Why didn't they just retain the start bar on the desktop view, essentially making Windows 8 = Windows 7 + Metro. It would have made life infinitely easier.
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the PC will be extinct, like the typewriter and the vacuum tube.
Got news for you, neither the typewriter nor the vacuum tube are extinct. Both are still around. There are applications for both and it doesn't seem likely that either will vanish entirely in our lifetimes.
People said that mainframes would disappear too with the advent of the PC but, guess what, they are still out there.
As a professional writer, I would rather go back to pen and paper than try to write an article on an iPad, even with one of those crappy half sized keyboards.
the PC will be extinct, like the typewriter and the vacuum tube.
Got news for you, neither the typewriter nor the vacuum tube are extinct. Both are still around.
Exactely. Smart poeple adapt by downloading hacks to restore the normal Start Menu and disable Metro.pmtechguy1999 said:you can either adapt or you can stay on win 7
Yeah, definetly! How nice from MS to give us the option to look for an unofficial hack to get the options we want. LOL.pmtechguy1999 said:But the nice thing is you do not have to use it if you do not want to.
I feel an good desktop OS should be functional and not get in the users way. The OS should not be a playground but a way to quickly get to the programs the user needs. Windows 8 fails in this while Windows 7 does an excellent job. When Microsoft realizes they should not be selling a dumbed down OS for the desktop that was designed for a tablet then I will purchase that OS.
Windows 8 fails in this while Windows 7 does an excellent job.
This is the worst version of Windows ever!... I want my money back!
If you want to open a second IE or other browser windows(while IE is pinned already on the taskbar) as an example you have to find the Start popup again to go back to the Start screen to open the second.
then needing to look for a separate hidden tool bar
Tedious, cumbersome, and unproductive is the assessment of how this change is as far as the desktop is concerned.
All programs spread out over a screen that will continuously scroll to the right for how long depending on how you have installed
I’ve been trying out the Consumer Preview for a couple of days now and it looks as though MS have chosen to make using the desktop UI in Windows we all know as difficult and frustrating as possible.
Win 8 Is Meant for Hand-helds, not for Computers ...
This is more than obvious.
We all know that almost all programs add their linked icons to the start menu when installed. It is not uncommon for a program to add three icons, some add less and most many more. I am sure many people here will have more than 20 applications installed on their PCs, either bigger or smaller. Each one will add its own icons to the Windows 8 start page. Imagine how many icons you will have. You can end up with hundreds of icons, or tiles.
This is more than obvious. It could hardly be better for hand-held devices of any type, but it is completely useless for computers. Most configurations have been swept away by MS as if they were useless rubbish, in fact turning the OS itself into rubbish. Can you imagine enterprises buying expensive touch-screen monitors for their tens, hundreds or thousands of employees just for Microsoft's sake? If they were wishing to throw the money over the window and did that, can you imagine all that people on their jobs stretching their arms to touch their monitors? Can you figure that out?
Techrepublic.com has done a preliminary poll on 1.100 people on who is planning or not use or deploy Windows 8. The affirmative answers are about 25%, but we can easily suppose that most have not yet tried this new OS. They appreciate it on mobiles, so they believe it will be good for PCs, too. More probably they will change their opinion after trying it in a real working environment. Furthermore, it is a complete downgrade from the previous versions, except on what regards security and better kernel. It is also better for social contacts. However, nothing of this improves productivity. On the opposite, with screen changes and those stupid full screen applications that cannot run in a window, it will decreases productivity for sure. For Microsoft's commercial target this is like they are shooting their own feet.
People may like it or not, that is a natter of taste, and they are right if they do, but these are hard facts having nothing to do with likings. When people deciding on buying the OS for the enterprises will notice how this OS will degrade productivity, it won't be difficult to realise what their decisions will be.
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