I hate it with passion. Unless I have one 2 inch screen on my desktop (currently have 4x 28 inch ones) I can't see any benefit of this kind of mobile OS on real PC.
To tell you the truth, windows 3.0 was a lot better OS than this 8.0. It had WINDOWS you can resize. Windows 8 doesn't. It is same as using a plain DOS 5, but just more annoying.
Here comes a GOOD IDEA:
Instead of trying to make something too much different and forcing customers to learn all basics again, why don't you just make Windows 7 better? Make it in such ways the memory doesn't slow down OS over the time (time bomb) and focus to make it stable.
Time for releasing half done software should be over and you can't milk people forever by acting like an arseholes. If MS doesn't change their business attitude soon, I will change over to Linux. Permanently.
Chris - 10 years ago
The cost/benefit for me was all wrong on this product. Wrote Microsoft and got a Big Brother response. Windows 7 is obsolete?!? Ha! Well, lots of users are going to be using Windows 7 for a very long time or getting a Windows 7 emulator for Windows 8 I think. There's a new industry to help the economy. I did use Start8 briefly. Its great. But for me, it was worth every penny ($120 at my computer shop) to have Windows 8 wiped off my new laptop and replaced with a nice new copy of Windows 7. They said they are doing a brisk business "downgrading" new computers to Win 7. So Microsoft helped the economy again by releasing such a confusing product :) Gave lots of techs and small computer shops lots of business. I use my computer for business and I can't afford playing silly games with a useless Windows Phone OS on my computer.
Mary T - 11 years ago
Oh do I hate it! I have to have cheat sheets all over the place. Why would they even call it "WINDOWS" -since they changed it so much??? Does the guy who headed up the development team have red hair, a big red nose and a white painted face - and go by the nickname of "Bozo"? Or is he the brother of the idiot from Apple who took over JC Penneys and totally ruined that company??? Heaven save us from egomaniacs - please! Also, Your comment options didn't let me pick the response I would have liked: "I purchased a new device and now I am stuck with it and HATE HATE HATE it!".
Sue - 11 years ago
I have kept up with all the new versions of whatever Microsoft has created. there was a short learning curve associated with each one but Windows 8 is the one I will call impossible to learn. I am frustrated and wasting more time to accomplish tasks that are the basic tasks that I use my computer for. I personally think we should all be offered a refund and given a choice to install a system that is user friendly, not just pretty.
Henry Martin - 11 years ago
I am sixty-nine years old and have been a user of PCs at home since Windows 95 was introduced. I also used a PC at work for a number of years where the operating system was only changed when it became necessary. Introducing a new operating system had an impact on productivity for a while until people got used to it. When I retired in 2008 the company had only just introduced Windows XP, it was welcomed by everyone but the learning curve slowed productivity briefly. I can't imagine the impact that Windows 8 would have on a company using hundreds of desktop computers, each operator wondering where the hell the start button is at eight o'clock on a Monday morning.
At home I found the Metro screen totally frustrating and within a day or two I installed Classic Shell to get the start button back. I only use the Metro screen when necessary, it doesn't really annoy me anymore, I just prefer desktop mode.
I installed Windows 8 as an upgrade to Windows 7, removing any old software that Microsoft warned me would cause conflict or would be incompatible. Within a few hours I had the first system crash (BSOD) apparently caused by a legacy audio driver which I removed. Now six months after installing Windows 8 and applying as many tweaks and fixes as were needed to keep Windows 98 stable, the system crashes are far less frequent but do still happen. Not being one for standing still I was keen to buy Windows 8 and I will persevere, it does have speed but I crave the stability of Windows 7.
Gerry - 11 years ago
I downloaded the Win 8 Beta and used it for months before I ordered an early copy. I found it a bit different but not intolerable. I bought a Logitech Touchpad and that improved the experience greatly. Now I own a Surface Pro 128 and I love it. I don't understand the controversy over Win 8 and the Surface Pro. I know the screen is small, that's one of the reasons I bought it. I knew the memory could be a problem but I have most programs that I want on it (including photo programs) and still haven't half filled the available memory. I would like more battery life but The Surface Pro has more battery life than the laptops and notebooks I have used and it is wonderfully lighter. I have connected mice and keyboards to it and no problem. I realize that my tablets have a greater battery life than the Surface Pro but they won't run anywhere near the programs that I cn on the Pro and it runs them quickly beautifully and it boots up fast.
