Win 8 dev. ver. Thoughts?

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So downloaded it, install was quick.

BUT

Metro design would be ok if it couldbe used like in Rainmeter ( desktop + ribbons on top).

But how it is no, it's completly rubbish, no real context menu, color and font is not everybodies taste, but surely in the final build it can be pretty much customized.

I really don't like the ribbon menu (like in the newer office version), I so much prefer the drop down lists. I hope that you can choose between the 2.

The worst is that you can't boot up on the desktop. And MS seems to want to keep that. Biggest BS.
And the desktop is slimmed down.
The start menu is a complete and utter mess.
The config panel needs 100 steps to reach (figuratively).

I see a second Vista coming.
I had Win 7 on the preorder, this i won't even touch with a stick in the state it is.
You see directly that it is a tablet oriented OS and not really a desktop OS.
The metro design is ok, (maybe because it's new and playing and discoverig it is ok) but not in this form. It should be firstly a Desktop OS and than an tablet OS.


(Ballmer needs to go. All the mess this guy has done, I would be pissed if I would be a stockholder. Even Bill starts selling his shares.)

At least we can vote with our wallets and let this become a Vista 2

But it seems that MS always has a fix route for OS : 1 good 1, 1 crappy 1, ....

Anybody tried it yet.
What do you think.
 
I disagree. Windows 8 is looking very promising and I'll definitely be voting with my wallet by buying it when it's released.

The config panel is super-easy to reach, I have no idea what you're talking about. It's right there one click away from you on the tile interface. At least, the slimmed down tabletized version is. But to reach the full control panel is just one more click.

And IMO, the start menu wasn't really all that useful anymore to begin with. The only time I would personally use it would be to use the search function to launch an infrequently used application that I didn't have pinned in my task bar. And guess what? Search functionality is still there, albeit not under the start menu.

I agree there should at least be an option to boot into the desktop, but I personally don't think it's an absolute must. The Metro UI works just fine for everyday desktop use. And it's not like it's hard to get to the desktop should you really need to.
 
I'll DL it tomorrow, but so far it looks pretty weird. The UI was fine and Metro is only useful for tablets, which is fine but why has it bled over to the desktop UI? At the end of the day the desktop UI needs only a few things to work. A easy to use taskbar, a search function for launching programs and a decent explorer interface.
 
Well even if it is a Tablet based O/S.

Their may be a Tablet version Desktop/Laptop(multiple) ones or they may have an option during install.

Tablet PC
Desktop PC
Laptop PC

That you select when you select during install(simlar to Win 9x options of laptop, full, minmal)
 
I'm installing this tomorrow, and hopefully my hackintosh still works a after that.

I've been downloading EVERY single leak so far of Windows 8 and finally microsoft has opened up.

But the fact that it's all hardware accelerated really makes it great, it won't be a second vista, but a second Windows 7.

Until its not final, you can't say anything about it honestly, it's just about even alpha right now, not even in beta.

Sure it may be a ****load now, just give it some time.
 
R1600Turbo
Didn't windows 7 just come out? :confused:
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Yes, Microsoft has decided to act like Apple and do more frequent releases with more gradual improvements rather than waiting years and year between releases. Also the technology world has accelerated considerably in the last few years so new OS's are going to come out quicker.
 
@yaywalter : well it's a taste question and customs.

I use my PC for more than social media and IE. I use the metro design on my server PC on the second screen. But the desktop is beneath. Like that it doesn't bother me, but switching to reach the desktop, and being a stubborn when people clearly want the choice to boot up in desktop is lame. Also the 100 clicks was a joke, but it is actually more clicks than on previous version, which is not quite logic to me.

@ Robin
Sorry I didn't put it in the other thread.

Also, when they want to copy iOS they should also apply Apple prices for OS.
Whether you doing a yearly OS for 30 bucks or a 3 years cycle for 100 bucks, it's basicly the same.
 
