Views on Windows 8?

[Magic]

I personally don't have windows 8 but have seen videos of it and it looks shit to me, more something you'd find on a tablet. Does anyone have windows 8 that can tell me if it is what it seems?

 

[Adrian]

My mom downloaded the preview they released and it was utter shit I do not recommend it.

 

[DingLyDellmeister]

My uncle put it on my new computer, which annoyed me - at first it seemed awful, but after a while, it was OK, but windows 7 is still better.

 

[Markshall]

I love it. It's great.

 

[Benden]

That start menu is sooo ugly, no thanks!

 

[RastaLulz]

It's Windows 7 with a tablet GUI slapped on top of it.

 

[JordanTBH]

It's alright, but I only recommend it if you've a touch screen (I got a cheap 27" touch screen for £99.99 on eBay to play about) the UI is pretty easy to get use to if you've/had the Windows Phone or Xbox but prefer Windows Vista/7.

'A survey finds that even hard-core Windows 8 fans prefer Windows 7 by a two to one margin.'
'Over half of surveyed Windows 8 users prefer Windows 7 - A survey of 50000 Windows 8 users found that over half of them still prefer Window.'
'In fact, a survey of 50,000 Windows 8 users revealed that 53% of them still prefer Windows 7'
says it all really.

 

[Jo$h]

I'm a computer purist, I skiied on Windows 95 and Word Processed on Windows 98. Flash Games started on XP, skipped Vista, upgraded to 7. I've always been comfortable with an updated classic layout. Microsoft made a bad move by making Win8 with tablets in mind, because they've always had the PC market. Abandoning their core to go into a flooded market was a horrible business move.

 

[zMagenta]

It's shocking for a normal PC. It's just not got the right feel as Windows 7/Vista/Win2000.. The "Metro" theme is shocking.. I really dislike the idea.

The only reason to have this would be on a tablet, but even it though it'd be better not to have Win 8.

 

[Jo$h]

My issue is that Microsoft has abandoned their bread and butter. PC buyers have always been their life blood and they are moving into the tablet market.

 

[EngeldesTodes]

i think windows 8 is good easy to use than 7 and vista i am useing it right now

 

[Khalil]

Windows 8 is not bad, i'v seen lots of videos and reviews about it, but still i do prefer to use win 7 rather than using win 8.
One of the most common reasons for people to prefer win 7 than win 8, is that:

• Win 7 is so much easy to use, and people are used to it, and so they don't find as hard as using a new version of win.
• Win 7 is so much compatible with lots of programs/apps, as when your looking for a new program to download, you shall find (compatible with win vista, xp, 7), and no you won't find win 8 unless that company has some good dedicate and non-stop working devs, witch works day and night only to make their products compatible with each and every os (or just new releases of win).

and so more many reasosn to be listed below, you can just google them and find an entire list of full features and what makes win 7 better than win 8.
But still, win 8 can be very good to use for dev proposes, yet again win 7 stays the best.

 

[EngeldesTodes]

Windows 8 is not bad, i'v seen lots of videos and reviews about it, but still i do prefer to use win 7 rather than using win 8.
One of the most common reasons for people to prefer win 7 than win 8, is that:

• Win 7 is so much easy to use, and people are used to it, and so they don't find as hard as using a new version of win.
• Win 7 is so much compatible with lots of programs/apps, as when your looking for a new program to download, you shall find (compatible with win vista, xp, 7), and no you won't find win 8 unless that company has some good dedicate and non-stop working devs, witch works day and night only to make their products compatible with each and every os (or just new releases of win).

and so more many reasosn to be listed below, you can just google them and find an entire list of full features and what makes win 7 better than win 8.
But still, win 8 can be very good to use for dev proposes, yet again win 7 stays the best.

i only use windows 8 to do djing on radio stations it more easier to handle but i miss my windows 7 enterprise pc that i cracked

 

[Wassim]

I dont really like the new start menu

 

[iRekan]

It's ok but the new start menu is horrific for people using Windows 8 on a PC

 

[Cheetos]

I prefer Windows 7, windows 8 looks more for iPads and stuff.

 

[Legion]

I like windows 8. Not much different than win7 but I do like it.

 

[DingLyDellmeister]

I like windows 8. Not much different than win7 but I do like it.

Uuuuhhhhmmm..... Have you ever actually used windows 8? O_O

 

[Legion]

Nope

 

[DingLyDellmeister]

Nope

Well, the desktop is the same, but the start menu is fucked up.