Ward - 11 years ago
I use my laptop and desktop for productive work, running only the programs that I actually need to use, not for entertainment. I need an OS that gets me right to work, that allows me to easily personalize my start menu, etc. I neither want nor need a lot of programs running in the background nor touch screen capability. Windows 8 is making me look seriously at Linux.
Bill Beverly - 11 years ago
I am astounded how similar all the moaning and complaining about Windows 8 is to when Microsoft went from a menu-driven computer interface to a graphical user interface (GUI). Then was when everyone had to convert to that "device from hell" - the mouse. We had to learn how to "cut & paste", "drag and drop". A similar chorus of COMPUTER EXPERTS told us this was the worst thing possible, we would never know the "true nature" of computer programing if we left menu-driven computing. Well, they were wrong and so are those Ludites who are against the Windows 8 concept. Computing changes, get on with it.
KlondikeJack - 11 years ago
Hiding OS cleanup work behind a touch-screen interface seems to be a very very poor idea! Those of us who use desktop systems for productivity (and there are lots of us) rather than games- and social-media play on a smart phone seriously resent being told to get lost. Even if one can subdue the sliding-business-card interface (which is terrible, btw), it seems too much of a bother.
harold - 11 years ago
oop's i meant linux
harold - 11 years ago
what will happen when win 7 gets phased out we'll have to get on board with win 8/9/10 or whatever o/s they come up with next so i guess we'd better get acquainted with it now or be left behind or buy a mac or use linus or some other operating system.
John - 11 years ago
Windows 8 has all the hallmarks of a project subsumed by qualified, over trained minds. It has not been subjected to independent assessment by industry outsiders. If Microsoft had been paid to introduce a system guaranteed to deter keyboard enthusiasts both young or old, it couldn't have done a better job. In a word - not professional, simply atrocious. Now- where's that Linux ad?
Hal - 11 years ago
Like a couple of commenters stated below, Windows 8 productivity takes you back to the stone ages. The most basic functions are hidden that you have to search for tutorials online? Freakin' tutorials on Youtube! How sad is that?!!!
On PC World, Microsoft shills are telling normal users to stop bitching about Windows 8 like we have nowhere else to go. Yes we can stick with Windows XP and 7, but how about we leave Microsoft products for Linux alltogether? There are tutorials for this alternative operating system on Youtube you know. Like how we have to search YouTube for instructions on how to use Windows 8 (sad), we could easily find tutorials on how to install Linux, which also has free downloadable Office suites.
For the bashers, if you're happy with Windows 8, why are you crusading to defend it? Why are you wasting your time insulting users when you could be using this great *cough* operating system? Microsoft must be paying ya alot of money, but that won't stop reality.
Hal - 11 years ago
If you prefer change for the sake of change, even if it's unintuitive, taking more time to get anything done, then Windows 8 is for you.
If you want to stay productive, but don't care for a play interface, stick with Windows 7 or XP.
I've tried Windows 8 as a test subject along with others at work for a month which ended last week, and we confirmed it's complete crap. Our migration will continue for Windows 7 which will be used for a good number of years.
Charles - 11 years ago
I started out going straight to the desktop but after finding Apps I favor I seldom go to the desktop - other than when a link takes me there. Once I pinned my most used desktop programs I am very productive.
Plus turning on the Tiles I favor I can see most of things I am interested in at a glance.
Sure there was a learning curve but that comes with change.
BTW I am using Win8 on a laptop that does not have touch screen. Looking forward to when the price of touch screens come down.
Jessica Tapscott - 11 years ago
I absolutely hate it!!!!!!
