Hey Windows faggots

[baseline bum]

So is there any downside to buying the OEM vs retail version of Windows 8.1 other than the license being married to my motherboard? Don't tell me 7 is better because I'm getting it only to play games with; all other computer work I like doing better in Linux.

[resistanze]

7 is better

[lefty]

7 is much better

[cantthinkofanything]

Get 7 instead.

[Clipper Nation]

OS X is better

[vander]

doesn't steam work on linux?

[illusioNtEk]

wait till Windows 9 comes out, if not get windows 7

[Venti Quattro]

7 is better

[baseline bum]

:cry Thanks you fucking homosexuals :cry

[Cry Havoc]

I own both. Use both daily. 8 is on my fragbox and 7 is on my desktop. There is no contest. 8 is much better than 7. Better resource management, a much improved control panel, and faster performance in boot times as well as gaming.

People like 7 because they're scared of metro, which is easily disabled.

There is literally nothing Win7 does that's better than 8. Not that 7 is bad, but 8 is a more refined version of 7.

[IronMexican]

:cry Thanks you fucking homosexuals :cry

Bro, are you gonna take advice from the guy who thought GTA4 was a great game vs us?

[baseline bum]

Bro, are you gonna take advice from the guy who thought GTA4 was a great game vs us?

Wow, who the fuck liked GTA 4? That shit was worse than passing a kidney stone. Niko Bellic drives like an Asian woman.

[Cry Havoc]

Bro, are you gonna take advice from the guy who thought GTA4 was a great game vs us?

GTA 4 on PC is sick. One of the most modded games in history for good reason.

[Cry Havoc]

Also, does anyone want to actually debate why 7 is better than 8? Just curious. 8 has better memory management and is much faster. Not sure what 7 does that 8 doesn't do.

[Venti Quattro]

Also, does anyone want to actually debate why 7 is better than 8? Just curious. 8 has better memory management and is much faster. Not sure what 7 does that 8 doesn't do.

But 7 is fast enough without having to deal with the shitty aspects of Windows 8. Nobody actually cares about memory management unless they knew what they were looking for.

[Cry Havoc]

But 7 is fast enough without having to deal with the shitty aspects of Windows 8. Nobody actually cares about memory management unless they knew what they were looking for.

"Fast enough"

Not an enthusiast, I see.

Furthermore, lack of a feature is not a feature. Why wouldn't you want a faster OS if you could have it?

You also didn't address the vastly superior task manager.


the shitty aspects of Windows 8.

Like what?

[Venti Quattro]

Like what?

They removed the Start button

[leemajors]

They removed the Start button

Tbh I didn't notice much of a different between 8.1 and 7 a few weeks ago at a friend's house, he used the old style desktop w/start menu, ran great. I may just buy it when I build a pc for my daughter for Christmas

[baseline bum]

But 7 is fast enough without having to deal with the shitty aspects of Windows 8. Nobody actually cares about memory management unless they knew what they were looking for.

Why would I not care about memory management and give a shit about the Windows 8 UI when I already said I'm using it strictly for gaming? I'd be basically using Windows 8.1 like a console, and booting back to Linux whenever I wanted to do anything other than shoot niggas up and shit.

[baseline bum]

GTA 4 on PC is sick. One of the most modded games in history for good reason.

Was it modded to not have fucked up controls and a cocksucking storyline?

[Cry Havoc]

They removed the Start button


People like 7 because they're scared of metro, which is easily disabled.

Reading is fun. :lol

[DJR210]

Also, does anyone want to actually debate why 7 is better than 8? Just curious. 8 has better memory management and is much faster. Not sure what 7 does that 8 doesn't do.

8.1 eliminated any legitimate complaints. I upgraded from 7 and have no complaints, but at the same time no advantages either.

[DJR210]

They removed the Start button

Even if 8.1 did not address the start menu being removed, it literally takes 5 minutes to get acclimated to the new setup.

[Venti Quattro]

Even if 8.1 did not address the start menu being removed, it literally takes 5 minutes to get acclimated to the new setup.
:cry But I just want my Start button back

[DJR210]

:cry But I just want my Start button back

:lol 8.1 is everything you expect from 7, including the start menu. You click the Windows button in the corner to toggle between the tile/desktop view.

