Windows 8 - Classic Shell (Windows 7 Style)

DeathStorm said:
Might be wrong on this point but there's probably a lot more new stuff in Windows 7 to 8 than there was from Vista to 7 but it doesn't matter how good the underlying OS is as people notice the missing start button or metro interface or aero much more easily.
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Yeah, but they'll get over it, and the underlying OS will still be better than Windows 7. The hysteria over the UI is temporary.

sniffy said:
I can't find any concrete info on this. All sites I've found just discuss faster booting times and metro as the main selling points along with rather minimal additions such as copy pausing. Vista to 7 felt like progress whereas 8 just strikes me as a tablet OS.
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It's funny... Windows 7 was a largely incremental improvement over Vista. Lower memory usage, faster boot times, more responsive UI etc. By the time Windows 7 launched Vista was working fine for a lot of people yet it was still considered a no-brainer to upgrade, especially at the launch discount prices.

Fast forward three years and those similar incremental differences are being viewed as a reason NOT to upgrade.
 
Elevon said:
Look how many versions of Vista,Win7,8 there are ie more then two,even Win8 Enterprise is more desktop user friendly then the other Win8 versions,so having one more new Win8 for desktop home users would not be that hard for Microsoft.
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Boo. Windows 8 Enterprise isn't available on my TechNet sub. Are there any significant differences between that and the standard version?
 
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I've mostly refrained from these threads till now, but IMHO the Metro interface is an absolute, utter piece of junk for trying to do anything remotely useful. Take my system as an example; I'm a hobby programmer/ coder for some custom stuff. This means I need these:
* Recent files list.
* 12 main programs. (Word, Excel, Outlook, Firefox, Notepad++, Calculator, Gimp2, Irfanview, 3 custom apps related to the programming, Media Center)
* 7 different folders
* Standard system functions (Lock, shutdown etc)

Jump lists and pinned programs are completely inadequate if you're working on more than one thing at once over two monitors. (Having over 30 windows open is not at all unusual)
I also don't want to be dumped out of my code and into a fullscreen menu just because I want to open calculator, and nor do I want calculator taking up valuable taskbar space.

What I could really do with is Gnome2 style menus for Windows. One menu for apps, one menu for files and folders, and one for system crud.......

-Leezer-
 
theheyes said:
Yep. And they're freakishly similar. Almost word for word the same.
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I remember it, was hilarious really.

I've seen it quoted before that MS do one good OS then one bad one...

95 – Bad
98 – Good
ME – Bad
XP – Good
Vista – Bad
7 – Good
8 – what do you think...

:)
 
KraniX said:
I remember it, was hilarious really.

I've seen it quoted before that MS do one good OS then one bad one...

95 – Bad
98 – Good
ME – Bad
XP – Good
Vista – Bad
7 – Good
8 – what do you think...

:)
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You'll get no argument from me over Me and Vista but 95 wasn't bad, especially coming from 3.x and you've skipped a few:

95
NT 4
98
98 SE
Me
2000
XP
Vista
7
8

So could we drop this one good one bad nonsense?
 
95 - Brilliant
NT 4 - Can't comment.
98 - Can't comment.
98 SE - Nice upgrade from 95.
Me - Bad
2000 - Good
XP - Good
Vista - Good after SP1
7 - Brilliant
8 - Liking it so far... seriously...
 
Simian said:
I'm having a play with the RTM (from TechNet) on a Duel Boot with Windows 7, and was showing it to the Wife last night.

First thing she said was "What are all those 'Square' things!!??" and then when I went to the Desktop "Where's the Round Button Thing???"

so this might help!! :D
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So instead of spending a couple of seconds showing your wife where the windows key is on your keyboard you will install some dodgy third party app, or just not stick with 7?

People are strange.
 
deadite66 said:
i moved to stardocks Start8 program, not free but more integrated than classic shell.
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Funny you should mention that, as I received an Email from Stardock yesterday, which included the offer: "Like our page (on Facebook) and get 10% off your purchase of Start8!"

Every little helps! :)
 
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Elevon said:
It's going to be a long time before I use touch screen on my desktop PC ,also God help anybody that dare puts a finger print on my monitor screen.
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Indeed, but it's not only greasy fingerprints: fairly sure that all touchscreen layers introduce optical problems too as the tend to be more reflective.

No problem for those willing to suffer ***p TN panels but for anyone who has invested in a decent IPS / VA / PLS screen is bound to notice. And I don't see touchscreen gloves becoming an office essential...
 
95 - Brilliant when coming from Windows 3.11
NT 4 - Not too Bad in an office environment!.
98 - Bit Sluggish, but not bad really!!.
98 SE - Nice upgrade from 95, Sorted the 98 Bugs!.
Me - Not as Bad as most people say!, though didn't like my 384Mb RAM
2000 - Very Good even on a Home System
XP - Nice Home version of 2000's functionality... looked good when theme Hacked!
Vista - Sluggish but Good after SP1
7 - Brilliant
8 - Liking it so far... seriously... :D I even went back to the Standard/Metro UI :eek:
 
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the1gooner said:
After using windows 3.0 the release of windows 95 was a major upgrade both in looks and functionality.

I remember everyone i knew into computers and people using computers at work raving about it.
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Not gamers. The extra resources that it bogged down still had us using DOS boot disks where possible.

That being said, I only used the PC for gaming back then. lol

Windows 98 & Windows 7 are the best they ever did.

My only concern with Windows 8 is how stable it will be. Last thing I want is random weird BSODs to ponder, had enough of that nonsense with Vista.
 
Inever saw a single Blue Screen under Vista. But there, I didn't go into that OS with the pre-conception that, incorrectly, it was a bad OS.
 
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