Windows 8, Tablets Blamed For Record Drop In PC Sales

[hazydawn]

You're not wrong - I simply assumed you were misinformed as you seem to suggest there is some sort of major problem. If you don't want to open a program when you first boot in - click to the desktop. How is that even an issue? I honestly can't get my head around it.

That's it, you have to click to the desktop every single time you start your pc. To me, and many other people it seems, that's annoying. If I decided to never use Metro and just use the desktop than I'd still have to click it away every time. I honestly can't see a reason why Microsoft wouldn't build in an option so anyone would be satisfied.
That's of course not my only problem with Win8 I just mentioned it as an example why it feels to me that Microsoft is shoving it's new design down my throat instead of giving options.

 

[SnowyGamester]

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I assume the reasoning behind it is when you turn on a computer, you're probably going to open something, and that's where most people are going to open something from. MS probably didn't consider an option to disable that necessary. As for why they didn't leave an option to get rid of the thing entirely and revert to the old start menu, I think they worked out a better alternative and just wanted people to move on and be done with it. There is absolutely no way they can please everybody...they could leave it in until windows 12 and people will complain when they take it out of 13. I mean people complained when they changed it from the pop out style folders to the expanding downward style, albeit not quite as much as this time. I think they just want to get it out of the way now so they can focus on something better.

 

[hazydawn]

MS probably didn't consider an option to disable that necessary.

And I doubt that it never occurred to them that people would hate precisely that.

As for why they didn't leave an option to get rid of the thing entirely and revert to the old start menu, I think they worked out a better alternative and just wanted people to move on and be done with it. There is absolutely no way they can please everybody...

Jup that's also what I assuemed to be the reason. The problem is just that so many people don't think it's better. Still I read that it actually sold pretty well, which is no wonder with the flood of advertisement, people just buying the newest version without even looking at it beforehand and the new facebook/dubstep/or whatever generation totally digging this kind of design. It definitely will be the last Windows I bought if the comming ones are like this. *Sigh* I know I'm getting too emotional over this.

 

[SnowyGamester]

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It isn't bad once you spend a few minutes with it. When I first saw footage of it I couldn't find enough palms for my face but after trying it it's a lot quicker than the start menu once you've got your most used programs pinned in the right place.