Technology Windows 8

[masta247]

Why Microsoft, oh why the Metro UI on a desktop OS? No minimize option, no shutting down programs easily. Why?
I know this isn't exactly news but now I have it running on a virtual machine at home for quite some time and I really tried hard to make myself like this but it sucks so much that I just can't. I absolutely hate it, even more than I did when I first launched it.
And this comes from a person who loves Windows 7. Metro UI goes in an absolutely terrible direction of making Windows an unproductive tool that's hard to use for people who do more than using one small silly program at a time. Theoretically you CAN use the casual Win7-style UI but now they made it look shittier(http://blog.gsmarena.com/microsoft-alters-windows-8-desktop-look-to-match-metro-ui/) and you don't have a start menu so you're forced to use Metro UI anyway.
I can't picture serious people and businesses using this. Microsoft clearly focused on retards and tablet users.

It's really sad because the system itself had huge potential - if the UI was designed properly it would be technically better than anything else. It boots faster, keeps bloatware to minimum and uses the least resources of all fully functional desktop OSes - despite running 2 UIs at a time. If they could only tweak the looks instead of introducing that crappy new UI.
What were they thinking, I mean - where did they research come from - perhaps Apple or some Linux guys sabotaged it. I don't know a single person who likes that UI. And most people REALLY don't like it big time. I even saw Microsoft fanboys complain.

If they really head in that direction I think Windows 7 might be my last Microsoft OS, and I bet it would be true for so many other people too. Metro UI probably makes Apple happy.

 

[S O F I]

masta, just accept us. accept the apple. accept the jobs. receive us. love us.

 

[Pittsey]

I couldn't see myself picking up a mac, just because I'd have to change all my hardware everywhere. I would likely stay on the OS I am on now, or go to ubuntu. I wouldn't want android on my laptop either.

 

[Casey]

If the market doesn't take to it, they'll be forced to backpedal like what happened with Vista. Hell, there are some people who still use XP even now, and before Win7 there were still quite a lot of people that did.

 

[masta247]

Yeah, I skipped Vista and now I'm going to skip Windows 8 if it really comes with Metro. I'm surprised that they release those systems anyway.

 

[Pittsey]

I didn't mind Vista so much. But XP was on the majority of my machines.

 

[Flipmo]

Skipped Vista all together and went with Win 7.

 

[Casey]

/\ likewise. I ran XP on my old machine until the last 6 months of it's life when I directly upgraded to 7 on it. My current setup shipped with 7.

 

[ARon]

I think Win 8 seems fine so far. I used the dev preview for a couple days, it's different but it can be cool

 

[masta247]

Do you honestly like metro on a pc? Personally I don't mind anything but the metro and the metro apps, and that's what makes the whole experience unbearable to me. Taking metro away you basically get a lighter version of Windows 7, but it's not simple to replace metro with a proper start menu.

 

[THEV1LL4N]

by "metro", are you referring to the tiled interface? that's pretty much based on the touchscreen experience, so it would feel weird on a desktop.

 

[masta247]

Yeah, metro UI on a desktop. It runs everything in full screen, there are no "windows" so there's no way of resizing, multitasking (as of running 2 things at the same time on screen) or shutting them down.

Windows 8 is clearly a tablet OS. There should be a separate metro OS and desktop OS imho.

 

[Pittsey]

I would like to be able to dual boot android and win8 on my tablet...

 

[THEV1LL4N]

I would like to be able to dual boot android and win8 on my tablet...

that would be nice, so that we could test it out in it's entirety.

 

[THEV1LL4N]

I love how everyone at work is amazed at how my Microsoft Office looks 'different' and 'black'. People just settle for what they are given and because they are so lay that they are stuck with no choice (i.e. blue).

 

[Jokerman]

A big problem I have with Windows 8 is that it will no longer support DVD playback, unless you get Windows Pro. Here I've been patiently waiting for MS to support Blu-ray and now they go in the opposite direction to save some money and to force everyone into streaming or downloading everything.

They think everything is headed into the cloud. I think there will always be a demand for a physical product, at least for some time yet.

 

[Casey]

Native DVD support isn't a big deal, programs like VLC will still play DVD's. It's better than Windows Media Player anyway.

 

[Casey]

Microsoft unveiled Windows Phone 8 today - and Windows Phone 7 devices won't be able to upgrade to it.

Now, how on earth do they expect sales reps to try and sell WP7 devices when consumers know it won't get upgraded? Frankly, WP7 isn't selling anyway so this won't change anything lol.

 

[ARon]

Windows Phone 8 is class.

 

[masta247]

Lol. I still remember Microsoft people pointing fingers at some older Android devices that didn't get official Android upgrades. Now that it funny.

Windows phone 8 looks like Windows Phone 7 functionality meets Windows 8 metro looks. Upgrades were necessary but even with those updates they have a long way to catch up to and frankly, since developers now know that it's not going to be a hit it's not going to be any easier for Microsoft. I think that Metro UI was kind of a failed idea and they introduced it EVERYWHERE.
It's like they went with a mediocre product and tried to push it everywhere because someone told them that it's cool to have consistency.
It's neighter functional nor looks that great.