Its been a while since ive posted anything… so it should stand to merit, that while im here, there better be a good damn reason.
Ive migrated to windows 8.
Let that simmer.
This is the first new OS install Ive done since 2004ish. Yikes. While I have refreshed that install of Windows XP several times, and my laptop runs Vista [still, for now…], I haven’t even updated my linux format in years…. this has been a big jump. After stupidly deciding to build my own machine, I also erred again by opting for Windows 8. It’s a complete mistake to think you can acquire, assemble, and out price any PC manufacturer in the modern age. With comparable parts, and without a copy of Windows, I was sitting just over 200 bucks over the off the shelf edition by Asus. By the time I add a license, I’m approaching 300 dollars. Again, I like doing things… I like assembling… I like tinkering…. but I hate wasting money. So by the time Windows 8 rolls around…. eessh… I feel at a big loss.
I decided on it, rather than Windows 7; simply because of the age of the product. Think about it: in its own environment, I could probably make Windows 98 work for what I do. But when you start coupling services, protocols, and software demands on it; you move several steps forward. I had been running Windows XP for years…. YEARS. It was time to move on. If I was going to bite the bullet, why spend as much on technology that’s already 3 years behind the curve… so I went Win8. Thinking that future proofing myself was the best case scenario; and recalling that when I first installed Project: Whistler, in college [what became NT, what begot Win XP], I was on bleeding edge then as well. If 8 serves me half as well, I’ve done my job with it. Cross fingers..
Its been an upside down experience to say the least for the last 24 hours. But im writing from a native blogging app; which should help me get back on the road to posting… stay tuned.
Nothing about Windows 8, on face value, has much of anything to do with previous versions of the platform. I'm finding that the root functionality does exist, but its been buried. The new slick operation of widgets, [they call Apps], to run from the Start [button] screen, are a clusterfuck of confusion for the newcomer. But a day later, I’m genuinely beginning to appreciate them.
also follow my twitter stream… tagged #win8 for my exploits!
http://twitter.com/alvarado_scott
**UPDATE***
I finally dropped some music into the stock player…. and seriously… who forgot the volume control????
I like my Black Sabbath loud, and I love it Dio… But a loud Ozzy, with no means other than rip out my line jack… not so good. Oversight? I think so. Put in a fucking volume slider in the app. Don’t make me flip through 18 metro tiles to change it in software!
