Windows 8 is a Joke!

MonsterMoshi said:
I have Windows 8 on my main PC and I personally much prefer it to windows 7
I got the upgrade for £25 back when it was released so it was a no brainer really

Went to upgrade my laptop yesterday from Windows 7 Home Premium and it wanted the full £189.99 down the official microsoft channels which is ridiculous. Especially when i can by the OEM copy for £114.99 from Overclockers! So much to my disappointment I'm having to stick with Windows 7

There are also no student deals on Windows 8 which it outrageous! I thing I paid about £30 to upgrade an XP laptop to Windows 7 Professional!
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Incorrect, students can get Windows 8 Pro Upgrade for £49.99 - http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msuk/en_GB/pdp/productID.272002100
 
brendy said:
It was very buggy, had all sorts of errors, netplwiz, weird permission errors when signed in as Admin etc Even the magnifier tool kicking in for no reason and the mouse and desktop not working properly, as if the mouse was offset by half an inch to the side.
Would it be fair to say that the school pcs are tightly locked down so there isnt really very much to go wrong/have to relearn?
I worked on the Clasroom2k stuff here in Ni and you could do nothing but the very basic stuff on those pcs which also helped keep required OS knowledge very basic.
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It depends on the school, secondary schools that my work colleagues look after are very locked down so those pesky teenagers can't break anything. My school is an infant school so no real need to lock it down so much, but I am starting from scratch with this one so we will see. The staff don't have admin rights and the machines are on a domain so no need for MS accounts. My work laptop has a MS account synced up and its been fine.

The problems you have had seem like it is a bad image/install and could possibly be corrupted, I haven't had any problems.
 
To op, your an idiot.

Post on an existing unfounded whine thread,

Oh and most people who wanted to try it early paid around £15
 
kirbz arguably a better solution is simply to make the computers read only for students using something along the lines of "Deepfreeze" or even a hardware card installed. That's how I did my 600 PC school a few years ago, saved a ton of support and gave the kids access to the FULL PC, without fear of them doing any harm. PC not working? Turn it off, back on and it's fine as none of the changes were written to disk.

Yes it opens up the possibility of mis-use but as I explained to the senior management team - teachers are in the rooms or should be supervising students, if computer mis-use takes place it's not the computers fault.

Don't get me wrong you need to have a properly secured network, internet (as if that's really possible these days) and server config, but students will find a way around anything so you might as well make them responsible for their actions by having teachers actually supervise and punish them for mis-use.
 
Halfmad said:
kirbz arguably a better solution is simply to make the computers read only for students using something along the lines of "Deepfreeze" or even a hardware card installed. That's how I did my 600 PC school a few years ago, saved a ton of support and gave the kids access to the FULL PC, without fear of them doing any harm. PC not working? Turn it off, back on and it's fine as none of the changes were written to disk.

Yes it opens up the possibility of mis-use but as I explained to the senior management team - teachers are in the rooms or should be supervising students, if computer mis-use takes place it's not the computers fault.

Don't get me wrong you need to have a properly secured network, internet (as if that's really possible these days) and server config, but students will find a way around anything so you might as well make them responsible for their actions by having teachers actually supervise and punish them for mis-use.
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I have used deepfreeze before in my last job where I looked after 15 libraries and it was a life saver, the problem I have is budget, I work for a private company and rather than a school direct and if I remember rightly a deepfreeze enterprise subscription is a hefty chunk of money, take into account a yearly upgrades on ict equipment and it wouldn't get a looking. The problem with deepfreeze I scheduling updates/software installs. I haven't used the enterprise console so I'm not sure how it works in this regard.

I don't have to worry about wannabe "hackers" as I look after primary schools only, I haven't had any major problems with children in the almost a year I have been in this job.
 
Yes I paid £25 and havent looked back. i really cant see why people have an issue with it. In less than a week you'll know your way around it perfectly fine.
 
I bought the Win 8 pro upgrade after I was told that I could use it across multiple machines (i.e. I upgrade). £25 + free media pack, brilliant. I still prefer Win 7 tbh, but Win 8 is alright, nothing really bad about it once you get your around some changes.

£189, sorry that's just pure hyperbole and you knew it, and then posted it.
 
Pointless thread. If you had pre-ordered it you could have got it dirt cheap. Also you can still buy it at a fraction of the price you are quoting.

Windows 8 is actually a good OS, i've grown to like it.
 
Its grown on me. I wasn't used to it at first but people need to just move on. Its fast, fluid and its intuitive for a lot of people out there. a lot of elderly people (including some of my own family) have been able to utilise windows properly for the first time. Simply because it just works. If you want an application to run, you click on it. its as simple as. not everyone requires the tweaking, hosts file editing and all that jazz.. give it time.
 
Windows 8 is great, I don't know why certain people bash it so much, it really isnt much different to 7 and everyone loves 7 :D For $5 I installed start8 which makes windows 8 boot to desktop and returns a start menu. No problem at all :)
 
Apart from access and similarities to Windows Vista and a half decent desktop I don't really like Windows 7. I prefer the option of having a classic desktop rather than being forced into having something I don't really like. I am not being over critical of Windows 8, as I have mentioned I like certain aspects of it but not enough to pay the price Microsoft is asking for just the upgrade. That is the reason I opened this thread. I never opened it as a preferential. I actually use Windows Vista more than any other O/S. Everyone Has their preferences and that is what makes computing diverse.
If I criticised Windows 8 for anything it is truly for being an expensive non starter as an upgrade. Its primary being is to eat into the App market that the mobile industry has created. Now you are getting Antivirus and security Apps for mobile devices. What are they saying to you the customer. I don't have to have Antivirus for my Iphone.
I know the same applies to Android as well.
Windows 8 as standard supports 32GB of Ram whereas in Windows 7 you have to buy the Ultimate version. As for the mentioned versions of windows upgrades for £24.99, these are manufacturer upgrades and some are promorional upgrades whereby if you purchased a Windows 7 PC you can even get the upgrade for free plus P&P providing you purchased it as a New Year purchase or Christmas purchase.
There are many ways to dodge the bullet, so-to-speak, but this still does not answer my initial reasoning to actually bring to your attention the Price Microsoft is asking for it. To me it is a Joke, and the joke is obviously on me if the O/S proves more popular than I believe it will be. The problem lies in how long this upgrade will last? I already know they are developing the next version of Windows, the only issue is if they are going to keep the GUI or opt for a Desktop version once again.
Like I said I only wanted to bring the point of attention to the Price and when I first saw it I believed it was a Joke, a pretty bad one at that especially when finances are tight.
 
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