Computer General Discussion Thread

by **Soldati Senza Confini** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:40 pm

Shnercropolis wrote:
Bezombia wrote:what? hell no

Basically I wrote a program that filters out all the useless crap from ipconfig and then gives you the information you actually need. It also does it a helluva lot quicker, because double clicking on a single .exe is a lot faster than opening cmd/CON and typing in commands.

IDK, I have some pretty snazzy keyboard shortcuts.Mod4-enter brings up a terminal, and ifconfig is only 8 characters.

by **Bezombia** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 6:26 pm

Shnercropolis wrote:
Bezombia wrote:what? hell no

Basically I wrote a program that filters out all the useless crap from ipconfig and then gives you the information you actually need. It also does it a helluva lot quicker, because double clicking on a single .exe is a lot faster than opening cmd/CON and typing in commands.

IDK, I have some pretty snazzy keyboard shortcuts.Mod4-enter brings up a terminal, and ifconfig is only 8 characters.

In Debian, I have F12 mapped to a game-like "developer console" which drops down from the top of the screen and functions as a terminal emulator.

by **Shnercropolis** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 10:30 pm

Bezombia wrote:
Shnercropolis wrote:IDK, I have some pretty snazzy keyboard shortcuts.Mod4-enter brings up a terminal, and ifconfig is only 8 characters.

In Debian, I have F12 mapped to a game-like "developer console" which drops down from the top of the screen and functions as a terminal emulator.

guake?

by **Bezombia** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 3:14 am

Shnercropolis wrote:
Bezombia wrote:In Debian, I have F12 mapped to a game-like "developer console" which drops down from the top of the screen and functions as a terminal emulator.

guake?

yes

by **Czechanada** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 10:48 am

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/windows-10- ... 19648.html

Windows 9 will now be Windows 10.

by **Bezombia** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 10:53 am

Czechanada wrote:http://www.tomsguide.com/us/windows-10-unveiled,news-19648.html

Windows 9 will now be Windows 10.

half life 9 confirmed?

by **Czechanada** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 11:05 am

Bezombia wrote:
Czechanada wrote:http://www.tomsguide.com/us/windows-10-unveiled,news-19648.html

Windows 9 will now be Windows 10.

half life 9 confirmed?

GabeN changes the version number of SteamOS to SteamOS 3 in response.

by **Bezombia** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 1:06 pm

the time has come to

~wub wub~

galvanize

by **Corvus Metallum** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 2:40 pm

Bezombia wrote:the time has come to

~wub wub~

galvanize

Now I want one.

by **Shnercropolis** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 5:44 pm

Czechanada wrote:http://www.tomsguide.com/us/windows-10-unveiled,news-19648.html

Windows 9 will now be Windows 10.

They're following the Mac OS naming convention now.
Expect Windows X "10-year-old Minivan" to hit the shelves sometime soon.

by **Bezombia** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 11:36 am

Right, so now the 390X and 380X are going to be the two most innovative cards this decade.

http://wccftech.com/amd-20nm-r9-390x-fe ... han-gddr5/

That 380X better be in my rig by the end of January.

by **Bezombia** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 12:58 pm

I am pres ntly in the process of installing the Windows 10 Technical Preview.

If it's not shit (*cough* Windows 8 *cough) then It's totally on my to-buy list.

EDIT: why the fuck does microsoft charge $90 for a font

by **Corvus Metallum** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 3:45 pm

Bezombia wrote:I am pres ntly in the process of installing the Windows 10 Technical Preview.

If it's not shit (*cough* Windows 8 *cough) then It's totally on my to-buy list.

EDIT: why the fuck does microsoft charge $90 for a font

$90 for a font?... :shock:

I'm hoping Windows 10 will be free for Windows 8 users. I want to get rid of it so badly. :lol2:

by **Aeken** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 4:18 pm

Corvus Metallum wrote:
Bezombia wrote:I am pres ntly in the process of installing the Windows 10 Technical Preview.

If it's not shit (*cough* Windows 8 *cough) then It's totally on my to-buy list.

EDIT: why the fuck does microsoft charge $90 for a font

$90 for a font?...

I'm hoping Windows 10 will be free for Windows 8 users. I want to get rid of it so badly.

