Windows 8 has near to know bc with 95/2000/Xp has no actual desktop and many other issues I noticed right away. On the other hand, people are saying it intuitive and responsive and easy to get into. So IF you think win8 is a failure give some reasons why if pales to things like sox, winxp and win7. Or if you think it's great give reasons why it's better, so that I can decide and know more about it or keep win7.
No, Windows 8 is not a failure. It's different, things have changed and people don't like change. Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP/7 all had two things in common, the Desktop and a Start Menu. With Windows 8 the Start Menu has been replaced with something new and as with all things new you have to learn how to use them. Once you get to grips with it and unpin all the apps you dont actually use and then put the ones you do in to some sort of logical order it's actually a nice operating system to use. It's just as stable as Windows 7 and XP and it starts up and shuts-down quicker too. Hyper-V in the pro/enterprise version is a great VM system too. When XP came out lots of people tried to make it look like 95 and then when Vista and 7 came out the same sort of people tried to make it look like XP and now Windows 8 has been released instead of embracing the new User Interface lots of people are trying to make it look like Windows 7 - there are heaps of Start Menu apps out there - not seen a free one yet so get your wallet out if you insist on having one. If you have a touchscreen monitor, a touchscreen laptop or a tablet that supports Windows 8 then you are in for a real treat as thats where most of you know Windows 8 really comes in to it's element. But it's so much more than that and does work well on non-touchscreen desktops and laptops too, you just have to learn something new.
No, Windows 8 is not a failure. It's different, things have changed and people don't like change. Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP/7 all had two things in common, the Desktop and a Start Menu. With Windows 8 the Start Menu has been replaced with something new and as with all things new you have to learn how to use them. Once you get to grips with it and unpin all the apps you dont actually use and then put the ones you do in to some sort of logical order it's actually a nice operating system to use. It's just as stable as Windows 7 and XP and it starts up and shuts-down quicker too. Hyper-V in the pro/enterprise version is a great VM system too. When XP came out lots of people tried to make it look like 95 and then when Vista and 7 came out the same sort of people tried to make it look like XP and now Windows 8 has been released instead of embracing the new User Interface lots of people are trying to make it look like Windows 7 - there are heaps of Start Menu apps out there - not seen a free one yet so get your wallet out if you insist on having one. If you have a touchscreen monitor, a touchscreen laptop or a tablet that supports Windows 8 then you are in for a real treat as thats where most of you know Windows 8 really comes in to it's element. But it's so much more than that and does work well on non-touchscreen desktops and laptops too, you just have to learn something new.FazzaGBR
Rant is useless 8 is pointless for people that do know how to use computers. Bc is limited things are apps now taking away the full customization and/or desktop experience, which 8 barely if at all has. You have a bunch of limitation bottlenecks as well. It is casual version of all windows it's not that it's different it's the same thing with less.
i dont know why there is so much hate for windows 8. windows is something new. it runs much faster than 7 on my 4 year dell inspirion 1525. still better than vista. i like how they mashed deskstop and touch screen experience together.
The UAC in windows 8 can't be turned off. If you turn it off in the registry, it breaks metro apps. (No disabling it in the control panel is not the same) So you can't copy files from mapped network drives straight to C you also can't edit files in your program files directly with a text editor, unless that program is elevated. Also programs like openvpn have to be right clicked and hit run as administrator, or in the properties, compatability options. Windows 8 is way too anoyying for my desktop. It's fine on my laptops, but yeah, no. If UAC was gone, then I'd use it. Start8 works fine to get the start menu back, it's kind of needed.
Win 8 has to be the worst PC OS to date.. What was that MS? You gave us the start menu for all these years, then take it away making it longer and harder to navigate to where we want to go.. oh there is a start bar you say? Great.. oh.. I have to pay extra for it? I now have to pay for media player and other features that were included in all previous OS? No thanks.. worst idea ever. I'll never get Win 8. They are just milking money out of people for basic navigational features.
Win 8 has to be the worst PC OS to date.. What was that MS? You gave us the start menu for all these years, then take it away making it longer and harder to navigate to where we want to go.. oh there is a start bar you say? Great.. oh.. I have to pay extra for it? I now have to pay for media player and other features that were included in all previous OS? No thanks.. worst idea ever. I'll never get Win 8. They are just milking money out of people for basic navigational features.Rattlesnake_8
They made windows 8 cheaper by taking out most uncommon features so that they don't have to pay licensing fees for them.
Sure it has a desktop...it's just hidden behind the stupid metro interface. Hit the little window key and poof...there's the desktop. What it's missing is the start button, and I have no idea why. It's a really stupid re-design if you ask me. While it's probably a better design for the short attention span iPhone users. For people like me who like to get into the heart of the OS it sucks.
Win 8 has to be the worst PC OS to date.. What was that MS? You gave us the start menu for all these years, then take it away making it longer and harder to navigate to where we want to go.. oh there is a start bar you say? Great.. oh.. I have to pay extra for it? I now have to pay for media player and other features that were included in all previous OS? No thanks.. worst idea ever. I'll never get Win 8. They are just milking money out of people for basic navigational features.Rattlesnake_8
Well if people don't buy it, then they will hopefully learn from their mistake and make Windows 9 more like Windows 7. I've learned to take the every other OS approach with MS. One OS is great...the next one sucks..It's been this way since Windows 98SE.
It definatly has a few improvements, but the redesign is utterly bad. They could have redesigned it in a million ways, and they choose this? Seriously MS, sometimes I think you are run by a bunch of monkeys.
I'm having some minor issues with metro apps and it's annoying that their aren't any third party web browsers that are compatible yet. That being said it works fine and the live tiles provide instant info if you're just a casual web browser.
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