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WOWser.
Just installed Windows 8 onto a desktop (had the 14.99 upgrade).
All I can say if you have not seen it yet is you'll be shaking your head, scratching your scalp, standing there looking dumbfounded, and muttering WTF?
It is a bizarre attempt by Microsoft that I think seriously misses the mark. Rather than upgrading windows, it almost seems like a retro downgrade.
Windows obviously wanted to give the look and feel of a tablet or phone with these apps everywhere. But, guess what, MS??? My desktop is NOT a touchscreen. Not all laptops are touchscreens.
MS has made this so user unfriendly and familiar. I am for change. I advocate change. I teach change. Windows 8 changed Windows. Windows 8 broke :laser:Windows.
Typically when MS did an upgrade, you usually did not have to relearn where every thing was. There was some similarity from edition to edition. Well, you will wish you had that familiarity back in short time. There is no start button at the bottom on the left corner. Finding all your installed programs is a chore. You will have to completely and totally relearn Windows. There is zilch, no, nada, nein, nyet familiarity. There is no standards in transition from edition to edition.
Don't get me wrong...Vista SUCKED. But at least the start button was in the start button place. And when you clicked on something you usually knew what it did. You'll be clicking all night long to see what something does. So much, in fact, that by the time you are done clicking you will have forgotten what all those buttons and clicks did.
Yes, I may be planning a downgrading BACK to Windows 7 Home Premium.
Just installed Windows 8 onto a desktop (had the 14.99 upgrade).
All I can say if you have not seen it yet is you'll be shaking your head, scratching your scalp, standing there looking dumbfounded, and muttering WTF?
It is a bizarre attempt by Microsoft that I think seriously misses the mark. Rather than upgrading windows, it almost seems like a retro downgrade.
Windows obviously wanted to give the look and feel of a tablet or phone with these apps everywhere. But, guess what, MS??? My desktop is NOT a touchscreen. Not all laptops are touchscreens.
MS has made this so user unfriendly and familiar. I am for change. I advocate change. I teach change. Windows 8 changed Windows. Windows 8 broke :laser:Windows.
Typically when MS did an upgrade, you usually did not have to relearn where every thing was. There was some similarity from edition to edition. Well, you will wish you had that familiarity back in short time. There is no start button at the bottom on the left corner. Finding all your installed programs is a chore. You will have to completely and totally relearn Windows. There is zilch, no, nada, nein, nyet familiarity. There is no standards in transition from edition to edition.
Don't get me wrong...Vista SUCKED. But at least the start button was in the start button place. And when you clicked on something you usually knew what it did. You'll be clicking all night long to see what something does. So much, in fact, that by the time you are done clicking you will have forgotten what all those buttons and clicks did.
Yes, I may be planning a downgrading BACK to Windows 7 Home Premium.
