moneybagman
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I am thoroughly disappointed with Windows 8, I thought this was supposed to be an upgrade from previous Windows products.
The only thing you will get me on as far as liking Windows 8 is strangely the live tiles system. I thought it would be kinda ehh, but it turns out the live tiles apps are pretty cool, and the designers made them look really nice.
Other than that, I am going back to Windows 7 and there is no way I am coming back to Windows 8. I don't know how this could be passed off as a professional operating system. Not only is it complicated for the non-savvy consumer, but also unnecessarily complicated for the average computer knowledgeable person. Windows 7 did the job and it did the job right.
- My computer start up time is SLOWER than when I used Windows 7. I used to start up in around 5-7 seconds, now I have to wait around 10-12. (Yes, I updated all of my drivers)
- For the most part, application start up and run at around the same time as Windows 7, but none have I seen have start up or run times faster than that of Windows 7. My iTunes used to be instant the second I clicked it, it would come up. Now I have to wait around 7 seconds for it to come up. Regardless of whether this is Windows' fault or if it is Apple's, this should not happen with a Windows Performance Score of 8.0.
- Tons of bugs. I know this OS is fairly new, but wow, I have had times where I had to shutdown my computer because it was unresponsive after installing a new application or even closing an app from the Windows Store.
- Devices? Can't find any of my devices, lol. (I have 3 plugged in)
- This new start button sucks. It is horribly placed. I am a person who likes to keep their desktop clean and keep away from the clutter of having every application shortcut on my home screen. This means that I use the start button a LOT. The idea of placing links in the corners wouldn't be a bad idea if there weren't buttons already in the corner.
- Top left corner: Not bad, nothing there to accidently click besides maybe the back button on a brower.
- Bottom left: Not too bad either except sometimes I accidently open up one of the applications pinned on the task bar.
- Top right: Horrible placement. I guess Windows forgot that people use applications in desktop mode (because Metro just doesn't cut it for the average user) and that those applications have a little red "x" button there and that closes the application. Bad design indeed.
- Bottom right: Not as bad as the top left, but there is another button there that is a prime function of the desktop view, the desktop button. I guess since they couldn't find any other corners to put the start menu in, they had to place them in the two worst possible corners they could think of.
- Graphics design: Bland, boring, and flat. Definitely a downgrade from Windows 7, catering to people who buy $200 Toshiba laptops. Need I say more?
- You must make a Windows account to log onto your own computer. Who the hell wants to make an account with Microsoft just to be able to log into their computer? It is completely unnecessary and completely ridiculous that Microsoft would have to go to this far as to make a consumer make an account with a company to log into their computer. This is the stupidest idea for marketing I have EVER seen.
The only thing you will get me on as far as liking Windows 8 is strangely the live tiles system. I thought it would be kinda ehh, but it turns out the live tiles apps are pretty cool, and the designers made them look really nice.
Other than that, I am going back to Windows 7 and there is no way I am coming back to Windows 8. I don't know how this could be passed off as a professional operating system. Not only is it complicated for the non-savvy consumer, but also unnecessarily complicated for the average computer knowledgeable person. Windows 7 did the job and it did the job right.
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