags
Most of /g/ likes anime. This is 4chan after all. There are like 30% of people who don't watch anime but generally don't mind animefags, then there are 1% who troll with anti-anime shit.

>>17879460
>he thinks 7 is XP with a new taskbar
Oh I see you really don't know shit about technology.
Enjoy your teenager hatred against "Micro$shit" to be edgy.

>/g/ - greentext

>>17879495
>Most of /g/ like anime so most of /g/ like loli

I hate all the animu fags with thier avatars and loli wallpapers, but it doesn't mean I hate anime.
I love me some Gundam.

>>17879495
Liking anime isn't being an animefag, having a trip or an avatar and constantly brining up your waifu makes you an animufag, but neither of those make you lolifags

running apps is good and all, but will it run my programms?

>>17879426
I'm a developer. But even if I wasn't I would use linux because it's better.
>>17879435
new here
>>17879460
>Oh I see, you are that ignorant. Come back when you know what you're talking about.
Denial
>>17879498
>Enjoy your teenager hatred against "Micro$shit" to be edgy.
I bet you're some retarded American who believes in god and thinks the republican party stands for freedom.
Has it ever occurred to you that Linux is just better?

>>17879536
>You're wrong
>It;s better!
>I'm not going to give reasons
>But it IS!!!!!! Because..because FREEDOM!
By the way, xp to vista was more or less an entire kernal overhaul.

It reminds me of windows media centre

I fucking hate that on my PC. But, on a touch slate, could be pretty funky

>>17879536
>Linux is just better
>Linux is just better
Care to tell how it is for the average illiterate?
Typical elitist neckbeard faggot

>called Windows 8
>no windows

why(animated).gif

>>17879560
I won't give you an in-depth reason because it would take to long. But it boils down to freedom, speed and functionality. With linux I never get the problems I have under windows. Linux has better software, Linux is more adaptable and Linux offers a simpler way of doing things.

Guess I'm sticking with 7.

Actually I'm betting 8 will come with the classic Windows interface so I see no problem here.

>>17879619
Did you watch the video? The Metro part works a lot like Media Centre- it's just an overlay.

>>17879611
Linux is not meant to be a desktop OS. It's only good for servers.

>>17879627
I'm sure they will find a way to make it obnoxious as fuck and put it in the way of things.

This shit is taking the same route office did.

>built in GFWL

hopefully this doesnt hurt Steam

>>17879611
Except unless you are running the most minimilstic distro possible you would have a lot of trouble noticing a speed difference
>freedom
Don't care about it in an OS that much beyond basic customization, others might.
>problems
Such as?
>crashing!
7 hasn't crashed on me in 3 years so that's hardly the problem
>better software
ohohohoh. And while flash might not be good at least it's guaranteed to work on windows.
>more adaptable
fair enough
>simpler way of doing things
dohohoho
>terminal
>sudo
>ufdhguih fuihg hsdfuhsgduihg shdoihghg
might be faster but it sure as fuck is not simpler than a well structured menu

>>17879643
>not getting it for sure now

>>17879635
Windows is shit at being a server and desktop OS.
Linux can do both amazingly.

>>17879536
Linux is not better.
The only good thing about Linux is the ability to change your DE/WM, and customize it to a certain extent. For anything else, it's just as retarded as windows.
>>17879611
>freedom
herpaderp, that's the most overrated buzzword. And I bet you'll call me delusional for saying that, but yeah, it doesn't mean anything in daily use.
>speed
only if you choose a minimal distro with a lightweight WM. Once there's the slightest amount of bloat it becomes incredibly slow.
>functonality
And windows is not functional because?
>simpler way of doing things
>learn Bash, use CLI
>simpler

>>17879666
>The only good thing about Linux is the ability to change your DE/WM, and customize it to a certain extent. For anything else, it's just as retarded as windows.
>implying you can't replace explorer
Okay well it's harder but that's not the point

Question /g/, I'm setting up my new modular PSU and it has the SATA cables like pic related. Both my DVD drive and HDD use sata, is it ok/safe for me to hook both my drive and HDD on this same cable or should I have a seperate one for each?

you guys arguing look really stupid right now

>>17879666
Let me install some libraries on my computer.
Windows:
>Start up web browser
>Go to library site
>Pick appropriate msi or zip or w/e
>Install or unzip and extract to wherever your compiler needs
>Hope it works

Linux
>apt-get install library-dev

>>17879734
you would have to check supply on psu and and requirement on the dvd/hdd

you should really start a new thread though

>>17879761
Actually it would more like be
Windows:
>Start up web browser
>Go to library site
>Pick appropriate msi or zip or w/e
>Install or unzip and extract to wherever your compiler needs

Linux:
>Open terminal
>Sudo apt-get install ****
>Enter user
>Enter pass
>Oh shit got the packet name wrong
>Repeat
>Shit I'll google what the packet name is called
>Okay, sudo...

>>17879666
Let me put a file on my hard drive.

Windows:
>Aw shit, it's trying to cram it into the first free space it can find, resulting in the file being fragmented multiple times.

Linux:
>Cool, it put it in the largest free space that can fit it.

Fucking hell guys, this looks like a great UI for touchscreens, no one is forcing you to use it. I bet it wont be activated by default if no touch screen is detected anyway. Looks ten times better than the current media centre in windows 7.

>>17879761
You forgot the part where you have to google for one hour to learn what command you have to do, because noone knows bash from the craddle.

OH SHIT
YOU MEAN I CAN RUN TWO APPS AT ONCE?
FIRST DAY BUY FOR ME BRUV

>>17879788
>sudo
>enter user

I don't think you know what you're talking about
Also, feel free to use a GUI, you can just search for what you want

>>17879789
>implying windows doesn't defragment regularly

>>17879788
OS X :
Download with Browser
Drag into App Folder

Done

>>17879813
>fixing the symptom and not the problem
Stay classy, Microsoft

>What if my phone worked like my computer?
Too difficult.
But we can make your computer like your phone!

>>17879816
I believe Windows 8 will try to emulate how WP7 installs.

Day 1 format.
Day 1 install Windows 7.