TheMightyEthan Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 Holy shit, you can have multiple apps on screen at one time?! It's almost like each one is some kind of "window", that can be resized at will. Revolutionary! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 Holy shit, you can have multiple apps on screen at one time?! It's almost like each one is some kind of "window", that can be resized at will. Revolutionary! The iPad doesnt do this. Stock Android doesn't do this. On Android it's just Samsung's Note series, innit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 Yes, but he's talking about Windows on a PC. If you can do that on your Windows phone also then I'll grant that is pretty cool, but that's not what he's talking about in the video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 Yes, but he's talking about Windows on a PC. If you can do that on your Windows phone also then I'll grant that is pretty cool, but that's not what he's talking about in the video. So this idiot is actually attempting to use Windows 8 apps on a desktop when no one does this? A year later he still hasn't learned? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 I think "this idiot" is a Microsoft spokesman, demonstrating the new features of 8.1. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 the multiple apps will be of use to the windows tablet user(s). rather than desktop users, and it does look handy. Everything in separate apps is the most annoying thing about mobile OSes and to have both the apps on the screen at once practically solves that problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 I think "this idiot" is a Microsoft spokesman, demonstrating the new features of 8.1. You have to keep in mind that Windows 8 is not a desktop OS. It's an all-in-one OS. They're going to show off features that are usable on tablets, all-in-ones, laptops, touchscreen laptops, and touchscreen monitors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 Yes, what I'm saying is it's ridiculous this wasn't already a feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 so has anyone installed the update yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 Yes, what I'm saying is it's ridiculous this wasn't already a feature. In Windows 8 you could do side-by-side or dock one on the side where it only takes up 1/4th of the screen. This just expands the options. @TheFlyingGerbil: I've been running 8.1 for about 2 weeks on my desktop since my friend is a student who uses OSX. Can't tell you anything about the update process since I did a fresh install. There's no reason not to update though. If you don't like the start button there's this: http://winaero.com/comment.php?comment.news.215 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 (edited) Update process was mostly smooth, just a bit long. It's also kinda weird how it got pushed through their app store instead of just regular Windows Update.I have encountered a few issues, though. For one, I can't drag and move stuff on my desktop anymore. I thought maybe it was a problem with Fences but it persists even when I deactivate it. Is this a bug or am I missing something? Like, a new setting that got turned on by default? I can't really find anything.Also, the OSD of MSI Afterburner seems to not work in some games now. I'm not sure how it would be affected but it was working in DmC prior to updating and now it's not. Seems to still work fine in Arkham City, though. So that's kinda weird. Edited October 19, 2013 by FLD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 It made no changes to the desktop as far as I'm aware. I quit using my desktop and have a partition I use for temporary stuff now though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 i can drag stuff on my desktop and it stays where i drop it so it's not a setting that's changed for everyone. I think they are putting it in the store instead of updates to prepare you for charging for updates in the future which they couldn't do if it was automatic via the update service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted October 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Also, the OSD of MSI Afterburner seems to not work in some games now. I'm not sure how it would be affected but it was working in DmC prior to updating and now it's not. Seems to still work fine in Arkham City, though. So that's kinda weird. That might be a general bug with 8.1. One of the guys I follow on Twitter had noted his overclocking utility was now broken locking his GPU fan to 1,500rpm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 (edited) Shit, that's annoying. Ever since My Documents started being taken over by a ton of programs dumping all kinds of shit in it, I started using my desktop as kind of a literal desktop. I have a ton of shit on it, kept organized with Fences. It's also my default download location, so I tend to drag and drop stuff from it quite a bit... As for Afterburner, yeah, I figured I'd have to wait for an update or something. At least, as far as I can tell, it's only the OSD that's bugged. My fan settings seem to still be working fine. Edited October 19, 2013 by FLD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted October 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Hah. See I have "Documents X". My Documents contains nothing that's actually mine. Hooray for Librarys! depending on who is asking depends if the same is true with My Music, My Videos, and My Pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luftwaffles Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 I use Dropbox as my documents folder, basically. Anything big or less important can go to the second hard drive, and anything I'm concerned about from a privacy perspective can either go on the USB drive on my keys or in a random folder somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 I use Dropbox as my documents folder, basically. Anything big or less important can go to the second hard drive, and anything I'm concerned about from a privacy perspective can either go on the USB drive on my keys or in a random folder somewhere. I do the same. All documents has is game saves and shit that gets added automatically. Maybe I should sync it to Skydrive or something since that has 25GB free IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted October 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 25GB if you're one of the early adopters like yours truly. Otherwise it's 7GB. Which for office documents, PDFs, the usual "documents" it should be more than enough. My "Documents X" folder is only 8MB, of which a quarter is my old Royal Mail job stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 (edited) I use Dropbox as well but mostly for school stuff so that I can keep my work synced between my desktop and my laptop. I use My Pictures for pics, wallpapers, gifs and such because it's convenient and doesn't take much space. Otherwise, I don't really bother with the default stuff. I changed the path of My Music so that it points to the partition where my music is but I rarely go there using that shortcut so it's kinda useless. Anyway, the icons dragging thing turned out to be an issue with Fences, after all. They released an updated version that fixed it, so I figured it was time to "upgrade" from my torrented copy. I can't imagine not using that program anymore and I had been meaning to buy it for a while so this seemed like the time to finally do it. Also, last night I noticed the Afterburner OSD was working again in DmC. Not sure what the fuck is going on there. It really wouldn't cooperate when I was trying to fix it, so it's kinda weird to have it come back out of nowhere. Haven't bothered to check if it works with everything again yet. Edited October 20, 2013 by FLD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 (edited) I upgraded to Windows 8.1 last night, mainly for the Wolf Among Us to work with my Xbox controller. I don't like to mash buttons on my keyboard if the game calls for it. I did find it strange how I had to go to the Windows Store. Then it asks you to make a Windows account, but in tiny text below you see the option to use your PC account. Obviously there's the "Start" button, but all it does is goes back to the Start screen. After reading the last few comments, I'm gonna have to check out some of my files. I don't have a lot of stuff on my desktop yet, but it doesn't hurt to look. I haven't bothered to use MSI Afterburner yet, but I'll look into that as well. Edited October 20, 2013 by Atomsk88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 (edited) It happens to me mostly when I move my computer around from say my place to my parents place. So for me personally, I think just unplugging all the cables does something with at least whatever juice the computer has left*. Also, my computer mostly will restart itself if it get caught in that loop so its a non-issue in my 2-3 years of using this computer. Sometimes though it will remain in that state in which I just flip the switch on the back, wait 10 seconds and turn it back on. Good to go. *So maybe its due to something with the PSU... I guess. -shudders- You people actually turn off your computers instead of sleep/standby? Edited January 8, 2014 by Deanb moving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Easier. Windows key, right and enter. Though I guess I could set it up to sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 I'll only turn off my desktop if I'm going to have it inactive for a long time. If I was on it every day, it would be on Sleep most of the time. Currently use my Chromebook for browsing, i.e. right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 I turn my desktop off overnight. I hibernate my laptop unless I'm planning to use it again in the next few hours, in which case I put it in standby. I don't use my laptop very often though cause something about its battery interface is fucked up so it won't recharge its battery, meaning I have to have it plugged in in order to use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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