What do normal people think of new Windows 8 PCs?

One thing that’s fascinating about HSN is that it’s a community made up of people who are very different from the tech bloggers and gadget addicts that tend to hang around places like this.

Hipsters and techies might scoff at HSN, whose habitués are about as far as you can get from Silicon Valley and Williamsburg when it comes to tech and design sophistication, but HSN shoppers buy a lot of technology. And because they’re a community, they love to leave reviews. It is no accident that every HSN listing for a Windows 8 PC has a Pinterest button alongside the Facebook Like and Tweet This buttons.

So I was particularly eager to read the first reactions to these new devices from, for lack of a better word, normal people.

Source

Do any normal people post here? :D

A Guy
 
No.

If we were, we'd be out living our lives, not sitting here stressing over an OS....:D:p:geek:
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Enterprise 64-bit (7 Ult, Vista & XP in V-Box)
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire Ethos AS8951G 'Super-Laptop'.
    CPU
    Intel Sandy-Bridge i7-2670QM quad-core
    Motherboard
    Acer
    Memory
    8GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel 3000HD / Ge-Force GT555M 2 gigs
    Sound Card
    Realtek/5.1 Dolby built-in including speakers.
    Monitor(s) Displays
    18.4" full-HD
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1024
    Hard Drives
    2x750GB Toshiba internal, 1x500GB Seagate external, 1x2TB Seagate external, 1x640GB Toshiba pocket-drive, 1x640GB Samsung pocket drive.
    PSU
    Stock
    Case
    Laptop
    Cooling
    Air-cooled
    Mouse
    I/R cordless.
    Internet Speed
    Borderline pathetic.
I haven't found one poll anywhere - including this site - where 8 cracks 50% favorability, and here's yet another example from Bott.

Loved - 21%
Liked - 21%
Jury Out - 19%
Hated Hardware - 21%
Hated Period - 14%

That doesn't add up to 100, and the Hated Hardware category seemed odd to me.

None of the reviews that I sorted into this group had a bad word to say about Windows 8.

Fine, but you didn't mention if the Hated Hardware People said they liked it, were indifferent to it, etc. Rather see a much more extensive poll, and I know Bott said he was just doing this for the heck of it, but to get a truly accurate picture this ain't it.
 

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System One

  • OS
    Black Label 7x64
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X6 1055t
    Motherboard
    GA-890FXA-UD5
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon HD 6790
    Sound Card
    X-FI Titanium Fatal1ty Pro
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer AJ15
    Screen Resolution
    1600x900
    Hard Drives
    Barracuda 7200 SATA 280GB
    WD Caviar Green SATA 500GB
    PSU
    OCZ ModXStream 700W
    Internet Speed
    25 Mbps/25 Mbps

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS
    CPU
    AMD FX 8320
    Motherboard
    Crosshair V Formula-Z
    Memory
    16 gig DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS R9 270
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    1 TB Seagate Barracuda (starting to hate Seagate)
    x2 3 TB Toshibas
    Windows 8.1 is installed on a SanDisk Ultra Plus 256 GB
    PSU
    OCZ 500 watt
    Case
    A current work in progres as I'll be building the physical case myself. It shall be fantastic.
    Cooling
    Arctic Cooler with 3 heatpipes
    Keyboard
    Logitech K750 wireless solar powered keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Touch Mouse
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender, but I might go back on KIS 2014
Actually, the whole metro design concept is more hipster than a hipster typing a review of an iDevice on their type writer in the park. Seriously, my Windows Phone is a hipster.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS
    CPU
    AMD FX 8320
    Motherboard
    Crosshair V Formula-Z
    Memory
    16 gig DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS R9 270
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    1 TB Seagate Barracuda (starting to hate Seagate)
    x2 3 TB Toshibas
    Windows 8.1 is installed on a SanDisk Ultra Plus 256 GB
    PSU
    OCZ 500 watt
    Case
    A current work in progres as I'll be building the physical case myself. It shall be fantastic.
    Cooling
    Arctic Cooler with 3 heatpipes
    Keyboard
    Logitech K750 wireless solar powered keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Touch Mouse
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender, but I might go back on KIS 2014
It doesn't matter what "normal" people think. normal people get a new OS with a new PC or tablet and then get whatever is on there. And unless they are professionals using specific software (i.e. CAD, quickbooks) don't even care or know if it is windows.
- 99% of users keep the same OS till the PC dies
- 99% of the users think windows is the PC brand
- 99% of the users that know windows is the OS (they don't know what an OS actually does, though), don't know the version. If someone re-arranges their familiar desktop links, they think it is a new OS
- 99% of the users couldn't even uninstall a program, or find the desktop icon of the software. If it disappears from the desktop, they think they don't have that software anymore.
- 99% of users buy a new PC and just make sure at Bestbuy that it also can do "facebook and email"

