Windows 8 is shit

HA yeah.... I'm just funning ya....

Once you get the hang of it... it aint too bad...

Tell that to every business that has to get new software and retrain EVERYONE on how to use this new OS....especially since it is not conducive to mouse clicking.

Ain't gonna happen.

Muzzies

take time to get used to sharia law too?

I've been using Windows 8 on my new desktop for 2 months and am still learning it. All the Metro apps are made for touch devices. I find myself on the desktop screen all the time. i had to make shortcuts to my software I use since there is no start menu. Windows 8 requires a lot more clicking and scrolling to get something done than if you use Windows 7.

I just learned how to print from Windows 8 pdf reader. It opens your pdf file full screen with no options. If you pop out the charms bar and click devices and click on your printer, it lets you print.

Windows 8 is faster but it sucks big time.

No. This time it's different. Every previous Windows going back to Windows 95 was some kind of improvement on the previous one and kept to the same basic format. This thing is something entirely different. It's basically a touchscreen OS that they're trying to shove down our throats as an actual replacement for Windows. Somebody at MS went full retard and no one called them on it. And since MS never admits mistakes or back pedals at all, this could actually be the beginning of the end for them. People are just going to run Windows 7 forever and that doesn't put money into MS' pockets.

What's the first main issue you are struggling with... maybe I can help.

I appreciate the thought...but Win8 is not an issue of personal struggle. It's an issue of cost, support, retraining, re-coding and costs involved therein.

I can't tell you how many Win8 machines (laptop and PC's) i have downgraded in the last couple months. (head spinning)



Microsoft effed up worse this time than the Win98ME and Vista abortions.

Lol.... I remember win98me... that was the worst ever imho...

I had bought my first PC... and that was the OS....

Carshed and reinstalled OS at least once a week for months.... thought it was me at first... later I found out it wasnt....

Yep....it was ugly wasn;t it? lol ....and so is Win 8.
Microsoft blew this one bigtime.


In this economy too, companies are not going to retool everything just to support Microsoft's business model.
I see it first hand....the budgets aren't there and won't be for a long time with Obama in office.

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Dump that POS OS for something that actually works.

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Micro$oft is not just evil, it's CRAP.

I was thinking of going with Linux or a Mac but I really didn't have the clothes to wear for their mandatory proselytising.

Just shit ? Seems like MS is finally starting to get better quality OS out.

OP, download Classic shell. It will put things back in order :)

It took me three weeks to unfuck Windows8. One of the fixes is Classic Shell. It gets you about halfway there. Another good fix is enabling the AeroLite theme.

It looks like Windows8 was developed by people who never have to perform real work on their PC. The Office products (2007 and 2010) are the same. I've been using them for years and the stupid ribbon still sucks and is much slower than the older drop-down menus. The Office products were obviously developed by language-impaired rejects who have extreme difficulty interpreting letters arranged into words and must use symbols to supplement their lack of comprehension.

Too bad MS has a monopoly on corporate software. Thousands of people would drop this crap if their employers and clients didn't use it.

Did anything Microslop stole ever work???
And yet Bill's a very rich man????

Also Windows Media Center is not included like it was with Windows 7. Luckily you can get a free copy but only for a while... Very soon they're going to start charging for it. And yes no start bar does suck, but there are programs like Start8 that you can use that will give you the start bar back. It's shareware at first but it's only 5 dollars to register when your trial period expires.

Thanks for the warning!



- heard it's more for mobile devices

The new User Interface with its governed operating system is the future of the PC and apps are the future applications. Microsoft may not please everyone all the time, but it is the leader of the industry, and where it both the software and hardware industry follow, and so must we.

It is therefore necessaryto adopt a positive attitude to the new interface, and to the mobile devices Microsoft are offering, and to use legacy desktop applications only as long as you need to. It is necessary to adopt a mature attitude to migration to the new system.

Soon, Adobe and other software giants will release Metro style versions of their software, and time should not be wasted by posting negative reviews.

It is total bollocks, skins and apps are total bollocks. I want a proper 'disk operating system' that i control and organise the way that i want.

i do not want, or need a permanent link to a vendors online store.

That is not personal computing.

its html5 now flash its finish ... can you learn before say wrong thing

Ludites who insist on using antiquated desktop system need to consider that before Linux can be adopted by mainstream it would need to be simplified and popularised Installer DVDS need to be made available, better drivers, better plug and play. It needs ease of use, simpler controls. Effectively it needs dumbing down. ANd I can't see that happening as it is for techies.

As for myself I'm steering well clear of Linux.

For games you use consoles - they are bring out a new version of Xbox soon, no more PC. This is the way forward. Windows 8 PCs, and Microsoft phones and tablets form a family that can be used by buisnessmen and executives for serious work. Trust me, you will see how good this is going to be.

Windows 8 is a far superior operating system and represents the future of computing. It boots faster, and has better performance. The sooner you all learn to accept this, the happier you''ll all be. Did you seriously expect any kind of future in free computing?

Actually, I changed my mind. Windows 8 is a stinking pile of dog shit.

apple is best, always has been.

I agree with everything what the Op said.

Windows 8 isn't that bad. Most of the people talking shit are just parroting what they've read online from other people who never tried it.

I agree that some of the choices Microsoft made were dumb, but you can restore the start menu in about a minute, and Windows 8 is cheap as fuck compared to previous versions of Windows. After restoring the old start menu there isn't really much to complain about.

Windows 8 would need a MAJOR improvement to be classified as shit!

use the desktop mode .... omg


learn it cortrectly

of say nothing