Windows 8 - Classic Shell (Windows 7 Style)

Deleted member 77746 · 20 Oct 2012 at 09:29

oh I see well metro on a non touchscreen isn't really nice to use and users are going to be confused so much. I love the youtube videos on grans and granddads trying to use it. It's really funny.

RichIbizaSport · 20 Oct 2012 at 09:47

derv said:
Rich: Is there any way to display the temp on Metro via CoreTemp and Afterburner? I'm addicted to watching the little numbers change in Windows 7 and not sure I can cope without them showing at all times

Not that I'm aware of....yet.

I'm willing to bet once it's out and a bit more mainstream, both of them will release an "app" for metro.

Not sure it's worth it myself, I do spend pretty much all my time browsing, so I have the task bar.

ChileanLlama · 20 Oct 2012 at 09:47

Not sure why desktop on Windows RT is relevant in this thread though. It's not as though there'll be any way you can install any of these classic shells/start menu hacks to it.

gareth170 · 20 Oct 2012 at 10:09

RichIbizaSport said:
Finally moved across completely to windows 8 now. I'm not sure what all the fuss is about "metro", I'm quite liking it now I've used it for a while.

nobody here just likes change, haha

personlly i like metro it's a great idea

Deleted member 77746 · 20 Oct 2012 at 10:11

gareth170 said:
nobody here just likes change, haha

I love change if it's for the better. Without a touchscreen on a desktop then metro is pointless to me.

Mr-White · 20 Oct 2012 at 10:14

Microsoft are pushing the Metro UI quite hard but it's not proving to be very popular. We'll all be on Windows 8 at some point so you might as well embrace it now.

MW

Deleted member 77746 · 20 Oct 2012 at 10:16

Mr-White said:
Microsoft are pushing the Metro UI quite hard but it's not proving to be very popular. We'll all be on Windows 8 at some point so you might as well imbrace it now.

MW

Unless people decide to skip it and see what the next one brings.

gareth170 · 20 Oct 2012 at 10:18

tbh this happens with every windows release. people find something to moen about it

Deleted member 77746 · 20 Oct 2012 at 10:22

gareth170 said:
tbh this happens with every windows release. people find something to moen about it

This is with everything in life though.

theheyes · 20 Oct 2012 at 10:26

Mr-White said:
Microsoft are pushing the Metro UI quite hard but it's not proving to be very popular.

I don't think we can make that judgement until it's been out for a while. The reaction in tech circles is mixed but generally improves over time.

The interesting numbers to watch will be the return rates.

gareth170 · 20 Oct 2012 at 10:31

mrbell1984 said:
This is with everything in life though.

yes. but life to short to keep moening about little things like this..

i could moen about a lot more bigger things but i don't... life to short to keep moening. people should get over it tbh.

Mr-White · 20 Oct 2012 at 10:37

mrbell1984 said:
Unless people decide to skip it and see what the next one brings.

Unless it's a complete and utter failure it'll be in Windows 9. Microsoft are looking at releasing a new o/s every 2-3 years so it wouldn't be too long to wait anyway.

theheyes said:
I don't think we can make that judgement until it's been out for a while. The reaction in tech circles is mixed but generally improves over time.

The interesting numbers to watch will be the return rates.

People just hate change, currently it's what people are moaning about and will affect their buying choice. Once it becomes the norm they won't care.

MW

Deleted member 77746 · 20 Oct 2012 at 11:44

Mr-White said:
Unless it's a complete and utter failure it'll be in Windows 9. Microsoft are looking at releasing a new o/s every 2-3 years so it wouldn't be too long to wait anyway.

People just hate change, currently it's what people are moaning about and will affect their buying choice. Once it becomes the norm they won't care.

MW

It's the learning curve between changes. People have to learn how to fix as well as use. Some people don't care about the change if it isn't going to benefit them. I would never benefit from Windows 8 over what we have today.

easyrider · 20 Oct 2012 at 12:04

Its an OS FFS

I'm using windows 8 on all my machines and laptops....Win 7 is a long distant memory. TBH its not a lot different..

ChileanLlama · 20 Oct 2012 at 13:02

If people don't like I don't get why they have to come in every Windows x thread (it happens every time there's a new version to different degrees) and cry about it.

Simple answer is just let everyone get on with what they want to get on with, and if you don't like it don't upgrade. Always strikes me as the complainers want the latest thing, but don't want any change.

ChrisD. · 25 Oct 2012 at 10:03

I've just installed this onto my Windows 8 VM - so much better! Think I'll be upgrading to Windows 8 now to take advantage of all the under the bonnet improvements.

OspreyO · 25 Oct 2012 at 11:46

mrbell1984 said:
... I would never benefit from Windows 8 over what we have today.

For me its faster than 7. Which is benefit enough. I also like the speed of IE10 especially on older machines.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/robohornet-web-browser-performance,3303.html

An early dual core laptop I have 2GB (1.5Ghz) has gone from past it, to an excellent web machine. Its as usuable than much faster machines I have on W7.

Sighn · 25 Oct 2012 at 12:02

^ Agreed! It definitely is more responsive than W7 despite the fact I was using an older build (8400). It's surprising because Windows 7 is very fast itself.

OspreyO · 25 Oct 2012 at 12:16

I've not really tried it with any heavy duty apps or processing. I assume they would not be much effected. Its mainly browsing and GUI, OS functionality that's faster. I think more of the OS is multi-threaded than before.

On a slightly separate issue, I've noticed any old single threaded machines people ask me to fix (late P4's Xeons) are almost unusable now, especially on the web. However any dual core machine is still fine. Even with low RAM. I think W8 will breath new life into some of these machines if they are still on XP.

ChileanLlama · 25 Oct 2012 at 13:07

OspreyO said:
I've not really tried it with any heavy duty apps or processing. I assume they would not be much effected. Its mainly browsing and GUI, OS functionality that's faster. I think more of the OS is multi-threaded than before.

On a slightly separate issue, I've noticed any old single threaded machines people ask me to fix (late P4's Xeons) are almost unusable now, especially on the web. However any dual core machine is still fine. Even with low RAM. I think W8 will breath new life into some of these machines if they are still on XP.

That's what I'm seeing as well, there was a noticeable difference between previews and RTM when they removed Aero and I'm guessing this has made a difference too.