TNB: At first I was skeptical, I had read the rant on the internet and all the conclusion was that Windows 8 was an epic failure, a massive flop. I tried not believe all of it and I tried also not jump into the Windows 8 ship. The scar that Windows Vista left was still very fresh in my memory.
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.
A little late to the party TNB! However, I fully agree with your opinion. I don't see what all the hate surrounding Windows 8 is about. I've been using it since the pre-release 90 day trial and I'm loving it!
The main complaint is the start menu removal. First off, a few minutes of your time can bring it back ( http://www.youtube.com/watc... But why get rid of it? It can be used to your advantage! If done right, the new start menu can be a quick-access button to your most used applications.
They did a good job with Windows 8. It's clear to see that they want to move to the ARM processors and this was a good middle ground that did very well considering what happened last transition OS (Vista, 2000)
I think people are just uncomfortable with a little change.
After using windows 8 for a while, I installed classic shell to see if I would want to revert back to windows 7 or keep classic shell, but I uninstalled classic shell within a week and I just cannot use anything other than the start screen now.
It's efficient, organized (to exactly how I want my programs listed), and very easy on the eyes.
I understand why people do not like windows 8, because the start button has gone.
BUT
Windows 8: Start up in like 20 seconds on an 7200rpm drive.
Its much lighter on resource.
Programs seem to open faster, windows aero is gone, does not slow down the OS.
I loved the speed of 8 and the file transfers. The only reason I went back to 7 is because win 8 mediacenter did not play nice with me ceton quad tv tuner. I would get no signal detected every other day.