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I think Windows 8 is great!

  • 28-04-2013 11:38PM
    #1
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,634 ✭✭✭✭


    Dunno WHy people have such a huge issue with it?...ok, no start menu...so what?

    Very first thing i did on install was buy Start8....sorted. Never once had a crash, love the live tiles and all that app malarky going on. Yeah things can be hard to find at the start....but jaysus!, just snoop around and you'll find everything! :rolleyes:

    It's like two OS in one, your tablet swipe fingery stuff and the normal desktop. The problem was....people are idiots!, they've no feckin clue about computers or OS.

    Man i've lost count how how many times i wiped my HDD and installed a fresh OS install, its like rebirth....:)
    Lovin' W8 and cant wait for 8.1 + i got my W8 upgrade for 15 Euro! :D


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 595 ✭✭✭Steve O


    I 8 it.


  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 4,282 Mod ✭✭✭✭deconduo


    Steve O wrote: »
    I 8 it.

    You must have been hungry.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,049 ✭✭✭discus


    It's genuinely the worst thing ever!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61 ✭✭JcDubz4life


    I hate it refuse to use the new laptop at home because of it. Iv gone from loving Microsoft computers all my life to swearing il only buy apple products from now on


  • Administrators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 18,807 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭hullaballoo


    There was nothing wrong with NT.


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,634 ✭✭✭✭Richard Dower


    There was nothing wrong with NT.

    That is like saying XP is a "modern operating system"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 673 ✭✭✭Marsden


    I hate it refuse to use the new laptop at home because of it. Iv gone from loving Microsoft computers all my life to swearing il only buy apple products from now on
    That won't improve things, just downgrade to windows 7.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 595 ✭✭✭Steve O


    deconduo wrote: »
    You must have been hungry.

    I really was.

    I regret it now though, damn thing gave me a virus.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,166 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    Dunno WHy people have such a huge issue with it?...ok, no start menu...so what?

    Very first thing i did on install was buy Start8....sorted. Never once had a crash, love the live tiles and all that app malarky going on. Yeah things can be hard to find at the start....but jaysus!, just snoop around and you'll find everything! :rolleyes:

    It's like two OS in one, your tablet swipe fingery stuff and the normal desktop. The problem was....people are idiots!, they've no feckin clue about computers or OS.

    Man i've lost count how how many times i wiped my HDD and installed a fresh OS install, its like rebirth....:)
    Lovin' W8 and cant wait for 8.1 + i got my W8 upgrade for 15 Euro! :D

    Congratulations. Have a cookie.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 698 ✭✭✭belcampprisoner


    you don't know computers,
    when using your computer you don't want apps you want to get to the computer programs and start working

    and on off button would be nice

    search button as well, all of this is hidden.moving to windows is like moving back to windows xp


    apps are not real computing,buisnesses will not use windows 8 that's why Microsoft is trying to fix it,windows 8 was built for tablets


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭OneArt


    It's supposed to be intuitive, but it keeps f*cking things up for me. It'll just randomly highlight a sentence (or an entire PAGE) while I'm typing and I'll end up deleting it by mistake... Course I'm not sure if its windows 8 or if its just the new laptop I got. Either way its a pain in the hole (and yes I can find stuff, there are too many other reasons to list...)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,747 ✭✭✭LowOdour



    Man i've lost count how how many times i wiped my HDD and installed a fresh OS install, its like rebirth....:)
    Lovin' W8 and cant wait for 8.1 + i got my W8 upgrade for 15 Euro! :D

    Why would having Win8 make any difference with this?

    Win8 is fine, just like Win7 is fine, just like Vista (in general) was fine just like XP was fine. Ditto bout linux based OS's. Always wonder why this stuff annoys people


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,377 ✭✭✭zenno


    Using windows 8 on a desktop with mouse and keyboard makes no sense but i have used it on a laptop and it's way handier with the slider mouse-pad pinching the screen larger and smaller and just navigating through it on the laptop is good but not with a mouse and keyboard and also no touch screen.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,653 ✭✭✭Gamer Bhoy 89


    I... kind-of agree with the OP. One thing I'm grateful of is the removal of the Aero desktop. Personally, I thought it was too...pretty. I have noticed a nice performance boost with Windows 8. For someone like me who only has 3gb of ram and a 1.8ghz processor, it's kind of a big deal.

    The new start menu (metro) is kind of a pain, though. I do like the addition of the apps etc. It's cool. But I also liked scrolling through the Start menu and finding the program I want to run eg: if I wanted to play Red Alert 2, I could just scroll down and find it in the Westwood folder within the Start Menu. I have to search harder now to find what I'm looking for in the new Start menu because they look a bit scattered.

