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Poll: How do you like Windows 8 so far?

Jan 31, 2013 8:24AM PST

To give you some context to this poll, please check out this discussion topic: Windows 8 just isn't my thing, can I install Windows 7 over 8?

If you are running Windows 8 on your PC, how do you like it so far and why?

-- I love it! (Did you have a hard time adjusting to it? What makes it so great to you?)
-- I hate it! (Please tell us why?)
-- It's just OK. (Care to explain?)
-- Still getting use to it, ask me later.

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yes
Apr 19, 2013 6:07AM PDT

The question of Start8 is mute when everything relative has crashed 3 times and even other non related crashed. recovery operations failed. Da everything failed. I pulled the drives stuck them on docks and can retrieve some data but nothing recoverable on the OS's operations. This W8 build lasted 2 weeks the previous build lasted 3 weeks and the first build a little over a month. So I'm sorry The software menu operations worked but I have no clue if this interface contributed to anything or not. I loaded it, used it and found it helpful in that nightmare os but can't say more as this OS is to volital for me to consider ever using again. And That is my story on this LOL WOW. W8 on my first install would not let me use Chrome, then another clean build Chrome worked but other things were starting to show up till it blue screened, oh the other old build drive was still in the machine and there was a footprint in the system as I got previous default pages loading in my browsers in the new build that I had setup on the previous build tabs and had never setup on this build. This last build, no other drives installed and Word stopped working after the security W8 updates with the office update on the Tuesday critical alert day. (no foot print issues found.)

I had W7 running since 7 came out on this box before any of the W8. One last thing in the last 2 builds of W8, I installed brand new drives to see if that wiping a drive may have been an issue. So I can't say if it was good or bad as a whole - the OS is junk or the no confidence is in full play here. Mac and Ubuntu is what I am looking at because of the ROI (return on investment) is costing more time in the long run then what the OS stability is showing what the value is worth... So good luck on your quest.. This OS to me is dead! And allot of other Microsoft software is really following suit...

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Windows 8 Mobile and Nokia Lumia 920
Apr 20, 2013 7:28PM PDT

Windows 8 Mobile is a 'bomb' as a serious business phone on my Nokia Lumia 920. It lacks the capacity to save text messages from and to the clients of my medicolegal practice onto my PC. Nokia had PC Suite for previous phones and it makes so much sense to be able to do this.

I contacted Nokia and Microsoft. Neither would own to the problem. Nokia said it didn't make Windows 8, Microsoft programmed it and Microsoft say that Nokia licensed it so it's their problem. In the meantime I've tried to access my text messages through Outlook.com where they are supposed to be stored but no luck.

Can you help please?

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really bad, really really bad
Apr 22, 2013 3:22PM PDT

this is the most unintuitive useless piece of crap I've ever used. DOS 3.1 was a lot friendlier and more capable.

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really bad, really really bad
Apr 22, 2013 3:22PM PDT

this is the most unintuitive useless piece of offal I've ever used. DOS 3.1 was a lot friendlier and more capable.

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Trying to be Jack of Trades does not work !
May 8, 2013 5:36PM PDT

MS tried to unify the mobile world and desktop/laptop world with Win 8. This is a big mistake. Apple and Google have separate OS's for these two entirely different environments for a good reason. Touch interface is not ideal nor practical for someone working with Photoshop or and other CAD s/w. At least they could have given the User the "choice" to boot to desktop mode with "Start Button" and the usual win interface compatible with the previous versions. Requiring too many clicks to go to desktop mode is not acceptable. Furthermore things are not intuitive. How am I supposed to know that closing an app requires to drag it to the bottom ? I have been in Computing business for over 30 years. Never felt as frustrated as I am with W8. Why take away the "X" to close a program? How about inconsistencies between START apps and Desktop apps ? List goes on and on....I hope they rectify it with the new update soon or they are gonna lose lot of customers.

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Desktop and Start buttons
May 20, 2013 11:53AM PDT

Desktop in W8 is a Metro App; the Start Screen IS the start button...what's the fuss about?

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The fuss is about folk that think it's a non-issue
May 20, 2013 12:02PM PDT

And try to tell us "you're holding it wrong."

