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[DealInfo]

are you a moron? The slow uptake is because most people don't have touch screens.

[greer70]

DealInfo, on 30 April 2012 - 10:22 AM, said:

are you a moron? The slow uptake is because most people don't have touch screens.

Amen to this - - the most compelling feature of Win 8 is Metro, and everyone says it works best with a touchscreen. I have downloaded the preview for a desktop (an old Gateway Profile 6, P4 system - - which it worked great on) and it was cool, but clearly, the Metro system is made for touch and tablets.

[anonymousr46j]

"After hearing or reading about Windows 8--or even seeing themselves when they downloaded the Consumer Preview--users may have decided they didn't like the dramatic overhaul of the user interface that features a tile-style Start page and a touch-first operation."

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"The slow uptake is because most people don't have touch screens."

Let's keep the name calling on the playground.

[mroughton]

I agree with Deallnfo. But I think the author of this article left one HUGE reason why the huge difference in testers.

Vista users were pissed off due to the crappy release of a "cutting-edge" OS and wanted the many bugs, security errors, performance, etc. fixed. Windows 7 users are completely happy with their OS. Why "fix" something that isn't broken? And why take away features that are a necessity?

Windows 8 is designed to be used with touch screens. The amount of users that purchase touch screens is very small and the adaptation for mouse/keyboard users was not developed to be user friendly.

I have tested Windows 8 and I'm very disappointed with the download/installation process. I am sitting on a T1 connection (at least 25Mbps)and the download itself took a good 5 hours...

Anyways, Microsoft has a lot to work on before their initial release of this OS.

[nitecourt]

I tried Win 8 for a week and got rid of it. Windows 8 may be slightly faster on a PC but I'm faster with Windows 7.

[Pablo9jpk]

for once its good pcworld tell the true
and not follow microsoft script like this site
"http://www.cio.com.au/article/422986/windows_8_update_windows_8_preview_popularity_kicking_windows_7_butt/"
who says the same numbers but for win8 winning

[javajolt]

have you seen this?

Windows 8 Update: Windows 8 preview popularity kicking Windows 7's butt

http://www.networkwo...63.html?hpg1=bn

Guess NOT!

[Kickingseven]

I personally do not have on my comp because I don't have a back up pc or tablet to try it out with...don't want to lose anything downloading the preview..Want to try bad tho

[Kickingseven]

I personally do not have on my comp because I don't have a back up pc or tablet to try it out with...don't want to lose anything downloading the preview..Want to try bad tho

[ronin7752]

I haven't downloaded it because I already knew it would be a "dog" just based on M$'s description. Eventually, I will have to -- because I have to be proficient with it in order to provide support for my customers. I probably will install the June release. ...But I look forward to it about as much as I'd look forward to a root canal

[karthiq]

nitecourt, on 30 April 2012 - 11:33 AM, said:

I tried Win 8 for a week and got rid of it. Windows 8 may be slightly faster on a PC but I'm faster with Windows 7.

Good one

[WaterEarthFirejtwn]

And Microsoft is reporting the exact opposite:

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Windows 8 consumer preview usage more than twice Windows 7 beta at the same point in time.

https://twitter.com/...383361337753601

[scophi]

nitecourt, on 30 April 2012 - 11:33 AM, said:

I tried Win 8 for a week and got rid of it. Windows 8 may be slightly faster on a PC but I'm faster with Windows 7.

Well said.

And honestly, Win 7 is more than responsive enough. I didn't notice a difference between 7 and 8.

[scophi]

mroughton, on 30 April 2012 - 10:42 AM, said:

I agree with Deallnfo. But I think the author of this article left one HUGE reason why the huge difference in testers.

Vista users were pissed off due to the crappy release of a "cutting-edge" OS and wanted the many bugs, security errors, performance, etc. fixed. Windows 7 users are completely happy with their OS. Why "fix" something that isn't broken? And why take away features that are a necessity?

Windows 8 is designed to be used with touch screens. The amount of users that purchase touch screens is very small and the adaptation for mouse/keyboard users was not developed to be user friendly.

You hit the nail on the head. Microsoft has not given us a reason to leave Win 7 nor a reason to install Win 8. There is no carrot or stick.

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I have tested Windows 8 and I'm very disappointed with the download/installation process. I am sitting on a T1 connection (at least 25Mbps)an the download itself took a good 5 hours...

To be fair to Microsoft, I think you must have had a bad download connection. I have installed Win 8 on 3 different computers and it never took more than 20-25 minutes to download on my 10mbps line. Actually, I compliment Microsoft on having a nice delivery system for this Preview. In the past you had to download a large ISO file, burn it to a disc, and then reboot from the disc. Now it's just an installer file and off you go. Very nice.

If it takes more than 30 minutes with your "T1" line...cancel the download, restart the browser, and begin again. Your computer will establish a new connection that will likely download at normal rates.

(I haven't heard the term T1 in many, many years. Thanks for the nostalgia!)

[JamesEvens]

Most liked versions of Windows: Win98 and Win98SE, WinXP, Windows 7. Most disliked versions: Windows ME, Windows Vista.
The above is from observation and what I see in posts. This is being written on a machine running WinXP. I ran Win98 until after the support was halted by Microsoft. Most the the press I have read about ME and Vista vastly describe a systems that are not ready for prime time or are resource hogs. An operating system/environment should not impede a users experience or ability to use the computer on which it is installed.
People are happy with Windows 7 there is little incentive to upgrade unless purchasing a new computer.