I've had it for 3 months now and simply go straight to the desktop mode everytime I turn it on. The metro platform is an absolute nightmare for getting any kind of real work done. And getting rid of the start button? It seems like ms keeps getting rid of all the functions I actually use and putting new ones in that just waste space. Hate it, hate it, and hate it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fred Swims - 11 years ago
The new revision of NT is great. The new UI needs work. Where are all the application centric apps that exchange data through the SHARE charm? Would it have been so terrible for Microsoft to leave the old UI intact for us file centric users? Here is a challenge; try to find 'Windows Remote Assistance' in Windows 8. (Hint : search settings rather than apps.)
Gene Rybarczyk - 11 years ago
I'm just your average Joe home user. I appreciate the improved security and data storage and manipulation features---I think. But Windows, on its face and in its origins, history and popularity is really all about interface. That's the hallmark for users in living rooms and bedrooms, kitchens and offices around the world. Somewhere in the halls of Microsoft, someone decided to fix something that wasn't broke. Now I feel like I'm trying to use my new computer through a kaleidoscope and I'm not even sure if what I'm looking for is there or not.
Jobone - 11 years ago
Hey guys and gals, Microsoft has had a good run and made tons of money, but eventually, as with many of life's endeavors, you can end up behind the 8-ball.
Walt - 11 years ago
Labeling the article with "hassle" lends clear distinction as to where the author stands on Windows 8. How about just asking users if they have tried it, do they like it or not, and leave it at that. Slanting the article does not do justice to the question.
Nurnberger - 11 years ago
PowerUser, you are a Troll. Too many complainers crossed that Windows 8 bridge of yours? Funny that they're eating you up alive! Shouldn't the story be the other way around? Here's some advice... Tell your Microsoft masters that if they keeping paying you and others to pounce on Windows 8 complainers, those complainers might look for another alternative to Windows in the future, like Apple computers or the Linux operating system. You want to win customers for Microsoft, not piss them off! If Ford had shills pouncing on complainers of their vehicles, they would lose customers to foreign auto makers! Think Microsoft, think!
PowerUser - 11 years ago
All you haters of Windows 8 are afraid of change! Change is what makes the world go round for better or worse, and you babies can't keep up! So what it takes a few extra clicks of a mouse or you have to resort to the way computers were used 30 years ago using keyboard shortcuts on a regular PC. Windows 8 is made for touch screens, so if you want to keep up with the future, you better cough up the extra cash!
Now don't complain that it would be tiring lifting your arm and leaving it glued to your touch-screen monitor to use Windows 8 when you could be using a mouse with your hand rested on your desk. You'll embarrass yourself! That's like saying "Hey look, I'm a fatty!"
Workout your upper body at your local gym, genius. Windows 8 is here to stay, so you better get use to it!
Pete - 11 years ago
I have a little one person IT company.
I setup 4 PC's so far to senior citizen costumers. 1 is living with-it, (poorly. At least one call every couple of days), and 3 have returned theirs and ordered PC's W-7 on line.
TriedWin8 - 11 years ago
Who in their right mind would vote that Windows 8 is great when it's total crap! Only paid shills would! It's an unintuitive toy placed over Windows 7. With this disaster of an system, Windows 9, Blue or whatever they're gonna call their next system is gonna be a tough sell, specially if it's base programs like Office are gonna be subscription base from what is being reported by the media.
Windows 7 is gonna be my last Microsoft system.
Tommy - 11 years ago
Okay... well for those of you who think Windows 8 is great, why is this poll saying otherwise?
Greg - 11 years ago
To call Windows 8 half-baked is being too kind. I tried it for a month on my new PC. Did my best to give this system a chance, but the only way to be productive was using ancient keyboard shortcuts since it takes more clicks of the mouse to get things done. I returned that crap system, brought a Windows 7 PC, and I'm back at 100% productive wise since it takes less clicks to get things done with Win 7 without ever having to resort to old keyboard shortcuts.
JeremyLavine - 11 years ago
I've tried Windows 8 for over a week and find it completely unintuative. There is no way to be productive if you're a power user, that's unless you prefer the stone ages with Windows 8. It takes more clicks to get things done in Windows 8 compared to Windows 7. I hear some state that I should be using shortcut keys, but that was done away with the mouse to speed things along over 14 years ago!
