Windows 8.1 is now my main OS on my computer AMA about it

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I don't see why people are bent out of shape about win8/8.1. It's a great OS with some great under-the-hood improvements over win7.

I've been using 8 and 8.1 since they came out.
The metro / tile UI is absolutely horrendous imo.
But you don't have to use it. You just click on "desktop" and it's basically the same as win7
That's true, but it still boots up to it. There's also the lack of a "proper" start button and the "apps" that are always full-screen and are set as the default way of doing stuff.

Don't get me wrong though, I love my 8.1. I just much prefer it with the program ClassicShell installed, which removes the tiles and default apps and brings back the start button.

Weird. Again, mine boots straight to the desktop. Probably because in the installation I told it to keep all of my personal files. That could be why. I dunno.


 
 
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I don't see why people are bent out of shape about win8/8.1. It's a great OS with some great under-the-hood improvements over win7.

I've been using 8 and 8.1 since they came out.
The metro / tile UI is absolutely horrendous imo.
But you don't have to use it. You just click on "desktop" and it's basically the same as win7
That's true, but it still boots up to it. There's also the lack of a "proper" start button and the "apps" that are always full-screen and are set as the default way of doing stuff.

Don't get me wrong though, I love my 8.1. I just much prefer it with the program ClassicShell installed, which removes the tiles and default apps and brings back the start button.
You don't have to boot to it, tho.
Oh, that's new to me. I didn't see that option when I first got my laptop.

Don't worry man. Now that I have 8.1, I have a lot to tinker and play around with and possibly break. Because that's what I do best. I'll let you know if there is anything else you can do with it so far. :)


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I actually really like windows 8.


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I actually really like windows 8.

That's good. I was expecting more people to hate on it because it's BS.

I mean it has it's BS but it doesn't smell as bad as it used to. Just my two cents on the matter, hence I bought it.


 
 
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I don't see why people are bent out of shape about win8/8.1. It's a great OS with some great under-the-hood improvements over win7.

I've been using 8 and 8.1 since they came out.
The metro / tile UI is absolutely horrendous imo.
But you don't have to use it. You just click on "desktop" and it's basically the same as win7
That's true, but it still boots up to it. There's also the lack of a "proper" start button and the "apps" that are always full-screen and are set as the default way of doing stuff.

Don't get me wrong though, I love my 8.1. I just much prefer it with the program ClassicShell installed, which removes the tiles and default apps and brings back the start button.
You don't have to boot to it, tho.
Oh, that's new to me. I didn't see that option when I first got my laptop.

Don't worry man. Now that I have 8.1, I have a lot to tinker and play around with and possibly break. Because that's what I do best. I'll let you know if there is anything else you can do with it so far. :)
Alright, feel free to let me know.

Do you have a link to every single thing that you use btw? I think I'd like to give the rest a chance. I'll give ClassicShell another chance too.

Oh and another thing, I need to reinstall Maya and Mudbox for school but that won't be a problem at all.

I'll also be reinstalling Horizon.
Last Edit: October 19, 2014, 05:33:43 PM by Decimator Omega


 
 
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Do you have a link to every single thing that you use btw? I think I'd like to give the rest a chance. I'll give ClassicShell another chance too.

Oh and another thing, I need to reinstall Maya and Mudbox for school but that won't be a problem at all.

I'll also be reinstalling Horizon.
I cut down on stuff I use. I only use ClassicShell and some of the WinAero plug-ins now. Classicshell brings back the start button, puts desktop programs as default to open files instead of the apps and skips the metro/tiles. Winaero is all about aesthetics. It lets you customize your taskbar, bring back the "glass" corners and tabs of Win7, removes the Windows 8 charms when you move your mouse to a corner of the screen... Just look around and see what you like. :)

Eh. I got ClassicShell back. Not as buggy as I remember it to be. I like the Windows 8 areo though so I wanna keep that. I think you can disable the corners in ClassicShell already in the settings. If not I'm not to bummed out. I just created my own Start Orb and my famous emblem in Halo that people know me with is my start orb. I combined the Reach and 4 emblems with it since they are already transparent in backgrounds. It looks awesome! Here, I'll show you:



What do you think?

I could have swapped it with the Reach being the normal one since the red is darker on that, but I like it when I hover over it and it turns dark. That's even cooler imo.

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I lost Photoshop in the process, so I used an online imagine editor to pull this off.
Last Edit: October 19, 2014, 06:28:37 PM by Decimator Omega