Game Informer - The new operating system from Microsoft hasn’t caused my computer to explode, burned my house down, or deleted my save files. In that regard, the reports of the coming PC gaming apocalypse may have been slightly overstated. Heck, Windows 8 even has some nifty new tricks and shortcuts that I am quickly falling in love with. Nonetheless, the new Start screen and the Modern UI are unmitigated disasters that would have me uninstalling in a rage if I hadn’t found workarounds that let me ignore them entirely.
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The real surprise is if your using something else... LoL
I'm running Win8 Enterprise. Also known as Win8 RT and I got mine for free but I love it... I've been converting people over left and right.. (and hooking people up with free copies)
The O.S. is really good it's faster, Start up times... nice. Browser Speed.. amazing
I'm actually Loving this thing and to think I hated it at first, until I got use to it, now I wonder why in the world did I think it would be bad - it's actually pretty awesome..
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I didn't think I'd like windows 8 due to all the negativity and bad press, but, after using it for 2 months now, the majority of that negativity is pretty much gone for me.
It takes the best of Windows 7 and adds in some quirky new stuff with some across-the-board performance enhancements and I'm really loving it so far.
I've only got it installed on one of my pcs at home, but I'll probably just install it on all of them soon.
I agree with the question but, analysing his text a little... I believe he's got a deeper meaning (symbolism?) that even though you enjoy the PS3 more, it doesn't stop you from enjoying the microsoft side.
It's odd.
oh and when you read about this was you reading about the office 2013 preview demo?
Of course it is , people just went on about the stupidest things without even having tried the thing .
At worst it's win 7 with some annoying , for some people , quirks in the design , but with way better performances and and stability .
I dunno how one keeps refusing that over some start menu most savvy users should have gratuated from eons ago , between the numerous ways to shortcut stuff like taskbars.
What i found funny with comments about windows 8 was the comments about it beind difficult to use because people had grown up with windows start button. I fund this funny because more and more people are using tablets for home and they managed to figger out how to use them as android and ios is different to windows or the different dashboards microsoft released for the 360 people managed to find out how to use them or going from a normal mobile to a smart phone which is different or from a iphone to a android phone.
Microsoft had to change the way windows worked in terms of the ui for tablets and rather than having a mobile os and a pc os like android and apple they made one that works the same from phone, tablet, pc, laptop, netbook and more.
I think what microsoft have done this year is the start of microsoft becomming the big force they were back in the early 00s but the good this this time is Apple and Google will be there as well and will force them all to not drop the ball and keep us all getting amazing new technology.
And even if you still dont like it , you can revert back to the old outdated system , while still have a faster and more resilient windows .
Even if you dont like Metro it's a win so far . But to each their own
Sure there are some interesting design choices, but in the end it's mostly just a adapting issue.
I do wonder if MS will update the interface later on with a service pack or something?
Yes, the start menu has been redesigned and it shows as "Metro Menu", where you can open programs from it, install widgets and "some" apps (that works inside it) so on.
Other than that, its a new almost normal windows.
... Plus its only £25 if you download direct from Microsoft until January.
It's really fast, and i can find my application faster than before. "Hitting (windows) key then start typing only first letter or two and pressing enter". (because usually after two letters the app i need is the one got highlighted)
And i like seeing the weather, my mail, tweets and (Reddit app) as soon as i hit windows key. =)
Some good changes here. We need to know how to make them ease our life :P
For a long time i've been using taskbars and other stuff instead .
I'm still not using the metro start menu much , but bare some truly bad default choices for the icons , i dont see the big fuss .
You have a full screen menu with everything you need (or if missing that you can add or display further onto it) , without having to scroll through tons of crap .
It would be a prob if it was slow and buggy , but its not , the transition metro > desktop and applications or vice versa is smooth and instantaneous .
Again of course there are odds choices of features icons and apps on the default menu , but you can fix it easily . Once you do you have everything you need at the fingertips , and no it's not even slower without a tablet like some love to claim .
the win key and a go in , launch everything i deem essential , it revert back to the app smoothly . Or win key again and i'm out back to whatever i was doing .
I spend 98% of my time on the classic desktop, but once I configured Metro to my liking, and learned that the 'Windows' key is now a shortcut back-and-forth to the new Start menu (Metro/Modern), I began to really like it. I barely use it, but I like it.
Start-up times are faster, boot times on applications are faster, I had a couple of driver issues from Windows 7 resolve themselves automatically after upgrading, and I love being rid of Aero.
The only problem I have discovered thus far was a single, solitary website not letting me log in because my Browser/OS combination was "not supported." Simple enough; I ran the browser in compatibility mode temporarily, and presto! I was in the site.
I highly recommend the upgrade guys.
Its nice to have a start screen where everything you personally want to access fast is right there for you it speeds things up so much. Looking forward to getting it when i upgrade my laptop.