Don't even come with desktop mode or Metro, or registry or CMD... if you mention "file type", they think you are a nuclear scientist.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 Pro 64
    CPU
    Core i3 3.3 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB 1600 MHz
    Hard Drives
    SSD Samsung 830 128 GB
Do any normal people post here?

Who me? I've been a rebel (some would choose other words :D) since the day I came out of the womb. :p
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro x64 bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    CyberPower
    CPU
    i5 2500K
    Motherboard
    Asus P8P67 Deluxe
    Memory
    8 gigabytes Corsair PC3-12800 DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GeForce GTX 460 superclocked
    Sound Card
    Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic 23" LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    128 Gb Samsung 840 Pro SSD
    128 Gb Kingston Hyper X SSD
    1 Tb Western Digital Caviar Black HDD
    PSU
    1000 watt Coolermaster modular
    Case
    Coolermaster Haf X full tower
    Cooling
    Coolermaster Hyper 212 plus
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Logitec M310 USB cordless
    Internet Speed
    1.5 mb/s download 300 kb/s upload
Today , a customer with a very corrupted Vista, ask me if I can Install the new Windows 8, I make it try and after 2 minutes I sold him a Windows 7 + install fees. I have this customer since 15 years, he is living for pass all the Winter in Florida, in no way I will have left him on his own with Windows 8. I also invest today and order a box of 50 Windows 7 OEM, so I'm ready for the other one who will need it.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 enterprise x64
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Pc-Quebec / Area 66
    CPU
    i7-3960X Extreme Edition
    Motherboard
    Rampage IV Extreme
    Memory
    Gskill 4x4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    4 x HD 7970
    Sound Card
    onboard
    Screen Resolution
    2560*1600
    Hard Drives
    C:\Intel series 520 SSD , 250 GB
    D:\ WD 750 black with Intel 40gb SSD cache Intel RST
    E:\ WD 2TB Black
    PSU
    Corsair AX 1200
    Case
    TT Mozart TX
    Cooling
    Water Cooled
    Keyboard
    Logitech G-15
    Other Info
    Windows 8 VM is install on his own SSD.
Only old long-hair hippie types are normal. Their souls have been psycodelicized. :D

I'm wondering what age category these HSN shoppers are?

And I'm wondering how our own poll thread "Will you upgrade" is doing? I'll have to check.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8.1 Pro X64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer T690
    CPU
    Intel Pentium D Dual Core
    Motherboard
    Acer/Intel E946GZ
    Memory
    2GB (max upgrade)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3000 - PCI Express x16
    Sound Card
    Integrated RealTek ALC888 high-definition audio with 7.1 channel audio support
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer AL1917W A LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1440 X 900
    Hard Drives
    350 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10
    Thumb drives
    PSU
    Standard 250 watt
    Case
    Desktop 7.2" (183mm) W x 17.5" (445mm) L x 14.5"
    Cooling
    Dual case fans + CPU fan
    Keyboard
    Acer Windows PS/2
    Mouse
    Wireless Microsoft Arc
    Internet Speed
    54mbp/s
    Browser
    IE11
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    Office Pro 2013 / Nokia Lumia 1520 Windows Phone 8.1DP GDR1
My own, unscientific poll....

