 CylonRedPremium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County | reply to pnjunction
Re: What are the substantive reasons to reject Windows 8? I am finding with Win 7 I am using the desktop icons less, now that I can pin programs/files on the Start button and the Start button acts like I would expect it to. It was the reason I hated the XP Start button and would only use the classic Start button - the XP start button had very frustrating tendencies.
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pslossPremium
join:2002-02-24
Alpharetta, GA | reply to dave
said by dave:That's not to say that the features are not good; they're simply not compelling enough reasons to upgrade.
Agree -- there are certainly advantages but they're outweighed by the disadvantages -- even though they may not be outnumbered in this context. The other problem after the upgrade license discount offer ended is the cost.
But as others have posted, these two threads are presenting a narrow or false choice (upgrade or reject). I can't remember seriously upgrading a Windows install after seeing the mess it made once. Installs starting with a fresh hard drive, but no upgrades.
From a consumer or mainstream point of view, it's much more a choice of phablet vs. PC than Windows vs. Windows. (Which I think is why in part Win8 is like a variation of that line from an old House episode -- it's Windows, but not Windows.)
So yeah, I won't upgrade Windows 8 because the Metro interface is counterproductive for me and because of the cost premium. But that doesn't mean I wouldn't buy it. Next time I buy a PC, Eight could be hundreds of $US cheaper than the alternatives and that would be compelling. (Although next time I buy a PC, it might have whatever they decide to call Windows Blue on it instead of Eight.) |
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Based upon the posts in this thread and on other posts in other threads on the same subject this thread is in a sense comparable to an obituary for Windows 8. |
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 ThalerPremium
join:2004-02-02
Los Angeles, CA
kudos:3
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For me, the question is: Why upgrade to 8?
I have one machine that shipped with 8. While there might be under-the-hood improvements, the end user result is just increased headaches. New setting locations, new "intuitive" features (that I have to minimize/remove), etc. I can't think of one thing new on Windows 8 that I can say saved me grief/time/effort/etc. over Windows 7.
So, I'll take a copy of Windows 8 if it ships on a new machine I happen to buy. I certainly wouldn't run out of my way to go pick it up on an existing Windows 7 machine. |
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Microsoft is to Windows 8 what Charles Foster Kane was to Xanadu with Windows 8 awaiting the same ultimate fate of Kane's grand creation. |
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 dib22
join:2002-01-27
Kansas City, MO
kudos:2 | reply to Gershom 1624
The internet would be a safer place if every XP owner was as diligent as you  |
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davePremium,MVM
join:2000-05-04
not in ohio
kudos:7 | reply to psloss
said by psloss:But as others have posted, these two threads are presenting a narrow or false choice (upgrade or reject). You're interpreting the words more narrowly than I would. By "upgrade to Windows 8" I simply understood "replace use of previous versions by use of Windows 8".
I too never literally upgrade (as in, install one version on top of another), but that's mostly because version changes are so infrequent for me that I find it a useful time to do some much-needed spring cleaning. |
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 La LunaSurvived AshrafulPremium
join:2001-07-12
Warwick, NY
kudos:3 | reply to Woody79_00
said by Woody79_00:I actually like Aero. I liked it when it was first released, and was bummed when they removed it. Windows looks flat and ugly...even the colors look ugly without the transparency and such of Aero.....
^^^ This. Hate the look of Windows 8 (from what I've seen of it). Looks flat, dull and, well, ugly, almost like something from the 70's. I'll stick with Windows 7 on my laptop, which I love. Looks great and runs great. I also have a great XP Pro box, which I need a monitor for. As soon as I get that, I'll use that again too. Very happy with both, I see no need for Windows 8 right now.
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Mele20Premium
join:2001-06-05
Hilo, HI
kudos:4 | What it looks like (Desktop side) is XP IF your XP is set to use classic windows and buttons and using the advanced display Items list for further customization. The only real difference is that you cannot specify the Windows font you want but must use Microsoft's Segoe. It also looks a lot like Vista without Aero as Vista is very easy to use Advance Display/Items list and Classic windows and buttons. If you like XP classic look then you will prefer Win 8 over Win 7. But if you like Aero and rounded windows and buttons and fat rounded, way too padded tool tips, etc. then you will not appreciate the sleekness of Win 8 look.
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 BlitzenZeusBurnt Out CynicPremium
join:2000-01-13
kudos:2
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Support for XP ends in 2014 when it should have ended in 2011, and the os was released in 2001. If the xp box isn't too antiquated you might put Win 7, otherwise you can put some nix distro on it if you're up for it.
Microsoft's next os is going in the same direction unfortunately.
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