Windows 8 is HERE !!!!

It looks fine for phones and tablets but I would NOT want that for desktops. The whole sliding between programs thing is for tablets. I just want a normal desktop with folders and windows that I can open and close whenever I want, not all these stupid massive "app" icons. I'll stick with Windows 7. Looking at how long 98 and XP lasted me, 7 should last me until Windows 10 or whatever they'll call it.

I could see a lot of people have sore arms and shoulders from this. Not to mention neck strain. Touch screen all day long? As for the interface itself, I'm not impressed at all. It seems like they're showing desire that they want to go the some path as Apple in terms of interface, they still appear to be leagues behind.

Wow thats exactly what I want my computer to become, A big over powered Smartphone!streetridaz

[QUOTE="streetridaz"]Wow thats exactly what I want my computer to become, A big over powered Smartphone!SilverSignal

Who the are you talking to? I didn't say anything about using it or anyone forcing me to use it. I have an opinion and posted it. I didn't ask you a question or did I ask for your direct opinion on my opinion.

[QUOTE="SilverSignal"][QUOTE="streetridaz"]Wow thats exactly what I want my computer to become, A big over powered Smartphone!streetridaz

[QUOTE="streetridaz"][QUOTE="SilverSignal"] Is anyone forcing you to use it? No! Installing Windows 8 won't turn your current computer into a touchscreen tablet. It'll still work with mouse and keyboard. Whatever happened to people waiting for something to actually be released before passing judgement. It's still in early beta stages.SilverSignal

Umm....just no? I like computers, not toys.

Edit: Toys are pretty cool actually, but I don't want them to mix.

I knew it was a wise choice to not buy Windows Vista and Windows 7. Besides, support for Windows XP SP3 doesn't stop till 2014, so I'm still good.

Diophage

Ok, I thought some of you would be intelligent enough to realize a few things... or even watch the WHOLE video instead of the first 2 minutes and then comment, SO, I'm going to clarify a few things:

1- The Windows normal taskbar is still present. If you watched the WHOLE video you would have seen that the new interface just loads on top of normal Windows (like Media Center)

2- Uh Uh, I hate touchy touchy. Grow up people and realize that touch is the future. Not everyone on the planet uses Windows for gaming... it is used for business, education, music, photos, videos, creativity, etc.

3- AGAIN WATCH THE WHOLE VIDEO: the idea of the simple to use new interface (with big blocky letters, uhhhh, that's so ugly some said, pleaseeee) is so Win can be used on EVERYTHING. PCs, Laptops, Phones, Tablets, everything and by EVERYONE, that's why it has to be simple to use. Has anyone used Windows Phone 7? and how easy it is to navigate?

4- To the people still using XP. MOVE ON !!! I loved XP myself but trust me, it is time to install 7. Doesn't matter if support is till 2085, you are already missing out on Just Cause 2 and Internet Explorer 9.... as well as future games. Win7 is BETTER than XP, stop holding on.

5- To the people that say XP was garbage....what planet did you install that on?

So... Their update and "awesome" features are all "bling bling" How about making it faster, better, more user friendly? NO i dont care about touch screen. No one serious will care about touch screen... Why? Because moving your fingers around is way to slow. Anyway going by Microsofts history windows 8 will fail o/ And if you have windows 7 there is no need to get 8... Wait for 9 (unless 9 come with forced GFWL (in that case ignore that one also).KalDurenik

Are you saying XP is faster, better and more user friendly than 7....?

I knew it was a wise choice to not buy Windows Vista and Windows 7. Besides, support for Windows XP SP3 doesn't stop till 2014, so I'm still good.

Diophage

With this kind of logic its never wise to buy something new, because something newer will come out shortly after.

gonna be crap and filled like bugs just like all the releases the day they come out. The Best was Windows 2000. I didn't switch to XP after hearing how bad it was. Finally I got on XP after it was much better and stayed with it until 2010. Got Windows 7 and haven't looked back. Windows 7 > XP Never went to Vista because frankly it was just a step to Windows 7 and it was a piece of trash. Windows 8 will probably suck for about a year. Also what does this specifically have to do with gaming?sexygirl6t9

Last time I checked 98% of gaming was done on Windows on desktop/laptop PCs....

epic failszafto

[QUOTE="Diophage"]

I knew it was a wise choice to not buy Windows Vista and Windows 7. Besides, support for Windows XP SP3 doesn't stop till 2014, so I'm still good.

sSubZerOo

With this kind of logic its never wise to buy something new, because something newer will come out shortly after.

Consoles are a extremely obsolete form of entertainment, but people buy them regardless, and this analogy could be applied to SDTVs and DVD players also. You use what you're used to until you feel its the time to move on, not wen other people tell you that its time.

Wow wtf and i felt so awesome getting windows 7 last week.

[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]

[QUOTE="Diophage"]

I knew it was a wise choice to not buy Windows Vista and Windows 7. Besides, support for Windows XP SP3 doesn't stop till 2014, so I'm still good.

