Poll: Opinion on Windows 8? [closed]
| It's okay.:
36%
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|
(4 Votes)
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| I liked the previous systems better.:
27%
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|
(3 Votes)
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| Complete garbage.:
18%
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|
(2 Votes)
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| Haven't tried it.:
9%
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|
(1 Votes)
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Total Votes: 11
Yesterday for Christmas I received an awesome Laptop with Windows 8, which I am typing this on right now. Although the laptop itself is very nice, and it fulfills my needs for school, I am very unimpressed by the new windows 8.
I do enjoy that it starts up very fast, and runs very smoothly, but the whole design of it, and the way it works is very confusing and different to me, someone who has used windows all their life.
As a disclaimer, my laptop is not a touchscreen. I realize that the whole tile looking start up menu screen is designed for touchscreen devices, and I also realize that it is possible to switch to a regular desktop layout, but still, it's very annoying to use.
Two of my biggest complaints are the lack of a start button, and the lack of the ability to put apps on the desktop. The start button has been present on, correct my if I'm wrong, but every windows system, until this one. It was very handy, and it adds a lot of difficulty not having one.
For the app complaint, my example right now is Skype. On my desktop, which runs windows vista, I have it on my desktop, and in the left corner of the taskbar for easy access. On windows 8, the only way to access it is from the start screen, and it's hadrer to multitask with it.
TL;DR I do not enjoy windows 8, and do not understand what their thought process was when designing some of the apects of it.
Even if you didn't read it, I'd like to hear your guys' thoughts on it.
Please no flaming.
[Edited on 12.26.2012 1:47 PM PST]