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It looks and works great on my Dell XPS with 27 inch touchscreen.
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Also: Xbox Music. I like the design.
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It isn't any good. Remember the Windows Rule. After each good Windows, there comes a bad one. And vice versa.

3.x: good
95: bad
98: good
2000: bad
XP: good
Vista: bad
7: good
8: bad

7 is the best Windows and is designed for PCs. Windows 8 is designed for tablets and phones and there is no reason to run it on your PC when you have 7 available.



 

Windows 8 comes alive on my PC.

I have an 8 core CPU, 8 Gb Ram, 28 inch touch screen and 2 TB HDD.

Absolutely amazing for the family. Multitasking is th killr for me. Destroys the speed o Windows 7 and my mates MAC is laughable.

 

Mines like this. Seriously made me realise Windows 7 sucked.

 

 



kowenicki said:
selnor1983 said:

 

Windows 8 comes alive on my PC.

I have an 8 core CPU, 8 Gb Ram, 28 inch touch screen and 2 TB HDD.

Absolutely amazing for the family. Multitasking is th killr for me. Destroys the speed o Windows 7 and my mates MAC is laughable.

 

Mines like this. Seriously made me realise Windows 7 sucked.

 

 

I'd be interested to see your windows experience score versus my windows 8 bootcamped on my macbook pro....


Its so smooth. At the peak Ive had arond 20 something apps open just flicking through them from the left. Instantly. LIke 0.1 sec. Then snappig instantly, wilst running a HD movie. And instantly surfing. I literally never wat for anything. Nothing at all. Press power an its like a second an its at Windows 8.

 

I love it. I literally only use mouse for Word etc. EVerything else touch. The quicker evey site goes to HTML 5 the better as far as I'm concerned. 



Let me summarize to you my experience with windows 8 (compared to 7)

Good points and how it affects me

- Enhanced security (Microsoft essentials) but because I am a geek who has been using computers since 1989, this really is a restriction to me as I have to uninstall those default programs and install those of my own choice. Any increased benefit on this account is negated by the bloat it causes and the fact that I already take good care of them within the Windows 7 framework.

- Enhanced boot and shutdown times, and some improvement in program launches. However, I hardly ever shut down or reboot my computers, and given the raw performance of my machines, the relative snappiness of Windows 8 is hardly noticeable or doesn't matter to me. There are hardly any other improvements in raw performance; on the contrary, I see regressions every now and then (especially Open GL performance sucks!)

-Metro interface gives you an access to the Windows Store, which is a good thing if you'd like have "apps" such as flipboard, not normally available on PC platform.

- Metro interface is a good option (definitely not perfect or even great, but acceptable) to go on a touch interface laptop (which can also be used a laptop). What would really appeal to me is a cheap "bay trail" type of windows tablet-laptop hybrid.

Bad points

* There is no way that I can use Win 8 as my Desktop or desktop replacement laptop Interface. Because,

- Metro interface is designed for touch, and while it is acceptable as a touch interface (the lack of whites & space hurts my brain!), it is simply either a gimmick or an unbearable pile of shit as a desktop UI. I have to install a bunch of programs to bring back lots of lost functionality, and still is it not as good as windows 7 (because of the integral feature-set that can't be changed or claimed)

- There is confusion at all levels of the OS. You can never entirely get rid of Metro, even if you try your hardest; it will pop up every now and then as its UI is programmed this way. Most options are changed for the sake of change, and I absolutely see no benefit from them whatsoever. Every time, I'd like to change something, it takes LONGER and more frustrating in Win 8. Don't tell me that it takes time to adjust, because it's not the first time I had to adjust (from win 3.1 to 95 to XP to 7 to 8, Amiga to Windows to Linux to Mac). The only more frustrating experience to me was OSX, which I honestly believe is exactly because of unfamiliarity, rather than how dump the OS really is. So, basically I lose with such annoyance 10 times the performance I might have gained through some technical efficiency boosts.

- Windows 8 is horrendous at multi-tasking, which is a complete fiasco for a person who opens a minimum of 10 windows simultaneously, with Firefox on 10 tabs (minimum). So much that I use 3 monitors on one of my desktops just to accomodate the kind of workflow I have. Even if you get rid of the idiotic metro interface, it pops in and out so frustratingly.

- The installation size is insane. How can I possibly run out of space of 50 GB of "C" partition (over a week) which holds nothing but windows and program files, with all of my personal and even desktop moved to "D". The same installation in an 8 GB PC takes around 20 GB with Windows 7 (Including the 8 GB page file).

- The entire experience is very inconsistent, incomplete, anti-multitasking, bugging, frustrating, different for no good reason, inefficient, hard to configure and/or customize.

Overall, I don't have one good personal reason to upgrade to Windows 8, unless I am running a more cut-down, refined and optimized version on a budget friendly Tablet-Laptop Hybrid.



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kowenicki said:

Seems like an appropriate place to post the latest one of these....

 

8 growing nicely, will be well over 20% after the holidays I reckon.  Even 8.1 (not out yet) has way more than Linux. lol

Anyone thinking Linux will have any meaningful impact on the PC gaming market in the next 10 years (ever?) has to be mad. Linux may be great for users who either need a set amount of tasks done as efficiently as possible or just like to have total controler over even OS level stuff, but from the viewpoint of a "regular" user it's still far away from being an alternative.



Nothing, save your money.

Win 7 is way better.

Im looking forward to steam os now.



 

think-man said:

I've mucked around on it a few times and didn't liked it, maybe it's because I don't like change but I found every little task much harder to do on Windows 8.

 

I'll give it another chance but I wanted to know what is good about it? are there any users that prefer it over Windows 7 or other Windows OS?

As an OS, its sales haven't been good, and thus it is very good for pushing the mobile revolution, pushing sales of chromebooks, as well as Macs. 





Nothing. Just avoid. Keep win7



Chrizum said:

It isn't any good. Remember the Windows Rule. After each good Windows, there comes a bad one. And vice versa.

3.x: good
95: bad
98: good
2000: bad
XP: good
Vista: bad
7: good
8: bad

7 is the best Windows and is designed for PCs. Windows 8 is designed for tablets and phones and there is no reason to run it on your PC when you have 7 available.

Hahaha this is actually true!! xD