There's probably a thread about this already, but I couldn't spot it so here's another, feel free to move it.
So... is it just me or does Windows 8 look like a nightmare? Firstly its designed primarily for touch screens... I don't like touch screens. Sure you can navigate the old way with a mouse I assume but that defeats the whole concept of it surely, all this slide and flick to expand business, sure that makes sense on limited space hand held devices but is it really more practical or such a great improvement over simple mouse clicks on a PC?
Secondly, I like my little program icons, gives me plenty of room to see my desktop art and I know where to find them instantly cause I put them there and they don't move without my say so, not like big gawdy sliding panels you have to sift through to find the one you're after.
Seems more like a cosmetic gimmick and compatibility with other devices more than improvement from a pure computing perspective.
Maybe it's just a fear of change and I may eat my words, but I have a feeling many users will prefer to stick to (or return to) straight forward Windows 7 for a long while in the future.
What do you guys think? Are you excited about getting it ASAP or not?
I'll be keeping Windows 7 as long as possible I think.
So... is it just me or does Windows 8 look like a nightmare? Firstly its designed primarily for touch screens... I don't like touch screens. Sure you can navigate the old way with a mouse I assume but that defeats the whole concept of it surely, all this slide and flick to expand business, sure that makes sense on limited space hand held devices but is it really more practical or such a great improvement over simple mouse clicks on a PC?
Secondly, I like my little program icons, gives me plenty of room to see my desktop art and I know where to find them instantly cause I put them there and they don't move without my say so, not like big gawdy sliding panels you have to sift through to find the one you're after.
Seems more like a cosmetic gimmick and compatibility with other devices more than improvement from a pure computing perspective.
Maybe it's just a fear of change and I may eat my words, but I have a feeling many users will prefer to stick to (or return to) straight forward Windows 7 for a long while in the future.
What do you guys think? Are you excited about getting it ASAP or not?
I'll be keeping Windows 7 as long as possible I think.
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