Lucianu

With this kind of logic its never wise to buy something new, because something newer will come out shortly after.

Consoles are a extremely obsolete form of entertainment, but people buy them regardless, and this analogy could be applied to SDTVs and DVD players also. You use what you're used to until you feel its the time to move on, not wen other people tell you that its time.

Ok, I thought some of you would be intelligent enough to realize a few things... or even watch the WHOLE video instead of the first 2 minutes and then comment, SO, I'm going to clarify a few things:

1- The Windows normal taskbar is still present. If you watched the WHOLE video you would have seen that the new interface just loads on top of normal Windows (like Media Center)

2- Uh Uh, I hate touchy touchy. Grow up people and realize that touch is the future. Not everyone on the planet uses Windows for gaming... it is used for business, education, music, photos, videos, creativity, etc.

3- AGAIN WATCH THE WHOLE VIDEO: the idea of the simple to use new interface (with big blocky letters, uhhhh, that's so ugly some said, pleaseeee) is so Win can be used on EVERYTHING. PCs, Laptops, Phones, Tablets, everything and by EVERYONE, that's why it has to be simple to use. Has anyone used Windows Phone 7? and how easy it is to navigate?

4- To the people still using XP. MOVE ON !!! I loved XP myself but trust me, it is time to install 7. Doesn't matter if support is till 2085, you are already missing out on Just Cause 2 and Internet Explorer 9.... as well as future games. Win7 is BETTER than XP, stop holding on.

5- To the people that say XP was garbage....what planet did you install that on?

FelipeInside

1. It's nice to know our normal windows is int he background, but why would a desktop user want this tablet UI running in the forground or at all?

2. Touch is not intended for desktops, using a mouse to select something or an arrow key, is many times faster than holding my arm up and touching or swiping a screen.

3. Why do I want tablet features on my desktop, why does a tablet want desktop features..

4. People still use XP because vista was terrible, w7 is good but good luck getting people to upgrade to a tablet OS

5. ........

Looks like I get to spend all day removing touch screen services and java to get this running aswell as w7. Seriously who codes a UI in java for a single platform, Java is for multiplatform. Do I really need my UI capable of running on linux?

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"]

kate_jones

1. It's nice to know our normal windows is int he background, but why would a desktop user want this tablet UI running in the forground or at all? Have you ever seen the desktop touch HP computers?

2. Touch is not intended for desktops, using a mouse to select something or an arrow key, is many times faster than holding my arm up and touching or swiping a screen. Depends on what, same as point one...look at the HP Touch Desktops. People use them at home to navigate through notes, weather, photos etc... People use them at work to navigate through timetables, workloads, memos, announcements. Just because YOU won't be using it on ur desktop doesn't mean it hasn't got a use. (think Minority Report)

3. Why do I want tablet features on my desktop, why does a tablet want desktop features.. See points 1+2

4. People still use XP because vista was terrible, w7 is good but good luck getting people to upgrade to a tablet OS Yeah I guess, they had a bad experience with Vista so they think 7 is same.

5. ........

Looks like I get to spend all day removing touch screen services and java to get this running aswell as w7. Seriously who codes a UI in java for a single platform, Java is for multiplatform. Do I really need my UI capable of running on linux? Spend all day removing Touch? You mean with W8? It won't be like that mate...it's just like Media Player, you can just press quit or select to not start with Windows on startup.... easy.

Just going to say that touch will never be the future... Why? Because its slow... Very very very very slow... And clunky. Even if you perfected the motions and movements and delays... A experienced mouse user would still be about 20-30 times faster.KalDurenik

FelipeInside get's offended so easily like IosnuX or w.e his name is LOLsexygirl6t9

[QUOTE="kate_jones"]

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"]

FelipeInside

1. It's nice to know our normal windows is int he background, but why would a desktop user want this tablet UI running in the forground or at all? Have you ever seen the desktop touch HP computers?

2. Touch is not intended for desktops, using a mouse to select something or an arrow key, is many times faster than holding my arm up and touching or swiping a screen. Depends on what, same as point one...look at the HP Touch Desktops. People use them at home to navigate through notes, weather, photos etc... People use them at work to navigate through timetables, workloads, memos, announcements. Just because YOU won't be using it on ur desktop doesn't mean it hasn't got a use. (think Minority Report)

3. Why do I want tablet features on my desktop, why does a tablet want desktop features.. See points 1+2

4. People still use XP because vista was terrible, w7 is good but good luck getting people to upgrade to a tablet OS Yeah I guess, they had a bad experience with Vista so they think 7 is same.

5. ........

Looks like I get to spend all day removing touch screen services and java to get this running aswell as w7. Seriously who codes a UI in java for a single platform, Java is for multiplatform. Do I really need my UI capable of running on linux? Spend all day removing Touch? You mean with W8? It won't be like that mate...it's just like Media Player, you can just press quit or select to not start with Windows on startup.... easy.

