Windows 8 Pro Upgrade to cost $39.99

Post by mkr-hn » Tue, Jul 03, 2012, 3:44 AM UTC

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Why would you use the start menu to get a run dialog? Windows key + R I haven't had any performance problems while running games with search indexing on. This laptop doesn't even use SSD.

Anything you need a Run dialog for, you can just press the Windows key and start typing. Everything in your path shows up, with "recently used" suggestions on the right side, and quick feedback if you mistype something.

Post by msftguy » Tue, Jul 03, 2012, 5:23 AM UTC

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Have you actually used Windows 8? I don't make much use of the metro apps, but there are lots of smaller improvements that I appreciate, like the new task manager, file copy dialog, login screen, etc. The sight of the new start screen incites revulsion in most power users, but try to remember that you won't be spending much time there. Treat the start screen like what it really is: a fancier start menu. Like me, you'…

I'll upgrade when they give us more than 2 inches to edit the PATH environment variable.

Post by Mythbusters » Tue, Jul 03, 2012, 6:37 AM UTC

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There is also the fact that a point upgrade in OSX is almost never as significant as a new Microsoft OS, that MS provides free service packs, and that (IIRC) apple allows upgrades to multiple macs with one purchase. So, really, they need to be assessed on their own merit.

Since the first OSX, all upgrades were point upgrades and all of them were very significant. They were also more frequent than Windows upgrades.

Post by regularfry » Tue, Jul 03, 2012, 7:14 AM UTC

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IIRC there's some genuine awesome improvements for Win8. For example, file copying from a share/network is immensely better. I do this at work all the time.

> file copying from a share/network is immensely better How can something like that have room for improvement? Copying a file from one place to another is and has been a solved problem for decades now.

Post by seabee » Tue, Jul 03, 2012, 8:29 AM UTC

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To mythbusters: Yes, when you combine a non-PC (the iPad) with the PC market there is growth. When you subtract the non-PC from the "PC market" there is negative growth. Trying to make the iPad's success somehow a sign that the PC market is growing is the funniest thing I've read on HN to date. And sure, the Surface might invigorate Microsoft, and prove a worthy competitor to the iPad, both in terms of sales, as well…

The lines will blur anyway. A Microsoft Surface combined with a TypeCover (assuming it works well), could be used as both a tablet and a laptop at different times. Does it then contribute to PC sales or tablet sales?