Windows 8 will fail?

[mKTank]

Yep. Light years ahead of OSX in speed, UI, app support, everything. OSX is getting stale real fast.

 

[apollo1444]

I installed it on my machine and right away tried to avoid that metro sillyness, had tons of issues with games and things like that

core i7 cpu
HD 5770
8 GB RAM

insane cpu usage and memory !! I went back to windows 7!

 

[Renzatic]

You're about the only person who's run back to 7 due to resource usage. One thing you can say about 8, it is much faster and thinner.

Course we're kinda coming full circle here. When 7 came out, we had tons of people talk about how bad it sucked, and how they "installed it, played with it for 5 minutes, went back to XP". I think the phrase "lipstick on a pig" was said slightly more than 3,452,162 times on Mac forums. Everyone said 7 sucked.

Now 7 is MS' golden child. The OS they got right. 8 sucks now. But when 9 comes out? Oh, it'll be the doom of Microsoft. The people will wail and gnash their teeth, screaming how they ruined everything good 8 brought to the table.

...and the circle of life closes.

 

[TedM]

I ended up getting it. They provided excellent pricing so I bought in. I can't say it will. So far it seems faster and I enjoy the way they interfaced with my mail, news, media ect.


Edit: I had no issues with steam or World of warcraft. However I did have to reinstall smite and that was a small hassle.

 

[Eidorian]

I installed it on my machine and right away tried to avoid that metro sillyness, had tons of issues with games and things like that

core i7 cpu
HD 5770
8 GB RAM

insane cpu usage and memory !! I went back to windows 7!

Which games had issues?

 

[ChazUK]

Getting used to the new stuff. Installation went flawlessly and performance has been fantastic so far in the desktop. Been using very little in the way of Metro apps but I'm as happy as a pig in shi... crap in the Desktop mode.

Some of the Metro apps I've used seem to take an unusually long time to load which puts me off of them a bit.

 

[Typswif2fingers]

Bought a Pro version over the weekend. Using it on my iMac (Parallels 8)... I have nothing but positives about it. It is very very fast. Metro is such a good idea. Well done Microsoft.

 

[Xiroteus]

Coming from someone that loves Windows 7, I was able to pick it up for fifteen dollars so it was a must, tired it out for a day and overall I likely could have stuck with it, however there was one major issue for me, my program that allows me to stream content from the DVR does not work and that is how I watch everything.

File management is a bit odd, and that is something I do often, drag drop, save move, always doing that type of thing and I really have to jump back and forth with the metro UI and the desktop, a little awkward.

It is still good and I likely could tweak it, however I need that program to run. For now I shall stick with Windows 7.

A lot of the start programs do not apply to me, even ones I use do not work in the manner I require. A Skype app, merge accounts? No. Other services that I do not use etc.. I wanted to pin favorites on the start page yet you can only do that with IE, I use Chrome.

I like Windows yet it sounds like I do not from what I am saying above.

You're about the only person who's run back to 7 due to resource usage. One thing you can say about 8, it is much faster and thinner.

Course we're kinda coming full circle here. When 7 came out, we had tons of people talk about how bad it sucked, and how they "installed it, played with it for 5 minutes, went back to XP". I think the phrase "lipstick on a pig" was said slightly more than 3,452,162 times on Mac forums. Everyone said 7 sucked.

Now 7 is MS' golden child. The OS they got right. 8 sucks now. But when 9 comes out? Oh, it'll be the doom of Microsoft. The people will wail and gnash their teeth, screaming how they ruined everything good 8 brought to the table.

...and the circle of life closes.

People where that harsh on Windows 7?

I always loved it, nice upgrade from the dated XP and visa was so-so depending if your system had enough power.

 

[ChazUK]

4 million upgrades sold already.

http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/30/3576512/windows-8-upgrade-sales-four-million

Not bad at all!

 

[MRU]

Windows 8 Review

Engadget have a well written review. But the wrap up sums up exactly how I feel and I've been using it for the last two months.

Wrap-up

Though you could install Windows 8 on an older Win 7 system and use it solely with a mouse and keyboard, the market is filling up with touch-friendly PCs designed to be used with Win 8. These include traditional notebooks with touchscreens, as well as dockable tablets, all-in-ones with articulating displays, slider PCs and convertible laptops whose screens can twist and fold back into tablet mode. In general, we'd strongly recommend any of these over a PC that doesn't have a touchscreen.

What we've learned -- and what we couldn't fully appreciate before testing some of these new devices -- is that Windows 8 is at its best when you have the option of interacting with it using your fingers. It doesn't matter so much if you have a touchscreen, a modern touchpad or an external trackpad that supports Win 8 gestures. The point is, many of Windows 8's most enchanting features (the Charms Bar, etc.) are easy to use this way, but frustrating if all you have to work with is a mouse. If you have an older system whose touchpad won't support Windows 8 gestures, you might want to stick with Win 7 until you're ready to buy a new PC -- without that touch input, many of those new features will be lost on you. For people with more touch-friendly hardware, though, Windows 8 is easier to use than you may have feared. Its tablet-style apps, multitasking features and desktop enhancements add up to a balanced mix. It's an OS you can use seamlessly on a tablet, but with features like Snap, Switcher and File Explorer you might well be more productive than you ever were on an iPad or Android slate. Just don't lose faith as you're climbing your way across that learning curve.

