Microsoft Windows 8
 

MOD EDIT: This thread was split off from the What does your desktop look like? (V4) thread here.

How is Windows 8?

I've only heard bad things.

My friend had it and formatted back to Windows 7 within the week, apparently it's just horrible on anything non-touchscreen.

I love it.

I've heard people say that as well but I'm not sure why. I imagine it would be nicer with a touchscreen, but it's just as easy to use with a mouse as anything else is.

The interface actually seems really well designed and works brilliantly on a tablet.

It's a pity they're moving away from the desktop, but they're doing it in a clever way.

I still like the desktop UI for now and I'm completely against the App Store setup, so I'm sticking with 7 for now.

MOD EDIT: Just a reminder that this was originally in the What does your desktop look like? (V4) thread. Nep wasn't being gratuitous.

I was going to give it a try, but after all the bad things I've heard about it, no chance, I'm sticking with my precious desktop.
http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/...ic/desktop.jpg

Huh? What do you think would happen to it?

As in, I'd still like to have a desktop, I don't want to have a tablet as a PC, which is essentially what Windows 8 is.

God forbid things change.

You still have a desktop with Windows 8, the only thing that changed was how you access news, applications and whatnot, which you can use the Metro UI. That's all.

EDIT: Here


Might not be the best explanation, but it's there.

Nah, I don't like it. It's like an OS for children. I guess I'd have to play around with it proper to get a better understanding, but from what I've seen, to me it looks bad.

I agree with the pony lover up there. I still don't have a single reason why I should bother paying money for Windows 8.

Yeah I wouldn't like to use it. I'm just so used to the Windows Vista/7 desktop

Only if the change is shit. Which Windows 8 definitely looks like and I don't care how many good reviews it gets. It looks all Androidey and shit and not what PC are meant to look like.

Be like us losers and stop embracing change. It's scary, man.

Win 8 still has a desktop, but isn't the idea that they're phasing out support for it? Or is that just some crazy rumour?

No. The idea is that the desktop is there for people who need it and the Metro/whatever interface is there for people who need it.

From what I've read, Win8 is useable by people without touchscreens, but all the significant OS improvements are in the Metro/whatever interface, so there's no real point in upgrading if you're happy with Win7.

Having said that...
You can't make that sort of claim based on 'looks like'. It really annoys me all the whiny bitches who complain about Win8 changing things - or, equivalently, Facebook changing things - without trying them. Give it a month or two and most of them won't want to go back to the old interface.

I'll also add that equating the Metro style to Android is hilariously wrong.

I think Windows 8 is going to create a massive shift on how people approach computers. Integrating smartphone/tablet-style "download and go" apps is an interesting idea which could, if successful, change how we think of and work with operating systems and applications drastically. And having such a huge market contender embracing modern interfaces and app distribution methods is big.

I can only hope that people realise that the status quo doesn't have to be the be-all-end-all.

If a man is down a dark alleyway at night looking like a rapist, then he probably is a rapist. I'm just saying that it looks mighty poo, if that makes me a whiny bitch then so be it. But I can be whinier and bitchier *z-snap*

I think Windows 8 looks amazing.

Have you seen the new Blue Screen of Death?

http://www.winrumors.com/wp-content/...bsodsmiley.jpg

I can't believe it. Is it real?

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!


Sorry, but I had to.

Good luck writing down that error code in 1 second.

Yes, because the old blue screen of death was far more useful and nicer looking

oh wait

At least it *seemed* smart.

You guys are all change hating faggots. Especially Steamer.

I think that's cute and it just spells out what you have to Google. It's not like the memory addresses were actually useful, either. I bet this one is even readable on widescreen monitors, too.

Imagine you were doing something very important, and then your OS fucked something up and you lost everything. I believe cute images would only piss you more.


But there's something worse than that. My windows/xbox live account was broken and every time I try to login, the following text appears:
"Oh no... this should not have happened"
And it'd be ok, if there wasn't this guy there:
https://live.xbox.com/Shell/images/500Avatar.png
He's looking at you, like he's saying: "Oh, your account is broken beyond repair? That's sad :)"

It isn't so much the lack of text and simplified layout as the huge sadface emoticon that dominates the screen. I actually like Windows 8 on tablets, which is where it belongs, it just reminds me of how the Xbox interface became too geared towards Kinect users.

Woooow That big smilie would actually piss me off more then a big bunch of error messages.