Windows 8 might look like the future, but it's running in the past with old functions and more clicks on a standard PC. I'm sticking with Windows 7!
AL - 11 years ago
Think about this... If you're happy with a product "Windows 8" because it meets your needs as you expect, why would you go on a crusade to defend it online? You're happy, so why should you? You have more important things to do with your time.
Jeremy Lavine - 11 years ago
I seriously find it hard to believe that over 450 people find Windows 8 is great. It's the biggest piece of crap ever created! Worse than Vista! I bet some paid Microsoft shills have voted over and over in this poll to make it seem Win 8 is popular. It is possible to do this... All they would have to do after voting is to clear their web brower's cookies and internet history, log off the internet and relogin to obtain a new IP address, then visit this poll to vote again.
Zach - 11 years ago
I have the say the poll is pretty positive in the direction of windows 8 so far.
I say this knowing that:
The poll is worded in a way that already gives a negative connotation.
Articles on the internet are overwhelmingly negative with some bloggers basing there whole blog on cutting down Windows 8.
Most people who say they tried and hated Windows 8 probably did not "really" try windows 8 but stopped into best buy and touched a surface for a couple of minutes.
And, probably, all of the poller that say they think windows 8 is great own it and are not surfing the internet looking to click on things to make Microsoft look good.
Michael - 11 years ago
My experience with Win 8 was a Cluster * from day one. The mother board on my 6 y.o. Pavillion died so I had no choice but replacement. Happy with 6 years of trouble free service, I bought another HP at a big box store. I took it home and began the adventure. First, I discovered that the start page mail app has no method for creating folders. I'm a fan of organization. I also did not like the long drag from top to bottom to close an app, nor the run to the corner to access the desktop. What was the defect in the minus sign click to kill, anyway? I found the desktop and loaded Chrome. Surfing was quick colorful. I went out and bought Office 365 just for outlook. Loaded, I pinned the Word, Exel, and Outlook icons to the start bar. I worked a little on each, in addition to leaving the browser open. I went for a nap and when I returned the computer was frozen. Restart, repeat, leave for a while, freeze. Finally contacted HP tech support by chat several times. They'd get working for a while but then it would recur. Tried voice as well, same result. Tried Bog Box help as well. More of the same. Frustrated, I threw up my hands and returned it to Big Box for a refund. In terms of blame probability, it falls squarely on Microsoft, ( "X" million lines of code vs. HP's "y" thousand parts.) The neurosurgeon down the street (with an EE degree from MIT), refuses to buy a Microsoft product for at least 18 months after introduction. That's after the first couple updates have been released.
For the past few days I've been looking at other options: having HP build me a Win 7 unit and wait 3 weeks, or going over to the dark side for a ridiculously expensive Brand "A" product. I'm leaning toward the latter simply because I haven't heard of many owners leaving the cult. They're all "true believers."
Westieman1 - 11 years ago
It seems as if every OTHER OS that MS unveils is the refined version. For example, Win 95 was an initial disaster while most everyone loved Win 98. Millenium was ludicrous but XP sophisticated, still runs many of the world's stand-alones and many organizations use it yet today. Windows 7 is the solid answer to the wannabe Vista. Now, Using this pattern, I'm waiting for Windows 9. The business model used by MS is the same one American car manufacturers used until Japan taught us that U.S. citizens want quality, not experimentation on the road (see the Ford Pinto). People forget that unveiling new U.S. cars was actually beta testing on the public so they could EVENTUALLY refine their models. Japan released the finished product that was top quality from Day 1 and took away market share and profits. The Ostriches in Detroit finally equaled Japan's 1980 production quality, refinement, fit and finish in the 1990s. Microsoft continues to do the same thing. The ONLY justification for Windows 8 is financial: OEMs can install and, perhaps, improve hardware sales on their units; MS gets to use the public as guinea pigs for the eventual release Windows 9; and MS can MAYBE get into the cell phone business (see Nokia Lumia) that will look vaguely familiar to Windows tablets and desktop/laptop OS. But, Windows 8 does give me the chance to stand up from my desk chair and reach across both my pulled-out keyboard tray and executive desk so I can touch my 24" LED screen to make things happen on my Excel spreadsheet. Wow! Now there's a need I didn't even know I had. I do thank MS, however, for forcing me to get more physical exercise. And, full copies of the better, more intuitive Windows 7 OS will have a better price. So thank you MS; you really HAVE made my life better!