I have two machines running Windows 7 in our house with a couple of laptops all running Win 7. I installed Windows 8 on one machine and had my wife and six kids, ranging from 6-18 try it out for a week. Needless to say, I formatted the drive and restored my Windows 7 image and am now back to running Windows 7.

After the brief experiment, no one wanted to continue using Windows 8. The 6-year old can't read well yet as he just started school this year but he does know how to get where he wants on Windows 7 from changing from the parents account to the kids account, fire up explorer or Chrome, pull down his favorites and get to PBS Kids or his other bookmarks. The others, one in 7th grade, one freshman, one junior and one senior in high school plus my oldest in his first year in college all did not care for the experience as they questioned why you had two seemingly separate systems running what appears to be similar programs when you could just do everything from the desktop that they wanted (placed the desktop tile as the top tile and they all would just click that and use the desktop mode, probably should have hidden it and made them try the tiles but I don't care for the tiles experience either).

They considered the Metro screen more of a nuisance on a desktop. My oldest is very computer literate and is planning on pursuing a career in the IT field and he told me I could download Windows 8, as the laptop was purchased during the free upgrade period, but that he did not want Windows 8 on his laptop.

I was excited to try Windows 8 out as I build my own systems, have spent a lot of time rooting/flashing ROM's on my Nexus, and Galaxy S3, etc. so I love new technology and trying things out but Windows 8 just does not appeal to the engineer side of me as on the face of it you are provided with what looks like something new and inviting, but really just seems to force you to do things how someone else wants you to do it, that I wondered why. I realize that with anything new there is a learning curve but in this case, I don't see where the apparent benefit is over Windows 7 on a desktop. In time, I may give it another go since there are some under-the-hood benefits to Win 8 and I already have the download copy from the laptop and also picked up a copy from Staples for $39.99 but plan on waiting until I learn more and figure out how to best make it work for my home, if at all.

If I just ignored the tiles and went straight to the desktop, then why upgrade?

Just my short experience.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 7
My 10 years old son install it on his PC and he like it. He pass all the day Sunday to do it. ( fresh Install so a lot of stuff to re install )
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 enterprise x64
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Pc-Quebec / Area 66
    CPU
    i7-3960X Extreme Edition
    Motherboard
    Rampage IV Extreme
    Memory
    Gskill 4x4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    4 x HD 7970
    Sound Card
    onboard
    Screen Resolution
    2560*1600
    Hard Drives
    C:\Intel series 520 SSD , 250 GB
    D:\ WD 750 black with Intel 40gb SSD cache Intel RST
    E:\ WD 2TB Black
    PSU
    Corsair AX 1200
    Case
    TT Mozart TX
    Cooling
    Water Cooled
    Keyboard
    Logitech G-15
    Other Info
    Windows 8 VM is install on his own SSD.
It doesn't matter what "normal" people think. normal people get a new OS with a new PC or tablet and then get whatever is on there. And unless they are professionals using specific software (i.e. CAD, quickbooks) don't even care or know if it is windows.
- 99% of users keep the same OS till the PC dies
- 99% of the users think windows is the PC brand
- 99% of the users that know windows is the OS (they don't know what an OS actually does, though), don't know the version. If someone re-arranges their familiar desktop links, they think it is a new OS
- 99% of the users couldn't even uninstall a program, or find the desktop icon of the software. If it disappears from the desktop, they think they don't have that software anymore.
- 99% of users buy a new PC and just make sure at Bestbuy that it also can do "facebook and email"

