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[scaramonga]

...will you be willing to 'eat your hat' so to speak? ;)

I'll give away my HOUSE (bought & paid for), as I've said before on here, if Win8 does NOT fail :), hold me to it buddy, I'm that god damn confident ;)

P.S

I was the same with Vista, but not so much as to put my house on line, turned out I was right anyway :)

[redfish]

Go ahead and belittle him.. he is exactly how most of the mainstream users of windows are... precisely why windows 8 is epic failure

it matters not if you metrosexual college types can figure out how to work it....

The problem isn't even that he was confused and couldn't figure things out, but basically on many points he's acting ignorant and confused when he isn't

For example, he says "If you want to start Steam, you?ll want to launch the Desktop app, and then launch Steam." But the screenshot he included in the article shows shortcuts to Desktop apps. I counted 12 Desktop app shortcuts in that screenshot. I'm sure he knows that clicking those shortcuts open the apps on the Desktop. I'm sure he's not ignorant about that. But he's talking like he is.

[Shane Nokes]

I'll give away my HOUSE (bought & paid for), as I've said before on here, if Win8 does NOT fail :), hold me to it buddy, I'm that god damn confident ;)

P.S

I was the same with Vista, but not so much as to put my house on line, turned out I was right anyway :)

Ok, bookmarking this thread page right here. What's the triggering threshold at which these terms apply? In other words what will you define as enough licenses sold in order to make Windows 8 a success.

I'd love some property in Scotland. ;)

[scaramonga]

Ok, bookmarking this thread page right here. What's the triggering threshold at which these terms apply? In other words what will you define as enough licenses sold in order to make Windows 8 a success.

I'd love some property in Scotland. ;)

You get my 'wife' free anyway, good luck! lol As for the 'threshold' , well, that wont take long, lol, the way things are going :D, dunno, we will discuss terms later lol ;)

As much as I'd love to see you have property in Scotland, Its a 'pipe dream' lmao :)

[Jose_49]

Windows 8 won't fail. By the time it comes out, OEMs will be prepared.

Furthermore, what's the difference between it and Vista?

One was resource hog, while the other one is the lightest OS release in the previous 6 years.

[scaramonga]

Windows 8 won't fail. By the time it comes out, OEMs will be prepared.

Furthermore, what's the difference between it and Vista?

One was resource hog, while the other one is the lightest OS release in the previous 6 years.

[Shane Nokes]

You get my 'wife' free anyway, good luck! lol As for the 'threshold' , well, that wont take long, lol, the way things are going :D, dunno, we will discuss terms later lol ;)

As much as I'd love to see you have property in Scotland, Its a 'pipe dream' lmao :)

Hmm...I don't know if that's such a good bargain...I already have someone I'm with...and she's enough for me to handle as it is. If I have to take her can I later donate her to a 'good cause'? :p

How's this. Windows 7 hit 240 million copies sold in it's first year. If Windows 8 sells at least that many (since Windows 7 holds the record for being the fastest selling operating system) that would define it as now being the fastest selling operating system which would make it a de facto success.

Sound like reasonable terms? ;)

Oh, and just a good point...to help measure stats quicker, Windows 7 sold at a rate of about 7 copies per second for the first 8 months...it's actually faster than that now. ;)

[scaramonga]

Oh, and just a good point...to help measure stats quicker, Windows 7 sold at a rate of about 7 copies per second for the first 8 months...it's actually faster than that now. ;)

Your just a 'sucker' for they 'stats' buddy :D

[Shane Nokes]

Your just a 'sucker' for they 'stats' buddy :D

Stats are what make the determination of success for a product sold. That's how you measure success in the sales world. If you sell more than your competitor and turn more of a profit you are a success.

So that's what I'm asking, since you want to bet your house on it ;). If Windows 8 sells more licenses at the same price as Windows 7 in the same time-frame, would you call that a success?

[scaramonga]

So that's what I'm asking, since you want to bet your house on it ;). If Windows 8 sells more licenses at the same price as Windows 7 in the same time-frame, would you call that a success?

No! I base it on 'user' feedback. Sales, figures and other manipulated rubbish makes one not sleep easy :) I prefer the old 'word of mouth' method :)

[Shane Nokes]

No! I base it on 'user' feedback. Sales, figures and other manipulated rubbish makes one not sleep easy :) I prefer the old 'word of mouth' method :)

Wait, so you think reviews & feedback are immune to manipulation more than actual units sold? The reporting data comes straight from retailers & OEM's and is factually verified information.

User feedback is subjective and cannot be quantified beyond an honor system.

So basically you're stating you're only willing to wager something you'll never lose since you'll be the judge based on criteria that has no basis or unit for measure...