I hate it with passion. Unless I have one 2 inch screen on my desktop (currently have 4x 28 inch ones) I can't see any benefit of this kind of mobile OS on real PC.
To tell you the truth, windows 3.0 was a lot better OS than this 8.0. It had WINDOWS you can resize. Windows 8 doesn't. It is same as using a plain DOS 5, but just more annoying.
Here comes a GOOD IDEA:
Instead of trying to make something too much different and forcing customers to learn all basics again, why don't you just make Windows 7 better? Make it in such ways the memory doesn't slow down OS over the time (time bomb) and focus to make it stable.
Time for releasing half done software should be over and you can't milk people forever by acting like an arseholes. If MS doesn't change their business attitude soon, I will change over to Linux. Permanently.
The cost/benefit for me was all wrong on this product. Wrote Microsoft and got a Big Brother response. Windows 7 is obsolete?!? Ha! Well, lots of users are going to be using Windows 7 for a very long time or getting a Windows 7 emulator for Windows 8 I think. There's a new industry to help the economy. I did use Start8 briefly. Its great. But for me, it was worth every penny ($120 at my computer shop) to have Windows 8 wiped off my new laptop and replaced with a nice new copy of Windows 7. They said they are doing a brisk business "downgrading" new computers to Win 7. So Microsoft helped the economy again by releasing such a confusing product :) Gave lots of techs and small computer shops lots of business. I use my computer for business and I can't afford playing silly games with a useless Windows Phone OS on my computer.
Oh do I hate it! I have to have cheat sheets all over the place. Why would they even call it "WINDOWS" -since they changed it so much??? Does the guy who headed up the development team have red hair, a big red nose and a white painted face - and go by the nickname of "Bozo"? Or is he the brother of the idiot from Apple who took over JC Penneys and totally ruined that company??? Heaven save us from egomaniacs - please! Also, Your comment options didn't let me pick the response I would have liked: "I purchased a new device and now I am stuck with it and HATE HATE HATE it!".
I have kept up with all the new versions of whatever Microsoft has created. there was a short learning curve associated with each one but Windows 8 is the one I will call impossible to learn. I am frustrated and wasting more time to accomplish tasks that are the basic tasks that I use my computer for. I personally think we should all be offered a refund and given a choice to install a system that is user friendly, not just pretty.
I am sixty-nine years old and have been a user of PCs at home since Windows 95 was introduced. I also used a PC at work for a number of years where the operating system was only changed when it became necessary. Introducing a new operating system had an impact on productivity for a while until people got used to it. When I retired in 2008 the company had only just introduced Windows XP, it was welcomed by everyone but the learning curve slowed productivity briefly. I can't imagine the impact that Windows 8 would have on a company using hundreds of desktop computers, each operator wondering where the hell the start button is at eight o'clock on a Monday morning.
At home I found the Metro screen totally frustrating and within a day or two I installed Classic Shell to get the start button back. I only use the Metro screen when necessary, it doesn't really annoy me anymore, I just prefer desktop mode.
I installed Windows 8 as an upgrade to Windows 7, removing any old software that Microsoft warned me would cause conflict or would be incompatible. Within a few hours I had the first system crash (BSOD) apparently caused by a legacy audio driver which I removed. Now six months after installing Windows 8 and applying as many tweaks and fixes as were needed to keep Windows 98 stable, the system crashes are far less frequent but do still happen. Not being one for standing still I was keen to buy Windows 8 and I will persevere, it does have speed but I crave the stability of Windows 7.