It most likely will be. It'll probably be just like 8.1 when it was available to download on the store.

by **Bezombia** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 4:31 pm

I'm presently installing Windows 10.

by **Bezombia** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 4:40 pm

It's done.

Super early "first thoughts"

Woah an actual desktop! This is better tha

OH MY GOD TRANSPARENCY IS BACK

BILL GATES I LOVE YOU

by **Bezombia** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 4:41 pm

"Use Small Icons" now actually makes the start button smaller.

Fuck. Yes.

AERO PEEK IS BACK

AERO GLASS IS BACK

METRO IS DEAD, LONG LIVE AERO

by **Bezombia** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 4:45 pm

The "W8 Tiles" in the start menu that we all saw in the screenshot?

Easily removed just by right clicking and hit "remove".

The actual start menu doesn't have any transparency but I don't even care.

Also.
"Search" and "Desktops" are permanently pinned to the taskbar. Desktops is fine there, but Search? Really? It's a minor inconvenience, but still.
EDIT: Search wasn't even removed from the start menu. It's still there, just like in Windows 7. But...well now it's in the taskbar too.

EDIT2: Start Menu Search searches local files, Taskbar Search is just Bing.
Really sucks that you can't remove that.

by **Bezombia** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 4:56 pm

A lot of the elements seem, honestly, left over from 7 or 8.
Most of the icons are unchanged from Windows 7. Other than added transparency, the UI (in the desktop) looks just like 8's.
This isn't really a bad thing, but it's...well...idk.

EDIT: Okay, I'm now positive that the transparency effect is only in the taskbar. None of the windows have it.

EDIT2: I got Chrome up and running and am now posting fully from Windows 10. Gonna check out the command prompt next.

EDIT3: Command prompt hasn't changed, but it's now accompanied by a program called "PowerShell". Other than the color I'm not sure what's changed. I'm probably just gonna reinstall ConEmu when this goes into public release, tho.

EDIT4: It seems like Powershell has built in scripting support. Interesting. Might be useful.

Anyway, Windows 10 seems to have both a W8-style "options menu" and a W7-style "Control Panel". I like it.

EDIT5: Task manager now has two forms, "collapsed" and "extended".
"Collapsed" is basically just the application list.
"Extended" is the full W7-style task manager, with running processes, services, performance info, etc.

EDIT6: Lol, even though msconfig's options are now integrated into Task Manager you can still open up msconfig and change stuff.

EDIT7: Desktops are okay. It's a Cinnamon-style system and not a Gnome-style system, which means that potential usage is higher but it's more clunky. Less like open tabs and more like a Mac.
I'll use it, but not as much as I could have if it was integrated into the taskbar.

by **Bezombia** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 5:22 pm

Windows Explorer now has a ribbon.

In case the sheer gravity of that statement didn't weigh in your mind yet, let me rephrase:

Windows Explorer now has features!

Hell you can now open command prompt IN THE FOLDER YOU'RE VIEWING by going to File>Command Prompt.

This is futur. This is Windows 10.

by **Neema** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 6:18 pm

My PC is the digital equivalent of a potato.

by **Bezombia** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 6:21 pm

Overall verdict for Windows 10:

(Windows) 9/10.

It would be a 10/10 but it still has the "user trust issues" that 8.1 had, such as the almost cartoonishly complex methods one has to go to in order to give oneself access to certain folders.
Also, several elements are obviously leftover from 8 and definitely designed for touch screens. However this only docks a single point because almost ALL of the touch screen menus now have M&KB based equivalents, something that 8/8.1 did NOT have.

by **Neema** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 6:33 pm

What is the general consensus on Nvidia here?

by **Bezombia** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 6:40 pm

Neema wrote:What is the general consensus on Nvidia here?

I myself prefer AMD but only because AMD usually has a better price/performance.

But beware, there are several diehard nvidia fanboys here

by **Neema** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 6:46 pm

Bezombia wrote:
Neema wrote:What is the general consensus on Nvidia here?

I myself prefer AMD but only because AMD usually has a better price/performance.

But beware, there are several diehard nvidia fanboys here

I just bought a Galaxy GeForce 610 with 1Gb of DDR3 for like $25.

My budget is like zero for a PC, so I bought the cheapest I could find.

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