Windows 8

**Bader** · 01-30-2013, 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by iowa_wildcat

I refuse to let my computer tell me what I am going to do

What does this even mean? I for one welcome my new computer overlords.

Having no problems with trojans or viruses make computing fun again.

How the hell is this myth still around?

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**Tailg8er** · 01-30-2013, 02:57 PM

Windows 8 came on the laptop I just got last week & so far I don't have any major gripes. (my last pc has XP, so I can't speak for Windows 7)

The only thing I'm not a huge fan of so far is the tile/start screen. It isn't an issue for me though because I just always keep mine on the desktop screen. If for whatever reason I get put on the tile screen it's extremely easy to get back to my desktop view. Other than running faster/smoother & little things, I honestly don't notice much difference..

**ShopTalk** · 01-30-2013, 03:16 PM

I honestly don't notice much difference..

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**fatkid1974** · 01-30-2013, 03:46 PM

Originally Posted by Bader

I'll be interested to see in a year or two if Microsoft comes out with an actual Desktop successor to Windows 7, I have no interest in putting Windows 8 on an PC

I run windows 8 off Parallels on my mac desk top for some computer classes I'm taking. I basically only run Office off of it, but it's ok for that. What really sucks is when the damn tiles take over my screen and I have to screw around for a couple minutes to figure out where I'm at on the stupid screen.

**MadCy** · 01-30-2013, 03:57 PM

I have Windows 8. I built a second PC in November so I bought the upgrade for $40. I have it set to boot right to the desktop "mode" and also installed a 3rd party "start menu". It runs as well as my Windows 7 machine, haven't had any issues.

My thoughts are if you currently have Windows 7, no need to upgrade. If you're running anything before that, it might be worth it if you still have decent hardware.

**jdoggivjc** · 01-30-2013, 07:02 PM

Have a laptop with Windows 7, and just bought a desktop that had Windows 8 preloaded on it. Neither my wife nor I like it all that much. Windows 7 was beautiful in its simplicity. Windows 8 is Microsoft's attempt to fuse mobile software with PC software and so far it's a cluster ****. I understand by downloading a 3rd party Start menu and changing settings you can get Windows 8 to mimic Windows 7, making it "not all that bad". The point is you shouldn't have to make all those changes to make an operating system functional.

Windows 8 is yet another example of Microsoft just having to fix something that ain't broken. Perhaps it has potential, but both my wife and I wish we had 7 on that new PC.

**kilgore_trout** · 01-30-2013, 08:03 PM

How do you get it to boot to desktop? Which 3rd party start menu are you using. I see Iobit has a free one available now...

Originally Posted by MadCy

I have Windows 8. I built a second PC in November so I bought the upgrade for $40. I have it set to boot right to the desktop "mode" and also installed a 3rd party "start menu". It runs as well as my Windows 7 machine, haven't had any issues.

My thoughts are if you currently have Windows 7, no need to upgrade. If you're running anything before that, it might be worth it if you still have decent hardware.

**CYdTracked** · 01-30-2013, 11:44 PM

From the very little I have messed with Windows 8 it almost reminds me a little bit of Windows Vista. M$ wanted to get ahead of the curve but didn't do their homework on how consumers would react to it. I think it would be a fine OS for a mobile device such as a tablet or Windows phone but any desktop PC or business laptop that doesn't have a start menu is just not practical. We're in the midst of trying to migrate from XP to Windows 7 as work and even those changes have come with some learning curves for the technology challenged people but I can't imagine what those people would do if you took away the start menu like Windows 8 does. I would think that M$ will add that back in with the SP1 release because you would think they would get enough negative feedback by now that it would only make sense to do that but you never know I guess...

**pulse** · 01-30-2013, 11:55 PM

Originally Posted by Skyh13

Saying that Windows 7 was just a re-packaged version of Vista for marketing purposes with a few small tweaks is taking it a bit too far. Not every Windows release has to be a complete overhaul, and they don't plan it that way, either. Windows 7 would have been in the road map well before Vista flopped.

Vista was a huge overhaul of the entire system that Windows XP ran on, which was built upon similar stuff that Windows 2000 ran on. Similar to Windows 98 not being an entire overhaul of Windows 95.

Plus, alarson is right. Although there were certain things in Vista that Microsoft could have done a LOT better, hardware drivers were a disaster, seemingly because manufacturers got complacent with XP. So at launch, not only were there other marketing things going on which did hurt Vista, there were the driver problems and people not realizing that Vista was MUCH more resource intensive than XP. So businesses skipped, and by the time Vista was stable enough to consider deploying, Windows 7 was being talked about and rushed out the door. Which, Windows 7 could be pushed out early because all of the initial overhaul work had been done in Vista.

Now back to the topic at hand.. I think the Metro interface is interesting, and I believe it may be the absolutely perfect tablet interface. However, using it on the desktop... eh... we'll see. I like the idea of seeing something different on a desktop, as things haven't looked all that different in the Windows world for quite a while, but I don't know how well it'll go.

I've read through this entire thread, and for some reason this statement sticks with me. Like it was the manufacturers fault... You must work for MS. Or be an MIS major.

**Goothrey** · 01-31-2013, 12:15 AM

I've got windows 8. Seems perfectly fine.

**zarnold56** · 01-31-2013, 06:52 AM

My issue with windows 8 is using Windows Live accounts as the computer log in. My buddy was have issues with his new laptop so he brought it over to my place to look at it. When he set up the computer, by default it associates it with his windows live account and does not setup a local account. So since he didn't have my wifi setup yet, we could not unlock the computer. I had to go to windows site and reset the password, then connect an ethernet cord to the laptop so it could verify the new password. Major annoyance.

**TykeClone** · 01-31-2013, 06:59 AM

Originally Posted by pulse

I've read through this entire thread, and for some reason this statement sticks with me. Like it was the manufacturers fault... You must work for MS. Or be an MIS major.

Microsoft could have made a layer in the OS to allow older XP drivers to work in Vista. That they didn't was on them.