[leemajors]

:lol 8.1 is everything you expect from 7, including the start menu. You click the Windows button in the corner to toggle between the tile/desktop view.

Yeah the only difference I could tell was the charms popping out on occasion. He had just forgotten to disable them :lol

[baseline bum]

Looking at buying a video card in the $200 price range. Seems like a decently cooled R9 270x 2GB is probably the best buy at this price?

[Heath Ledger]

8 has a clunky garbage ass interface. its like learning windows all over again. i have stuck to seven. even on new items that came with 8 i trashed that shit.

[Cry Havoc]

Looking at buying a video card in the $200 price range. Seems like a decently cooled R9 270x 2GB is probably the best buy at this price?

If you're patient you can probably find a 280 soon, since Nvidia just launched new GPUs and AMD will have to drop prices to stay competitive. The 270 is still a beast card though.

[IronMexican]

GTA 4 on PC is sick. One of the most modded games in history for good reason.

:lol he actually believes this.


I'd rather die a virgin than play GTA4 for more than an hour.

[Cry Havoc]

:lol he actually believes this.


I'd rather die a virgin than play GTA4 for more than an hour.

http://i.imgur.com/KaxbKdS.jpg

Never said it was the best game, but it's fucking awesome to throw some mods on and just drive around.

I guess you only play the top 5 games of all-time though, right?

[Clipper Nation]

:cry But I just want my Start button back

Meanwhile, the Dock's still where it's always been:

https://www.apple.com/osx/preview/developer/images/developer_hero_macapps.jpg

Apple :worthy:

[Cry Havoc]

Meanwhile, the Dock's still where it's always been:

https://www.apple.com/osx/preview/developer/images/developer_hero_macapps.jpg

Apple :worthy:

Along with that $1000 price tag for an underpowered laptop with no features. :tu At least it's light enough that people who never see the inside of a gym won't strain themselves lugging it around.

[DJR210]

But..but..it's got a cool glowing apple on the lid and everyone knows I'm trendy when I'm using it on the bus

[DJR210]

http://i.imgur.com/KaxbKdS.jpg

Never said it was the best game, but it's fucking awesome to throw some mods on and just drive around.

I guess you only play the top 5 games of all-time though, right?

Sick pic..too bad you can't install more than a handful of car replacement mods or else deal with massive texture loading issues

[leemajors]

Along with that $1000 price tag for an underpowered laptop with no features. :tu At least it's light enough that people who never see the inside of a gym won't strain themselves lugging it around.

I'm gonna be picking one up for $350 in July :tu Much better price imo

[Clipper Nation]

Along with that $1000 price tag for an underpowered laptop with no features. :tu At least it's light enough that people who never see the inside of a gym won't strain themselves lugging it around.
If by "features," you mean viruses and crashes, then sure, it has no "features" :downspin:

[Cry Havoc]

Sick pic..too bad you can't install more than a handful of car replacement mods or else deal with massive texture loading issues

Depends on the horsepower of your rig. My desktop can get pretty damn close to that quality.

[DJR210]

Depends on the horsepower of your rig. My desktop can get pretty damn close to that quality.

The quality isn't what I'm talking about. I'm talking about the number of cars you can replace in game before it starts fucking up the draw distance

[Cry Havoc]

If by "features," you mean viruses and crashes, then sure, it has no "features" :downspin:

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/shellshock-virus-panic-at-worst-ever-computer-bug-sees-governments-race-to-protect-critical-infrastructure-9756819.html

The security flaw, dubbed “Shellshock”, was found inside a piece of software called Bash, which is used by Apple’s Mac operating system as well as Linux systems and internet servers relied upon by governments, banks and the military.

:lmao Worst computer security flaw in history.

:lmao Worse than heartbleed.

:lmao Targeting Apple computers.

Keep spinnin' dat shit, bruh. Helps to know what you're talking about though.

[Clipper Nation]

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/shellshock-virus-panic-at-worst-ever-computer-bug-sees-governments-race-to-protect-critical-infrastructure-9756819.html

The security flaw, dubbed “Shellshock”, was found inside a piece of software called Bash, which is used by Apple’s Mac operating system as well as Linux systems and internet servers relied upon by governments, banks and the military.