So basically it's like the movie 'Big Daddy' and you're playing the game of 'I Win'...

Clever, but not exactly forthright... :shifty:

[Ottawa Gamerz]

u did post a video on how i screwed up xp if u watched his rant on 8 he gave options how to get ur little start windows back

heres the fn link for all u NOOBs and adults that cant press the windows key and find it there..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icpb5cp-Mfw&feature=related

now if that doesnt make u happy well than go back to 7.

my fn rant. everyday on this board all i see "how windows 8 is the worse os over" have u seen 7 after playing with 8 holy shi* its slow as hell . windows 8 out of the box u pick a color sign the f in with your hotmail account simple wasnt it .. now u see tons of icons this is ur new start menu that 95% of people hate why i dont know its as easy as f*** u want to use a program click on it u want out press windows key u want to go to the desktop windows key +d u wanna serf the net pin your ie or firefox or chrome simple u want into ur hardrive press windows key +e or even easier there a little folder there press it u go right into pc wow so fn hard. u want more options put mouse bottom right icons will show up i bet u guys havent looked around to see whats in there all ur helpfull things are there change setting its the first on the bottom is setting whats in there shall we ask <------- setting than u see devices nezt start next sharing next search find what ur looking for pin to desktop how in this world is this os fn hard its not.. i use mine for sharing to xbox ps3 videos work music dont but im sure when real retail come out it will.. and if u where dumb eought to upgrade preview what ur getting is a dumb down version search for retail link try it out for real there i must of coverd all i had to say .. please now everyone is begging you guys stop posting about windows 8 wait to full retail comes out and than if u hate post .. i love it so much i put it on my mini laptop 1.6 gig of ram it runs smooth better than 7 everyday... laterz

[grayscale]

^The lack of, at least, punctuation marks will make it hard to sell your point. And I'm not even a win8 hater :/ no offense

[fenderMarky]

* YAWN *

Another boring article from someone who wants to see his article linked somewhere... how to do that? Talking about how Windows sucks...

[Ottawa Gamerz]

wtf this was 4 people who wanted a start menu i do type in english so its readable my point is 8 rocks people are stupid this place allows to many topics on it

[Ottawa Gamerz]

* YAWN *

Another boring article from someone who wants to see his article linked somewhere... how to do that? Talking about how Windows sucks...

u must loves all this bitching about an os thats not finished and with out no start menu people cant use 8

im defending 8 ..

[devHead]

Is Andrea Borman on vacation? I haven't heard from her in over a week. She'd have a field day with this topic.

[Shane Nokes]

wtf this was 4 people who wanted a start menu i do type in english so its readable my point is 8 rocks people are stupid this place allows to many topics on it

I think the point they are making is that without punctuation things can change meaning or become hard to read. It's actually proven that proper punctuation & spelling lead to better comprehension.

That poster was saying that they like 8, but that it was hard to read your postings because of the lack of proper formatting. That's all :)

u must loves all this bitching about an os thats not finished and with out no start menu people cant use 8

im defending 8 ..

Uh...he was saying that the original article linked here was boring & unoriginal...purely seeking attention and nothing else...they were agreeing with you & you got upset.

[Boz]

1000% in agreement. He nailed it. It's useless piece of garbage. I'll tell you one thing. I was NEVER happier coming back to Windows 7 than after using Windows 8. That has to account for something :laugh:

[Shane Nokes]

1000% in agreement. He nailed it. It's useless piece of garbage. I'll tell you one thing. I was NEVER happier coming back to Windows 7 than after using Windows 8. That has to account for something :laugh:

Only most of his points aren't even true...as evidenced by multiple posts in this thread.

[Boz]

I have a theory.. Microsoft making this Windows 8 monstrosity is an actually an elaborate and brilliant ploy to get more people to buy Windows 7. :D There's no other explanation. Either that or one hell of a April fool's joke for 2013.

[Shane Nokes]

Ok, now I know you're going for the laugh Boz. You had me going for a minute ;)

[neo1911]

Is Andrea Borman on vacation? I haven't heard from her in over a week. She'd have a field day with this topic.

Actually she would just explain how to add start menu shell here as well. (as many times as she possibly can)

[notuptome2004]

Is Andrea Borman on vacation? I haven't heard from her in over a week. She'd have a field day with this topic.

shhh Dont Wake the Bear let the Bear rest Bears dont know how to use windows 8 right the Bear always uses it wrong!

[Dan~]

This person is clearly an egit, and probably thinks it's still okay to sleep with his sister. Things are moving on, tweed is no longer in fashion, so one needs to be use to the new UI that is all.

After a few months use, I bet it'll be like "omg, I can't believe you use to do so much to get here (using xp, 7,)"