On the Merits of Windows 8, "Altered Beast", and Bourbon

Hear him! Hear him!

 

You guys are making me feel a lot better about my previously unfounded desire to have Win7 on my new upcoming desktop gaming PC.

I, too, ran Vista (hell, I'm still using it right now) for about 4 years and never had any major complaints about it. Now that I've finally been out of
school for several years and am financially more stable I no longer feel guilt about dropping several thousand dollars on a new PC rig.

While I don't disagree with you Charonte, you should *not* be surprised at people here (of all places) clinging irrationally to age'd software.

 

Oh, hardly surprised, but if I can't stomp my feet here, where else can I pout?

 

Your bedroom.

 

Don't want to wake you.

 

Oho! But, even better would have been, "I don't want to wake your mom".

 

A missed opportunity.

 

Update

My build had faulty RAM and a faulty graphics card -- these will be returned to the manufacturer soon.

The graphics card failure came to my attention when a game could be played for a maximum of ten minutes before bringing my entire system to a stuttering, dark halt. The graphics card failure was confirmed when I borrowed a friend's graphics card and was able to play and complete Portal in one continuous stretch. Doing so in ten-minute chunks would have been frustrating.

The memory failure came to light when my system crashed while trying to reinstall the Windows 8 OS. This process initially being handled by volatile memory encouraged me to try other memory sticks which successfully stalled the OS. Using Microsoft's memory diagnostics tool, I tested the faulty memory, verifying the faults.

Also, I bought a bottle of bourbon today.

 

I've grown partial to Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey, it's pretty tasty.

 

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Aww, you two are so cute together.

 

Well...are we invited to the upcoming wedding?

 

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I know right? Her, with her luscious full body and golden glow. Me, with my sick encrusted mouth and paralytic stupor.