[quote who="XATHOS" reply="5" id="3278807"]Windows 8 is shit for gaming. Don't bother upgrading until 9 or it's been out for long enough that gaming devs are comfortable using it.[/quote] You must live in some alternate universe from me, because it's exactly the same as win7 for gaming.
[quote who="Belwolvie" reply="41" id="3278474"]https://store.stardock.com/login[/quote] I tried that earlier, but the Update button wasn't working for me. Now it is. I'll give it a shot. Thanks. Kind of defeats the purpose of having a download manager in the first place, but I'd guess they'll fix it.
My personal opinion is that caring for the security of their product is Microsofts problem, not anyone elses. Noone else should (or does) have a say in how Microsoft secures their product, whether there's an existing industry or not. We'll see if that opinion is generally shared, but I don't expect any government interference.
I read plenty. It's on the internet. Unfortunately that usually means the signal to noise is pretty bad. Most things in the store are free. Just like most things outside of the store. And not surprisingly just like gadgets. Also, you'll note that Windows 7 was $50 on preorder, which must mean it was also 'a disposable OS that people will be willing to dump when Win 8 comes along.' True enough I suppose, considering all OSes
[quote who="Wizard1956" reply="8" id="3278400"]Be that as it may, it has never stopped or attempted to stop any malicious software of any type, spyware, adware, or malware. Therefore, it had nothing to do with security "in general" if its focus was so narrow as to only defend aginst one threat.[/quote] The general theory back then was that MS would fall afoul of antitrust concerns if they included an antivirus in their product. Considering how much heat they've gotten for
Defender in Vista and Win7 was only to block spyware. It had nothing to do with malware in general.
[quote who="Wizard1956" reply="123" id="3278336"]Quoting starkers, reply 120MS has made Win 8 the cheapest, most affordable OS upgrade ever, It is cheap because they A:Know what it is worth. At 40 bucks, it becomes a disposable OS that people will be willing to dump when Win 9 comes along. B:Knew it wouldn't sell at the higher prices of previous OSes with such a wild departure from tradition. C:Generate high early adopter numbers to use as a sales to
Just for the record this is about Microsoft Security Essentials (Windows Defender in W8) and not W8. If you feel particularly threatened, install a different AV. TheInquirer is about the most sensationalist garbage site I've ever come across.
[quote who="starkers" reply="121" id="3278170"]Okay, so some cretin has written and released a particularly nasty piece of malware that affects ALL versions of Windows, but MS is ONLY releasing patches for Win 8, 9, and onward. Hmmm, now that's gonna gel well for Win 7 and before, isn't it? I know if I were MS, I wouldn't want to be supporting obsolete OSes that are 20 years old and older, not when I've built more modern and secure OSes in Win 8, 9 and 10 that
The game disappeared from my Stardock Central app...wot (not under Downloads or Installed)
[quote who="Sinperium" reply="46" id="3278101"]I lost my receipt--but I SWEAR! Did I mention that I am also a stunning young female supermodel too?[/quote] We have no doubt.
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Looks like it defaults to the 64 bit version too. Excellent.
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Obviously the speed of it is wonderful. It doesn't glitch on pages every so often like IE9 did. I like that if my net conn is down or strained for whatever reason (I am on 3g) and I reconnect it automatically reloads pages when it detects a connection. Other than that the differences are mostly HTML5 stuff from what I saw.
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I'm sure there'll be a final release of IE10, considering the Release Preview just went out a few days ago. It should overwrite IE9, but I'm not on 7 so can't verify. The Platform Previews definitely didn't. [quote who="Wizard1956" reply="28" id="3277356"]Why is this bad if speaking about Yahoo and yet....... this is the same attitude MS has taken with Windows 8? The only difference is "you" agree with what "they" want to do.[/quote]</
[quote who="starkers" reply="112" id="3277282"]Quoting RedneckDude, reply 109People were so unhappy with Vista, no one was buying new PCs. Largely because Vista suffered a major hatchet job by media and people who knew people who had a cousin who didn't like it. Sure, Vista had some issues early on with some 3rd party drivers lagging behind, but it was a solid OS and by SP1 was easily in a better state than XP at the same stage of development. A similar thing i
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[quote who="alaknebs" reply="25" id="3277288"]... the do not track thing from IE.... basically doesn't really do anything. advertisers can just ignore it. your browser tells everyone not to track and it's up to the advertisers to decide whether they care... there's no standard as yet, so it's not like they can't selectively ignore MS's dnt but obey dnt from the other browsers. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/10/26/yahoo_to_ignore_ie10_do_not_track/ [/quote
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[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="22" id="3276771"]I believe that markets determine value. If MS builds a better mousetrap, then it'll sell very well. If not, then not. It might take time to reach the threshold necessary to go viral... ok. But, the market will decide. I hope Stardock's Start8, etc. will help MS. I like variety. I want everyone to succeed. However, Sinofsky's leaving MS so close to its launch was not a good thing... it does not send a message of "success".[/quote]</p
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[quote who="kona0197" reply="11" id="3276982"]I'm surprised people still use IE. Chrome and Firefox have so many more features. Ad Block for example.[/quote] I didn't, until 10.
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Posted this in another thread but what the hell http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/11/why-steven-sinofsky-is-out-at-microsoft/ Moreover, if Windows 8 were the problem, there's no way that Julie Larson-Green would be selected to lead Windows engineering. Larson-Green was a trusted Sinofsky lieutenant who came with him to Windows from the
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So much better than 9. 9 certainly got slow compared to the other browsers, but even if you can ignore that it glitched a lot for me. That's the other thing I loved about Chrome: it usually worked flawlessly.
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[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="7" id="3276601"]http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/05/ie10-do-not-track/[/quote] Nothing that article says disagrees with me. :p
Insert conspiracy theory here, or http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/11/why-steven-sinofsky-is-out-at-microsoft/ Moreover, if Windows 8 were the problem, there's no way that Julie Larson-Green would be selected to lead Windows engineering. Larson-Green was a trusted Sinofsky lieutenant who came with him to Windows from the Office team a
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[quote quoting="post"] Another “plus” is that IE 10 comes with “Do Not Track” for your privacy, and add on management (use the cog wheel at the right end of the tab bar). DNT lists are available here: http://www.iegallery.com/en-us/trackingprotectionlists As well as many other extensions, etc. [/quote] Tracking Protection Lists were added in IE9, and have nothng to do with the Do Not Track feature. I very much like that if m
You know, that's the deep dark secret...that you can use a USB hub if you need more ports :p
I find the People app in 8 works well for Facebook. It's a little disorienting at first but having the content front and center full screen instead of a little strip down the middle with tiny pictures is nice. It also cuts out the ads and chat features so you can focus on the content. That network stuff is why I was annoyed with my Nexus 7. It's ridiculous to have no USB port on what is basically a fantastic small computer
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