Windows 8 Consumer Preview Thread

Pigeon_Killer said:
It will indeed. Windows 7's only just hit the 600 million mark and that's been available for over 3 years.
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Really? Only that number considering businesses have been upgrading this year! Microsoft must be thinking that people are going to be buying more tablets in addition to laptops / desktops to get to that figure.

That said, I quite fancy a splash-proof tablet for the kitchen to show recipes while I'm cooking. It would be handy
 
Has to be one of the worst desktop experiences I've ever had. There's just no point in having it on a non-touch screen device. They may as well have just made it a stand alone touch screen OS for the upcoming Windows tablets and those fancy new Touch screen monitors/PCs.
 
Moothead2 said:
Has to be one of the worst desktop experiences I've ever had. There's just no point in having it on a non-touch screen device. They may as well have just made it a stand alone touch screen OS for the upcoming Windows tablets and those fancy new Touch screen monitors/PCs.
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So what exactly didn't you like? I know the 'Metro' screen is a bit odd but the same desktop is there, but better, and there's lots of improvements. It only takes a short time to get used ot and then everything works fine.
 
Ballmer predicted 400 million Windows 8/Windows Phone 8 devices "in a year". If we take that to mean a year from launch then the above prediction seems a little ambitious.

As for apps, I couldn't care less if we had 10,000, 100,000 or 1,000,000 apps as long as the quality ones are in there somewhere. Comparing ecosystems based on numbers of apps is ridiculous. It's just a higher chaff to wheat ratio.

I believe Steam has something like 1500 games? Is the Windows Store with 3000 apps "twice as good"? I wouldn't even say it was HALF as good.
 
prescott28 said:
So what exactly didn't you like? I know the 'Metro' screen is a bit odd but the same desktop is there, but better, and there's lots of improvements. It only takes a short time to get used ot and then everything works fine.
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There's no way you can call the Win 8 desktop better without any integrated start menu, it may have a few improvements but the integrated start menu was a major part of what made the desktop experience.

The Win 8 desktop is just an application that can be run on top of metro minus a proper start menu, so even if you do use it there is still no avoiding the awful metro interface.
 
What is it about the classic start menu that people are missing so desperately? I never ever used the damn thing in Windows 7 except to switch off my computer or open the control panel. That's it. So what was I missing out on?
 
If you didn't use it then it shouldn't be a surprise that you don't miss it, you are very much in the minority though for most users the start menu is an integral part of the desktop experience.

Plus if MS get their way with metro it would not be surprising if they do away with the desktop 'application' altogether in order to lock the OS down to Microsoft certified programs, which is presumably what developers are afraid of.
 
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Yet 'Metro' IS the start menu. Yes, its a mess with apps when first installed but a little bit of work and all the applications used on the desktop can be arranged in'Metro' Then, one click take one from the desktop to 'Metro' and one click chooses the program and goes back to desktop. That's 2 clicks to open any program. Can you do that on a Windows 7 start menu? Nope, I thought not!
 
deadite66 said:
for me the start menu is the place i go to to run an app that isn't in daily use.

how do you get to a rarely used app ic1male?
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Start Screen Search if you know the name, look through the all apps list if you don't.

The former is almost identical to the way Windows 7 functions and the latter, by definition, isn't something you have to do very often.
 
deadite66 said:
for me the start menu is the place i go to to run an app that isn't in daily use.

how do you get to a rarely used app ic1male?
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OK, yes. The search function I used to find rarely used apps. I do the same in Windows 8. So that's not a function that has been lost. Next. :D
 
prescott28 said:
Yet 'Metro' IS the start menu. Yes, its a mess with apps when first installed but a little bit of work and all the applications used on the desktop can be arranged in'Metro' Then, one click take one from the desktop to 'Metro' and one click chooses the program and goes back to desktop. That's 2 clicks to open any program. Can you do that on a Windows 7 start menu? Nope, I thought not!
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Or you can just add a shortcut to the desktop and double click it? The whole metro interface is just completely pointless.
 
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