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[MichaelRousseau]

I'm liking it. Takes getting used to but no big deal as far as I'm concerned. Less then 30 seconds from the push of the power button through sign to hitting the browser button to surfing the net. I haven't had any previous OS do that for me.

[MichaelRousseau]

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[HarryPujolsjtd2]

I don't think it's ready for prime time. I uninstalled it, and it was a very painful process.

[mcharlton1]

Microsoft has decided to put wonderful new tablet features...in a desktop OS! I wonder what dunderhead engineer thought it would be a good idea to crossbreed a tablet OS with a desktop. It's like getting lots of tasty ketchup and relish for your hot fudge sundae.

The only thing Win8 accomplishes is making it more difficult and cumbersome to use my desktop...that was working fine before I upgraded.

This reminds me of "New Coke."

[chances14]

I love the Metro UI.... for my mobile device

Don't mess with my Desktop OS

[jscott418]

What's funny about this is Microsoft apparently never did a trial test about Metro to see how people would like it. Feedback is everything Microsoft. If the user is not happy then Microsoft will not be happy. I think Windows 8 Metro is not intuitive and why would you have two version of IE 10 on a system to confuse people?

[gobert]

Desktop computing will be history. Get it?!

[AlbertoSanchez]

I would recommend this new OS to friends, its easy to use, has new features, but there's still a few things to complain about

[GlenWelchs1ve]

It would be nice for a change if you had the option of using Metro or Regular Workstation Desktop. Sticking with Windows 7 Pro.

[GlenWelchs1ve]

Dear Microsoft, Please Allow us to choose the UI: Metro (For Tablets and Touch PC) or Regular Desktop w/start button (For workstation or admins).

[PercivalMerriwether]

You would think that Microsoft, being so fond of bringing out multiple editions of the same OS, would have a Windows 8 Tablet Edition, and a separate Desktop Edition, with a different user interface.

[kjohn034]

PercivalMerriwether, on 07 March 2012 - 08:42 PM, said:

You would think that Microsoft, being so fond of bringing out multiple editions of the same OS, would have a Windows 8 Tablet Edition, and a separate Desktop Edition, with a different user interface.

It's about the lack of Metro apps and the very huge lead that iOS has in the number of apps for it's tablet...period. Get Windows developers to create Metro apps for you thinking it has a future on the desktop when it clearly doesn't. In short, it's a scam. Bad Microsoft...go sit in the corner until you can behave!

[BradyNielsen]

MichaelRousseau, on 07 March 2012 - 07:29 PM, said:

I'm liking it. Takes getting used to but no big deal as far as I'm concerned. Less then 30 seconds from the push of the power button through sign to hitting the browser button to surfing the net. I haven't had any previous OS do that for me.

You've never used a mac before. 15 seconds for the MacBook Air to go from completely off to on the net.

[BesarLlapashtica]

as far as i am concerned windows 8 is great , you get used to it in 2 minutes and its pretty stable

[NaveenTak]

BradyNielsen, on 07 March 2012 - 10:56 PM, said:

MichaelRousseau, on 07 March 2012 - 07:29 PM, said:

I'm liking it. Takes getting used to but no big deal as far as I'm concerned. Less then 30 seconds from the push of the power button through sign to hitting the browser button to surfing the net. I haven't had any previous OS do that for me.

You've never used a mac before. 15 seconds for the MacBook Air to go from completely off to on the net.

Really....
Guess, you never heard of SSD... MBA use that..
Try to boot Windows 8 from a PC having SSD... it takes only 8 seconds and sometimes less...
PS: I do own MBA and Sony VAIO with SSD in it

This post has been edited by coastie65: 08 March 2012 - 05:15 AM

[dk3d]

Imagine telling Mac OSX users to use an iPad interface (only) to do their work. They'd hate it.

So far from what I can tell, the Android OS is the closes to feeling like a real desktop, but with apps, but also folders and a file system.

I honestly can't quite imagine myself getting "work" done in either the ipad interface/system or the metro thing. (I have both an ipad2 and Android Tablet). By far the Android come out on top.

[dk3d]

>>15 seconds for the MacBook Air to go from completely off to on the net.<<

My dell core2duo laptop from 5 years ago: 25 seconds from cold off to browser with gmail.

Totally depends on what kind of garbage people load their machines down with.

My new desktop: 19 seconds to do the same.

My i3 laptop in the office which has alot of garbage running on it (and it's not mine so I don't touch it too much): 2 minutes from a cold start.

So there you go.

[MohammadShakhawatHossain]

mcharlton1, on 07 March 2012 - 07:35 PM, said:

Microsoft has decided to put wonderful new tablet features...in a desktop OS! I wonder what dunderhead engineer thought it would be a good idea to crossbreed a tablet OS with a desktop. It's like getting lots of tasty ketchup and relish for your hot fudge sundae.

The only thing Win8 accomplishes is making it more difficult and cumbersome to use my desktop...that was working fine before I upgraded.

This reminds me of "New Coke."

I just wasted my weekend to try Win 8 .
Microsoft created a New OS to prove that EARLIER versions of Windows like XP or Seven are still great.

[metromalenyc]

This is hardly a "poll." There's nothing scientific about it. You don't even know if the responders are actually using Windows 8 or not. All this "poll" tells us is how PCWorld's fanboys feel about Windows 8. Just sayin'...