Is Windows 8 so bad?
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The same place that said Vista was "so bad". It was only seen in a negative light because people tried to install it on their knackered old Pentium 3s with 1GB RAM. Windows 8 is no more difficult to use than Windows 7.Where does this impression that it was "so bad" come from in the first place?
People said Vista was bad because it was buggy and ran like a dog.
People say Windows 8 is bad because of how the Start Menus looks.
Its amazing how many people who say its a bad OS have no idea how good Windows 8 performs.
All the "bad OS" talk for Windows 8 is focused on the Start Menu, which is dumb and ignorant.
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the new start menu is for coming on windows 8.1, i dont use because my pentium 4 cant support it, and my 1.5 gb ddr 400, wouldnt hep so much, and mine geforce fx 5200 (256 mb)- runing windows vista driver- not help either
but if i could, i would use windows 8 definitely, because it so fast, more fluid, and got a applications store, which is more faster that search on google
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Just think of metro as a full screen start menu, i.e. you don't need as much precision to select the programs you want to run. You don't even have to ever install an 'app' if you don't want to but that functionality is there if you want to. Everything else is the same but runs quicker and smoother.
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I added start 8 and win 8 is fine
I got the distinct impression that the "bugginess" was as a result of poor third party drivers, especially from the likes of nVidia and AMD. I never had any problems with Vista on my own systems; I don't recall ever getting a BSoD. In fact, I can't remember the last time I had a BSoD on any version of Windows since XP. It probably helped that I always had at least a dual core processor with 2GB RAM.People said Vista was bad because it was buggy and ran like a dog.
People say Windows 8 is bad because of how the Start Menus looks.
Its amazing how many people who say its a bad OS have no idea how good Windows 8 performs.
All the "bad OS" talk for Windows 8 is focused on the Start Menu, which is dumb and ignorant.
As for Windows 8, I've been using it since it was released and I no longer notice the Start screen. I just press the Windows key and type the name of the application I want to launch, as I have been doing since Vista. I guess it depends on how you've gotten used to launching applications.
Yes.
There kind of is in the sense they've resolved the main gripe of power users (i.e. the genuine critics, not the "zomg there's no start button" morons). That criticism being how messy the start screen would get as a result of "desktop" applications automatically appearing on it.
Now they've fixed that by separating Metro applications from "All Programs".
As an aside, I hope there is an option to disable the new fangled "start button" on the task bar. I don't want that thing back wasting valuable screen space. The hotspot in the bottom-left was perfectly fine.
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The thing is, hot corners have been around in various forms long before Win8 appeared on the scene, but they never seem to have become a mainstream way of doing things.
Theoretically, hot corners *should* be easier to use than buttons - effectively, they're infinitely large and impossible to miss. My own guess is that they're perceptually/ergonomically unsound on a fundamental level - we've evolved as primarily visual creatures, and actuating something via an invisible hot corner completely breaks the "see it - point at it - poke it" thought/action process we find most natural and comfortable. There's a vaguely mushy, unsatisfying feedback thing going on when you click on "something" you haven't explicitly "seen" - the fact that you can click *anywhere" your hand/wrist/shoulder takes you once you've reached the hot corner actually makes this feeling worse, not better.
In other words, although hot corners work perfectly well on a purely functional level, many (most?) people just don't find them very nice to use.
Just my theory, anyway, and admittedly I'm no expert in these things.
Most people want visual clues, I have a feeling if a button popped out of the corner when you went near it that'd help some people but infuriate others (like myself..)
They'll never make everyone happy, I don't mind Win8 as it is now, I'm use to it but I really didn't like it when I started using it, it's won me over.
They'll never make everyone happy, I don't mind Win8 as it is now, I'm use to it but I really didn't like it when I started using it, it's won me over.
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Well, it does in a way - a mini-image of the Start screen pops out when you're in the desktop and you hit the bottom-left hot corner. You still don't get to point directly *at* something though, which may be the cause of the problem (for those who have a problem).
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This has already been discussed 4,986,287 times, like most things to do with Windows 8.
There's no retail licence any more, but the new OEM T&Cs are similar to those of the old retail pack - in particular, you can transfer the licence to new hardware if you want.
90% of the programs I open in Windows 7 are either pinned to the taskbar, or opened via pressing the windows button, typing part of the name and hitting enter.
Both of these still stand in Windows 8. The start menu is a bit bulky but it works reasonably, the app store is handy if less intuitive then Apple's. The only thing I don't like is that menu options seem to be hidden away in corners of the screen.
I don't see the need to upgrade from Win7, and I won't bother upgrading until I need a re-install (my Win7 copy is from the MSDNAA so I no longer have an install key after I remove this install)... but I don't see any need to actively avoid it.
Both of these still stand in Windows 8. The start menu is a bit bulky but it works reasonably, the app store is handy if less intuitive then Apple's. The only thing I don't like is that menu options seem to be hidden away in corners of the screen.
I don't see the need to upgrade from Win7, and I won't bother upgrading until I need a re-install (my Win7 copy is from the MSDNAA so I no longer have an install key after I remove this install)... but I don't see any need to actively avoid it.
Win 8 and Start8 or ClassicShell.
irritatingly, I bought Start8 but prefer the free ClassicShell.
Have not managed to get the Win 7 Aero working on it yet ( Not really tried that hard though ) but even I, an despiser of Windows 8.. kind of ahem... use it on one of my PCs.
irritatingly, I bought Start8 but prefer the free ClassicShell.
Have not managed to get the Win 7 Aero working on it yet ( Not really tried that hard though ) but even I, an despiser of Windows 8.. kind of ahem... use it on one of my PCs.
Win8 with Start8 is the way to go, at least for me.
I don't use the start menu that much, but the ridiculous charms, and the sticky corners over multiple monitors meant Start8 was a no brainer.
I think Metro would work great on a tablet and even some desktop users may prefer it, but whether it's progress is debatable.
I don't use the start menu that much, but the ridiculous charms, and the sticky corners over multiple monitors meant Start8 was a no brainer.
I think Metro would work great on a tablet and even some desktop users may prefer it, but whether it's progress is debatable.
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I might re-install again for WIN 8.1 I removed it and went back to Windows 7 because for one reason I kept trying to use it like it was Windows 7 lol
And for that reason I though why should I bother and went back to Win7.
But looking at 8.1 they have added some nice features.
And for that reason I though why should I bother and went back to Win7.
But looking at 8.1 they have added some nice features.