Don't even come with desktop mode or Metro, or registry or CMD... if you mention "file type", they think you are a nuclear scientist.
That's a fairly sweeping generalization...
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS
    CPU
    AMD FX 8320
    Motherboard
    Crosshair V Formula-Z
    Memory
    16 gig DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS R9 270
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    1 TB Seagate Barracuda (starting to hate Seagate)
    x2 3 TB Toshibas
    Windows 8.1 is installed on a SanDisk Ultra Plus 256 GB
    PSU
    OCZ 500 watt
    Case
    A current work in progres as I'll be building the physical case myself. It shall be fantastic.
    Cooling
    Arctic Cooler with 3 heatpipes
    Keyboard
    Logitech K750 wireless solar powered keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Touch Mouse
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender, but I might go back on KIS 2014
Seriously right now, every other time I've gone to my local best buy, I've ALWAYS come across someone that was impressed with touch and Windows 8. Either they've talked to me personally or I've overheard remarks about it. Today, playing with the Lenovo Yoga again, a guy talked to me and asked if it was a tablet or a laptop. And I flipped it over and said, "Both." He was fairly impressed by it. Toying around with a touch AIO PC the other day, a lady was making a purchase of a stereo system and was pretty taken back by the AIO form factor and thought it was "cool." She liked that she could Skype with it and have the touch input and use the traditional part of Windows.

Maybe it's something with the water here, but my many experiences showing people (not plopping it down in front of them and watch them try to figure it out without me showing them, as this is idiotic because they have no knowledge of how to use something new as I do) Windows 8 all with a mouse or touchpad, it's been overwhelmingly positive. I recently asked my small group of Windows 8 users (about ten people that have been using Windows 8 for more than three months, a few for a year) about their opinions about Windows 8.

All of them liked it. All of them, given the choice between 7 or 8, Windows 8 is the choice to have. I also asked several of them and a few others about using a touch enabled PC. Pretty much all except for a couple liked the idea. Touch on the desktop was iffy, touch on a ultrabook or a tablet was unanimously liked. Some are using the apps and like them, some don't. A couple barely use the Start Screen. A couple others LOVE the lock screen, and those two were using Windows 8 on a desktop.

I call BS on the dissent. You don't give someone a Mercedes Benz and expect them to know how to drive it properly after driving an old Ford Fiesta. By just not showing someone just the simple basics of how to use Windows 8, or at least telling them, you've basically just misrepresented the whole OS and UI. Yeah, it can be tricky and yeah it's different. Why wouldn't you not show someone the ways of how to use it? This I've yet to understand. The argument that says that is shows that Windows 8 is unintuitive is a load of malarkey.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS
    CPU
    AMD FX 8320
    Motherboard
    Crosshair V Formula-Z
    Memory
    16 gig DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS R9 270
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    1 TB Seagate Barracuda (starting to hate Seagate)
    x2 3 TB Toshibas
    Windows 8.1 is installed on a SanDisk Ultra Plus 256 GB
    PSU
    OCZ 500 watt
    Case
    A current work in progres as I'll be building the physical case myself. It shall be fantastic.
    Cooling
    Arctic Cooler with 3 heatpipes
    Keyboard
    Logitech K750 wireless solar powered keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Touch Mouse
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender, but I might go back on KIS 2014
Seriously right now, every other time I've gone to my local best buy, I've ALWAYS come across someone that was impressed with touch and Windows 8. Either they've talked to me personally or I've overheard remarks about it. Today, playing with the Lenovo Yoga again, a guy talked to me and asked if it was a tablet or a laptop. And I flipped it over and said, "Both." He was fairly impressed by it. Toying around with a touch AIO PC the other day, a lady was making a purchase of a stereo system and was pretty taken back by the AIO form factor and thought it was "cool." She liked that she could Skype with it and have the touch input and use the traditional part of Windows.

Maybe it's something with the water here, but my many experiences showing people (not plopping it down in front of them and watch them try to figure it out without me showing them, as this is idiotic because they have no knowledge of how to use something new as I do) Windows 8 all with a mouse or touchpad, it's been overwhelmingly positive. I recently asked my small group of Windows 8 users (about ten people that have been using Windows 8 for more than three months, a few for a year) about their opinions about Windows 8.

