Not me I guess, I upgraded to Windows 8 Pro from Windows 7 at the beginning of January this year, and despite having several physical copies of Windows 7, I'm still running with Windows 8. I even use several metro apps, and the Start screen. Waiting for a Chrome Metro to show up, curious how Google will handle things there, IE and Firefox Metro are both pretty cool though. :3Adam Jensen said:And how many people downgraded it back to Windows 7, I wonder?
I'm using it right now on three normal screens. It uses a desktop UI like everything else.SonOfVoorhees said:W8 would work better with a touch screen, but most people have a normal screen. So it doesnt work.
And they work where ? Apple tech support ? Seriously the amount of bs I'm reading, about how bad this system is, is just ridiculous. Sure, the start screen is still far from being perfect, but the OS itself is fast, stable and simply better than any of the MS OS was less than 1 year after it's release.Jaeger_CDN said:Any of the IT people here I've spoken to just laugh when I mention the words Win8.
Nope, these are people that deal with a few thousand desktops across a provincial gov't network. My second sentence basically said that under the hood, Windows 8 is a upgraded version of Windows 7 and I agree that it has some improvements but that they tried to change 23 years of people using a relatively similar GUI style overnight. There was a similar hue and cry when Vista was introduced but that had the problem of lousy drivers at the beginning and not a major overhaul of the GUI over XP. Windows 7 was simply an upgrade from Vista with minimal changes to the GUI.Elithraradril said:And they work where ? Apple tech support ? Seriously the amount of bs I'm reading, about how bad this system is, is just ridiculous. Sure, the start screen is still far from being perfect, but the OS itself is fast, stable and simply better than any of the MS OS was less than 1 year after it's release.
Well not if whoever set up the PCs did their job properly and made everyone's programs visible on the start screen in an organised and properly grouped fashion. It's rather like setting up Windows 7 or Windows XP to have all the correct programs under the start menu in a properly organised way.Lance Icarus said:The cumbersome way it makes you get to any applications that aren't immediately on the initial load screen would flood us with calls and questions about how to reach this and that program.
Actually Origin is a fair bit worse because an Origin account became a retrospective requirement to play online in EA games. The ones that didnt use Gamespy at least.Deshin said:To be perfectly fair: The only reason I ended up installing Steam in the first place was because Borderlands 2 outright demanded me to. Not to say I wouldn't have done it eventually, I probably would have, but ya can't call out Origin on shit that Steam pulled too. It's actually worse because Origin is demanded for EA titles whereas I'm pretty sure Borderlands 2 doesn't have anything to do with Valve.DVS BSTrD said:So it's basically the Origin of OSs?Genocidicles said:Probably wouldn't have sold anywhere near that much if you could still buy pre-built PCs with Windows 7.
Everyone I know who uses it only has it because it came with the laptop they wanted, and they couldn't buy that laptop with Windows 7 installed.
So much this, I'm considering buying a new laptop, and finding a Windows 7 for sale is rare, finding one that is also powerful and good value is downright impossible.Genocidicles said:Probably wouldn't have sold anywhere near that much if you could still buy pre-built PCs with Windows 7.
Everyone I know who uses it only has it because it came with the laptop they wanted, and they couldn't buy that laptop with Windows 7 installed.
IT professional checking in here. Windows 8 is perfectly fine from an optimization standpoint, but in terms of usability, it's a pile of shit. We regularly joke about it in the office. We're not putting that rubbish on any of the PCs we manage, it wouldn't be in anyone's best interests.Elithraradril said:And they work where ? Apple tech support ? Seriously the amount of bs I'm reading, about how bad this system is, is just ridiculous. Sure, the start screen is still far from being perfect, but the OS itself is fast, stable and simply better than any of the MS OS was less than 1 year after it's release.Jaeger_CDN said:Any of the IT people here I've spoken to just laugh when I mention the words Win8.
Many of simple features that Windows 7 was lacking here are present at the first startup. ISO mounting, UI language change, multi-monitor wallpaper stretch etc.etc. Simple things, yet simply annoying when you have to install third party tools to do them.
And when I say faster - I mean it. Explorer is reacting far better than it was under Windows 7, so are basic OS tools. Win8 simply needs time, for MS to fix minor GUI issues.