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[DracoValkyrie]

they took a good platform of win 7 and ruined it. Typical Microsoft

[AdasWeber0zg6]

DracoValkyrie, on 02 March 2012 - 02:43 PM, said:

they took a good platform of win 7 and ruined it. Typical Microsoft

No they didn't. If you took the time to learn it, you'll see that it's better than Win 7 in many ways. And for tablets, Win 8 is far better than iOS.

[ClaudeD]

Looks Fine on my PC but I really have no need for a 25 pound cell phone looking device I need to keep plugged in the wall. The worst possible interface on any operating system yet, by far. Congrat's Microsoft on another version that will probably rival Vista and Windows Millennium.

[JimJones]

AdasWeber0zg6, on 02 March 2012 - 02:58 PM, said:

DracoValkyrie, on 02 March 2012 - 02:43 PM, said:

they took a good platform of win 7 and ruined it. Typical Microsoft

No they didn't. If you took the time to learn it, you'll see that it's better than Win 7 in many ways. And for tablets, Win 8 is far better than iOS.

No doubt at all that win8 is better than win7 on any touch device. The problem with win8 is that it is really bad at being a desktop OS.

[Shack]

I don't see anyone wanting to install this. When this comes out as OEM the resellers will be taking returns like crazy.

[dbgman1122]

DracoValkyrie, on 02 March 2012 - 02:43 PM, said:

they took a good platform of win 7 and ruined it. Typical Microsoft

I guess you have not tried it. It has the windows 7 desktop and the metro ui. So it is the best of both worlds.

I love people that make opinions about something they have not even used.

[dbgman1122]

JimJones, on 02 March 2012 - 03:09 PM, said:

AdasWeber0zg6, on 02 March 2012 - 02:58 PM, said:

DracoValkyrie, on 02 March 2012 - 02:43 PM, said:

they took a good platform of win 7 and ruined it. Typical Microsoft

No they didn't. If you took the time to learn it, you'll see that it's better than Win 7 in many ways. And for tablets, Win 8 is far better than iOS.

No doubt at all that win8 is better than win7 on any touch device. The problem with win8 is that it is really bad at being a desktop OS.

You can switch back and forth from metro ui to the standard desktop by pressing a key. So the desktop experience can be the same or switch to the metro ui. It is the best of both worlds!

[DustinJamesTiberend]

Yes, the world does need another operating system from Microsoft... But I probably won't be buying it.

It is very clear that Microsoft, Apple and Google are all on the same trajectory. In 5 years (or less) each company will have a single OS that is scalable to nearly any size or function of any given consumer product.

Is this good for consumers or bad for them? I'm not sure. It's nice to see healthy competition but given that these companies [censored] hate each other, I think it's going to make it ever more difficult for people to mix devices - I have an Android phone, a MacBook Pro, and Windows PC...

In the end the decision between these three options will be less about features since 99% of their functions and hardware will be overlapping. Instead, people will be choosing their flavor. Their decision will be based primarily on how they interact with these devises (UI), the ecosystems that surround them, and the STYLE that come with the package deal.

After having the chance to play with an ASUS Transformer prime running ICS the other day, it is very clear where Android is headed in regard to Desktop computing and I for one really like it. ICS just has a cool factor that iOS/OSX and Win8 completely lack.

[Moosehouse]

dbgman1122, on 02 March 2012 - 03:20 PM, said:

JimJones, on 02 March 2012 - 03:09 PM, said:

AdasWeber0zg6, on 02 March 2012 - 02:58 PM, said:

DracoValkyrie, on 02 March 2012 - 02:43 PM, said:

they took a good platform of win 7 and ruined it. Typical Microsoft

No they didn't. If you took the time to learn it, you'll see that it's better than Win 7 in many ways. And for tablets, Win 8 is far better than iOS.

No doubt at all that win8 is better than win7 on any touch device. The problem with win8 is that it is really bad at being a desktop OS.

You can switch back and forth from metro ui to the standard desktop by pressing a key. So the desktop experience can be the same or switch to the metro ui. It is the best of both worlds!

