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Top 20 Windows 8 Features

#1 PCWorld

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Posted 17 May 2012 - 08:39 AM

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#2 oldschoolh4ck3r

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Posted 17 May 2012 - 11:06 AM

Nice - 20 reasons NOT to 'upgrade' to Windows 8.

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Posted 17 May 2012 - 11:16 AM

Touch interface is the devil. I don't want to get tennis elbow reaching across my desk to drag a blasted tile for whatever basic function.

Touch = suck. Leave it for tablets.

I have a cervical issue that gives me pain daily and reclining and clicking with barely any hand movement is the best way to get work done on a desktop PC. Same with gaming and controllers.

NO upgrade, I mean downgrade, for me. And no, dragging tiles with a mouse is not time saving and intuitive. Nor is the "traditional desktop" feature a traditional desktop. They've screwed that up too in order to prep the forcing of touch/metro/tiles down our throats for Win9.

By the way, please make the terms "tile" and "app" illegal; only to be uttered in hushed tones by those weirdos in Starbucks.

What the hell is MS thinking with combining touch and desktops? Rot in heck.

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Posted 17 May 2012 - 11:18 AM

Oh yeah, "charms" sounds...effeminate. I bet that was Balmer's contribution and nobody was brave enough to tell him it sucks.

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Posted 17 May 2012 - 11:33 AM

The Ronin's counter-review:

1.) An annoyance, not an improvement.
2.) “Legacy” Desktop – soon to be abandoned.
3.) Metro Apps don't run on Legacy Desktop. Otherwise, “meh”.
4.) meh
5.) meh
6.) meh
7.) meh
8.) meh
9.) meh
10.) meh
11.) Inferior to Desktop “Windows” UI that we have been using since 3.1.
12.) meh (nothing new.)
13.) meh (They've been trying to do this since Vista – unsuccessfully.)
14.) Potential disaster, depending on how it works. (Native JBOD?)
15.) Interesting! Potentially useful!
16.) Meh (Everything old is new again.)
17.) Great idea!
18.) However, you can't play movies from DVDs anymore – unless you buy software to do so.
19.) meh
20.) meh

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#6 JayFloresb5dm

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Posted 17 May 2012 - 12:16 PM

I guess many people, like me will be moving to Macs in the future, when my win7 pc dies, probably. :/

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Posted 17 May 2012 - 12:48 PM

I'm a computer repair tech, and I'm considering changing careers because of this horrible hybrid O/S. I can only imagine the countless phone calls from people that can't figure out how to use this crapware. If this really is the top 20 features, I will be loading Ubuntu on any new computer I build in the future.

#8 Genghis7777

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Posted 17 May 2012 - 02:27 PM

Any change can be disconcerting.

I use a Windows Tablet PC and find being able to click on the UI to do stuff is incredibly intuitive. Sure the Metro UI is quite different but once pple get used to it then I'm sure the productivity gains MS is finding in its user labs will shine through.

There are compelling reasons why MS is changing. The world is changing around it, BYOD, portable devices and improving miniaturisation mean they have to move with it or be left behind. I'm changing and find myself using mobile devices more and more. I find myself doing work on couch or on a lounge chair more. I'm not wedded to my desk so much.

For my MS Office work, I already use full screen mode most of the time anyway so my UI already looks quite "clean."

This isn't going to suit everyone but in 2-3 years time, I think it will be the "new norm."

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Posted 17 May 2012 - 07:24 PM

JayFloresb5dm, on 17 May 2012 - 12:16 PM, said:

I guess many people, like me will be moving to Macs in the future, when my win7 pc dies, probably. :/

Why wait?... come, come to the light.... haha

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Posted 17 May 2012 - 07:28 PM

oldschoolh4ck3r, on 17 May 2012 - 11:06 AM, said:

Nice - 20 reasons NOT to 'upgrade' to Windows 8.

LOL

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Posted 17 May 2012 - 07:35 PM

CrapfaceBundy, on 17 May 2012 - 11:18 AM, said:

Oh yeah, "charms" sounds...effeminate. I bet that was Balmer's contribution and nobody was brave enough to tell him it sucks.

He would have sweated on them

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Posted 17 May 2012 - 07:42 PM

You don't have to use touch you know. You can still use the mouse like you always have but keep complaining if it makes you feel better.

CrapfaceBundy, on 17 May 2012 - 11:16 AM, said:

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Posted 17 May 2012 - 11:43 PM

JayFloresb5dm, on 17 May 2012 - 12:16 PM, said:

I guess many people, like me will be moving to Macs in the future, when my win7 pc dies, probably. :/

Sorry Jay, THAT won't work either. Mac has stated they are going Windows. NOW whatcha going to do? LoL

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Posted 18 May 2012 - 06:12 AM

I'm am looking forward to this. Windows 8 is exciting. The only thing I don't like is the Ribbon.; if they would "metrofy" the Ribbon, I'd be estatic.

Question regarding the slideshow: why are you showing images/apps from the Developer Preview??

#15 oldschoolh4ck3r

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Posted 18 May 2012 - 12:40 PM

My touchscreen experience with Microsoft Windows consists of my fist going through the screen when I get the blue screen of death (BSOD).

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#16 LordInsidious

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Posted 18 May 2012 - 12:48 PM

oldschoolh4ck3r, on 18 May 2012 - 12:40 PM, said:

My touchscreen experience with Microsoft Windows consists of my fist going through the screen when I get the blue screen of death (BSOD).

Ok that was funny... Also sad because it's happened to us all, but the comment made me giggle

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#17 AlexSimpson

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Posted 19 May 2012 - 04:18 AM

As someone who has been developing and doing research on Windows 8 (and using it), I want to say these two things:
1) Windows 8 is in no way forcing you to use touch. I use it on my laptop all the time, and I love it. My only complaints (multi-screen support chief among) are actually set to be fixed in Release Preview.
2) Microsoft is not aiming to eliminate the desktop! There are too many data and operation intensive things that the desktop is just optimal for, and Microsoft recognizes this. What Windows 8 does is bring a great ease of use to certain tasks at which "Apps" excel and to cater to the increasing amount of mobile users in todays market.

Windows 8 has it's issues, but I personally think from personal experience that Windows 8 will be a huge success. The only friction I see is those who would be unable to adapt to change.

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Posted 19 May 2012 - 04:20 AM

anonymousr46j, on 18 May 2012 - 06:12 AM, said:

They are actually planning on "Metrofy"-ing the Ribbon in the next release. Google (or bing) "Windows 8 drops Aero" or something along those lines and see for yourself.

#19 JohnUSA

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Posted 19 May 2012 - 04:41 AM

I will not use Windows 8 as it really is not for desktop users wish keyboards and mouse, its for touch screen users.
For desktop users the experience is horrible and very frustrating.
It slows me down and wastes my time.
What in the world Microsoft was thinking when they designed this crappy OS. They really should have written 2 separate versions of this OS.
Microsoft is going to be a huge loser with Windows 8.
It is going to be their Waterloo and the beginning of their decline.

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Posted 19 May 2012 - 08:10 AM

Still Trying to figure out how to show all the images at once. oh well I will just go to another site since I get ticked off at clicking next too many times