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why Win 8?

dryfly
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Explorer
In other threads folks have expressed their preference to stay with Win 7. For those that have had some time to use and learn Win 8, what features have caused you to stay with it as your OS? Particularly interested in what you think are BIG improvements over Win 7.
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burlmart
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Explorer
No ome really cares for the Metro tiles look, but appreciate there is better under0the-hood tech.

Funny no one has likened W8 to the Edsel, which was a technically good design IIRC.
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wcjeep
Explorer
Explorer
The one advantage I've found with Win8 is moving data to a memory stick or external hard drive. I can move mulitple items at once to a memory stick. The 2nd and 3rd items will be in stand by mode until their turn. In Win7 and below trying to move multiple things at once results in the copy/paste starting over.

To advance to the Home screen try the Windows Hot Key and "M" key at the same time. The Tiles are a waist of time. Why should there be a learning curve to Windows? PC Sales are way down. I wonder why?

monkey44
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Nomad II
Monkey dislikes Win8 with a lot of frowns ... can't get it to work well, and it keeps fouling up my work, bounces from pages to page, and no 'back button' to get where I was ... Not that I CAN'T learn it, I have NO Desire to learn it.
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dryfly
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sch911 wrote:
Windows 8 makes several concessions to be more "tablet" friendly. These concessions are a new user interface that runs full screen only and has a series of tiles to manipulate. All Windows 8 apps run in full screen which kind of defeats the whole overlapping windows thing we've all come to know. It is better for touch screen tablets and PC's but for stand alone desktops it a real burden. You can still get to the old desktop but it's a pain. MS is issuing an update (8.1) later this year that will help a little by restoring the start button and allowing it to boot to the desktop. Too little too late IMHO....


Are you telling me that all programs running in Win 8 MUST run full screen? No 2 windows open on the same monitor? What about running dual monitors, is Win 8 cooperative with that?

I'm hearing it's a great OS for tablets but no advantage for desktops!!

Bill_Satellite
Explorer II
Explorer II
Buy the latest Win platform if you are buying a new computer for personal use (business users may be tied into a particular platform). If you don't like Win8 (like I didn't at first) then install Classic Shell and it will feel like Win7 BUT you can play with Win8 at your leisure and when you are comfortable, switch over (or not).
When you go looking for a new car you don't look for a 2010 model, you look for a 2013-2014 model. The same is true for your computer. Even Apple folks who want to claim that this is not an issue for them will have to admit that the current Apple OS is 10 or 11 (which started out as 1 and then 2 and then 3 and then 4......) Newer is "generally" better and there's nothing at all wrong with Win8.
I guess what I am trying to say is that new is almost always different but that does not mean that it's bad.
What I post is my 2 cents and nothing more. Please don't read anything into my post that's not there. If you disagree, that's OK.
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strollin
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Explorer
sch911 wrote:
... You can still get to the old desktop but it's a pain. ...

How is it a pain to get the the desktop? A single click at boot time is all it takes. With 8.1, that single click will be eliminated.

I don't care for Metro apps (there's no such thing as a Windows 8 app) because they want to run full screen and are very simplistic in nature so I continue to use the software in Win 8 that I used in XP and Win 7. I haven't needed to purchase a single new piece of software.

Win 8 boots & shuts down faster and is supposed to be more secure. I don't think there's enough of an improvement to warrant upgrading a computer currently running Win 7 but I wouldn't (and didn't) hesitate to buy a new computer with Win 8.
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donn0128
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Just wait a few more months for win or what ever they call it.

sch911
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Explorer
Windows 8 makes several concessions to be more "tablet" friendly. These concessions are a new user interface that runs full screen only and has a series of tiles to manipulate. All Windows 8 apps run in full screen which kind of defeats the whole overlapping windows thing we've all come to know. It is better for touch screen tablets and PC's but for stand alone desktops it a real burden. You can still get to the old desktop but it's a pain. MS is issuing an update (8.1) later this year that will help a little by restoring the start button and allowing it to boot to the desktop. Too little too late IMHO....
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JRJohn
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I Like Windows 8 been using it since the beta came out, There is a learning curve but it isn't bad I can do anything in 8 that i could do in 7 now with the preview 8.1 has a lot of changes for the best, free update will be out around the end of August is the rumor anyway.