Basically as I have found, to appreciate Windows 8 properly, a touch device of some description is best, with mouse and traditional trackpad as I have found myself to be a little cumbersome or jarring when in Metro.

 

[Rigby]

I installed Win 8 on one of my PCs over the weekend and I like it. It feels very fast (launching applications and booting, particluarly if you install it in UEFI mode), has improved security, and a number of detail improvements like the new task manager, explorer etc.

If you think about it though, what they did with Metro (i.e. starting to converge legacy desktop UI and new touch UI) isnt' really that different from what Apple did in Lion/ML. The start screen is conceptually similar to Launchpad, and OSX has had an appstore and fullscreen apps (which I find mostly useless for desktop systems with large screens) for a while now. MS just took it a small step further and "forced" the user to use it, while you can easily ignore it in OSX if you want.

In any case, while Metro may initially seem a bit artificial on a desktop, you get used to it quickly and it makes sense when you think about touch devices.

 

[onthecouchagain]

I think Windows 8 combined with touch screen all-in-ones that can tilt has the potential to really become something great.

 

[apollo1444]

Which games had issues?

battlefield 3 mainly which even with an HD 5770 runs amazing at 1080 almost maxed out (windows 7)
for some reason punkbuster believed I was cheating or I didn't have my punkbuster updated which obviously I did, it was horrible, I had disconnections every 10 minutes

I also noticed high cpu usage when using Portal 2

 

[Eidorian]

battlefield 3 mainly which even with an HD 5770 runs amazing at 1080 almost maxed out (windows 7)
for some reason punkbuster believed I was cheating or I didn't have my punkbuster updated which obviously I did, it was horrible, I had disconnections every 10 minutes

I also noticed high cpu usage when using Portal 2

Flawless in Battlefield 3 here. This is even after switching from a GTX 460 to a HD 7950.

 

[TheHateMachine]

Picked up two copies for 16 bucks a piece. Gf's pc and mine running it. No issues, runs all my games and uses less resources. Pretty nifty.

 

[apollo1444]

Flawless in Battlefield 3 here. This is even after switching from a GTX 460 to a HD 7950.

great video card update

but I'm sure you'll lose frames a bit and performance maybe with windows 8 which to me is the most stupid OS i've ever seen

inspired by legos

 

[Renzatic]

but I'm sure you'll lose frames a bit and performance maybe with windows 8 which to me is the most stupid OS i've ever seen

Nah. Windows 8 actually performs a bit better than Win7 across the board. Sometimes by just a tiny bit, sometimes by quite a lot. Love or hate the new start screen, it is a much thinner, faster, more efficient OS.

 

[apollo1444]

Nah. Windows 8 actually performs a bit better than Win7 across the board. Sometimes by just a tiny bit, sometimes by quite a lot. Love or hate the new start screen, it is a much thinner, faster, more efficient OS.

yeah no wonder gaben said it was a disaster as well as blizzard

 

[Renzatic]

yeah no wonder gaben said it was a disaster as well as blizzard

Gaben? Like Gabe Newell? He doesn't like it because the Windows Store could take away sales from Steam, not becuase of any weird performance issues.

Blizzard? Probably the same reason.

 

[Technarchy]

I installed Win8 Pro on all my home PCS's this weekend.

Clean install off a USB drive.

So far, so good. Though, I will need a track pad or gesture mouse to really enjoy it.

Point and click on Windows 8...it sorta sucks. Slow, unintuitive. You need to be able to perform gestures to get the most out of it.

 

[Renzatic]

Point and click on Windows 8...it sorta sucks. Slow, unintuitive. You need to be able to perform gestures to get the most out of it.

Really just one gesture, the one to bring up the charm bar. You'll get used to it quick enough, just drop to the top right and drag down, or bottom right and swing up.

The only thing I find inefficient is the way the rightclick menu works in the start menu. I'm used to it appearing next to my mouse pointer, but there it pops up from the bottom of the screen.

 

[Lara F]

I must be one of the few who has no problems using Windows 8 with just the mouse. But then, even the excellent Mac trackpad hasn't been enough for me to ditch it on the MBA.

There are quirks, but I adjusted much better than I feared. I swear my Vaio's monitor looks much brighter in color (not just when on the Start screen), wifi seems to hold better and no Sony bloatware!!! So glad I selected personal files only to be transferred with the update. Overall, pretty impressed.

 

[apollo1444]

Gaben? Like Gabe Newell? He doesn't like it because the Windows Store could take away sales from Steam, not becuase of any weird performance issues.

they can submit steam in the windows store...yes a store within a store

 

[SlCKB0Y]

XDA still managed to run a desktop app on RT after recompiling, though.

I'd like to check this out.. got a link to the forum?

Also one to the Win32 -> WinRT emu project?

 

[Technarchy]

My PC is 4 years old and runs Windows 8 super smooth. No issues to report at all.

I'm not a huge fan of IE10, but Google Chrome runs great in the new UI.

All in all, I am not going back to Windows 7. I don't see a reason to.

RT is still dubious (I sorta get MSFT's thinking) but Window's 8 PRO is solid IMHO.