Well said. Just one click on the desktop tile and there you are. Nothing could be simpler. All the moans are coming from either Apple Fanbois, people who haven't installed it or have and can't be bothered to spend more than 15 minutes with it because it is different.
Welcome to the new age of computing. Get over it...

[AdasWeber0zg6]

JimJones, on 02 March 2012 - 03:09 PM, said:

AdasWeber0zg6, on 02 March 2012 - 02:58 PM, said:

DracoValkyrie, on 02 March 2012 - 02:43 PM, said:

they took a good platform of win 7 and ruined it. Typical Microsoft

No they didn't. If you took the time to learn it, you'll see that it's better than Win 7 in many ways. And for tablets, Win 8 is far better than iOS.

...The problem with win8 is that it is really bad at being a desktop OS.

No it's not! Just remember that this is a PREVIEW version, which means that it is far from finished. Still, I really can't see your argument.

If you are saying that it is a bad desktop OS simply because it doesn't have the Start button, then you are mistaken. The start button is still there, but you can't see it, and it now has left-click and right-click functions. Say you are in desktop mode, then you move your mouse to where the start button would normally be (bottom left corner). Left-click takes you to the Metro screen where you can launch any of your apps, which is the Metro equivalent to your traditional programs menu (or you can simply press the Windows key to do the same thing). But if you right-click on where the start button would normally be, you get a menu which allows you to navigate your entire computer, including all the power-user stuff like the RUN command, control panel, disk management etc etc.

Everything else in desktop mode works pretty much exactly the same as on Win 7, but there are new features in Win 8 which make life much easier. Plus, Win 8 runs much faster than Win 7.

This post has been edited by AdasWeber0zg6: 02 March 2012 - 04:45 PM

[chances14]

meh. it's alright. it's not bad but i'm not overly impressed with it either. I certainly won't be spending any money upgrading to it that's for sure

i still don't like how there's no start button in the desktop mode and the fact that you have to move your cursor over to the edges of the screen to get to some menus. just seems very clunky to me

Internet explorer 10 though is the worst web browser i have ever used. very poor layout as it stands right now

I will say though, messing around with the metro style UI makes me want to try out a windows phone. it seems like it would work very well on a mobile device

I was very impressed with the bootup time and how smooth it runs, even on my lower spec laptop and hardly uses any resources

[LiveBrianD]

chances14, on 02 March 2012 - 08:50 PM, said:

meh. it's alright. it's not bad but i'm not overly impressed with it either. I certainly won't be spending any money upgrading to it that's for sure

i still don't like how there's no start button in the desktop mode and the fact that you have to move your cursor over to the edges of the screen to get to some menus. just seems very clunky to me

Internet explorer 10 though is the worst web browser i have ever used. very poor layout as it stands right now

I will say though, messing around with the metro style UI makes me want to try out a windows phone. it seems like it would work very well on a mobile device

I was very impressed with the bootup time and how smooth it runs, even on my lower spec laptop and hardly uses any resources

I'll admit, it does boot quite a bit faster than Win7. I'm not sure about general performance, since I run Win7 on my actual machines but am running Win8 in a VM. IE10 in metro is completely illogical - how is the average guy supposed to figure out that, to access the URL bar and controls you right-click? Not what you do on most desktop OSes. Heck, even on a tablet it's stupid! IE10 on the desktop seems just like IE9, though I'll admit that after a short amount of time I installed Firefox (which will be getting a metro version btw). I also feel that it's quite clunky and illogical. This is doomed to fail. Are they listening to people's overwhelmingly negative comments on forums and the comment sections of websites? Oh yeah, they're designing for the 1% and ignoring us, the 99%. Duh...

[JeremyRoeqh2g]

Windows needed to update. Windows 8 is a great start. It will only get better. I like the no start menu. Windows 7b is a good operating system, but it is 2012 time to step into the future.

[JeremyRoeqh2g]

DracoValkyrie, on 02 March 2012 - 02:43 PM, said:

they took a good platform of win 7 and ruined it. Typical Microsoft

[JeremyRoeqh2g]

Shack, on 02 March 2012 - 03:09 PM, said:

I don't see anyone wanting to install this. When this comes out as OEM the resellers will be taking returns like crazy.

