Zdnet : There's no doubt about it--with Windows 8, Microsoft has a tough job on its hands.
The cloud storage platform will drop support for older versions of Windows in early 2022.
Microsoft responded with Windows 8 and its Surface RT tablet.
In the earliest days of the Surface, it was hard to shake the notion that the line was something of a reference design for Windows 8.
Slow and steady wins the race , Windows 8 has some unique features which are really awesome , the metro look is just awesome , at first it was difficult to adapt but within 10 days i got addicted to it .
My sister got herself a Windows 8 Laptop and she isn't a computer person per say. She really wanted just to use Facebook and for her daughter and she asked me to set it up for her and I have to tell you after an hour on the thing I wanted to throw it out the window.
I personally think Metro is incredibly ugly looking. And making it the primary interface over the Desktop that everyone knows just makes no sense to me. People know and love the Desktop and most don't want to be forced to learn something new. I mean I could understand having Metro in addition to the Desktop for those who have touch interfaces but trying to force it on us is just stupid.
There is a Desktop mode in windows 8. It works just like windows 7. You hit Desktop and the GUI goes away. You have your desktop with the familiar desktop icons, and the familiar desktop taskbar and the familiar desktop quick launch. If you start a non app-store app, it takes you to desktop mode anyway. In other words, just like windows XP, VISTA, and WINDOWS 7.
The only difference is the right click submenus. You have to now use the gestures and go to the top right to get to your settings and personalization options. Once you learn that its a piece of cake.
People hate change. Maybe thats why the iphones change 1 feature at a time with every iteration?
Microsoft is jumping into the future with Win8 .
ether you take the leap or stay behind and continue to whine about how things were better in the old days .
it'll take some getting used to , but win 8 is great product for the future of computers .
its not windows 8, its just the market has shifted from pc to tablet. and ms has the lowest market share compared to google and apple.
but the night still young