The "Is Windows 8 a Flop?" Thread

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Us haterz is hatin'.

I'd never have believed ANYTHING on god's green earth could be worse than Vista, but one report claims that the adoption rate of Win8 on desktops and laptops is slower even than Vista:

In the roughly two months since the release of Windows 8, the adoption rate of Microsoft's latest flagship operating system appears to be trailing Window Vista, until now the slowest OS rollout in the software giant's recent history.

Data compiled by Web analytics firm Net Applications put Windows 8's online usage share at just under 1.6 percent through Dec. 22 as measured in relation to all desktop and laptop PC operating systems. Microsoft made its next-gen PC and tablet platform available on Oct. 26. Computerworld's Gregg Keizer tabbed back through the data to find that Vista, after the same period of time following its 2007 release, had shown up on 2.2 percent of all Windows systems ...
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Elsewhere the president of Fujitsu Ltd says weak demand for the OS is partly to blame for the company missing its annual shipment targets in Europe:

“PC makers’ bet on Windows 8 has failed, as cheaper tablet computers are taking away customers.”
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Sony and Fujitsu seem to be heading in the same direction. Maybe even Panasonic.
 
Worth the watch. He makes some good points, but over does it in certain areas.

Windows 8: The Animated Evaluation
[video=youtube;WTYet-qf1jo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTYet-qf1jo&feature=player_embedded[/video]
 
oh lord.


* free beating sticks here *

rwenzori said:
Us haterz is hatin'.

I'd never have believed ANYTHING on god's green earth could be worse than Vista, but one report claims that the adoption rate of Win8 on desktops and laptops is slower even than Vista:



Elsewhere the president of Fujitsu Ltd says weak demand for the OS is partly to blame for the company missing its annual shipment targets in Europe:
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Considering that I've got 8 installed alongside windows 7 and hardly use it, yes.
 
Aqua_lung said:
Considering that I've got 8 installed alongside windows 7 and hardly use it, yes.
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I regret downloading & installing the 'special upgrade offer' MS Win8 on a recently purchased laptop, which came pre-installed ex-vendor with Win7 64bit Home Basic.

I wish I had the tech knowledge to revert to Win7 .. I don't even know if it is still installed on my laptop.
 
atomcrusher said:
I regret downloading & installing the 'special upgrade offer' MS Win8 on a recently purchased laptop, which came pre-installed ex-vendor with Win7 64bit Home Basic.

I wish I had the tech knowledge to revert to Win7 .. I don't even know if it is still installed on my laptop.
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Should be possible, just reach for the the manual. There should be a restoration partition or a disc at least.
 
Windows 7 was more than okay!! I think it's brilliant!! Maybe that's why 8 is meh...
 
Microsoft was in a bit of a tight spot with android. It was too soon to release a new version and they needed something to keep them in the game. unfortunately windows 7 is still a decent OS, and so most people just don't see the point in splashing out for windows 8. As it is I believe those sales figures are only that high because it comes bundled with so many devices.
 
VG008 said:
Worth the watch. He makes some good points, but over does it in certain areas.

Windows 8: The Animated Evaluation
[video=youtube;WTYet-qf1jo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTYet-qf1jo&feature=player_embedded[/video]
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What a retard
 
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