It's a known fact that the previous windows version before the good windows versions are terrible and will fail...win98 was great but win95 sucked, winxp was great but winme sucked, win7 was great but vista sucked, so basically win8 will suck but microsoft will soon release win9 which probably would be great too!
it wasn't compatible with my core i3 laptop's wireless driver WTF? it told me to uninstall it because it wasn't compatible with windows 8, so i did. started the installation and it failed... this never happened to me with any other windows OS not even vista....
Indeed W8 was built for tablets first and computers second. This will hurt MS with this release in the long run its like a console game ported to pc not the other way around people hate it and its never done well.
At first I hated Windows 8, but after a while it sort of grows on you. It's simple after you learn it a little bit, not to mention very fast. Most users will love it, but once you start trying to really dig in and mess with stuff, things get hard to get to. That's my only pet peeve here. Overall, it really is pretty slick, if a little forced. Still, I think I'd prefer to have my same ol Windows 7 interface with some tweaks.
I feel the same way. After having used it for a while, I don't think I can go back to windows 7. I love the performance upgrades and the start screen is actually very useful when I'm on the road and don't want to open the browser and look up stuff on there. The live tiles really do help. Personally, I love it.
Indeed. There are certainly some high points to it. Seeing live updates on your desktop for things like mail and facebook are nice. I hope that they continue to work on the interface through future Windows Updates however. A few small tweaks to allow for better productivity would be welcomed.
I don't understand all the hate Windows Vista is getting? Why? I'm a simple graphic designer who uses photoshop, illustrator, indesign and flash and I've never really ran into any problems with my vista. Oddly enough, four years ago, Norton Anti Virus expired and i haven't had any antivirus programs on my pc since. I know I'm taking a huge risk but, quite frankly, I did the same thing with my old windows XP and that sucker just crapped out from all the viruses it got because i didn't bother getting an anti virus program in a month.
But my Windows Vista hasn't given me any problems, it runs smooth, no slow downs, nothing weird going on. Now that I see windows 8, I really don't see what the big deal about it is.
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Windows 8 is an expanded version of 7 with a new start screen.
.. I agree.
Windows Me - Fail
Windows XP - Win
Vista - Fail
Windows 7 - Win
Windows 8 - Fail
Win XP was imho the first decent version.
it wasn't compatible with my core i3 laptop's wireless driver WTF? it told me to uninstall it because it wasn't compatible with windows 8, so i did. started the installation and it failed... this never happened to me with any other windows OS not even vista....
Overall, it really is pretty slick, if a little forced. Still, I think I'd prefer to have my same ol Windows 7 interface with some tweaks.
Personally, I love it.
I hope that they continue to work on the interface through future Windows Updates however. A few small tweaks to allow for better productivity would be welcomed.
But my Windows Vista hasn't given me any problems, it runs smooth, no slow downs, nothing weird going on. Now that I see windows 8, I really don't see what the big deal about it is.