All of them liked it. All of them, given the choice between 7 or 8, Windows 8 is the choice to have. I also asked several of them and a few others about using a touch enabled PC. Pretty much all except for a couple liked the idea. Touch on the desktop was iffy, touch on a ultrabook or a tablet was unanimously liked. Some are using the apps and like them, some don't. A couple barely use the Start Screen. A couple others LOVE the lock screen, and those two were using Windows 8 on a desktop.

I call BS on the dissent. You don't give someone a Mercedes Benz and expect them to know how to drive it properly after driving an old Ford Fiesta. By just not showing someone just the simple basics of how to use Windows 8, or at least telling them, you've basically just misrepresented the whole OS and UI. Yeah, it can be tricky and yeah it's different. Why wouldn't you not show someone the ways of how to use it? This I've yet to understand. The argument that says that is shows that Windows 8 is unintuitive is a load of malarkey.

Have to agree - I hated Windows 8 when it first appeared, but after spending some quality time with it I now think it is great!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro x64
    Computer type
    Tablet
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Surface Pro 3
    CPU
    i5
    Memory
    4GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Graphics HD
    Screen Resolution
    2160 x 1440
    Hard Drives
    128GB SSD, 128GB MicroSD
    Internet Speed
    8GB
    Antivirus
    Bitdefender
Only old long-hair hippie types are normal. Their souls have been psycodelicized. :D

Of course, we NEVER refered to ourselves as "hippies" We referred to ourselves as "freaks"
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win8.1 Pro, Desktop Mode
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Me
    CPU
    AMD FX-8150
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H
    Memory
    8.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 (9-9-9-28)
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD Radeon HD 6570
    Sound Card
    Creative X-Fi Titanium
    Monitor(s) Displays
    PX2710MW
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080@60Hz
    Hard Drives
    1x1TB Western Digital WDC WD1001FALS-00J7B1 ATA Device Caviar Black -

    4 x 2TB Seagate ST32000542A -
    1 x 4TB Seagate External
    Case
    Antec
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-D14
    Keyboard
    Logitech Illuminated Keyboard K740
    Internet Speed
    60meg cable
    Browser
    Cyberfox
    Antivirus
    AVG Security Suite
I call BS on the dissent. You don't give someone a Mercedes Benz and expect them to know how to drive it properly after driving an old Ford Fiesta..

Are you serious ?, both cars have the gas pedal at right and the brake at left ...Microsoft with Windows 8 put the steering wheel ( start menu ) in the glove compartment ( start page)
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 enterprise x64
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Pc-Quebec / Area 66
    CPU
    i7-3960X Extreme Edition
    Motherboard
    Rampage IV Extreme
    Memory
    Gskill 4x4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    4 x HD 7970
    Sound Card
    onboard
    Screen Resolution
    2560*1600
    Hard Drives
    C:\Intel series 520 SSD , 250 GB
    D:\ WD 750 black with Intel 40gb SSD cache Intel RST
    E:\ WD 2TB Black
    PSU
    Corsair AX 1200
    Case
    TT Mozart TX
    Cooling
    Water Cooled
    Keyboard
    Logitech G-15
    Other Info
    Windows 8 VM is install on his own SSD.
LOL! Correct. -> They <- called us Hippies. Don't forget Yippies and Yuppies. We also referred ourselves as "Heads" here in the U.S. Midwest. What a space in time, eh?!!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8.1 Pro X64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer T690
    CPU
    Intel Pentium D Dual Core
    Motherboard
    Acer/Intel E946GZ
    Memory
    2GB (max upgrade)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3000 - PCI Express x16
    Sound Card
    Integrated RealTek ALC888 high-definition audio with 7.1 channel audio support
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer AL1917W A LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1440 X 900
    Hard Drives
    350 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10
    Thumb drives
    PSU
    Standard 250 watt
    Case
    Desktop 7.2" (183mm) W x 17.5" (445mm) L x 14.5"
    Cooling
    Dual case fans + CPU fan
    Keyboard
    Acer Windows PS/2
    Mouse
    Wireless Microsoft Arc
    Internet Speed
    54mbp/s
    Browser
    IE11
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    Office Pro 2013 / Nokia Lumia 1520 Windows Phone 8.1DP GDR1

