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Quote feline1:

Windows 7 FINALLY has an intelligent indexing system, so I basically never need the Start menu - i just press the Windows key on the keyboard and type what I want, and then Windows 7 usually finds it.

I hate the Windows 7 indexing system. I can never find anything with it and it still feels like a step backwards from the XP one. I'd have gone spare by now if I hadn't found and installed "Everything" to do my indexing and search on my desktop. Attention Microsoft that is how should work.

Quote feline1:

Hopefully Windows 8 will let me bark commands at my computer in a RADA-esque tone of voice, such as "RESTORE THE TELEPORT!!!" and "You *CANNOT* reject a direct command!!". The icing on the cake would be a little activate key one slot in by USB, and it makes that Dick Mills sound for Orac. Although these days it would probably come with a vial of pigs blood and some herberts.

Heh. Apprently "Dragon" are working on a 3rd Q release on a project that should cover all that.

Quote The Telenator:

Concerning the use of DAWs and digital recording with Win8 in the RT 'Metro' mode, I believe I saw the most ridiculous statement from Microsoft recently claiming that 100 ms of latency was 'okay'. RT is going to be entirely rubbish for our camp, so I suggest forgetting all about that.

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose...

Aero anyone?

Quote The Telenator:

All this aside, one must understand the entire philosophy behind the design of Win8 to understand the changes that have been made.

I think most people on here already do... hence why they are pissed off.

Quote The Telenator:

This new Win8 was NOT designed for you, audio buff and/or DAW user. No, it was designed so your email can be best friends with your Facebook and your Skype and your smart phone and your texts, and your photo collection that you will post to the world daily and obnoxiously forever. All the Aeroglass has been stripped away, leaving only the most ugly of tiles in the most ugly of colours, containing each of the social rubbish programmes I mentioned -- and more, one to a tile. If all you intend to be is a social creature and balance your finances and play with your photos, then Win8 is for you.

And I'm still waiting to see just what the Pro version brings. I don't see many companies being overjoyed at installing a media player onto their accounts desktops. I'm really hopeing the Pro version lets you strip out all this junk and use it properly. If they don't I'm envisioning business take up to be about as widely spread as the Vista one...

Quick show of hands, who here is in an office using Vista?)

Noone, thought so.

Quote The Telenator:

I fully realise that large numbers of people complain each time Windows receives a full makeover, just as very many did when the mouse was first introduced,

At least you still had the DOS layer running underneath and full access to the CLI *mubble*mubble*Gerrofmylawn*mubble*mubble*

Quote etai:

Microsoft make the same kind of mistakes time & time again. Music applications (pro & consumer) are not given nowhere near enough attention.

Quote etai:

The pc vs mac debates came about (in DAW land at least) due to microsoft not being bothered to make an OS that was suitable for pro music. no matter what PC users say, Mac is better for making music, but not due to its hardware - But the OS.

The first statement is true simply because we're at best a tiny fraction of the market. The second statement is true if your referring to the native MS code base but then thats why we have ASIO which levels the field.

Quote etai:

Back to the the original question. As already advised, I would stick with Win7 if I was you. I'm not to happy with win7 for music making, it still has its quirks & faults, once you got it running ok then alls well, but start tinkering a little, even little things such as re plugging in all your usb gear on different ports can be enough to confuse windows machines.

Hmmm.... Win7 machines will (well should) force (or it does in most cases) a re-detect and driver reinstall if do that, althrough yeah, it was a common on older OS's I've not really noticed it so much on the current builds. What other problems are bugging you with Win7?

Quote The Elf:

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Quote The Elf:

I totally agree. I've never found much use for the Start button - it's uselessly cluttersome. All the stuff I need is on the desktop, or in the Quicklaunch bar.

When playing with the W8 preview, I wanted the Snipping Tool to take a screenshot. If I don't have a shortcut for it, and don't know that it's called Snippingtool (no space) how do you suggest I find it? What if I have a vague idea there IS such a tool, but don't know the name? I have a look in the Start Menu/Accessories - right?

Nope, it's on my desktop in a folder called 'Utilities'!

Would never work for me, too much other crap cluttering up my desktop to start putting launch folders on there!

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