Windows 8 who's buying/upgrading

Infidelus said:
I still don't quite understand peoples hate for Windows 8.

With the exception of the no-longer-called-metro UI (which quite honestly takes very little time to get used to), what you've got is Windows 7 with performance tweaks and some nice enhancements.

In addition, for anyone who previously had Windows 7 Home Premium, you've also got back all the administrative features that you had in XP Pro but were unavailable unless you bought either the corporate version or Ultimate of newer versions of Windows. Obviously these features were mostly only used by power users, and if you knew the registry well enough, you could work around them not being there, but it's nice to see them back.

From what I can see, the new UI is all people see, and they either like it or don't, and if it's the latter, then Windows 8 is "the worst thing evahhhh!!".

Yes, they could have put the shutdown/restart buttons in a more obvious location, but seriously, is it REALLY worth getting THAT worked up about it when there are multiple easy and quick workarounds that have been mentioned many times already.

At the end of the day, you either want to upgrade or you don't. Nobody's holding a gun to your head and forcing you to use Windows 8. If you really can't get past the fact Windows 8 isn't identical to Windows 7, don't use it.
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I can understand the hate from those who've just had a quick blast in PC World to form their opinion.

My first 30 minutes or so with the new OS were spent with gritted teeth, but I enjoy it now I've formed a habit running it which didn't take long.
 
Elevon said:
Thanks!...for £2.95 for Decor8(with 10% discount) not expensive at all.

I hope they give us a lot better customization in Win9 like autorange A to Z,tile shape options,more sizes etc..
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why in win9?

Microsoft only needs to release a update or most likely a service pack for win8.
 
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At first I didn't like the start thing much, but I worked around it, and though I still spend 98% of my time at the desktop, with start8 and everything behaving like windows 7, I have to say that I wouldn't go back, there's too many of the "little" things that I like.

Like the ability to mount ISO's without 3rd party software, or being able to play a video file, just by clicking on the containing folder and clicking 'play'. Or any number of other little things that I've thought "ooh that's nifty".

Yes its a marmite product, but for those people I know that took the plunge, very few that gave it more than a day or so, have gone back, and most if not all, would recommend it to others.
 
Could someone please explain to me why IE10 in Windows 8 has horrible blurry fonts? Adjusting Cleartype has no effect on this.

Chrome looks fine.

It's a shame, because it looks to be a half decent web browser.

Also noticed other weird text ghosting when moving actual Windows about. The fonts look "thinned out", only way to describe it.
 
kitch9 said:
MS has never had a os that suits all mass selling devices and it's hurt them.

They do now, and it's going nowhere.
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I think they are better off to have this product available. Its more a starting point then a final position.
They should have got past the slow bios years ago but most of their money comes from corporate sales, legions of office computers from different eras had to be compatible

Having an OS that gives that ability to this newer tech even if the old guard think its pointless is part of the range Microsoft should have.
Now maybe they build on it and advance ahead of other OS in usability or not, but worth a try
 
Minstadave said:
This thread has a handful of people who can't cope with people not liking windows 8, so much so that I had to explain numerous times what I didn't like, why i didnt like it, why i coudnt find the cunningly hidden power off butoon and was accused of not actually trying the OS and just flaming. I had to stick someone on my ignore list because they were so tiresome, which in almost 10 years (including time as a don) has only happened 3 times.
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You're wasting your time arguing, it's the nature of fanboism, they have to have the last word no matter how pointless the argument. It's part of the disease.
 
Minstadave said:
This thread has a handful of people who can't cope with people not liking windows 8,
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I don't think it's about them can't cope with people not liking windows 8.

most of the reasons from the people who not liking windows 8, can be easily solved which other people have offered ways to help ect. but then all they say is "I shouldn't have to do that". if that's the care then surely that should be the case for all previous OS's, not just win8.

there's a lot of things I shouldn't have to do in previous OS's to make things easier but I have too.
 
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Blackjack Davy said:
You're wasting your time arguing, it's the nature of fanboism, they have to have the last word no matter how pointless the argument. It's part of the disease.
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Ugh, there's always one who ploughs into a thread throwing the word "fanboy" around in an effort to prove how awesome they are and how right their opinion is.

Lol, that's the last thing it ends up doing..... Everyone just thinks "moron" instead.
 
gareth170 said:
I don't think it's about them can't cope with people not liking windows 8.

most of the reasons from the people who not liking windows 8, can be easily solved which other people have offered ways to help ect. but then all they say is "I shouldn't have to do that". if that's the care then surely that should be the case for all previous OS's, not just win8.

there's a lot of things I shouldn't have to do in previous OS's to make things easier but I have too.
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You shouldn't have to patch together a new OS with free/paid third party software to make it as usable as an old OS though.
 
Mattey1 said:
You don't have to :confused:
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I would have to.

I'd want to have:

- the old start button
- the old search function (doesn't seperate apss/settings/files)
- hide metro/charm bar/right sided bar
- but the power button somewhere sensible
- give me back sidebar gadgets (insecure or not, they were very useful - should be fixed not stripped out)

Then I'd start to have a nice productive UI.
 
Minstadave said:
You shouldn't have to patch together a new OS with free/paid third party software to make it as usable as an old OS though.
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but as I said mate there's a lot of things I shouldn't have to do in previous OS's to make things easier but I have too. .like shutdown/restart desktop shortcut, change the start menu so it's bigger (paid third party), ect

I'd want to have:

- the old start button
- the old search function (doesn't seperate apss/settings/files)
- hide metro/charm bar/right sided bar
- but the power button somewhere sensible
- give me back sidebar gadgets (insecure or not, they were very useful - should be fixed not stripped out)

Then I'd start to have a nice productive UI.
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2 things from that list won't happen. you need to try get over the changes because if you can't then you'll be stuck on win7 for the life of it.

also the metro/charm bar/right sided bar is already hidden
 
Windows 7 needed no customisation out the box for me, just a nice, clean UI with a speed bump over previous versions. I think all I do for a fresh install of 7 is make the taskbar smaller.

I don't mind sticking with 7 until MS hire some serious UI designers, 8 feels like it was designed by kids with ADHD, crap sliding out from all the corners of the screen.
 
Minstadave said:
I would have to.

I'd want to have:

- the old start button
- the old search function (doesn't seperate apss/settings/files)
- hide metro/charm bar/right sided bar
- but the power button somewhere sensible
- give me back sidebar gadgets (insecure or not, they were very useful - should be fixed not stripped out)

Then I'd start to have a nice productive UI.
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Perhaps a switch to Windows 8 isn't for you then?
 
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