I just got Windows 8 Pro installed on my touch-screen PC, pretty nice so far. Bought it today at Best Buy for only $65.95 USD, which is about 1/2 normal price. Everything went smoothly with no problems at all, took, about 1 1/2 hours. I installed it as an upgrade to Windows 7 and had it retain all my windows settings and files.
Ancient Dragon 5,243 Achieved Level 70 Team Colleague Featured Poster
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One advantage I have seen so far here at DaniWeb is that when I use the Code button I don't have to refresh the screen to see the results (line numbers, etc.). I don't know if this is something that Dani changed recently or the result of Windows 8/Chrome. In either event, it's a nice feature that has been the source of some frustration with DaniWeb's markup language.
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One advantage I have seen so far here at DaniWeb is that when I use the Code button I don't have to refresh the screen to see the results (line numbers, etc.). I don't know if this is something that Dani changed recently or the result of Windows 8/Chrome. In either event, it's a nice feature that has been the source of some frustration with DaniWeb's markup language.
I have Window 7 I used Firefox/Chrome. For the code button, I still have to refreshed the screen in order to see the line numbers. So Window 8 solve that issue?
Wow, Is there any other advantage beside that?
Ancient Dragon 5,243 Achieved Level 70 Team Colleague Featured Poster
Is there any other advantage beside that?
Probably. One thing: no Start menu. Microsoft, in their infinite wisdom, decided we didn't need to access the Control Panel. However, all isn't lost, there is a free app that adds it back.
LastMitch
Probably. One thing: no Start menu. Microsoft, in their infinite wisdom, decided we didn't need to access the Control Panel. However, all isn't lost, there is a free app that adds it back.
Wow, that is neat! I just got Window 7 two years ago. I don't know if it's worth upgrading so soon.
You're right it's on sale. It's cost $199 dollars since it is on sale it cut down from $199 dollars to $65 dollars. That's $130 dollars off. That's really good deal.
Reverend Jim 5,224 Hi, I'm Jim, one of DaniWeb's moderators. Moderator Featured Poster
For under five dollars you can buy a program from Stardock called start8. It can be used to restore the start button and make the Windows desktop the default environment. You can also disable some other annoying Windows 8 features. You can try it for 30 days free. I'm currently looking at it in a Windows 8 virtual machine environment.
Ancient Dragon 5,243 Achieved Level 70 Team Colleague Featured Poster
I discovered the Start button was just replaced by a hidden menu on the right side of the screen. If you have a touch screen just slide a finder from the right side of the screen left and a menu will appear that, among other things, contains a link to the Control Panel.
Reverend@ the Start app I installed is free, not a trial version.
Reverend Jim 5,224 Hi, I'm Jim, one of DaniWeb's moderators. Moderator Featured Poster
I have also seen a start button app called Win8 Start Button but it doesn't quite give you a Windows 7 feel. Which one are you using?
Ancient Dragon 5,243 Achieved Level 70 Team Colleague Featured Poster
I'm using Win8 Start Button. Not quite the same as Windows 7 but close enough. I also noticed the calculator program is missing, so I downloaded a trial version of one because I use it every once in awhile.
chris.stout 14 Junior Poster in Training
When I played around with 8 (briefly) there was a single registry key that you could change to disable metro and use a more Win7 looking desktop. I think the below article was the key that worked. I don't know if this is still possible in the final version of 8.
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