Windows 8 reception negative - heading for Vista's fate?

Windows 8 seems like an important step in Microsoft's overall strategy, with its integration of XBL and support for ARM, but will it satisfy user expectations?

Windows 8 Survey: Half Who Have Tried the OS Wouldn't Recommend It

The most controversial aspect of Microsoft's new OS is the Metro interface. Fewer than half of the 2900 readers who answered our survey about the Consumer Preview said they were satisfied with the new interface.

Some of the most common complaints about Metro:

• The transition from the new interface to the traditional desktop environment is awkward.
• Metro apps mostly display full-screen, wasting valuable screen real estate.
• There's no simple and obvious way to shut down Metro apps.
• Even a task as basic as shutting down your PC is obscure and takes too many steps.

It's fine. The metro interface can be a pain at first, but you get used to it fast.

Not surprising really, I honestly expected it to not do that well.

It's the Microsoft pattern. Windows 98: Good Windows Millennium Edition: AWFUL Windows XP: Good Windows Vista: AWFUL Windows 7: Good Windows 8: ??? It's just keeping with traditioncharizard1605

Lol, so true.

I haven't used it but I thought it was possible to just shut down metro all together and just use it like a normal OS.soulitane

Not surprising really, I honestly expected it to not do that well.

Lol, so true.

Maroxad

[QUOTE="Maroxad"]

Not surprising really, I honestly expected it to not do that well.

Lol, so true.

charizard1605

You guys jelly?

[QUOTE="soulitane"]I haven't used it but I thought it was possible to just shut down metro all together and just use it like a normal OS.TheShadowLord07

[QUOTE="TheShadowLord07"]

this is what im wondering as well

soulitane

http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-8-how-to-re-enable-the-classic-start-menu

[QUOTE="charizard1605"][QUOTE="Maroxad"]

Not surprising really, I honestly expected it to not do that well.

Lol, so true.

waltefmoney

You guys jelly?

[QUOTE="soulitane"][QUOTE="TheShadowLord07"]

this is what im wondering as well

waltefmoney

http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-8-how-to-re-enable-the-classic-start-menu

[QUOTE="soulitane"][QUOTE="TheShadowLord07"]

this is what im wondering as well

waltefmoney

http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-8-how-to-re-enable-the-****c-start-menu

I think they disabled that in the customer preview.Loegi

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/boot-to-the-classic-desktop-in-windows-8-consumer-preview/19068

Microsoft is doomed:

Windows 8 - bomba

Xbox 720 - always online

Goodbye MS :cry:

Microsoft is doomed:

Windows 8 - bomba

Xbox 720 - always online

Goodbye MS :cry:

KiZZo1

http://www.change.org/petitions/microsoft-stop-dominating-sony

[QUOTE="Maroxad"]

Not surprising really, I honestly expected it to not do that well.

Lol, so true.

charizard1605

I only just now got off of XP.

[QUOTE="charizard1605"][QUOTE="Maroxad"]

Not surprising really, I honestly expected it to not do that well.

Lol, so true.

CLOUDsea

I only just now got off of XP.

[QUOTE="charizard1605"][QUOTE="Maroxad"]

Not surprising really, I honestly expected it to not do that well.

Lol, so true.

CLOUDsea

I only just now got off of XP.

[QUOTE="CLOUDsea"]

[QUOTE="charizard1605"] Haha. I plan on sticking with Windows 7 for a very long time to come.charizard1605

I only just now got off of XP.

I'm not sure I even like all of the changes to Win 7. Why cant I just have a normal My Documents? What is all of this Libraries nonsense?

Or maybe I just dont know how to use it lol.

[QUOTE="charizard1605"][QUOTE="CLOUDsea"]

I only just now got off of XP.

CLOUDsea

I'm not sure I even like all of the changes to Win 7. Why cant I just have a normal My Documents? What is all of this Libraries nonsense?

Or maybe I just dont know how to use it lol.

[QUOTE="charizard1605"][QUOTE="CLOUDsea"]

I only just now got off of XP.

CLOUDsea

I'm not sure I even like all of the changes to Win 7. Why cant I just have a normal My Documents? What is all of this Libraries nonsense?

Or maybe I just dont know how to use it lol.

You will get used to it. I too wasnt particulary comfortable with Windows 7 at first. But I ended up liking it more than XP.

Edit: Besides, on the start menu there should be a shortcut to the documents, I havent opened my Libraries folder in a long time.

[QUOTE="CLOUDsea"]

[QUOTE="charizard1605"] I;m sorry :(charizard1605

I'm not sure I even like all of the changes to Win 7. Why cant I just have a normal My Documents? What is all of this Libraries nonsense?

Or maybe I just dont know how to use it lol.

I'm getting that it's a way of organizing things, but it seems a little difficult for me to keep track of where things really are.

[QUOTE="charizard1605"][QUOTE="CLOUDsea"]

I'm not sure I even like all of the changes to Win 7. Why cant I just have a normal My Documents? What is all of this Libraries nonsense?

Or maybe I just dont know how to use it lol.

CLOUDsea

I'm getting that it's a way of organizing things, but it seems a little difficult for me to keep track of where things really are.

I'v been using it for awhile now and I'm fully accustomed to it.

