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iSmokeweed
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ITS FUCKING DOOOOOOOPPPEEEEEEEEE!!!! TOTALLY WORTH THE 40 BUCKS IT COSTS!!!

whats dope :

the apps
the start menu
the cloud computing
its fast like fuck

whats sucks:

they try to make you use IE. but you can delete that from the get-go.


and all files transer from windows 7.

I recommed it everyone. and if you have a tablet its even more doper.
Nov 6 2012 9:40PM
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.Natty.
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cant wait for the surface pro
Nov 6 2012 9:42PM
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DayMan
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Is it really worth it? I feel like it can't be that much better.
Nov 6 2012 9:53PM
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iSmokeweed
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thats what i thought.

at first is was complicated as fuck!! but after a few minutes of tinkering and personalizing it became better. its kind of like the layout on your phone with all the different apps, but with your traditional desktop. also the cloud sharing is really neat
Nov 6 2012 9:56PM
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Spinoza
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Am I going to need to re learn how to navigate windows? It's nice knowing it so well after all these years
Nov 6 2012 10:26PM
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7springsprod
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It looks like the new xbox dashboard. Any resemblence on a computer?
Nov 6 2012 10:27PM
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iSmokeweed
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no. the desktop is pretty much the same. its what they added that need to learn. but if you have a smart phone it should be pretty simple.


Nov 6 2012 10:48PM
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stupendous-man
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I must be in the stone age, im still rocking vista.
Nov 6 2012 10:51PM
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ALMIGHTYSOSA
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Im going to have to check it out. 

Nov 6 2012 11:28PM
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whoa-dere
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does it come with word 2013?
Nov 11 2012 3:07PM
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volvotom
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I was in on the Betas > RCs and then the RTM and am running it now. From a UI standpoint it's terrible. They need to figure out a way to meld "classic desktop" and the new tiled interface. From a stability point it has been pretty solid. Surface and Surface Pro seem interesting. We'll see how the end up competing in the overall tablet market.
Nov 11 2012 4:30PM
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deleted5
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Do you even lift bro?
Nov 11 2012 4:33PM
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volvotom
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Yes, the start menu is totally gone. Unless you separately make a desktop icon it is difficult to launch "desktop" apps from the desktop. This requires you to switch back to the "start screen" and launch from there or do a start from there.
Nov 11 2012 4:33PM
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eheath
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I feel like I would still like to have win7 if I got a windows computer... we'll see how it pans out
Nov 11 2012 4:44PM
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corona
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yea definitely 7. 8 is bullshit for the sole reason that it's employing the 'walled garden' in this operating system. where software needs to be certified by Windows before you're allowed to install it. this is what I've heard anyways.
Nov 11 2012 4:50PM
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volvotom
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This is just for "tile" apps. You can still install other software for "desktop" apps.
Nov 11 2012 5:01PM
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Dlud
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XP or gtfo
Nov 11 2012 5:04PM
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notadoctor
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I agree with OP. It is sick. I am still discovering cool new tricks.
I haven't had much for incompatible stuff besides obvious things that will take time like some special drivers.
Being able to have all my social networks updates in a side panel thing is handy/neat.
The start menu is really different. very phone/tablet like
I feel like windows 8 is a really cool combination of the phone/tablet os and traditional windows.
Nov 11 2012 5:59PM
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chicken
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it looks stupid to me. Although I dunno If it's stupider than the way OSX is going.
Nov 11 2012 6:06PM
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Heart
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I doubt it. In the past you've had to buy office separately
Nov 11 2012 6:18PM
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heath
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haha yeah man, linux is the future unless you want a phone/tablet OS on your computer.
Nov 11 2012 6:19PM
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chicken
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Huge linux fan here. I just wish canonical didn't have the same vision for ubuntu as microsoft and apple have for windows and osx...

Also linux doesn't like my rMBP (yet).
Nov 11 2012 6:37PM
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volvotom
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Apple has been much more conservative in adopting iOS features in OSX as MS has with adopting tablet features in Win8. Tablet OSes work great on tablets but not on desktops/notebooks. The opposite is also true. Many Desktop UI features work great on that device but would never work on a tablet.
Nov 11 2012 6:50PM
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chicken
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but if anyone is wondering. you CAN use a linux only computer for day to day life. I got through a year of university with no issues running just linux. If you are in science you have access to MORE software, and it's often free.

The only thing that sucked was trying to use it with an iphone. I am going to buy an andriod phone next for this reason alone.

I liked apple before switching to linux. my computer died before the ubuntu XPS 13, so I decided to buy another apple laptop. I bought the rMBP. It really is a KICKASS piece of hardware, but the OSX that I loved is no longer here.
Nov 11 2012 7:02PM
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Lansfield
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Torrent downloaded 0.2%

Gunna be worth it I hope
Nov 11 2012 7:07PM
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iSmokeweed
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it comes with office starter. which is pretty much the same thing.
Nov 12 2012 11:45AM
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whoa-dere
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Meh. It forces you to make a new account, where you don't have your original files and settings. In the administrator account where your originals are, you can't open metro apps
Nov 22 2012 10:12AM
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iSmokeweed
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i encountered none of these issues...
Nov 22 2012 11:48AM
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Round-Four
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is this something i can torrent?
Nov 22 2012 12:03PM
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uosdwiSrjewoH
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i don't use any of the features i gained from switching to windows eight, and my computer causes me way more problems than it did before. it freezes, it's slow, files don't work.

i can't say i'm happy with my choice to switch
Nov 22 2012 12:26PM
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iSmokeweed
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im yet to find any issues with windows 8. and now im getting used fo using apps over windows. kind of nice.
Dec 5 2012 1:30PM
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Bodhisattva_
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"torrent downloaded 0.2%"
Dec 5 2012 2:50PM
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Suusataja
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I'm still using XP on my desktop, love it, so simple and fast. Only thing that might make me upgrade soon, is the fact that new games are supporting less and less XP.
Win8 seems weird at first, I would use it on a tablet or on a laptop with touchscreen, but on desktop it feels bit off. But I'd probably get used to it eventually.
Dec 7 2012 8:54AM
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