I downloaded the Win 8 Beta and used it for months before I ordered an early copy. I found it a bit different but not intolerable. I bought a Logitech Touchpad and that improved the experience greatly. Now I own a Surface Pro 128 and I love it. I don't understand the controversy over Win 8 and the Surface Pro. I know the screen is small, that's one of the reasons I bought it. I knew the memory could be a problem but I have most programs that I want on it (including photo programs) and still haven't half filled the available memory. I would like more battery life but The Surface Pro has more battery life than the laptops and notebooks I have used and it is wonderfully lighter. I have connected mice and keyboards to it and no problem. I realize that my tablets have a greater battery life than the Surface Pro but they won't run anywhere near the programs that I cn on the Pro and it runs them quickly beautifully and it boots up fast.
I use my laptop and desktop for productive work, running only the programs that I actually need to use, not for entertainment. I need an OS that gets me right to work, that allows me to easily personalize my start menu, etc. I neither want nor need a lot of programs running in the background nor touch screen capability. Windows 8 is making me look seriously at Linux.
I am astounded how similar all the moaning and complaining about Windows 8 is to when Microsoft went from a menu-driven computer interface to a graphical user interface (GUI). Then was when everyone had to convert to that "device from hell" - the mouse. We had to learn how to "cut & paste", "drag and drop". A similar chorus of COMPUTER EXPERTS told us this was the worst thing possible, we would never know the "true nature" of computer programing if we left menu-driven computing. Well, they were wrong and so are those Ludites who are against the Windows 8 concept. Computing changes, get on with it.
Hiding OS cleanup work behind a touch-screen interface seems to be a very very poor idea! Those of us who use desktop systems for productivity (and there are lots of us) rather than games- and social-media play on a smart phone seriously resent being told to get lost. Even if one can subdue the sliding-business-card interface (which is terrible, btw), it seems too much of a bother.
oop's i meant linux
what will happen when win 7 gets phased out we'll have to get on board with win 8/9/10 or whatever o/s they come up with next so i guess we'd better get acquainted with it now or be left behind or buy a mac or use linus or some other operating system.
Windows 8 has all the hallmarks of a project subsumed by qualified, over trained minds. It has not been subjected to independent assessment by industry outsiders. If Microsoft had been paid to introduce a system guaranteed to deter keyboard enthusiasts both young or old, it couldn't have done a better job. In a word - not professional, simply atrocious. Now- where's that Linux ad?
Like a couple of commenters stated below, Windows 8 productivity takes you back to the stone ages. The most basic functions are hidden that you have to search for tutorials online? Freakin' tutorials on Youtube! How sad is that?!!!
On PC World, Microsoft shills are telling normal users to stop bitching about Windows 8 like we have nowhere else to go. Yes we can stick with Windows XP and 7, but how about we leave Microsoft products for Linux alltogether? There are tutorials for this alternative operating system on Youtube you know. Like how we have to search YouTube for instructions on how to use Windows 8 (sad), we could easily find tutorials on how to install Linux, which also has free downloadable Office suites.
For the bashers, if you're happy with Windows 8, why are you crusading to defend it? Why are you wasting your time insulting users when you could be using this great *cough* operating system? Microsoft must be paying ya alot of money, but that won't stop reality.
If you prefer change for the sake of change, even if it's unintuitive, taking more time to get anything done, then Windows 8 is for you.
If you want to stay productive, but don't care for a play interface, stick with Windows 7 or XP.
I've tried Windows 8 as a test subject along with others at work for a month which ended last week, and we confirmed it's complete crap. Our migration will continue for Windows 7 which will be used for a good number of years.
I started out going straight to the desktop but after finding Apps I favor I seldom go to the desktop - other than when a link takes me there. Once I pinned my most used desktop programs I am very productive.
Plus turning on the Tiles I favor I can see most of things I am interested in at a glance.
Sure there was a learning curve but that comes with change.
BTW I am using Win8 on a laptop that does not have touch screen. Looking forward to when the price of touch screens come down.
I absolutely hate it!!!!!!
