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Post your comments for After its launch splash, Windows 8 faces business skepticism here

[Jameshoqh]

The sad thing is Microsoft could have given the consumer a choice of desktops. They just had to add a start menu. I think they could still do that. They could also have a desktop switcher. Tiles for those who want them and start screen for those that want that. Both of these are featured in different Linux operating systems, so it can be done.
Always try to give the customer what they want, rather than shoving what you want down their throat. I don't know if Win8 will succeed or not, we will have to wait and see where people plunk down their hard earned cash. Apple may just get a boost.

[WassonC6vep]

First thing I did after installing windows 8 was to hide the Tile (metro) and app screen with a simple hack. Mainly to get the fixes that should have been a service pack update for Windows 7. This fix was way overpriced and shows that Google Chrome's way of upgrading is much more consumer friendly than Microsoft. Linux is now catching my eye as Valve and Google are turning towards it and are far more an affordable option. I just ordered a $50 android mini computer stick to watch on my TV. The Windows 8 idea is a huge mistake and makes consumers look like fools for buying.

[stakeouttoo]

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The sad thing is Microsoft could have given the consumer a choice of desktops. They just had to add a start menu. I think they could still do that. They could also have a desktop switcher. Tiles for those who want them and start screen for those that want that. Both of these are featured in different Linux operating systems, so it can be done. Always try to give the customer what they want, rather than shoving what you want down their throat. I don't know if Win8 will succeed or not, we will have to wait and see where people plunk down their hard earned cash. Apple may just get a boost.

agree with all you said..

[stakeouttoo]

Win 8 = Vista II.. sad... guess we should be on the lookout for Win 9 pretty soon after this debacle.. and all because MS didn't include an option for a Start Button and the 'usual interface'... I don't do Tablets.. never have.. never will

when will these companies ever learn.. 'if it ain't broke.. leave it the heck alone'... Win 7 is a pretty darn good OS

[toothie007]

I think the author should read the article he penned above and then think again about the title of it. At one firm, workers requested to go back to whatever OS they were using. At the other firm cited in the article, all machines will be changed over to windows 8 PCs and windows tablet. Yet somehow, based on this we have the title above. There is nothing else in the article to support its title. It is well known that businesses are always among the last to upgrade to a new OS. So why is this now evidence that businesses are against windows 8? Stop trying so hard APPLEWorld.

[toothie007]

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Win 8 = Vista II.. sad... guess we should be on the lookout for Win 9 pretty soon after this debacle.. and all because MS didn't include an option for a Start Button and the 'usual interface'... I don't do Tablets.. never have.. never will when will these companies ever learn.. 'if it ain't broke.. leave it the heck alone'... Win 7 is a pretty darn good OS

Well keep using windows 7. It is that simple. I will like to believe that MS will support it for years to come. Personally, I ame very bit as functional with windows 8 as I was with windows 7. I don't see the big deal, but to each their own.

[safasdfafsf]

I love my start screen.

[mcarey]

I just upgraded an XP laptop to windows 8 and found that it was so unintuitive that it is worthless. How do I get to the programs on my computer? Where is the start menu? How do I replace Bing with Google? Windows 8 is a social media experiment gone bad.

[TsarNikky]

This earlier statement:

The interface, he said, is clearly for tablets. "It doesn't play well in the desktop."

Says it all, and so succinctly. Add a wretched form factor of the Surface and other tablets for any kind of serious data entry or content creation, it should be no surprise that businesses are looking at with a very high degree of skepticism.

[TsarNikky]

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Win 8 = Vista II.. sad... guess we should be on the lookout for Win 9 pretty soon after this debacle.. and all because MS didn't include an option for a Start Button and the 'usual interface'... I don't do Tablets.. never have.. never will when will these companies ever learn.. 'if it ain't broke.. leave it the heck alone'... Win 7 is a pretty darn good OS

It is called corporate arrogance, which Microsoft has exemplified so well with how they handled Windows-8. Take a look at the history of businesses that got arrogant. Never was a pretty sight, and never will be a pretty sight. How well will Microsoft respond to its big doo-doo?