The video said this java UI will always be running.

I have not used a HP computer in a good 10 years, I build my pc's because I only use it for gaming, and being a gaming website I imagine most of have gaming in mind when it comes to windows. Myabe I'm the odd one out, but I prefer linux/osx for everything but gaming. There are a lot of cool things in minority report, animated cereal boxes, jet packs it doesn't mean they will be a part of everyday life.

I realise this OS is going to be nice for casuals who find a mouse a bit confusing but I'm more concerned how this affects gamers, not the grandmother who's trying to learn twitter down the road.

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="sexygirl6t9"]FelipeInside get's offended so easily like IosnuX or w.e his name is LOLsexygirl6t9

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"]

[QUOTE="kate_jones"]

1. It's nice to know our normal windows is int he background, but why would a desktop user want this tablet UI running in the forground or at all? Have you ever seen the desktop touch HP computers?

2. Touch is not intended for desktops, using a mouse to select something or an arrow key, is many times faster than holding my arm up and touching or swiping a screen. Depends on what, same as point one...look at the HP Touch Desktops. People use them at home to navigate through notes, weather, photos etc... People use them at work to navigate through timetables, workloads, memos, announcements. Just because YOU won't be using it on ur desktop doesn't mean it hasn't got a use. (think Minority Report)

3. Why do I want tablet features on my desktop, why does a tablet want desktop features.. See points 1+2

4. People still use XP because vista was terrible, w7 is good but good luck getting people to upgrade to a tablet OS Yeah I guess, they had a bad experience with Vista so they think 7 is same.

5. ........

Looks like I get to spend all day removing touch screen services and java to get this running aswell as w7. Seriously who codes a UI in java for a single platform, Java is for multiplatform. Do I really need my UI capable of running on linux? Spend all day removing Touch? You mean with W8? It won't be like that mate...it's just like Media Player, you can just press quit or select to not start with Windows on startup.... easy.

kate_jones

The video said this java UI will always be running.

I have not used a HP computer in a good 10 years, I build my pc's because I only use it for gaming, and being a gaming website I imagine most of have gaming in mind when it comes to windows. Myabe I'm the odd one out, but I prefer linux/osx for everything but gaming. There are a lot of cool things in minority report, animated cereal boxes, jet packs it doesn't mean they will be a part of everyday life.

I realise this OS is going to be nice for casuals who find a mouse a bit confusing but I'm more concerned how this affects gamers, not the grandmother who's trying to learn twitter down the road.

I just got Windows 7 and then microsoft want to make a new OS already.Jd1680a

I'm not going to buy a new OS so that I can pretend my PC is a tablet. Sorry.

[QUOTE="Twisted14"]On a phone or tablet, it looks fine, but not for a PC. Unless you can have an alternative 'classic' view, I don't want it.DanielDust

[QUOTE="DanielDust"][QUOTE="Twisted14"]On a phone or tablet, it looks fine, but not for a PC. Unless you can have an alternative 'classic' view, I don't want it.Twisted14

Seems to be common on these forums.

People watch the first 20 seconds and quickly jump on the forum to comment.

I bet DX12 will require windows 8.

Windows 8 is going to be so gay.

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"]

[QUOTE="Twisted14"] Oh ok it was late last night when I watched it so I only saw about 20 seconds of it in total. Just watched the other part now and that makes me feel more comfortable. Surely they were going to have the old interface option but it's nice to be certain.sexygirl6t9

Seems to be common on these forums.

People watch the first 20 seconds and quickly jump on the forum to comment.

Man, seriously,:( come on, i mean this isnt even about cod :(

:(

I... just dont know what to say anymore :(

[QUOTE="Twisted14"][QUOTE="DanielDust"] It was all there, in that video.FelipeInside

Seems to be common on these forums.

People watch the first 20 seconds and quickly jump on the forum to comment.

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"]

[QUOTE="Twisted14"] Oh ok it was late last night when I watched it so I only saw about 20 seconds of it in total. Just watched the other part now and that makes me feel more comfortable. Surely they were going to have the old interface option but it's nice to be certain.Twisted14

Seems to be common on these forums.

People watch the first 20 seconds and quickly jump on the forum to comment.

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] Wasn't blaming you mate, I know ur good all the time.... Just lots of people do it...

[QUOTE="sexygirl6t9"][QUOTE="FelipeInside"]

Seems to be common on these forums.

People watch the first 20 seconds and quickly jump on the forum to comment.

dakan45

Man, seriously,:( come on, i mean this isnt even about cod :(

:(

I... just dont know what to say anymore :(

Don't get me started on her.

She actually quoted me on another topic and CHANGED WHAT I HAD SAID.

Then I get modded with point loss?? WTF????

So how does this layout work on a mouse and keyboard interface, and how does it functions without these microsoft applications.

Good for tablets, but I'm not digging it, even with the standard OS stuff working alongside.