Thread: Another W8 challange

W8 seems to be ok, it's just changed somewhat. I think the worst thing about it is, for those of us not quite so up to date with all the new fangle stuff, is the lack of written info in the packaging.
This means you need knowledge as you start it up,, which I didn't have.

spend $5 on start8, it will make you feel a bit more at home.

use chrome or opera and use xmarks to sync your bookmarks across the different browsers etc

drag the things you use all the time to the task bar

there is always buyer/user resistance to something that changes the state of play as much as windows 8 has and the usual knockers will wail as they always do even tho most have never tried it.

it is the best OS they have produced imho and once the usual resistance to something new fades away it will be seen for what it is, a nice solid os.

xp support dies in 12 months or thereabouts

that will be fun....

i find windows 8 extremely stable as long as you dont throw 3rd party tune up utilities into it

pretty much all the new big name games will require net access and that trend isnt going to go away as that is how they are currently fighting the pirates

The games bit is fairly simple,, your desktop is still there,, put your shortcut on it,,
or
after a few games W8 will put a tile on the new shiney bit for you to click on,

oh and right click a tile to unpin it

Originally Posted by Chops

I'd just like to find games that don't require being online,,,

Steam is the go thesedays,,
I have around 300gb of steam games, they are ALWAYS patched, and all you do is logon when opening steam , after that you never see or hear of it till the next time.

they even sell Mac games now,,
(can you game on a Mac?)

Haven't you lot worked it out yet?

Windows 8 is the game.
A game of challenge to get your head around.
All the stuff is there, you just have to find it, sometimes there are clues.
When you close 'an app', you land somewhere mysterious and have to find your way back to where you need to be.

Then there is the mastery of the elusive 'swipe' gestures and border/pad/pointer zones........

Haven't you lot worked it out yet?

Windows 8 is the game.
A game of challenge to get your head around.
All the stuff is there, you just have to find it, sometimes there are clues.
When you close 'an app', you land somewhere mysterious and have to find your way back to where you need to be.

Then there is the mastery of the elusive 'swipe' gestures and border/pad/pointer zones........


Edit: My point now proven.... a double post without even trying

Originally Posted by jx2mad

I got this new computer with W8 on it because my old one won't recognise Sata drive v2 or 3. My old Sata 1 died. Is it possible to get a new sata v1 or are they a thing of the past. Give me XP OR W7 anyday

Sorry for bringing back a thread from the dead (don't check this part of the forum that often).

In most cases there is no issue with plugging a SATA v2/v3 into a SATA v1 port, the "controller" on the drive itself will just "fallback" to v1 and it just won't be as quick. In this sense, they are completely backwards compatible.

The issue you may strike is that a very large amount of the motherboards that were SATA v1 couldn't recognise drives over 1TB. So stick to 1TB or below if you can to save that issue raising it's head.

If you have been told otherwise I would seriously question where you got this advise. I have a number of SATA v3 drives sitting on SATA v2 ports and SATA v2 drives on SATA v1 ports (just the way it happened with the bazillion PC's in my place) and I have never really struck any issues.

Hope this helps you get an otherwise perfectly working PC back into action.

Chris

Hi Chris. I went back 2 steps and reinstalled the original hard drive that came with the computer. It is marked as an ATA drive and the computer boots up and runs ok. However if I connect my new drive SATA 500M onto the second sata cable the computer does not recognise that it is there. Jim