    I'm being a little picky, I guess. I have no problem with searching manually. That Start8 seems like a handy feature but 40 euro? Eek...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    It's poor without a touchscreen, fantastic with one.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,135 ✭✭✭fifth


    There's a really interesting (but long) presentation/keynote from the guy who lead the design for the new 'metro/modern ui' interface on the web, can't find it right now. But it's worth a watch, he does a very good job of explaining why it is how it is and it makes a lot of sense.

    Plus the fact that the standard desktop + start menu layout have been around since 1992!
    A lot of things that were normal in 1992 are absolutely ancient in 2013, why not this style of desktop..convention alone isn't enough of a reason for me.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,978 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Don't like it. Works well with a touchscreen but on a pc it's terrible.

    Said by an idiot who still uses Vista....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,013 ✭✭✭SirLemonhead


    Dunno WHy people have such a huge issue with it?...ok, no start menu...so what?

    Very first thing i did on install was buy Start8....sorted.

    So what indeed! just throw money at the problem until it's a non issue :cool:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 890 ✭✭✭dh0011


    or use ubuntu


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 59,758 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Agreed OP, windows 8 is a fine operating system. I've been using it on my main PC for nearly 2 years now :)

    The only thing is that Microsoft is a bit stupid not to realise that most people are a bit stupid (and can't handle modern UI). They should not have left out the start button in the final version. They've realised their mistake and the start button is back in windows 8.1 in June

    Like yourself, I forked out the grand sum of €3 for Start8
    i got my W8 upgrade for 15 Euro! :D

    +1

    Best value OS of all time :cool:


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 595 ✭✭✭Steve O


    unkel wrote: »
    The only thing is that Microsoft is a bit stupid not to realise that most people are a bit stupid (and can't handle modern UI).

    What intelligent and sound reasoning, I doff my hat to you good sir.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,443 ✭✭✭Bipolar Joe


    It should just be called Window, now. Terrible OS.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 129 ✭✭bren50c


    you love the os but bought start8, bit of a contradiction there.

    why people hate it? the ui change is a business decision by microsoft to get a foothold in the tablet market and i don't really think they were too concerned about what works best with a keyboard/mouse setup just more concerned about $$$.

    personally i would have been happy with the under the hood improvements but keeping the win7 interface.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,377 ✭✭✭zenno


    There is a problem with the skype on windows 8 but i'm sure they will fix it eventually, you can't edit on it either which is nuts. The option is to not use the integrated skype and just download a version to your desktop as that is more stable.


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,119 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Look, Microsoft found one!


  • Posts: 18,160 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    gamercfc wrote: »
    I'm being a little picky, I guess. I have no problem with searching manually. That Start8 seems like a handy feature but 40 euro? Eek...
    Start8 is only $5 :confused:

    I agree with everything else you posted though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 760 ✭✭✭youreadthat


    LowOdour wrote: »
    Why would having Win8 make any difference with this?

    Win8 is fine, just like Win7 is fine, just like Vista (in general) was fine just like XP was fine. Ditto bout linux based OS's. Always wonder why this stuff annoys people

    Vista was awful. Most buggy OS I've ever used.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭looking_around


    Windows 8 is tablet based and somewhat a copy of apples OS.

    I reckon I would stick with win7 on next M$ laptop. I prefer it, I know it. (I'd stick with XP if it wasn't so outdated now XD..)
    __
    @Zenno:
    Skype app, has been dodgy for awhile now. It's M$, there's always gonna be some bug with it :/


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,377 ✭✭✭zenno


    Windows 8 is tablet based and somewhat a copy of apples OS.

    I reckon I would stick with win7 on next M$ laptop. I prefer it, I know it. (I'd stick with XP if it wasn't so outdated now XD..)
    __
    @Zenno:
    Skype app, has been dodgy for awhile now. It's M$, there's always gonna be some bug with it :/

    Yeah, since they took skype over it has gone down-hill.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 59,758 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    bren50c wrote: »
    you love the os but bought start8, bit of a contradiction there.

    Can't say I agree. I love W8 because:

    1. it is faster than W7
    2. it takes less space than W7
    3. it boots quicker than W7
    4. it is at least as stable as W7
    5. W8 Professional cost me €14.99

    I don't like the lack of start button so I purchased Start8 (€3). Minor drawback of windows 8, but a quick, cheap and perfect fix.


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