Windows 8

[twentysix by twentyfive]

What do folks think of Windows 8?

I'm thinking of buying a new machine and much of what is on the market has Windows 8 as standard.

So please - what do you think?

 

[marinyork]

It needs a start button !

 

[green1]

Okay for touchscreens, pretty 'kin useless for everything else.

 

[Oldspice]

It's an abomination. It goes against all that humanity stands for.

Microsoft grabbed every idea there is and slapped it against the wall, and what ever flopped off
that's what they put inside windows 8

PS I don't like it.

 

[Andy84]

Okay for touchscreens, pretty useless for everything else.

It has extra facilities for touchscreens, in desktop mode its not really much different to windows 7.

If you look around in stores though, you can get some good discounts on windows 7 machines - they just don't seem to be advertised online.

 

[phil_hg_uk]

There are programs out there that you can buy to put a start button back where it should be, but I would stick with windows 7 if it is for a desktop. I setup a windows 8 laptop for a customer a couple of weeks ago, and the new interface is a pain in the arse to use with a desktop far to much swapping between screens it needs the start button back where it should be.

 

[green1]

There are programs out there that you can buy to put a start button back where it should be, but I would stick with windows 7 if it is for a desktop. I setup a windows 8 laptop for a customer a couple of weeks ago, and the new interface is a pain in the arse to use with a desktop far to much swapping between screens it needs the start button back where it should be.

Why should you have to buy it? It should be 'kin there in the first place!
We are getting new computers at work soon. Can't imagine it would be good on dual 23in monitors. I think windows 7 will be the new xp and 8 will be the new vista where companies pay to have windows downgraded to the previous version.

 

[numbnuts]

If it ain't bust don't fix it
or as microshalf thinks, keep fixing it till it's bust

 

[phil_hg_uk]

Why should you have to buy it? It should be 'kin there in the first place!
We are getting new computers at work soon. Can't imagine it would be good on dual 23in monitors. I think windows 7 will be the new xp and 8 will be the new vista where companies pay to have windows downgraded to the previous version.

I didnt say you should have to buy it I was just pointing out that it was available.

I dont think it is a case that windows 8 will be the new vista ............................... it already is

 

[Oldspice]

I didnt say you should have to buy it I was just pointing out that it was available.

I dont think it is a case that windows 8 will be the new vista ............................... it already is

I LOVE VISTA Hate Win 7.

 

[marinyork]

Being serious, I saw the beta in action a lot and I did like the performance of it. What ended up in the final layout is a bit strange but there you go. It'll evolve. I won't be buying it though.

Whatever you say about windows people will say the same things. Much of the time it depends on the timings of launch, length until replacements and computer advancements during that time. XP was not regarded as superduper reliable when it launched at all, that was a total myth. It acquired this status for the simple reason that the length between XP and Vista was so vast that it had various service packs and development and it coincided with very dramatic CPU advancements and a few other things. Vista was worse than XP but it got a lot of its reputation because imbeciles were putting it in machines there weren't really ideal to run it. Now some of that is microsoft's fault but some of it is the idiots that built these machines and packaged them deliberately knowing how bad they'd be.

 

[green1]

Vista was worse than XP but it got a lot of its reputation because imbeciles were putting it in machines there weren't really ideal to run it.

Vista was bad enough for the likes of Autodesk to withdraw support for it and tell their users who had upgraded to go back to XP.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Ah righty ho all. I think you guys have confirmed what I suspected. Windows 7 seems to be the answer.

I'm only buying a new PC as my old one is 11-12 years old and no longer plays nicely on the internet. More recently either the hardware or the driver that connects it to the outside world has failed. I've taken that as a "sign". It has XP on it and I've always found it OK. This laptop I'm using at the moment has Vista on it. My daughter lost patience with it and abandoned it. She got another with 7 on it and I haven't heard a grumble......

 

[dellzeqq]

Vista was bad enough for the likes of Autodesk to withdraw support for it and tell their users who had upgraded to go back to XP.

that's exactly what I did. Still running XP on the AutoCad machine.

 

[phil_hg_uk]

I LOVE VISTA Hate Win 7.