Bob

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So you want W8 to boot into what you call a START app?
May 20, 2013 10:20PM PDT

In W8, the 'desktop' is not a mode; it is a Metro (START) app. One click takes you there...just one.

Close it with the conventional, W7-style 'alt + F4' if you like, or drag it off the screen. The "X-to-close" still works with non-Metro apps.

The START screen is the fabled Start button laid-out in a highly customizable form, which can easily be shifted to show everything the old Start button did. Granted, it displays everything horizontally rather than by vertical, cascading menus, but it can be readily configured to suit your individual needs, something the old Start button did not do.

And that is all we are talking about here; just the UI. Nothing about W8 requires a touchscreen to be effective and useable.

I see an irony in people demanding that they be allowed to boot into a different Metro (START) app, as if that would bring W7 back. You fault W8 for these kinds of START apps, yet you want to use one as your primary tool.

In reality, all this noise is more about peoples' reaction to change, not about W8's functionality.

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This is buried in this thread.
May 23, 2013 7:24AM PDT

I'd love to chat about this but this is a PERSONAL COMPUTER. When you lock out changes to make it do what you want then folk will choose something else.

I fixed this issue with Classic Start. But there are still some minor issues with some of the apps.
Bob

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Windows 8
May 14, 2013 11:59PM PDT

Windows 8 is very faster in loading. Its amazing to work with windows 8.

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my windows 8 is very slow
Jun 12, 2013 12:32AM PDT

windows 8 is the slowest os I've had. What's the "going into power saver mode?" Takes forever to turn back on.

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windows 8
May 20, 2013 8:11AM PDT

windows 8 is not user friendly at all like for example if I hit control p in windows xp, im able to hit the p key and it will print I try to do that in windows 8 and it gives me a chime sound and it wont print. Another thing is sometimes I hit a shortcut and I hit it like four or five times so it would work. and now im having a problem with my hard drive spinning non stop when computer is idle and its driving me crazy cuz I cant figure out what to do about that.

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windows 8
May 29, 2013 9:45PM PDT

they made it not user freindly. you have to letterally know computer language to run windows 8. like settings and configuing computer which i didnt find dificult when running windows xp.

bottom line they made more confusing.

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How do you like Windows 8 so far?
Jun 10, 2013 7:21PM PDT

All the best for new software. hope you receive some creative designs.

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windows 8 ?
Jun 12, 2013 3:34AM PDT

Is that what they call this piece of trash ? It's the worst thing I have ever used in my life and I was using pc when it was windows 95.

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Poll: How do you like Windows 8 so far?
Jun 19, 2013 12:46AM PDT

I love it

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You people keep the industry held back.
Jun 19, 2013 1:30AM PDT

Barely anyone has even given Win 8 a chance. And I'm talking a REAL chance, not just trying it out at a local Best Buy for 5 some minutes.

Windows 8 was a steal at $40. Now personally, I don't feel like it's currently worth it at the full price tag if you don't have a touch screen, but it's still overall better than Win 7. Period.

It performs better, has a lot more features, has a very powerful unified search procedure, multi-app support, and much much more. Also, it will be greatly when the 8.1 update comes out. I can see it then being worth that full price tag.

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I've 'tried' it now for 8 long months
Jun 19, 2013 3:14AM PDT

Is that long enough to be certain it is absolutely awful?

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On it for many months now.
Jun 19, 2013 6:18AM PDT

It has issues. I gave it a chance, and it barely gets a passing grade even with Classic Shell.

Post again if you want more details about where it feels rushed to market. One example.

Add an user and you find yourself bounced from a Metro interface to a classic interface. This thing feels unfinished. Disjointed.
Bob

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Windows 8 provides a good balance between style and simplici
Jun 22, 2013 8:54PM PDT

Despite all the negative reviews I think the new user interface Windows 8 will be accepted by users, as it provides a good balance between style and simplicity. Metro will be easier for users not very tech savvy. Since organized easy access to entertainment features, and applications. Some tiles display information online such as: News, Weather, Finance, can be connected to social networks. However, this should not be a cause for despair, for those who are already used to Windows 7, since there is a regular desktop that is identical to the Windows 7 and other previous versions of Windows. In addition there are programs for the return of the button "START" and the usual method for controlling a computer.