[max999]

Wouldn't use it even if M$ paid me $50 a month. There is a reason why XP is still the most used OS. Looks like Linux and Mac will gain more users.

[chances14]

LiveBrianD, on 02 March 2012 - 09:06 PM, said:

chances14, on 02 March 2012 - 08:50 PM, said:

meh. it's alright. it's not bad but i'm not overly impressed with it either. I certainly won't be spending any money upgrading to it that's for sure

i still don't like how there's no start button in the desktop mode and the fact that you have to move your cursor over to the edges of the screen to get to some menus. just seems very clunky to me

Internet explorer 10 though is the worst web browser i have ever used. very poor layout as it stands right now

I will say though, messing around with the metro style UI makes me want to try out a windows phone. it seems like it would work very well on a mobile device

I was very impressed with the bootup time and how smooth it runs, even on my lower spec laptop and hardly uses any resources

I'll admit, it does boot quite a bit faster than Win7. I'm not sure about general performance, since I run Win7 on my actual machines but am running Win8 in a VM. IE10 in metro is completely illogical - how is the average guy supposed to figure out that, to access the URL bar and controls you right-click? Not what you do on most desktop OSes. Heck, even on a tablet it's stupid! IE10 on the desktop seems just like IE9, though I'll admit that after a short amount of time I installed Firefox (which will be getting a metro version btw). I also feel that it's quite clunky and illogical. This is doomed to fail. Are they listening to people's overwhelmingly negative comments on forums and the comment sections of websites? Oh yeah, they're designing for the 1% and ignoring us, the 99%. Duh...

yea the right clicking thing threw me off too, though i suppose users would get used to over time. I just don't see any remarkable improvements to where it's worth upgrading from windows 7. i will say though that i love the redesigned task manager

[jakejh]

I don't like the new windows 8 i have tried the new consumer preview and it is really terrible and inconvenient for PC users my problem isn't with the new metro style interface i actually like it but it's implemented completely wrong the way they do it is pretty much a big middle finger to windows PC users it shoves the new UI down your throat.

The way they should have implemented it in my opinion is to have the normal desktop like in windows seven and there would be a metro style sidebar that would have your favourite apps on it and you could then drag the sidebar out to cover the screen and then you could drag it back when your done and if you were to use it on a tablet it would be the opposite as opposed to the desktop being the default UI the metro UI would be the default and you would drag out the desktop from a small tab.

My other problem is that by default the desktop is barely there anymore its now only an application that can be opened/closed and the start menu is even gone so not only does it shove a non PC friendly UI down your throat but it makes the inconveniently implemented desktop UI difficult to use

(now that i think of it the only way to use the desktop alone would be to have every square centimetre of desktop filled with application icons)

and takes out one of the main facets of the interface.

Its not huge changes that would have to be made they just need to make the desktop better for PC users and not shove the metro UI down PC users throat.

so in conclusion its terrible and i will not use it until some changes are made.

If you notice some spelling mistakes in words with O and U next to each other there not mistakes i am Canadian and that’s how we spell then in Canada and every other English speaking country exempt for the U.S eg. U.S= color Other country’s= Colour

[Zhorgonus]

I've tried this Consumer Preview for 2 full days, and must say I hated it.  The jolting visual switches between Metro and Std Desktop were bad enough and far too often, and neither lets you fully do what you want to do.  No way to "group" apps in metro easily into folders, so u gotta go back to old desktop to do that. No way to rename Metro apps by right click to get rid of long names. If you have a lot of programs there will be zillions of poorly organized and crappy looking metro icons.  Mesh sync sounds good, but remains a fail when you find you cannot upload folders, only files. The metro apps are repetitive (Live Mail vs Metro Mail - why?).  Seems MS could not decide if this OS was to be tablet or desktop, so we get the worst of both. Too bad the bad outweighs the good in this.  I will pass for now. Nothing compelling here for Win 7 desktop users.