Zuko One Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 (edited) 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 Edited October 10, 2023 by Zuko One 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoltboy01 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 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) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zuko One Posted October 9, 2023 Author Share Posted October 9, 2023 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. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixel Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Interesting! How do you change the white colour folder background in Windows 8 (not 8.1)? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonyu Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 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. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zuko One Posted October 31, 2023 Author Share Posted October 31, 2023 Installed Avira fully paid for a monthly subcription & It found no threats at all. Just goes to show that the lesser it's targeted, the safer you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryTri Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 And remember that Windows 8 has no telemetry. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broken120x120 Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Out of curiosity, what would be some of the reasons to use Windows 8 as opposed to 8.1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonyu Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 (edited) 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. Edited January 28 by sonyu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klemper Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonyu Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 (edited) 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 anyway, since you asked for AERO dark theme... https://www.vinstartheme.com/sem-theme/ 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 Edited February 1 by sonyu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klemper Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Thank you very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klemper Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broken120x120 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 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. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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