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I honestly think my productivity is a lot better in Windows 8 then in 7. The updates to search are fantastic. You simply hit the start key and type what you a

I honestly think my productivity is a lot better in Windows 8 then in 7. The updates to search are fantastic. You simply hit the start key and type what you are looking for. You get smart filters on the right that allow you to filter by type (files, apps, settings) and even by app. I have also found that managing multiple desktops (something I often do for work) is made a lot easier by the hover corner. Plus, everything just looks so much better. Once you get the smart tiles up and running to your liking, there is nothing like it. Sometimes, I just toggle the Start screen to see the weather, news, etc. Very cool.

illumin8 14y ago
On every version of Windows I've ever used, the search indexing service steals precious background disk and CPU cycles, and almost always causes issues with the two main things I use my computer for: gaming and music production. I can't even count the number of times that the search indexing service spun up in the middle of a gaming session and made my system start to lag. Of course they say it runs as a low priority process, but heavy disk access is going to give you performance problems in CPU/GPU intensive games. Making music is no different - heavy disk access makes it that much more likely that my system will have audio dropouts or in some other way ruin my recording session. I've disabled search indexing in every version of Windows. In Windows 7, it even makes the start menu almost non-functional because you have to make 3 clicks just to get to the Run dialog.
- WiseWeasel 14y ago
  You need to upgrade to a solid-state boot and app binary drive already! There is no going back.
- mkr-hn 14y ago
  Why would you use the start menu to get a run dialog? Windows key + R I haven't had any performance problems while running games with search indexing on. This laptop doesn't even use SSD.
  - derekerdmann 14y ago
    Anything you need a Run dialog for, you can just press the Windows key and start typing. Everything in your path shows up, with "recently used" suggestions on the right side, and quick feedback if you mistype something.
    - mkr-hn 14y ago
      Sometimes the box in the start menu acts weird, like not understanding what I mean by Desktop\. The run dialog offers a popup with possible paths.
      - derekerdmann 14y ago
        If I need something from my user directory, I always add ~\Desktop, just like Linux.
    - shrikant 14y ago
      The Unity Dash in Ubuntu (12.04) works the exact same way. I'd be curious to see if they lifted this from Ubuntu, or the other way around. It's a bit of an adjustment, but after a couple of days of usage opening a Run dialog just feels so primitive.
      - masterful 14y ago
        I'm not sure either lifted it from the other. The concept was around with third-party apps for XP and built into Vista, but it's a feature that's gotten so ubiquitous (spotlight, unity dash, windows search) that it's difficult to say who came up with it first, if anyone did.
        shrikant 14y ago
        Ah right, the likes of Launchy and Quicksilver. My only OS-level experience with such a feature was in the Unity Dash, so had totally forgotten about those tools!
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illumin8 14y ago

On every version of Windows I've ever used, the search indexing service steals precious background disk and CPU cycles, and almost always causes issues with the two main things I use my computer for: gaming and music production. I can't even count the number of times that the search indexing service spun up in the middle of a gaming session and made my system start to lag. Of course they say it runs as a low priority process, but heavy disk access is going to give you performance problems in CPU/GPU intensive games. Making music is no different - heavy disk access makes it that much more likely that my system will have audio dropouts or in some other way ruin my recording session. I've disabled search indexing in every version of Windows. In Windows 7, it even makes the start menu almost non-functional because you have to make 3 clicks just to get to the Run dialog.

WiseWeasel 14y ago
You need to upgrade to a solid-state boot and app binary drive already! There is no going back.
mkr-hn 14y ago
Why would you use the start menu to get a run dialog? Windows key + R I haven't had any performance problems while running games with search indexing on. This laptop doesn't even use SSD.
- derekerdmann 14y ago
  Anything you need a Run dialog for, you can just press the Windows key and start typing. Everything in your path shows up, with "recently used" suggestions on the right side, and quick feedback if you mistype something.
  - mkr-hn 14y ago
    Sometimes the box in the start menu acts weird, like not understanding what I mean by Desktop\. The run dialog offers a popup with possible paths.
    - derekerdmann 14y ago
      If I need something from my user directory, I always add ~\Desktop, just like Linux.
  - shrikant 14y ago
    The Unity Dash in Ubuntu (12.04) works the exact same way. I'd be curious to see if they lifted this from Ubuntu, or the other way around. It's a bit of an adjustment, but after a couple of days of usage opening a Run dialog just feels so primitive.
    - masterful 14y ago
      I'm not sure either lifted it from the other. The concept was around with third-party apps for XP and built into Vista, but it's a feature that's gotten so ubiquitous (spotlight, unity dash, windows search) that it's difficult to say who came up with it first, if anyone did.
      - shrikant 14y ago
        Ah right, the likes of Launchy and Quicksilver. My only OS-level experience with such a feature was in the Unity Dash, so had totally forgotten about those tools!
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