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Enterprise 64-bit (7 Ult, Vista & XP in V-Box)
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire Ethos AS8951G 'Super-Laptop'.
    CPU
    Intel Sandy-Bridge i7-2670QM quad-core
    Motherboard
    Acer
    Memory
    8GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel 3000HD / Ge-Force GT555M 2 gigs
    Sound Card
    Realtek/5.1 Dolby built-in including speakers.
    Monitor(s) Displays
    18.4" full-HD
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1024
    Hard Drives
    2x750GB Toshiba internal, 1x500GB Seagate external, 1x2TB Seagate external, 1x640GB Toshiba pocket-drive, 1x640GB Samsung pocket drive.
    PSU
    Stock
    Case
    Laptop
    Cooling
    Air-cooled
    Mouse
    I/R cordless.
    Internet Speed
    Borderline pathetic.
Not only heads, but dead heads!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro x64
    Computer type
    Tablet
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Surface Pro 3
    CPU
    i5
    Memory
    4GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Graphics HD
    Screen Resolution
    2160 x 1440
    Hard Drives
    128GB SSD, 128GB MicroSD
    Internet Speed
    8GB
    Antivirus
    Bitdefender
I call BS on the dissent. You don't give someone a Mercedes Benz and expect them to know how to drive it properly after driving an old Ford Fiesta. By just not showing someone just the simple basics of how to use Windows 8, or at least telling them, you've basically just misrepresented the whole OS and UI. Yeah, it can be tricky and yeah it's different. Why wouldn't you not show someone the ways of how to use it? This I've yet to understand. The argument that says that is shows that Windows 8 is unintuitive is a load of malarkey.
If you don't believe their is dissent I invite you to come to Michigan and I can introduce you to most of the people who I work with who have played with my on display demos and have heard from me first hand on how to use Windows 8 and have elected to not use it. One guy just build a pc last week and he has purchased a much more expensive copy of Windows 7 for the machine rather than Windows 8 because he simply didn't like 8.

Windows 8 is unintuitive in quite a number of areas. Mostly driven from the fact that it's not familiar in any way to past versions of Windows. For example, the charms bar on a desktop is not intuitive. If it were, we wouldn't have needed that little video showing people how to get to it. It makes a whole lot more sense in the tablet world to just swipe in from the right side of the screen, but with a keyboard and mouse it just seems a bit strange to dive into the corners. And speaking of corners, getting to the corners and not a second monitor can be tricky for quite a number of people. Thus, I'm advising them to use Win-C (the keyboard shortcut) to pull up the charms bar. Trying to figure out how to "close" a metro app is not intuitive. I realize MS just wants you to leave it open in the background and hit the start screen and move onto something else....but not all of us want to leave apps open and running that we don't use. Grabbing the top of the window with the hand and just dragging it to the bottom of the screen to get rid of it...while easy enough to learn and remember once shown, is not INTUITIVE.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Self-Built in July 2009
    CPU
    Intel Q9550 2.83Ghz OC'd to 3.40Ghz
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R rev. 1.1, F12 BIOS
    Memory
    8GB G.Skill PI DDR2-800, 4-4-4-12 timings
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 1280MB Nvidia GeForce GTX570
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC899A 8 channel onboard audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    23" Acer x233H
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Intel X25-M 80GB Gen 2 SSD
    Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black, 32MB cache. WD1001FALS
    PSU
    Corsair 620HX modular
    Case
    Antec P182
    Cooling
    stock
    Keyboard
    ABS M1 Mechanical
    Mouse
    Logitech G9 Laser Mouse
    Internet Speed
    15/2 cable modem
    Other Info
    Windows and Linux enthusiast. Logitech G35 Headset.
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