Early Windows 8 reviewers apprehensive

I will use Win 8 on my notebook provided it can be setup permanently to look and work like Win 7.
 
Something wrong with this article. It swings between praising Win 8 and dumping on it. Most reviews I have read, have slated it :-). Sounds to me like MSoft had and itch, and tried to scratch between my legs...
 
I can imagine using Metro with something like Leap Motion. Other than that just on a touch device.
 
Windows 8 doesn't look appealing to me. Not having a normal start button is a dealbreaker. All they had to do was touch up windows 7 and make metro an optional sideshow and everyone would have been happy.
 
I am running Win8 on my Tablet and my Laptop, and I think it's awesome!! Working on Win7 feels like working on XP (slight exaggeration)
 
Bryn26 said:
Windows 8 doesn't look appealing to me. Not having a normal start button is a dealbreaker.
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How times change.

When Start button was introduced with Windows 95 (to the beat of the Rolling Stones hit Start Me Up), a sizeable portion of geeks and power users said they could never adapt to such an idiot concept. I had many discussions with people who wondered why MS was ignoring its best users by forcing this Start Button silliness onto them.

Sicut transit Gloria mundi.
 
The problem isn't the removal of the Start button, so long as they replaced it with a completely revolutionary navigational method. Start menu was always a bit of a hash but it was a metaphor that worked. The problem now is that the way of accessing programs is totally schizophrenic. It takes you a long time to figure out how to do actions that were 2 clicks away via the start menu. What I've played of Win8 left me confused and unconvinced. I don't fully believe you can merge a tablet and a pc interface in such a convincing manner.
 
true somethings are different... like the start button... but, for me, many things are better, nicer.
obviously some things have to change, to enable us to move on, so it gonna require a change of view, change of procedures. Having a touch screen, or getting used to moving around with the mouse would be an advantage
As long as the overall system is an improvement. I've thried the first dev release, wasnt too happy, the cons preview was quite nice, and the latest one seems improved, but unfortunately i havent really spent enough time with it, to get annoyed yet :-)
its like a new toy or tool, still only see all the nice stuff, usually only once you start using it for a while you start noticing things that are missing, or doesnt work so lekker like you appreciate... so either have to adjust and adapt to the changes, or move to something else
 
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Windows 8 on the whole feels a bit disjointed with the metro interface being completely separate from the classic desktop. For instance, I installed it on my netbook with a screen resolution of 1024x600, which is too small for metro apps to run. The internet explorer tile wouldn't open because of this, but when I opened IE via the desktop, it ran fine (I only used IE because I hadn't yet installed a better browser).

What bothers me the most is that the interface is also very tricky to navigate using a mouse (and even more so with a touch pad) since users are expected to navigate it in exactly the same way as touch screen users. This results in many unnecessary movements across the screen which requires more effort to open the desktop, for example. Also, there are many options and buttons which are hidden on the screen, which is great for smaller tablet screens, but causes further unnecessary mouse movements on larger desktop screens.

I don't know what it is, but the whole feel of Windows 8 doesn't make me want to upgrade from Windows 7, which is a pity because there are some great new features (such as being able to pause file transfers). I think it will work great for tablets, but I really wish they didn't copy+paste the same OS to desktop users. At least it is some consolation that there are very few core changes from Windows 7 (save for the metro interface, course).
 
Windows 8 suffers from schizophrenia. It doesn't know what it wants to be. It has two personalities and neither of them are very nice.
 
Arthur said:
How times change.

When Start button was introduced with Windows 95 (to the beat of the Rolling Stones hit Start Me Up), a sizeable portion of geeks and power users said they could never adapt to such an idiot concept. I had many discussions with people who wondered why MS was ignoring its best users by forcing this Start Button silliness onto them.

Sicut transit Gloria mundi.
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Cerebus said what I meant: if the Start button is removed something must replace it. It's not just me hating on Windows 8 - I don't know a single person who is enjoying it. Metro is far too prominent and the desktop app isn't as usable as Windows 7.
 
Bryn26 said:
Cerebus said what I meant: if the Start button is removed something must replace it. It's not just me hating on Windows 8 - I don't know a single person who is enjoying it. Metro is far too prominent and the desktop app isn't as usable as Windows 7.
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Perhaps we are at the cusp of a revolution... The PC is good for computing... The tablet is good for consuming...

For many people that work with PC's to do programming, modelling, simulations, etc... then a windows 7 vibe is ideal. I love using Windows 7 to run matlab and plot crazy functions. I don't want to do that on a tablet though.

I do however, enjoy playing media on my phone...


So my idea is that maybe we are at the point where the majority will move over to a tablets to consume media... While a select few will stick to regular PC desktop vibe...
 
scotty777 said:
Perhaps we are at the cusp of a revolution... The PC is good for computing... The tablet is good for consuming...

For many people that work with PC's to do programming, modelling, simulations, etc... then a windows 7 vibe is ideal. I love using Windows 7 to run matlab and plot crazy functions. I don't want to do that on a tablet though.

I do however, enjoy playing media on my phone...


So my idea is that maybe we are at the point where the majority will move over to a tablets to consume media... While a select few will stick to regular PC desktop vibe...
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Tablets certainly do seem to be taking over. For now, all I need is a good desktop computer with a big screen (currently using a 27" Samsung) and lots of storage space (I have 3.5TB and there's an additional 6-7TB on my home network), and a decent smartphone for when I'm out. Windows 8 would have been great if Microsoft just let you choose how you want Windows to run. The big, colourful, blocky and social Metro UI will be a joke in the work place.
 
scotty777 said:
So my idea is that maybe we are at the point where the majority will move over to a tablets to consume media... While a select few will stick to regular PC desktop vibe...
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Yea I think we're at a point that shows power users like many of us here (developers, designers ect) have very different needs in an OS compared to most people.
Windows 7 with it's hundreds of options and background apps is too complicated and bloated for normal users while Android/Win 8 Metro/iOS ect are too simplistic for power users that do development and design work.

I think we need separate 'advanced' and 'normal' modes with different interfaces to cater to everyone. 'Normal' would be like Win 8 Metro/Android/iOS while 'advanced' is more fully featured Win7/Linux.
 
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