I've had it for 3 months now and simply go straight to the desktop mode everytime I turn it on. The metro platform is an absolute nightmare for getting any kind of real work done. And getting rid of the start button? It seems like ms keeps getting rid of all the functions I actually use and putting new ones in that just waste space. Hate it, hate it, and hate it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The new revision of NT is great. The new UI needs work. Where are all the application centric apps that exchange data through the SHARE charm? Would it have been so terrible for Microsoft to leave the old UI intact for us file centric users? Here is a challenge; try to find 'Windows Remote Assistance' in Windows 8. (Hint : search settings rather than apps.)
I'm just your average Joe home user. I appreciate the improved security and data storage and manipulation features---I think. But Windows, on its face and in its origins, history and popularity is really all about interface. That's the hallmark for users in living rooms and bedrooms, kitchens and offices around the world. Somewhere in the halls of Microsoft, someone decided to fix something that wasn't broke. Now I feel like I'm trying to use my new computer through a kaleidoscope and I'm not even sure if what I'm looking for is there or not.
Hey guys and gals, Microsoft has had a good run and made tons of money, but eventually, as with many of life's endeavors, you can end up behind the 8-ball.
Labeling the article with "hassle" lends clear distinction as to where the author stands on Windows 8. How about just asking users if they have tried it, do they like it or not, and leave it at that. Slanting the article does not do justice to the question.
PowerUser, you are a Troll. Too many complainers crossed that Windows 8 bridge of yours? Funny that they're eating you up alive! Shouldn't the story be the other way around? Here's some advice... Tell your Microsoft masters that if they keeping paying you and others to pounce on Windows 8 complainers, those complainers might look for another alternative to Windows in the future, like Apple computers or the Linux operating system. You want to win customers for Microsoft, not piss them off! If Ford had shills pouncing on complainers of their vehicles, they would lose customers to foreign auto makers! Think Microsoft, think!
All you haters of Windows 8 are afraid of change! Change is what makes the world go round for better or worse, and you babies can't keep up! So what it takes a few extra clicks of a mouse or you have to resort to the way computers were used 30 years ago using keyboard shortcuts on a regular PC. Windows 8 is made for touch screens, so if you want to keep up with the future, you better cough up the extra cash!
Now don't complain that it would be tiring lifting your arm and leaving it glued to your touch-screen monitor to use Windows 8 when you could be using a mouse with your hand rested on your desk. You'll embarrass yourself! That's like saying "Hey look, I'm a fatty!"
Workout your upper body at your local gym, genius. Windows 8 is here to stay, so you better get use to it!
I have a little one person IT company.
I setup 4 PC's so far to senior citizen costumers. 1 is living with-it, (poorly. At least one call every couple of days), and 3 have returned theirs and ordered PC's W-7 on line.
Who in their right mind would vote that Windows 8 is great when it's total crap! Only paid shills would! It's an unintuitive toy placed over Windows 7. With this disaster of an system, Windows 9, Blue or whatever they're gonna call their next system is gonna be a tough sell, specially if it's base programs like Office are gonna be subscription base from what is being reported by the media.
Windows 7 is gonna be my last Microsoft system.
Okay... well for those of you who think Windows 8 is great, why is this poll saying otherwise?
To call Windows 8 half-baked is being too kind. I tried it for a month on my new PC. Did my best to give this system a chance, but the only way to be productive was using ancient keyboard shortcuts since it takes more clicks of the mouse to get things done. I returned that crap system, brought a Windows 7 PC, and I'm back at 100% productive wise since it takes less clicks to get things done with Win 7 without ever having to resort to old keyboard shortcuts.
I've tried Windows 8 for over a week and find it completely unintuative. There is no way to be productive if you're a power user, that's unless you prefer the stone ages with Windows 8. It takes more clicks to get things done in Windows 8 compared to Windows 7. I hear some state that I should be using shortcut keys, but that was done away with the mouse to speed things along over 14 years ago!
Windows 8 might look like the future, but it's running in the past with old functions and more clicks on a standard PC. I'm sticking with Windows 7!
