Windows 8 - Great RAM Limits, but Touchscreen? (No Thanks)

Aderes Devorah

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Hi all

I figure that in about 12 months time it would be lovely not to be limited to 16GB of RAM with 7 Home Premium, so Windows 8 is the obvious choice (esp. with these price cuts).

However, I loathe touchscreen. Sorry to sound OCD, but I don't want my monitor looking like something off CSI.

In a nut shell: if I get Windows 8, I want it to look and operate just like Windows 7 (well, within reason).

Has anybody gone down this path?

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Aye, I can't stand Metro in Windows 8 but I like all the other features, so that's what I've done. Start8 is about £3 or something I think.

 
I used ninite as recommended by Linus.

Installed Classic Start menu (and a few other things) and bypass Metro altogether. Although you can use it if you want.

Could also do search for Classic Start Menu and install on it's own.

Wife's happy not using silly Metro screen.
 
Just in case it wasn't clear; touch screen isn't a requirement for Windows 8.

It operates 'like' Windows 7 out of the box, but if you want to go further there are 3rd party add ons.
 
The Dirts said:
I used ninite as recommended by Linus.

Installed Classic Start menu (and a few other things) and bypass Metro altogether. Although you can use it if you want.

Could also do search for Classic Start Menu and install on it's own.

Wife's happy not using silly Metro screen.
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Thanks for that, too.

Linus is usually good at separating the wheat from the chaff.
 
Aderes Devorah said:
I can live with that. Thanks again.
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Be aware, Start8 does a good job, but there are still some Windows 8 nasties waiting to bite you on the bum.

In my opinion, a new operating system should not entail hours of tearing ones hair out and finally only coming to accept it thanks to a 3rd party program that circumnavigates all the bs that M$ is wanting to ram down its consumers throats.

I am a reluctant Windows 8 user (came with laptop and cant be bothered to install Windows 7 from scratch.....again) and can tolerate it with Start8, but I would take Windows 7 over 8 any day of the week.

The only people I know who seem to love Windows 8 are tech forum geeks. A guy I know who is an IT professional and works with computers and networks at a far deeper level than I woudl understande, states that Windows 8 is firmly in the sin bin as far as business PCs are concerned. For them, windows 7 is the way ahead.

Windows 8 = Fail OS.
 
MatTheCat said:
The only people I know who seem to love Windows 8 are tech forum geeks. A guy I know who is an IT professional and works with computers and networks at a far deeper level than I woudl understande, states that Windows 8 is firmly in the sin bin as far as business PCs are concerned. For them, windows 7 is the way ahead.

Windows 8 = Fail OS.
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100% correct.

Windows 8 is simply a money maker for Microsoft.

Basically, Apple and Google already had a massive user base for their respective app ecosystems. When Windows Phone 7/8 was released Microsoft had no user base at all. So they have exploited what they did have, their Desktop Windows users, to basically force them into using big screen versions of Microsoft's Mobile apps. This is why fonts are so huge, so much blank space, etc., etc.

It would have been the easiest thing in the world to simply add an option at first start-up for the user to choose either Metro or Standard Start Menu, but they didn't. This is why you cant boot directly to the desktop. They want a huge 4x2 button to their app store to be the first thing people see when they turn on their computer, launch a program, or do anything.

It's cool if people like what they've done, or don't understand why they've done it, after all that's the blooming point :D But from a professional's standpoint who knows what's going on, it's like a virus.
 
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Total tosh.

Use Start8 or simply Esc out of Metro with a SINGLE keystroke, once.

That it, it will never come back again unless you launch it. Otherise Windows 8 is 95% the same as Windows 7 in general usage.

Who cares about the business world? They stick with a stable platform for BUSINESS reasons (Security, Application Compatibility etc) Reasons that are of ZERO consequence to a home user.

Under the hood Windows 8 is an all round better operating system. 'Professional' standpoint? Again, a totally ridiculous notion. Business will not migrate to Windows 8 now just like they did not migrate to Windows 7, Vista or XP for many many years. The whole "I've got a friend who sez it's crap" is laughable. Windows 8 WILL be adopted in due course.
 
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Sin_Chase said:
Total tosh.

Use Start8 or simply Esc out of Metro with a SINGLE keystroke, once.

That it, it will never come back again unless you launch it. Otherise Windows 8 is 95% the same as Windows 7 in general usage.

Who cares about the business world? They stick with a stable platform for BUSINESS reasons (Security, Application Compatibility etc) Reasons that are of ZERO consequence to a home user.

Under the hood Windows 8 is an all round better operating system. 'Professional' standpoint? Again, a totally ridiculous notion. Business will not migrate to Windows 8 now just like they did not migrate to Windows 7, Vista or XP for many many years. The whole "I've got a friend who sez it's crap" is laughable. Windows 8 WILL be adopted in due course.
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This. No large business will adopt a new OS upon release. Your friend missed that important tidbit out. Windows 8 is an improved version of Windows 7, it does not NEED a touchscreen, nor does it need start8 etc.
 
This. No large business will adopt a new OS upon release. Your friend missed that important tidbit out. Windows 8 is an improved version of Windows 7, it does not NEED a touchscreen, nor does it need start8 etc.
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BT Openreach engineers have Windows 8 running on their Panasonic Toughbook convertibles, but I guess they don't count as a large business.
 
OP I feel the same about touch screens (at the moment) and still really like Windows 8, I rarely go near the metro interface (yes I know it's not called that but it's commonly known as that..)

There are some advantages over Windows 7 though, for me personally the searching in metro is absolutely fantastic, mash the windows key, type a couple of letters, press return and I'm in anything I want to run as the search option works so well and it so damn fast.

Never fumble around the start menu looking for programs again, it just works better than previous start menu searches, I hope they keep it this good when 8.1 comes out.
 
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