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Windows 8 is fast & there isn't much it can't run when updated. it's fluent & Fun. I installed it on a rubbish PC. I'm quite amazed how fast, stable & capable it runs :)

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When it comes down to speed Windows 8(.0) was very underrated. I also installed it on an old Netbook (Mini 1012) and it was the only OS that ran fluently. Windows 7 and 10 couldn't compare (11 obviously not)

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Thanks for the reply bud, glad i'm not the only one who recognises it's brilliance & yes, it's very underated. I'm gonna install it on one of my much faster systems as i'm so impressed with it.

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Yes, a very underrated OS. The last amazing OS after XP.

 

On 10/4/2023 at 1:42 AM, Zuko One said:

Windows 8 is fast & there isn't much it can't run when updated. it's fluent & Fun. I installed it on a rubbish PC. I'm quite amazed how fast, stable & capable it runs :)

 

On 10/5/2023 at 12:51 PM, yoltboy01 said:

When it comes down to speed Windows 8(.0) was very underrated. I also installed it on an old Netbook (Mini 1012) and it was the only OS that ran fluently. Windows 7 and 10 couldn't compare (11 obviously not)

Try Ex7ForW8 (Explorer from Windows 7 ) on it and see how the OS flies.

Modern OSes (10,11...) started with 8.0... well I wrote a lot about it... I don't want to say the same again, but I'm happy to see when people appreciate this nice OS and I hope we have a good KernelEx for it one day.

 

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15 hours ago, broken120x120 said:

Out of curiosity, what would be some of the reasons to use Windows 8 as opposed to 8.1?

https://msfn.org/board/topic/183434-windows-8-extended-kernel/?do=findComment&comment=1215337

https://web.archive.org/web/20170918122254/https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/b8/2011/10/07/reducing-runtime-memory-in-windows-8/

Long story short:


WDDM 1.2. Less pagination. first metro version; so less metro components and can be disabled completely. Ex7forW8 (7 explorer runs on it). w7 based. No UI lag. Less telemetry.

Last Windows version that runs smooth on OLD hardware. And it's the ONLY windows version that needs less memory/hardware  than it's predecessor.

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On 10/11/2023 at 2:52 AM, sonyu said:

Try Ex7ForW8 (Explorer from Windows 7 ) on it

Hello! Is there a nicely crafted Windows 8 dark Aero theme? The one that will remove redundant metro start?

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19 hours ago, Klemper said:

Hello! Is there a nicely crafted Windows 8 dark Aero theme? The one that will remove redundant metro start?

I'm currently in love with this one:

Zenburn High Contrast Dark Theme 

https://www.deviantart.com/eluinstra/art/Zenburn-High-Contrast-Dark-Theme-for-Windows-8-552177110

you can then open chrome://flags and change these:

Forced colors: Disabled (so CSS images and backgrounds are displayed)

Dark theme: Enabled (in case you don't want white backgrounds)

(no UX theme patch required since it's high contrast theme)

or hc-midnight-v033 / win8msa

https://github.com/nitschis/GreyEveTheme

page-2

 

anyway, since you asked for AERO dark theme...

https://www.vinstartheme.com/sem-theme/

cutefish-darktheme-windows-8-1.webp

 

https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v= e_ebJiTHl5U

https://winaero.com/gray8-theme-visual-style-for-windows-8/

https://www.deviantart.com/hkk98/art/2012-theme-Windows-8-Dark-Version-286725057
https://www.deviantart.com/ezio/art/Gray8MOD-dark-Visual-Style-Windows-8-1-Upd-1-U20-346677370

https://www.deviantart.com/hkk98/art/2012-theme-7N8-Windows-Dark-Metro-29814121

 

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On 1/28/2024 at 8:58 AM, broken120x120 said:

Out of curiosity, what would be some of the reasons to use Windows 8 as opposed to 8.1?

I bought my notebook with Windows 8 preinstalled, later when I was silly enough to upgrade to 8.1, I got disappointed with the slowness it brought upon my silly head.

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On 1/28/2024 at 6:33 PM, sonyu said:

 

https://msfn.org/board/topic/183434-windows-8-extended-kernel/?do=findComment&comment=1215337

https://web.archive.org/web/20170918122254/https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/b8/2011/10/07/reducing-runtime-memory-in-windows-8/

Long story short:


WDDM 1.2. Less pagination. first metro version; so less metro components and can be disabled completely. Ex7forW8 (7 explorer runs on it). w7 based. No UI lag. Less telemetry.

Last Windows version that runs smooth on OLD hardware. And it's the ONLY windows version that needs less memory/hardware  than it's predecessor.

Thank you for this. That development post was especially interesting. I didn't realize that so much "10-isms" were (unfortunately) implemented with Windows 8.1. I wish I had known before I installed Windows 8.1 on an old laptop!

On 2/2/2024 at 7:34 PM, Klemper said:

I bought my notebook with Windows 8 preinstalled, later when I was silly enough to upgrade to 8.1, I got disappointed with the slowness it brought upon my silly head.

I made a similar mistake. :unsure:

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On 10/3/2023 at 5:42 PM, Zuko One said:

Windows 8 is fast & there isn't much it can't run when updated. it's fluent & Fun. I installed it on a rubbish PC. I'm quite amazed how fast, stable & capable it runs :)

Curious how Server 2012 differs, is that better?

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