What's the purpose of using a full screen when a simple icon menu, aka start button will do? I'm pretty sure it's up to the end user to define if something is a big deal or not.
We've had driver problems with 8 here at work, and while I've only worked with 8 via remote assist, I don't care for it. Nothing but complaints from our (software) customers as well that got pressured into buying 8. It's like they are on a cycle: Xp - great vista - suck 7 - great 8 - suck.
I've talked to two different computer builder and repair shops within the last three weeks looking to finally upgrade. Neither would build one with Win 8 on it. Both also said that Win 8 isn't a really bad thing on a phone but for a computer it's the pits. They both install Win 7 only. I'll go that direction since Windows XP will no longer be supported after 2014. (I think that's what one of them said.)
I upgraded to 8 because they offered it for $15 when I bought my laptop in August. I should have stuck with 7. It always seems to be on a mission to do something I don't want it to do. When I upgraded, my keyboard didn't work right with browsers. Reloaded the drivers and it worked until I rebooted. Checked the help site and the solution (looking for a program conflict) is ridiculous, involving multiple reboots and lots of menus. Thankfully, I googled it and someone recommended uninstalling Xfinity Constant Guard. That was the problem, and judging by the questions in the "why are you leaving us" pop-up, Comcast is aware that the program interferes with the keyboard in Win 8.
BTW: If you want the Win7 style start button back either forever or until you are comfortable with the Win8 style start button...there are many apps out there that'll do it. They are either free to $5.
I operate a computer repair shop. I would rather load Windows 8 on a new machine than any other Windows OS. It's much faster! I have demo Windows 8 machine in the shop and I make sure they play with it before they buy one.
It is much faster, I have noticed that. I did install the Classic Shell App to bring back the start menu so that has helped tremendously.
I figured out how to use windows 8 fuckin around with a dell for about 5 minutes at a best buy What's the problem? Sounds like a bunch of get off my lawners to me (Touch screen IS what it's made for)
We buy a lot of computers and paid extra to keep Windows XP on them for as long as we could. Windows 7 is ok, I guess, but the changes to Windows Explorer suck. I imagine Windows 8 is even worse, and from what I've heard it is.
While it's memory foot print is indeed smaller I wouldn't call it "faster". I wouldn't say the my notebook is any faster than it was on 7. I've found that the full screen start menu is of no real hindrance to me as I spend no time there. However I also find the "APPs" entirely useless on a notebook.
I meant that its much faster to install Windows 8 on a new machine than 7, XP or Vista. I can have 8 installed and ready to go in less than an hour whereas Vista takes most of the day.