Think about this... If you're happy with a product "Windows 8" because it meets your needs as you expect, why would you go on a crusade to defend it online? You're happy, so why should you? You have more important things to do with your time.
I seriously find it hard to believe that over 450 people find Windows 8 is great. It's the biggest piece of crap ever created! Worse than Vista! I bet some paid Microsoft shills have voted over and over in this poll to make it seem Win 8 is popular. It is possible to do this... All they would have to do after voting is to clear their web brower's cookies and internet history, log off the internet and relogin to obtain a new IP address, then visit this poll to vote again.
I have the say the poll is pretty positive in the direction of windows 8 so far.
I say this knowing that:
The poll is worded in a way that already gives a negative connotation.
Articles on the internet are overwhelmingly negative with some bloggers basing there whole blog on cutting down Windows 8.
Most people who say they tried and hated Windows 8 probably did not "really" try windows 8 but stopped into best buy and touched a surface for a couple of minutes.
And, probably, all of the poller that say they think windows 8 is great own it and are not surfing the internet looking to click on things to make Microsoft look good.
My experience with Win 8 was a Cluster * from day one. The mother board on my 6 y.o. Pavillion died so I had no choice but replacement. Happy with 6 years of trouble free service, I bought another HP at a big box store. I took it home and began the adventure. First, I discovered that the start page mail app has no method for creating folders. I'm a fan of organization. I also did not like the long drag from top to bottom to close an app, nor the run to the corner to access the desktop. What was the defect in the minus sign click to kill, anyway? I found the desktop and loaded Chrome. Surfing was quick colorful. I went out and bought Office 365 just for outlook. Loaded, I pinned the Word, Exel, and Outlook icons to the start bar. I worked a little on each, in addition to leaving the browser open. I went for a nap and when I returned the computer was frozen. Restart, repeat, leave for a while, freeze. Finally contacted HP tech support by chat several times. They'd get working for a while but then it would recur. Tried voice as well, same result. Tried Bog Box help as well. More of the same. Frustrated, I threw up my hands and returned it to Big Box for a refund. In terms of blame probability, it falls squarely on Microsoft, ( "X" million lines of code vs. HP's "y" thousand parts.) The neurosurgeon down the street (with an EE degree from MIT), refuses to buy a Microsoft product for at least 18 months after introduction. That's after the first couple updates have been released.
For the past few days I've been looking at other options: having HP build me a Win 7 unit and wait 3 weeks, or going over to the dark side for a ridiculously expensive Brand "A" product. I'm leaning toward the latter simply because I haven't heard of many owners leaving the cult. They're all "true believers."
It seems as if every OTHER OS that MS unveils is the refined version. For example, Win 95 was an initial disaster while most everyone loved Win 98. Millenium was ludicrous but XP sophisticated, still runs many of the world's stand-alones and many organizations use it yet today. Windows 7 is the solid answer to the wannabe Vista. Now, Using this pattern, I'm waiting for Windows 9. The business model used by MS is the same one American car manufacturers used until Japan taught us that U.S. citizens want quality, not experimentation on the road (see the Ford Pinto). People forget that unveiling new U.S. cars was actually beta testing on the public so they could EVENTUALLY refine their models. Japan released the finished product that was top quality from Day 1 and took away market share and profits. The Ostriches in Detroit finally equaled Japan's 1980 production quality, refinement, fit and finish in the 1990s. Microsoft continues to do the same thing. The ONLY justification for Windows 8 is financial: OEMs can install and, perhaps, improve hardware sales on their units; MS gets to use the public as guinea pigs for the eventual release Windows 9; and MS can MAYBE get into the cell phone business (see Nokia Lumia) that will look vaguely familiar to Windows tablets and desktop/laptop OS. But, Windows 8 does give me the chance to stand up from my desk chair and reach across both my pulled-out keyboard tray and executive desk so I can touch my 24" LED screen to make things happen on my Excel spreadsheet. Wow! Now there's a need I didn't even know I had. I do thank MS, however, for forcing me to get more physical exercise. And, full copies of the better, more intuitive Windows 7 OS will have a better price. So thank you MS; you really HAVE made my life better!