waits for the MS gang to show
"The minute that a PC rolls off the manufacturing line with a new version of Windows on it, it is counted as a "license sold,"
And it still lags in terms of usage with XP and Win 7 lmfao can't wait to till the BACK TRACK edition
Isn't it amusing how some petty people think. How they think it's a gang. All because some people can just get on with it and they don't like what they read, so it's labelled a gang.
My view is that these changes are a result of ignorance. In the FT article I saw (haven't read the digital version if it's any different) they admit that they could have raised better awareness of the changes and trained retail staff better. I think that would have been better than those stupid artsy ads they put out that didn't actually tell you about what made the product better. They tried too hard to build hype without actually telling anyone in straight words what was different or how to use it.
But then you get the ROFLCOPTER people like, deuse.
We already knew the button was coming back. I can only imagine that some are struggling to work out what to do without a button, which I can well understand given some of the people I've worked with.
I cannot get my head around this. The standards are so low nowadays.
That said, if people are shown what to do, then they've been fine with it in my experience. I think where Microsoft have let themselves down with the new GUI* is with a complete lack of instruction. As far as I can tell there's only a short animation which shows while Windows is finishing installing (or on first boot up on an OOB system). Had they included a tile to guide users through doing this or that on demand, it would have been far better. I'm sure there's plenty of info buried away in a help file somewhere, but that's the issue - it's buried away.
It sounds like they need a masters degree to work this out. L for Left and R for Right when building things. Did they never build lego? or meccano? god that must have been a nightmare. You know, these things that make you use your brain. Remember the days of jigsaws?
Can you explain this then? most of these people are online, right? smartphones, ipads, iphones, tablets, laptops, smart tv's, right? always on browsing the internet, right? always googling, shopping and searching, right? so they know how to search and google, correct? if they know their way around the internet so well and always online because thats how this generation is. How can they not find the ways to learn Windows 8 from all the sites that are widely available on what to do...
It's hardly buried away. After all, all you ever hear is, Google it!
Personally I couldn't care less. I'm not a fan of the start screen, but it doesn't slow me down in the slightest. I can still open programs in two clicks and indeed more of my programs are visible without having to go into All Programs. I can still open programs by simply hitting the windows key and typing a couple of letters. I still shutdown a PC by pressing the power button. The only negatives for me is having to dig into the charms bar to restart a PC, though that's still three clicks as it is with Windows 7 (unless I create a shortcut, though I restart so rarely its not worth it), and I'm missing the recent items for individual programs (obviously the Office suite have their own recent items and I can continue to pin my important items them in each Office program, but some programs don't have that recent list or the ability to pin items.
That said, I could happily continue working with Windows 7, though I'd miss a few features, GUI tweaks and the optimisation Windows 8 has had. As I said, couldn't really care less either way. I'm certainly not a fanboy and wouldn't encourage or discourage anyone against either, save for telling them that "this is the way it's going, so you might as well just do it now".
* and don't get me wrong, while I don't mind tiles instead of buttons, I'd have gone much further in changing the GUI and integrated Metro into the desktop rather than having the current old flat, 2D and relatively useless desktop.
At least you get on with it.
windows key. it's been on keyboards since before the release of windows 95. ie, 17 years ago. That's how long we've had a key that takes us straight to the start menu and now screen. 17 years and still people haven't learned to use it
Scary how sad and amusing that is at the same time, isn't it?
People need to realise the market is very different to any other windows release. They also need to understand that MS won't commit suicide just because a few can't cope without a button.
I always chuckle when I read this stuff. How bad it really is. An internet generation that love to adapt but don't love to adapt. O_o
