I just installed Windows 8 on a 10 year old machine.
Half a gig memory and 1 single core but windows loads up fast and uses 400 meg. I thought that was alright even though XP could load and only use 100 meg.
I used the £25 offer so this was the cheapest setup for someone who just wants to browse their camera photos on a big screen
On the other hand I'm sitting here looking at win8 task manager while browsing the internet and its used up 12 gig. Seems to do both extremes and theres never enough memory for it. Needs a slimfast button
My sister tells me in their office they hate win8 because its so confusing.
I mentioned it just needs a little utility to fix it but of course this is never done by your average user.
So they extremely dislike all this pop up stuff and how they have to take an hour to relearn how to open even a document to the point they would rather switch off the machine and use an old windows copy elsewhere
Again a little button, revert or whatever you want to call it. Win7 mode, it would take MS no time at all to include that.
criticism about the Metro UI. I use Start Is Back which boots me straight into desktop mode.
I only ever use metro when the screen is off if that makes any sense. Because its a few keystrokes to load anything, the mouse is slower. No need to assign win key to metro, win+Q or many other combos should probably still work