:lmao Worst computer security flaw in history.

:lmao Worse than heartbleed.

:lmao Targeting Apple computers.

Keep spinnin' dat shit, bruh. Helps to know what you're talking about though.
Non-issue, haters just throwing rocks at Apple's throne. :downspin:

[Cry Havoc]

Non-issue, haters just throwing rocks at Apple's throne. :downspin:

:lol

[DJR210]

Non-issue, haters just throwing rocks at Apple's throne. :downspin:

I'd take you seriously but your Nintendo worshiping ruined it for you.

[baseline bum]

If you're patient you can probably find a 280 soon, since Nvidia just launched new GPUs and AMD will have to drop prices to stay competitive. The 270 is still a beast card though.

You think an R9 270x or a GTX 760 is overkill paired with an i5 4570? Wondering how far I can go before the CPU becomes a bottleneck.

[DJR210]

You think an R9 270x or a GTX 760 is overkill paired with an i5 4570? Wondering how far I can go before the CPU becomes a bottleneck.

You can get whatever card you want, it's not gonna bottleneck.

[baseline bum]

You can get whatever card you want, it's not gonna bottleneck.

I wonder if the GTX 970s will come any lower than $320? And how the GTX 960s will compare.

[Cry Havoc]

I wonder if the GTX 970s will come any lower than $320? And how the GTX 960s will compare.

Eventually they will. Right now your CPU isn't going to bottleneck with anything aside from maybe a top of the line card.

[baseline bum]

Eventually they will. Right now your CPU isn't going to bottleneck with anything aside from maybe a top of the line card.

By top of the line do you mean one GTX 980 or multiple GTX 970/980 or R9 290x in parallel?

[DJR210]

By top of the line do you mean one GTX 980 or multiple GTX 970/980 or R9 290x in parallel?

I think you would be fine even if you were to go SLI 980, but certain games may bottleneck.

[Cry Havoc]

By top of the line do you mean one GTX 980 or multiple GTX 970/980 or R9 290x in parallel?

http://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/2gzkzq/discussion_cpu_bottlenecks_explained/

This is a good explanation. Probably not but in certain situations it might.

The only issue is looking forward. An i5 might indeed be a bottleneck as games become more demanding. But for the most part it's still the most cost-effective CPU by a pretty good margin.

[baseline bum]

http://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/2gzkzq/discussion_cpu_bottlenecks_explained/

This is a good explanation. Probably not but in certain situations it might.

The only issue is looking forward. An i5 might indeed be a bottleneck as games become more demanding. But for the most part it's still the most cost-effective CPU by a pretty good margin.

Thanks for the link. :tu

[DMC]

Check out Digital Research's DOS or DR DOS. It's the shit. You can use hot keys.

[baseline bum]

Check out Digital Research's DOS or DR DOS. It's the shit. You can use hot keys.

Does it outperform MINIX?

[ElNono]

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/shellshock-virus-panic-at-worst-ever-computer-bug-sees-governments-race-to-protect-critical-infrastructure-9756819.html

The security flaw, dubbed “Shellshock”, was found inside a piece of software called Bash, which is used by Apple’s Mac operating system as well as Linux systems and internet servers relied upon by governments, banks and the military.

:lmao Worst computer security flaw in history.

:lmao Worse than heartbleed.

:lmao Targeting Apple computers.

Keep spinnin' dat shit, bruh. Helps to know what you're talking about though.

:lol The bolded is pretty ironic looking at the post in its entirety... but not unexpected if you don't know much about Macs...

[ElNono]

BTW, Windows 10 is looking good from the little I saw of it.... Looks like a worthy update from 7...

[Cry Havoc]

BTW, Windows 10 is looking good from the little I saw of it.... Looks like a worthy update from 7...

It's humorous that the rumor is they're skipping Windows 9 due to all the coding that searches only for the first number in the OS title for a lot of stuff. :lol

[ElNono]

:lol

Windows 8 was vilified way too much, IMO, but 10 is a tacit recognition that people weren't ready for that kind of radical change. 10 should be a good transition upgrade for those still on 7.

