Let's talk about Windows 8.

[GoldenGlove]

I don't use the Metro UI at all. I don't see what the hate is all about. If you're in Desktop it's basically Windows 7

 

[Grifter]

Installed a goddamn start menu, its better now.

 

[2gunsup]

the funny part about it is all the people that still shyt on Windows Vista to this day fail to realize that Windows 7 is nothing more than a slightly modified version of Vista.
Under the Hood, Windows 7 Is Vista's Twin | PCWorld

this is the Microsoft cycle. Windows 9 is gonna basically be Windows 8 and people will more than likely praise it just like they did 7.

two reasons people will never buy Windows 8. they got rid of the start menu and metro.
both of these are easily fixable you can put the start menu back in Windows 8 if you want and you never have to use any Metro apps. once you do this however you're basically left with a faster version of Windows 7.

That article is old and was based on a pre-beta version of the OS. Window Vista is no twin of 7 the gawd. Windows 9 will not be praised if they try to force feed their stupid phone UI on the masses again.

 

[winb83]

I don't use the Metro UI at all. I don't see what the hate is all about. If you're in Desktop it's basically Windows 7

that's the problem. Microsoft has been repackaging their OS for years and people have finally noticed. this is just like the previous two Windows. Windows 8 is basically Windows 7 like Windows 7 was basically Windows Vista. why repurchase what you already have even if it runs slightly faster when you have no complaints?

in fact i think the main reason people love Windows 7 so much is because computer specs advanced so much between when Windows XP came out and Windows 7 that most PCs people installed 7 on would have ran Vista fine and many of them never used Vista or immediately uninstalled it so it was all new to them.

 

[ExodusNirvana]

I don't use the Metro UI at all. I don't see what the hate is all about. If you're in Desktop it's basically Windows 7

Is there a start button? No? There you go. No one wants that.

Yes...Windows 8 is faster than Windows 7. There's no doubting that.

But people will stay with 7 rather than use an interface they don't like. Numbers don't lie

 

[daze23]

Vista got much better after one of the 'service packs', but at that point the damage was done (as far as perception)

 

[ExodusNirvana]

Vista got much better after one of the 'service packs', but at that point the damage was done (as far as perception)

And as Apple has shown us, perception is everything:ppvbro:

 

[winb83]

Is there a start button? No? There you go. No one wants that.

Yes...Windows 8 is faster than Windows 7. There's no doubting that.

But people will stay with 7 rather than use an interface they don't like. Numbers don't lie

why would you need a start button? its been rendered pointless in Windows 8 and even in 7 once you start docking programs its barely used.

the start button it awkward and clunky. browsing through long list of program folders.

in windows 8 if i wanna open the control panel i hit the windows key and c and its an option on the screen in seconds. whatever you wanna open you hit the Windows key and start typing and within 3 or so letters its there.

 

[acri1]

how many people shytting on Windows 8 have actually used it long enough to develop a preference about it?

when you find people that actually have installed and used 8 for a decent period of time they tend to say the same thing i've been saying its a better version of 7 just ignore the metro apps.

most of the people shytting on Windows 8 never even tried it or used it for less than a couple of days and never adjusted then ran back.

people shytting on Vista were worse. you needed 2GBs of ram minimum to run Vista and people were rocking desktops with at the most 1GB of ram and you couldn't run Vista on that effectively so because their PCs couldn't handle it they cried about it? back then i built a PC and had 3GBs of ram and never had any complaints. ran fine.

If that's the case, then it's Microsoft's own damn fault because the minimum specs are too low. I mean if you can't run Vista effectively with less than 2GB of RAM, then it shouldn't install on computers with less than that. Instead, they sold people (like my mother) Vista computers that were slow out of the box because they ran with the "minimum" requirements.

MS could have easily just made the minimum requirement 2GB and saved tech support people everywhere headaches. They didn't, so it's their fault if that's why people hated vista.

Is there a start button? No? There you go. No one wants that.

Yes...Windows 8 is faster than Windows 7. There's no doubting that.

But people will stay with 7 rather than use an interface they don't like. Numbers don't lie

Yep. The fact is, the UI is a step down from Windows 7 and nobody really likes it. The fact that you can work around it doesn't change the fact. Microsoft tried to fix something that wasn't broke and ended up making it worse.

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

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[winb83]

Yep. The fact is, the UI is a step down from Windows 7 and nobody really likes it. The fact that you can work around it doesn't change the fact. Microsoft tried to fix something that wasn't broke and ended up making it worse.

by ui are you talking about metro apps or the start screen? the ui is not a step down from Windows 7 its just a departure from an interface people have been using for almost 20 years since Windows 95 with the start button.

the start button is not really needed anymore. it doesn't provide any functionality that you can't access faster and better in Windows 8 outside of the shutdown which i just created shortcuts for and docked to the task bar. my Windows 8 boots in about 20 seconds and goes straight into the desktop just from me scheduling a task to open windows explorer at user login.

the only time i ever see the start screen is when i wanna launch a program i don't usually use on a daily basis.

 

[ExodusNirvana]

why would you need a start button? its been rendered pointless in Windows 8 and even in 7 once you start docking programs its barely used.

the start button it awkward and clunky. browsing through long list of program folders.

in windows 8 if i wanna open the control panel i hit the windows key and c and its an option on the screen in seconds. whatever you wanna open you hit the Windows key and start typing and within 3 or so letters its there.

The point is they went from an interface people knew and liked to an interface they DID'NT like. Whether or not it serves a purpose is meaningless to how it makes the consumer FEEL.

This is why Apple is able to charge out the ass for PC's and laptops that do the same shyt as Windows. Because of how the consumer perceives the product.

I don't know how to further explain this...

 

[Lord Scion]

Samsung exec says Windows 8 is 'no better than' Windows Vista | The Verge

There's plenty of evidence that Windows 8 isn't the rousing success that Microsoft might have hoped for, but a Samsung executive has taken his criticism a step further than that. "I think the Windows 8 system is no better than the previous Windows Vista platform," Dong-Soo Jun, head of Samsung's memory business, told The Korea Times today. While Fujitsu had previously blamed Windows 8 for its own declining PC sales, this may be the first time a Microsoft partner has dared to compare Windows 8 to Vista — well known as one of Microsoft's failures.

However, if you take Dong-Soo's statement in context, the memory executive may not be speaking out of turn. The quote recorded by The Korea Times came as part of a conversation about the general decline in traditional PC sales, and how Samsung's memory division will cut production of PC memory chips in favor of ones designed to be used in smartphones. Samsung's executive is likely simply saying what we've already heard before: that — not unlike Windows Vista — the new Windows 8 operating system isn't helping the industry to sell more computers. From the perspective of a memory chip vendor, Windows 8 isn't doing much good for the bottom line. Still, his comment may inspire others to more closely consider how Windows 8 compares to previous versions of the operating system.

 

[qwerty_jones]

Samsung exec says Windows 8 is 'no better than' Windows Vista | The Verge

Maybe is Samsung advertised their Windows line a bit more people will buy it.

 

[King Sun]

Maybe is Samsung advertised their Windows line a bit more people will buy it.