Don't pay out good money for Windows 8

There is ZERO reason for the average consumer to upgrade to windows 8.

Not one, nada, zilch.

Unless you're a mindless idiot that likes playing with brightly colored squares.... ugh.

Even the tablets with windows 7 look more appealing.

I was playing with on in Future shop thinking "hey! a mini start button!"

MS is run as a marketing company. In order to continue profiting to satisfy the investors, they come out with products on an 18-month schedule. If it really takes more time than that, they pretty it up, package it, and hope you don't mind several service packs.

I'm not going to trash the windows already on my machines, but I've really taken a liking to Ubuntu. Every thing I have is now dual booted. The more I use Ubuntu the more I like it. And IE is the biggest turd of a browser EVER! Every other browser I have is better. Chrome, Opera, FireFox...all better.

I've even quit using microsoft office. I like open office better. I can put it on any machine in less than ten minutes for free. I mean who are the fucking idiots paying a hundred bucks for office?

And who wants to deal with anti virus? Just go Linux.
Linux is safer, faster, it doesn't broadcast who and what it is as loudly as windows, it is free, it is half the size of windows, and at least with Ubuntu it is fairly easy to make the change, even for a computer illiterate (relatively speaking) like me. And when I do have the time to play around there is nothing better than Linux for custom configuration.

well you can use windows xp if you got the 64 bit version is quite good, it uses the least ammount of RAM and is quite snappy, still windows 7 is also very fast but somehow little heavier in RAM and HDD

Avoid the 'in-between' generations of Windows - which Windows 8 is. These releases every few years are simply Microsoft maintaining cashflow for it's company. Windows 9 will therefore likely be a good candidate for upgrade from Windows 7.

I actually like 7.

Their is just to much background services running though. Even after tweaking it for performance.

Maybe a update, and let windows 7 grow for at least 5 more years.

Windows 8 is for people that use tablet computers, i.e: sheeple.

Windows 8 is designed for a touch screen not a keyboard and mouse. I don't know how someone will use a CAD system with a touch screen with all the finger smearing and crud in some shops.

Windows 8 will push professionals to MAC and Linux type systems.

I understand why microsoft wants a unified interface but sometimes we all can't get what we want. Perhaps Windows 8 SP2 can introduce mode 1 and mode 2. Mode 1 for keyboard / mouse type devices and mode 2 for touch screens.

Simple fix.

I think Windows 8 involves Cloud Computing where all the files are kept on a separate server instead of on your computer, and with that - your files perhaps as backup, perhaps stored there for whatever reason.

??

meanwhile : Mint 14 is looking pretty amazing

I really hope not! The idea of your personal effects held not local yet entrusted to third parties really creeps me out. Those are real privacy issues and with our goverment so happy to shred our civil rights the idea of cloud computing is a no go for me.

All OSes crash sooner or later. I use hibernation which eventually gets unstable. That was true for W7 and XP.

xp service pack 3 , truly the best

This!

I can't say Win8 is an important upgrade for an average user, because it doesn't seem to be... I can say that I've been using it since release without any issues. If I reboot, I click the "Desktop" tile and everything is essentially the same as Win7 (there is next to no reason to use the tile interface on a non-touchscreen device). Performance-wise, I'm actually finding it a bit quicker than 7.

I did feel slightly out of place at first (missing the Start menu and especially quick access to my most-frequently-used programs without having the Metro interface take up the whole screen)... but like with anything, after some time it's all second-nature.

EDIT: One thing that I really don't like is that there's no Windows Update notification/reminder in Desktop mode. If you use the default settings, Microsoft forces a reboot once a month to pick up those updates. There's a 3-day warning on the lockscreen, but for those of us that don't use a lockscreen, there's no reminder. Supposedly, it's "smart" enough to not force a reboot if you would lose data, but it's still annoying.

Last Edited by TurkeyTots on 12/02/2012 01:41 PM

This x100000

It's not quicker. It's the "clean install" effect.

Plus it seems to slow down over time (like every other windows ever)

Eh, I'm not too sure about that (first point). I didn't do a clean install, but rather allowed it to upgrade from 7 to 8 on its own. If anything, I would have thought that would provide a less-than-ideal environment.

As far as Windows slowdown... I can't say too much quite yet. I know it's been a problem in past versions, but even after a month (of tons of programs being installed/uninstalled), it's still quicker than I remember fresh 7 installs being.

Good Post. I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks Win8 is ridiculous. Why trade in something that works fine for a silly remake that should be marketed towords kids. I don't need all these useless features, touchscreen, and annoyingly bright colors/squares. I mean, there may be some cooler features on there, but overall I don't really see why anyone would need to go ahead with it.

Anyone seen the movie Idiocracy? Well, I think we are about there. Notice the big block selection buttons with icons? But the movie is a good funny laugh and kinda sad.


Last Edited by deanoZXT on 12/02/2012 04:31 PM

openSUSE user here. Had no idea there were so many microtards on this site. Sad fuckers.

havnt used 8 but 7 is way beyond amazing to be fair