Just installed on a VM and at the moment I'm unsure what to make of it. Obviously it's not completed but there are quite a few annoyances. If I open an application such has Build, I can hit the windows key to return to the menu but it remains open in the background. How do I close it?!! Also the only way I can see of shutting the machine down is to hit Ctrl+Alt+Del. Then it takes 10mins of shutting down and returns me to the Win8 desktop!

Finally the Start menu. I may be able to get used to it but at the moment I don't like it. I prefer one screen, click, click, go.
 
Well, nothing really beats Ubuntu release dates.... a new release every six months. As for Windows 8, will there be any reason for a desktop user to upgrade?
 
^I surly will not upgrade.
Win 7 is so good I see no need to upgrade (or it could be considered in this case as downgrading)

But knowing MS, Win9 will be plenty good again.
Ms likes to cycles between bad and good OSes
Win95 = good
Win98 = bad (ME was not a real major release, was more aimed for companies, as it was based on Nt if i remember correcly)
WinXp = good
Win Vista = Bad
Win7 = good
Win8 = bad
Win9 = good

I thrown my VW away again, way to unstable, 2nd day it was a mess, after the reset it was fairly stable again, but I will try it again in the beta for fun
 
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^I surly will not upgrade.
Win 7 is so good I see no need to upgrade (or it could be considered in this case as downgrading)

But knowing MS, Win9 will be plenty good again.
Ms likes to cycles between bad and good OSes
Win95 = good
Win98 = bad (ME was not a real major release, was more aimed for companies, as it was based on Nt if i remember correcly)
WinXp = good
Win Vista = Bad
Win7 = good
Win8 = bad
Win9 = good

I thrown my VW away again, way to unstable, 2nd day it was a mess, after the reset it was fairly stable again, but I will try it again in the beta for fun
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Let's see. Win95 was the system that couldn't run for more than an hour or so without crashing. Win98 wasn't much better, but they finally got it more or less right with 98SE.

The last evolution in the Win3/95/98 line was Windows ME, pretty much universally regarded as a disaster.

As an afterthought on the DOS/Windows series, the Windows fans thought we were lying through our teeth when we said our linux boxes could run all day without rebooting, and in fact running for several weeks at a time wasn't unusual (I personally had a machine up for 450 days until a power failure lasted longer than the UPS).

NT was superseded by Windows 2000, which I believe you might have confused with ME; Win2k was aimed at the corporate market (and wasn't a bad OS overall).

XP was good, I think most people will agree on that, while Vista was bad. I don't have or want Windows 7, I'm perfectly happy with XP. It's way to early to tell, but Win8 doesn't sound too promising either.

So I'll stick with linux on my everyday machines and booting up the winXP box every week or so.
 
BobK
NT was superseded by Windows 2000, which I believe you might have confused with ME; Win2k was aimed at the corporate market (and wasn't a bad OS overall).
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Yes right, confused the 2.
 
Robin.
Yes, Microsoft has decided to act like Apple and do more frequent releases with more gradual improvements rather than waiting years and year between releases. Also the technology world has accelerated considerably in the last few years so new OS's are going to come out quicker.
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Or they are taking a page out of the book of mozilla.

And we shall release a new version every 6weeks to bring new updates rather than applying them to current releases.
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I'm not too impressed with Windows 8... But apparently there will be the standard "Classic" windows look on it. I hope there is... I mean, I want the standard WIMP format, Start Menu, proper task bar... I don't want any of this android/iPhone style tabs and crap. If it goes to that, I am sticking with XP and 7.
 
Their will be 2 User Inferfaces from what i have read.

Metro for touch devices and Normal for desktops and laptops.

I normally upgrade to the latest windows but i will see what the Win8 looks like at RC before thinking about getting it.
 
Apparently there are multiple ways to get the classic start menu. Registry hacks, sys file deletion and third party software but no way to change it in windows itself. I'm sure this will change in the future.
 
Grayfox
Their will be 2 User Inferfaces from what i have read.

Metro for touch devices and Normal for desktops and laptops.

I normally upgrade to the latest windows but i will see what the Win8 looks like at RC before thinking about getting it.
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I read this too...
 

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