[lefty]

Along with that $1000 price tag for an underpowered laptop with no features. :tu At least it's light enough that people who never see the inside of a gym won't strain themselves lugging it around.
Truth bombs :lol
iSheeps :lol

[Cry Havoc]

:lol

Windows 8 was vilified way too much, IMO, but 10 is a tacit recognition that people weren't ready for that kind of radical change. 10 should be a good transition upgrade for those still on 7.

Windows 8 is a fantastic operating system. I prefer it to 7, though I use both interchangeably.

It's amazing that asking the public to right click and select "shut down" instead of (left click, shut down, left click) is too much to learn.

[baseline bum]

:lol

Windows 8 was vilified way too much, IMO, but 10 is a tacit recognition that people weren't ready for that kind of radical change. 10 should be a good transition upgrade for those still on 7.

Don't see the point of the change away from the traditional desktop/folder format. I fucking hated when Ubuntu went to Unity, so I changed it back to Gnome2 (Gnome3 is even worse than Unity). I don't understand trying to make a desktop run like a tablet when you have a big screen and a mouse. Operating systems should just ideally GTFO of the way imo tbh.

[Cry Havoc]

Don't see the point of the change away from the traditional desktop/folder format. I fucking hated when Ubuntu went to Unity, so I changed it back to Gnome2 (Gnome3 is even worse than Unity). I don't understand trying to make a desktop run like a tablet when you have a big screen and a mouse. Operating systems should just ideally GTFO of the way imo tbh.

It's about consistency. If people can't handle a basic start menu change, they're hopeless with trying to master two disparate operating systems if one runs on a tablet and the other on a computer and they look entirely different.

[ElNono]

Don't see the point of the change away from the traditional desktop/folder format. I fucking hated when Ubuntu went to Unity, so I changed it back to Gnome2 (Gnome3 is even worse than Unity). I don't understand trying to make a desktop run like a tablet when you have a big screen and a mouse. Operating systems should just ideally GTFO of the way imo tbh.

There was a legit problem using it merely with a touch device. But they went all touch, and that was not a solution. This is a proper way to handle it, you can switch between touch and desktop modes, while keeping some of the good ideas they had on 8.

[ElNono]

It's a cost problem, tbh... Businesses have to retrain their drones, it costs time and money. I think 10 hits that sweet spot if what I saw works the way it looks like.

[Venti Quattro]

I want to have the Windows 10 right now

[leemajors]

I want to have the Windows 10 right now

get that preview son

[Venti Quattro]

get that preview son

Where? I'll look for a spare PC where I can install it on

[leemajors]

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview

[313]

Looking at buying a video card in the $200 price range. Seems like a decently cooled R9 270x 2GB is probably the best buy at this price?
get the 970

[313]

I want to have the Windows 10 right now

[baseline bum]

get the 970

The 970 is pretty amazing, but not sure I want to spend that much since I have no desire to go above 1080p. I'm interested to see what the GTX 960's performance and price will be like, and to see if it can drag down the price on the R9 280x and/or R9 285 (doesn't look like the R9 280 will fall any lower).

[DJR210]

The 970 is pretty amazing, but not sure I want to spend that much since I have no desire to go above 1080p. I'm interested to see what the GTX 960's performance and price will be like, and to see if it can drag down the price on the R9 280x and/or R9 285 (doesn't look like the R9 280 will fall any lower).

Nigga you ain't getting shit, you been talking about upgrades for over a year. You get off just talking about upgrades.

[baseline bum]

Nigga you ain't getting shit, you been talking about upgrades for over a year. You get off just talking about upgrades.

:cry I'm still looking at that quad SLI Titan setup :cry

:cry But then every time I'm about to buy it I call Valentine instead :cry

[DJR210]

:cry I'm still looking at that quad SLI Titan setup :cry

:cry But then every time I'm about to buy it I call Valentine instead :cry

:lol You should offer to pimp that bitch..I ran into her at a gas station, she's a loud, annoying west sider bitch

[baseline bum]

:lol You should offer to pimp that bitch..I ran into her at a gas station, she's a loud, annoying west sider bitch

But she told me she lubbed me

[DJR210]

But she told me she lubbed me

I'm sure she does. Considering your PC budget, I can only imagine what you're willing to donate to a prostitute

[baseline bum]

Well fuck, GTX 960 won't be released until 2015.