[TsarNikky]

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The sad thing is Microsoft could have given the consumer a choice of desktops. They just had to add a start menu. I think they could still do that. They could also have a desktop switcher. Tiles for those who want them and start screen for those that want that. Both of these are featured in different Linux operating systems, so it can be done. Always try to give the customer what they want, rather than shoving what you want down their throat. I don't know if Win8 will succeed or not, we will have to wait and see where people plunk down their hard earned cash. Apple may just get a boost.

So well said. Amen!

[toothie007]

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I love my start screen.

Me too.

[toothie007]

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I just upgraded an XP laptop to windows 8 and found that it was so unintuitive that it is worthless. How do I get to the programs on my computer? Where is the start menu? How do I replace Bing with Google? Windows 8 is a social media experiment gone bad.

So you just upgraded and couldn't find any of those things, but you found this site to complain though. Guess what, in under 20 minutes I knew where all of those things were and more. Go figure.

[karthiq]

From the article:

"He would have been less irritated if Microsoft had made it possible for IT administrators to set the traditional desktop as the main, default interface in their company's PCs, but that isn't an option."

It seems like MS itself doesnt want enterprises to adopt it. My theory....MS gets more money from sale of a copy of win7 than from a copy of win8.

[NoVendorLockIn]

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Win 8 = Vista II.. sad... guess we should be on the lookout for Win 9 pretty soon after this debacle.. and all because MS didn't include an option for a Start Button and the 'usual interface'... I don't do Tablets.. never have.. never will when will these companies ever learn.. 'if it ain't broke.. leave it the heck alone'... Win 7 is a pretty darn good OS

Microsoft did it for the money. Think about it. Everything about Windows 8 points to one thing: customer lock-in. They knew that some people would hate the tiles. That's precisely the reason that they removed the start button.

[LIEBER]

I haven't bought into Windows 8 -- yet. I just bought the Nokia Lumia 920 based on Windows Phone 8. After a day or so of getting used to the different way of thinking compared to iOS, it is a piece of cake. There are still 1-2 apps I miss, but nothing serious.
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Will I buy a Windows 8 computer? Definitely. What? No Start button? I don't see the problem at all. For one, there appears to be lots of improvements: security, storage space, Sky Drive syncing built into the OS from the start, similarity between phone, tablet and PC OS, etc., etc. Switch from Start screen to Desktop? <Windows>+D -- no problem!! Finding programs when the start button is missing? Pin them to the taskbar just like in Windows 7. I had no problem in switching to the ribbon band when that came in Office 2007 (?). I am sure I will have no problem adjusting to Windows 8.
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So why haven't I bought a Windows 8 computer yet? The hardware producers have been slow at pushing the computers to the shops. And I am still uncertain as to the best hybrid technology. It could be the rumored Lenovo Helix.

[sjken]

The whole point of the Windows 8 interface is to make all devises (desktop, laptop, tablet, smart phone) look and work the same. Running the same standard Windows programs across everything. If you could opt out of the Windows 8 interface to a Windows 7 interface, that would defeat the whole idea. Once people start using the Windows 8 interface on all their devices the windows 8 interface on desktops will not seem so "annoying" and "unintuitive". It would be as if Apple had the same interface on all it's devices, would anyone be complaining?

[amozhi]

People now started to look for other options such as Google Chrome, Android and Linux distros (though all are linux).

Microsoft must quickly restore the start button and boot in to desktop mode option.

If they don't restore, very soon they will loose market.

Start button on Windows 95 differentiated the windows and mac and it was pretty easy to use. Now microsoft removed their soul from windows

Microsoft restore Start menu or loose market to Android (Chrome + Android)

[delitech]

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I just upgraded an XP laptop to windows 8 and found that it was so unintuitive that it is worthless. How do I get to the programs on my computer? Where is the start menu? How do I replace Bing with Google? Windows 8 is a social media experiment gone bad.

Where to find your programs? Scroll the Start screen! Or ZOOM OUT and look for them. Or start typing their names, like WOR will show WORD if it's there.