I don't mind Metro at all. Infact I now use it as my new place for desktop icons.

A lot of those complaining about Metro haven't actually sat down and given it a fair chance. I'm sitting here on the desktop side of Windows 8 and the only obvious signs that this isn't Windows 7 are the missing Start button and slightly tweaked Aero UI. When you're on the desktop side you'll only see Metro when launching or searching through the Start Screen (which replaces the Start Menu). If you absolutely hate everything about Metro you can stick to the desktop and hardly see it at all. Windows 8 isn't all about Metro either; there are many nice improvements for the desktop side such as faster start up/shut down.

The Start Screen looks very different from the Start Menu, but it still retains all expected behaviour, features and keyboard shortcuts. The only feature that has not made a seamless transition is the All Programs menu which was rarely used by Vista/7 users; it is now hidden away but can be easily accessed with the mouse or the new Win+Q keyboard shortcut.

Regardless of preference for visuals the Metro model allows for all sorts of interesting possibilities. You can share content from any app to any other app that accepts that type of content without the developers having to specifically make their apps able to work with each other. You can also launch a search inside an app from anywhere, e.g. I can enter "chocolate" as a keyword and then click on a dictionary app to see a definition, a cookbook app to see recipes, an ebook app to see books about chocolate, etc.

The animated, colorful square boxes are also kind of ugly. And each app requiring full screen does seem like a waste of screen real estate unless it's an application that would best be used that way. Oh well. Guess I'll stick to Windows 7 then. No sense in buying worthless upgrades.LovePotionNo9

Metro apps can also be set to a sidebar view (about 1/4 of the screen) to use alongside another Metro app and/or the desktop. Desktop apps continue to work in individual windows as expected.

I don't think it will be another Vista. Metro might not catch up on desktop, but it will do fine on tablets and people who don't like it will just stick to desktop mode. SO bassicaly the biggest problem will be at most having a part of OS that you don't use, as opposed to having bad OS, like it was with Vista

I don't think it will be another Vista. Metro might not catch up on desktop, but it will do fine on tablets and people who don't like it will just stick to desktop mode. SO bassicaly the biggest problem will be at most having a part of OS that you don't use, as opposed to having bad OS, like it was with Vista

AdrianWerner

[QUOTE="AdrianWerner"]

I don't think it will be another Vista. Metro might not catch up on desktop, but it will do fine on tablets and people who don't like it will just stick to desktop mode. SO bassicaly the biggest problem will be at most having a part of OS that you don't use, as opposed to having bad OS, like it was with Vista

charizard1605

Yeah, and all the security BS. After the patches it was fine.

[QUOTE="charizard1605"][QUOTE="AdrianWerner"]

I don't think it will be another Vista. Metro might not catch up on desktop, but it will do fine on tablets and people who don't like it will just stick to desktop mode. SO bassicaly the biggest problem will be at most having a part of OS that you don't use, as opposed to having bad OS, like it was with Vista

waltefmoney

Yeah, and all the security BS. After the patches it was fine.

[QUOTE="AdrianWerner"]

I don't think it will be another Vista. Metro might not catch up on desktop, but it will do fine on tablets and people who don't like it will just stick to desktop mode. SO bassicaly the biggest problem will be at most having a part of OS that you don't use, as opposed to having bad OS, like it was with Vista

charizard1605

[QUOTE="charizard1605"][QUOTE="AdrianWerner"]

I don't think it will be another Vista. Metro might not catch up on desktop, but it will do fine on tablets and people who don't like it will just stick to desktop mode. SO bassicaly the biggest problem will be at most having a part of OS that you don't use, as opposed to having bad OS, like it was with Vista

AdrianWerner

[QUOTE="charizard1605"][QUOTE="CLOUDsea"]

I only just now got off of XP.

CLOUDsea

I'm not sure I even like all of the changes to Win 7. Why cant I just have a normal My Documents? What is all of this Libraries nonsense?

Or maybe I just dont know how to use it lol.

What MS did is simply move all those other media folders (Downloads, Pictures, Music, Videos, etc) out of My Documents into the main user folder. That's one less directory level to deal with for those folders.

"And this is the year where Windows has fallen below 50% of internet connected device down from 97% a few years ago."

Sauce

And Internet Explorer has gone from 88% to 19.5%

Sauce

"And this is the year where Windows has fallen below 50% of internet connected device down from 97% a few years ago."

Sauce

And Internet Explorer has gone from 88% to 19.5%

Sauce

KiZZo1

Metro UI aside, Windows 8 is easily the best version of Windows when it comes to software. They've made a lot of back-end changes and updates to make Windows 8 run faster and with less hardware. They finally addressed file copying and they were able to reduce the amount of startup ram by a decent amount.

The Metro UI is neat, but they aren't smart for pushing it on everybody.

"And this is the year where Windows has fallen below 50% of internet connected device down from 97% a few years ago."

Sauce

And Internet Explorer has gone from 88% to 19.5%

Sauce

KiZZo1

The first one is because most internet connected devices today are not PCs. Smartphones, tablets, and even MP3 players, game consoles, media centers... everything connects to the internet.

"And this is the year where Windows has fallen below 50% of internet connected device down from 97% a few years ago."

Sauce

KiZZo1