09-07-2012, 09:58 AM
(09-07-2012, 06:40 AM)darrenjlobb Wrote: Meh, I can see it being good on phones / tablets, but imo a total pita as a desktop ui replacement...I mean what was wrong with a start menu / desktop, I dont need a full green gui to launch my programs...I know the saying stuck in your ways etc, but meh, cant see it being any more productive, infact I found using the trial releases very frustrating / annoying... Think ill stick to linux / win7
^^ this. I downloaded W8 as soon as i could and installed it on my laptop... but it was useless as it wont run most of the programs on anything less than 1024x768 which is a bit of a pain if you have a netbook! The interface is crap and is absolutely pointless with anything other than a touchscreen. The settings are impossible to navigate and have stupid slide buttons. The desktop is there but its entirely pointless... and then i couldnt work out how to even shut the system down! The could have at least have made it a tablet OS or something instead of being the flagship desktop OS. I bet they wont sell half as many as they did before. Both XP and 7 are really good but 8 is crap! It did however boot up and shut down quickly once i worked out how to do it!
Also ive just installed android 4 on my netbook and thats far better and faster than Windows 8. I then took it a step further and installed it on my tablet and phone so i am now running a desktop with W7 and a phone, tablet and netbook with Android 4 ICS
