Windows 8 Is Not Good For Gamers

[HappySqurriel]

kowenicki said:

HappySqurriel said:
It sounds more like Microsoft's (long standing) insistence that the UI has to be heavily integrated with the operating system is now causing a lot of problems ...

If Windows followed a design more like a *nix system, they could have had several different front ends for different platforms; and even have different user interfaces for differen kinds of users.

There is a reason for it.  They want a cross platform uniformity and familiarity.  You cant do that by allowing carte blanche.

I'm not sure what the problem is here.  If people dont like it then dont get it.  Stick with 7.

 

Well, the approach in general has always caused a lot of problems ...

You get a less stable and secure system that is a resource hog by building the operating system as one gigantic monolith.

Now I understand wanting to have a consistent user experience, but I don't think it is a good idea to take it to this extreme. It is one thing to re-use metaphors across platforms it is another thing to ignore the strengths of a user interface of one platform to maintain consistency.