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The setup. 
Anyone use Windows 8?
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dmccarty
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Windows 8 is a POS. It is a great example of the arrogance of Microsoft. Microsoft is loosing badly in the smart phone and tablet market and they are trying to force everyone using Windows 8 to use a user interface that is aimed at mobile devices. Mobile devices have to use a touch screen but my laptops and desktops do not use touch screens. With Windows 8, MS was hoping to force everyone into using this new user interface that would be the same on all platforms thinking this would get people to use MS products on tablets, smart phones and PCs.
MS took away the old Start button and forced you to find a mystery spot on the screen that you can click on to get you to an area the Start button would bring up. Course, how would you know about the magic spot? You can also use some keystrokes to do this but that is a step backwards in this case. Programmers have forgotten that GUI(Graphical User Interfaces) are supposed to be INTUITIVE and easy to use. Its not easy, or intuitive, if you take away old function and hide the replacement operations.
MS will be releasing Windows 8.1 that MIGHT bring back some of the Start button functionality.
What Bonehead Ballmer did, by completely changing the Windows interface, was to force every user to waste time relearning how to use Windows. Gross arrogance and stupidity. Did that twit think companies were going to accept having to retrain their staff to use Windows 8? Why yes he did. But companies are not going to want to spend millions of dollars retraining people to accomplish what the could do on previous versions of Windows. It took me a good eight hours for me to futz my way around Windows 8 to be able to sorta do what I used to be able to do. It still takes me longer to do the same steps in Windows 8 vs Windows 7 or XP. Bonehead Ballmer needs to be beat with a bat over this mess.
If MS been smarter and less arrogant, they would have introduced the new interface but left in a quick way to revert back to a Windows 7 interface. Eventually, SOME people would like the new interface and maybe buy a MS supported mobile device. Instead, people and companies have refused to buy Windows 8. I think Windows 8 was the last straw for Ballmer and that is why he was pushed out.
Later,
Dan
MS took away the old Start button and forced you to find a mystery spot on the screen that you can click on to get you to an area the Start button would bring up. Course, how would you know about the magic spot? You can also use some keystrokes to do this but that is a step backwards in this case. Programmers have forgotten that GUI(Graphical User Interfaces) are supposed to be INTUITIVE and easy to use. Its not easy, or intuitive, if you take away old function and hide the replacement operations.
MS will be releasing Windows 8.1 that MIGHT bring back some of the Start button functionality.
What Bonehead Ballmer did, by completely changing the Windows interface, was to force every user to waste time relearning how to use Windows. Gross arrogance and stupidity. Did that twit think companies were going to accept having to retrain their staff to use Windows 8? Why yes he did. But companies are not going to want to spend millions of dollars retraining people to accomplish what the could do on previous versions of Windows. It took me a good eight hours for me to futz my way around Windows 8 to be able to sorta do what I used to be able to do. It still takes me longer to do the same steps in Windows 8 vs Windows 7 or XP. Bonehead Ballmer needs to be beat with a bat over this mess.
If MS been smarter and less arrogant, they would have introduced the new interface but left in a quick way to revert back to a Windows 7 interface. Eventually, SOME people would like the new interface and maybe buy a MS supported mobile device. Instead, people and companies have refused to buy Windows 8. I think Windows 8 was the last straw for Ballmer and that is why he was pushed out.
Later,
Dan
And, in that vein, it is not at all uncommon for companies to skip a particular release of Windoze.
I agree completely, Micro$soft should have left the option for a functional Win 7 desktop. Hopefully, the 8.1 will address most of the complaints on this issue. We'll see.
I've been on every flavor of Windoze since Windows 286, 386, 95, 98, XP Pro, 2000, 7 and now 8. By any measure ME and Vista were the worst operating systems on the planet. The rest have their own set of pros and cons. Win 7 was probably the best system they ever designed - except for a big lack in backward compatibility. More irritating to me, however, than the operating systems is the evolution of Office. I absolutely HATE the "ribbon" bar, and it seems MS is dead set in spreading it to every app. On principle, I refuse to buy software that provides the old look, when MS should incorporate the option out of the box.
Good, Bad or Ugly, Micro$soft is "the" force in computer software. Surrender and be assimilated, or move to Linux
I agree completely, Micro$soft should have left the option for a functional Win 7 desktop. Hopefully, the 8.1 will address most of the complaints on this issue. We'll see.
I've been on every flavor of Windoze since Windows 286, 386, 95, 98, XP Pro, 2000, 7 and now 8. By any measure ME and Vista were the worst operating systems on the planet. The rest have their own set of pros and cons. Win 7 was probably the best system they ever designed - except for a big lack in backward compatibility. More irritating to me, however, than the operating systems is the evolution of Office. I absolutely HATE the "ribbon" bar, and it seems MS is dead set in spreading it to every app. On principle, I refuse to buy software that provides the old look, when MS should incorporate the option out of the box.
Good, Bad or Ugly, Micro$soft is "the" force in computer software. Surrender and be assimilated, or move to Linux
rekees4300
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8.1 = lipstick on a pig!
Welcome to the WA (Windows Anonymous) Club Jim. Despite your mistake, you are worthy of living and we all love you. :rotfl:
In my opinion Windows 8 is the second junky crappie operating system released by Microsoft. Windows ME was the first. The Windows 8 Operating system has impacted new computer sales so much Microsoft had to do something to slow the slide. That is the reason Microsoft is releasing a free upgrade to Windows 8.1.
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How's the mifi work? Is it a separate device you have to carry around besides a cell phone and surface? I'm ignorant so please pardon the basic questions.
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Ah, that answers that. Yet another device we have to carry around, keep charged, etc... why didn't MicroSoft build cell service into the Surface? frustrating.
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I have Windows 8 on a laptop and I hate it. The day warranty runs out I'm going to format it and put in windows 7
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Don't laugh, but I thought DOS was easier than WIN! Then, I got used to XP, and actually learned to like it. Now have Win 7. I am still getting used to it, as it isn't the version that I can make run as if it is XP. I hope all of the kinks are worked out of the next OS that I have to "upgrade" to.
When my old laptop crashed, after years of being a workhorse, I had a friend put in a new hard drive and put XP back on it! At least I can run my business program, on it, and that frees up the laptop with 7 for internet and other stuff.