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Upgraded to Windows 8 - useful tips / hardware?
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27-10-2012 4:13pm#1
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uncle_sam_ie wrote: »I don't know. The 30 euro for an upgrade is tempting me a little ShadowHearth but, fixing something that is not broken is holding me back. The whole metro style, no aero, no start menu is also holding me back. I'll see how it pans out though. I have til the end of January to decide anyway.
here. For me Windows 7 just works... its great. its like windows perfected to do what i need. its stable at it too. I dont want to cluster**** my PC, with stuff i dont need.
I vote with my wallet. no sale to me, i like my windows the way it is and as long as it is supported ill stick to old good 7.
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ShadowHearth wrote: »here. For me Windows 7 just works... its great. its like windows perfected to do what i need. its stable at it too. I dont want to cluster**** my PC, with stuff i dont need.
I vote with my wallet. no sale to me, i like my windows the way it is and as long as it is supported ill stick to old good 7.
And this is why people still use windows 98.0 -
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Huh I didn't decide to go for , just got it with a new laptop the other day, I thought would come with the 7 :eek:
I could use some tips too because maybe I'm missing something which could improve usability on a normal laptop?
Right.. here is my little user experience of Windows 8
I see touchpad playing a big role here because Windows 8 REALLY makes the most sense when used with fingers. Not necessary need of Touchscreen but Touchpad functionality has to be top notch so you can.. feel it you know. That's how it's designed I guess.
OK it's not good that mouse and keyboard are secondary pointing devices in 8, but I don't mind learning more of swiping and touching as long as it's 99% of the time performed smoothly - in every program or app!
After using Windows 8 for 2 days now, I will go back to 7.
My vote goes for a traditional Windows windows UI (like XP or 7) rather than 8's full screen windows UI (Metro).
Yes you can switch between open programs with Alt + Tab as usual but you can't resize windows and arrange them next to each other. There is nothing in right upper corner like Minimize, Resize and Close. (Or am I maybe missing some setting here somewhere??)
Seriously, I'm using Alt + F4 to close things! Right-click brings some more options but very few. Another example,it took me quite some time to find browser's internet options :P
Also related, missing Windows tool and task bars at the bottom of the Start screen.
IT does come with so-called normal mode with traditional windows and the toolbar down there but then it doesn't have START button there neither. I need Start-button-ish corner where I can browse thru Programs, links and settings!
Instead of Start button, when you bring your cursor to the left bottom corner, it opens full screen Start page with tiles, it completely goes to Metro Start mode. I don't like it. I would rather keep my other eye on the road whilst searching for things in small area in the left bottom corner, ala Windows 7 style.
Anyhoooo......there's some good
First impression was :eek: positively surprised. Good feeling about Start page and Tiles. And first impression is the most important right?
Even I go back to 7 now, I can still imagine myself installing Windows 8 in a few months time. I guess want to wait and see how well Microsoft will listen to us and maybe figure out some way to integrate more of a traditional Windows functionality into Windows 8 UI. Like with SP1 possibly.
Also various hardware drivers should get better.
Probably software updates need to etc.
Not sure about how games work. Will try Steam later. Hopefully HD4000 graphics is good enough for F1 2012, or 2010 at least.
Yeah my first impression was good. Not in a way it's something totally new but rather because it's in on a par with other modern systems like iOS and Android 4. Somehow feels good that, such a dinosaurs like Microsoft, has come up with a smooth trendy OS which first startup took only 5 minutes (laptop out-of-box) and voila! your good to go.. your good to stare at Live Tiles
I didn't touch anything for a long couple of minutes, just swiped right-left few times and watched them Tiles jumping and updating relevant information -tiles are fantastic idea.
Windows 8 apps are awesome looking, full screen optimized with a lot of information accessible just swiping without clicking much. Me like. For example can't remember last time I browsed so much of weather information/stats/graphs and all of this is available in a few seconds from starting up the app.
News app is another great one.
Didn't try so many apps but if all other were even similar, all good here.
Notice that many apps require to login with your Hotmail Microsoft whatever account (calendar, mail...)
After using Windows 8 two days, would say it needs some more tuning to smoothen up things even more in certain situations but nothing serious wrong. Nothing crashed or showed errors anyway.
Small hiccups can't be hardware performance related (Core i5 and 4Gb 1600mhz RAM here). I guess these could be resolved with hardware vendors drivers update in a time to come.
Internet Explorer 10 needs some serious updates. What a legend browser really, you can always trust it doesn't fully perform :rolleyes:
I'm sure Windows 8 experience could be better with some fancy piece of hardware, like maybe some good multi-button-swipe mouse and/or keyboard thingy, or a laptop with touchscreen, but that's not the point. I don't want to invest into new hardware and I'm sure millions of existing traditional laptop users won't neither.
At least, have to admit, it doesn't cost much to buy 8. I see various situations where people get it for 15, 30 or 50 euros. And that's affordable!
Conclusion
From light entertainment point of view (browsing web, watching videos and photos, listening to music) 9/10
From advanced PC user point of view 7/10.
All in all, it's a bit of Gangnam style OS - crazy mix of funky and less funky things. Have to see if they would come up with more convenient second version, possibly and hopefully, with SP1.
Dunno I guess I would like it to have Windows 7 as a primary UI for all kind of tasks and Metro UI would be behind some handy button so I can switch to it when watching a movie OR when wanted to get all my Live feeds (News, weather, facebook, youtube, emails, stocks etc.) updated quickly.0 -
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