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Post your comments for Windows 8 Consumer Preview: A Visual Tour here

[MatthewPoonLinnard]

I don't understand how they think making it more like icons to click on a screen and scroll like a touch phone is the way to go? Yes, those phones are doing well, but they don't do everything you need to and are limited, so I worry this will limit what you can really do. My phone is only a small access and I use my computer as the main way to view and see. I don't like icons all over the screen.

[algotechie]

This is ugly.

[ReadandShare]

I'm happy enough with my Win 7 desktop for now. My tablet is an Android Asus Transformer, and that one is OK too.

In the future, I would like to have my desktop, laptop, tablet and phone run the same OS -- sharing apps and data where appropriate.

Hopefully, we will have more than one option to choose from: Win 8 -- and some beefed up, cross-platform Linux/Android or another. Personally, I don't like using Apple for various reasons.

This post has been edited by ReadandShare: 29 February 2012 - 11:42 AM

[ReadandShare]

algotechie, on 29 February 2012 - 11:23 AM, said:

This is ugly.

I'm sure you can customize...

[JoeSerrago]

Well I thought that they screwed up royal with windows vista. Compared to this....well I would need to use words that are not fit for mixed company.

Everything is dependendet on an MS sign in. I had to go tough explorer to find a simple text editor, or the control panel.

Windows 7 is going to be around for a long time at this rate. Becuase no one in an office is going to want this. There is no way to accomplish actual work on this interface.

[bobschw]

Vista II

[bttlkorqn]

Folks, before you comment, read the article!!! Then you will understand the slide show. The tiles are for tablets (and smartphones), you don't have to use them on your PC. The pc will still be controlled with a keyboard and mouse. I use a Windows phone for work and love the tiles, and the entire phone experience. Also have a Droid that I like for personal use. The integration between phone, tablet, and PC will be fantastic and easy to use. Not piecemealed as it is now.

[bttlkorqn]

algotechie, on 29 February 2012 - 11:23 AM, said:

This is ugly.

In your opinion. I happen to like it! You don't have to use it.

[bttlkorqn]

JoeSerrago, on 29 February 2012 - 11:59 AM, said:

Well I thought that they screwed up royal with windows vista. Compared to this....well I would need to use words that are not fit for mixed company.

Everything is dependendet on an MS sign in. I had to go tough explorer to find a simple text editor, or the control panel.

Windows 7 is going to be around for a long time at this rate. Becuase no one in an office is going to want this. There is no way to accomplish actual work on this interface.

I think you will be proven wrong. Give it time for full development at release time, and then try it with an open mind.

[bttlkorqn]

bobschw, on 29 February 2012 - 12:01 PM, said:

Vista II

VISTA II, njot hardly.

[Rodneyh]

JoeSerrago, on 29 February 2012 - 11:59 AM, said:

Well I thought that they screwed up royal with windows vista. Compared to this....well I would need to use words that are not fit for mixed company.

Everything is dependendet on an MS sign in. I had to go tough explorer to find a simple text editor, or the control panel.

Windows 7 is going to be around for a long time at this rate. Becuase no one in an office is going to want this. There is no way to accomplish actual work on this interface.

[Rodneyh]

JoeSerrago, on 29 February 2012 - 11:59 AM, said:

Well I thought that they screwed up royal with windows vista. Compared to this....well I would need to use words that are not fit for mixed company.

Everything is dependendet on an MS sign in. I had to go tough explorer to find a simple text editor, or the control panel.

Windows 7 is going to be around for a long time at this rate. Becuase no one in an office is going to want this. There is no way to accomplish actual work on this interface.

MS More control. User less control.
This is what it is about (Who is in Control of what and where!)

[ramblnmn]

I don't about anyone else but I'm not feeling to good about this....

Put simply:

I'd wish they leave a computer a computer and a phone a phone

[Trulylatino]

I'm staying with Windows 7 for the next 10 years.

[algotechie]

@ReadandShare Yes but the whole Metro concept doesn't look very promising on a desktop (especially a non-touch one) and therefore no amount of customization is going to make it stick. Switching among apps is difficult when more than a few are open. There can't be as many tiles as icons on a standard desktop, so scrolling is mandatory (besides being counter-intuitive because scrolling up and down moves things horizontally). It's good for a phone or another touch enabled small screen device, but not on a desktop. The only customization to get rid of all this is the one that disables the whole mess. One particular registry key (current user\software\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\RPEnabled, not exact names but should be enough to reach there) can be set to 0 to get rid of all the new features and it would pretty much become Windows 7, albeit a bit faster. However, if that was what I were to end up with, it's pointless to buy Win 8 in the first place.

@bttlkorqn Yeah I understand that. I stated MY opinion.

[ncosty]

This windows is for tablets, because the tablets are the future, take a look to asus slate for example is much better than a laptop or desktop.
This windows is more faster than 7.

[DennisMalden]

It's everything I wanted, exactly!! I like it.... WOW.

[LiveBrianD]

Windows 8 is nice if you have a tablet. One problem that they mostly overlooked - most of us don't have touchscreens, and on a regular desktop or laptop the metro UI is POINTLESS!!! Sure, they're making quite a few improvements behind the scenes. Even so, the metro UI ruins all of it in a mess. I tried it in a vm and didn't quite like it. It felt like using an android emulator - it's a cool way to test out something without getting a chance to use actual hardware for it, but it doesn't feel natural on a PC. AND there's no way to disable metro from the interface (I think you still need the registry hack for that - I couldn't find a way to disable metro from the UI). It looks cool, but just isn't practical. I expect a LOT of people to be hanging on to Windows 7 for a while now. Windows 8 is ugly, non-functional for the type of computer most of us have, and useless. And as for it being futuristic, with tablets? Get back to reality. You can't really get much work done with a tablet's 10" screen (or less) and touchscreen keyboard. Yes, you can get an external keyboard, but that defeats the purpose of a tablet. Desktops and laptops, as we know them, will be around for a very long time. You also can't shut down unless you log out (which you must do from the metro UI, clicking the username, which is NOT obvious at all) and THEN clicking shutdown at the bottom right once you slide up the login picture. A lot of things, such as email, require a "microsoft account" (rebranded windows live ID). What if my email account ISN'T a Microsoft one? WTF? What a step backwards... Welcome to Vista 2.0. (it's Windows 6.2 btw... that fits well!) Except that I would prefer to use Vista (even withOUT service packs) to Windows 8.

I tried the win 8 developer preview on my secondary computer (an 11" AMD E350 netbook), and although I didn't have any driver issues, I hated the metro UI, and reverted back to Windows 7 within an hour of using Windows 8 on it. Maybe once Windows 8 fails like Vista, they will realize their mistake and change things. I don't think I'll be upgrading to Windows 8, EVER.

This post has been edited by LiveBrianD: 29 February 2012 - 06:33 PM

[IanRobbo]

The slideshow is good. It gives us a decent overview of some Win 8 features.
But the more I see of this new O/S, the less I like it!!
I think I'll be sticking with Win 7 for quite a long while (maybe even until Win 9)!