Windows 8 Good or bad for PC

**Karateed** · 22 March 2012, 07:57 PM

Originally Posted by BONES

This is completely untrue. Win8 works equally well on a desktop or touch-enabled computer/tablet. The desktop environment is about as different from Win7 as Win7 was from WinXP. i.e. mostly the same. The only time you have to deal with the touch-friendly side of things is with the new Start Screen, which has replaced the horrible Start Menu from Win7. For me, that happens about once a week so there is absolutely no reason to be put off.

Actually, it is not completely untrue, it is partially untrue. Yes it works well enough on either platform but it is clunky anyways, but one needs to remember it is a beta and bound to change for the better when it gets released.

Just so you know my feeling on the new OS, I removed it from my spare drive after playing with it for a few weeks but decided it's not an OS that I would use unless forced to. It may be to my own personal preferences of not wanting to really dig into a new OS.

Another thing to remember, it's really 2 OS's in one so it will be more bulky in some ways. You can't have extra guis without that.

Anyway, would I recommend this OS? It's not for me but it is workable so I think it does get a pass.....

**steve.ledger** · 22 March 2012, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by Karateed

Yes it works well enough on either platform but it is clunky anyways, but one needs to remember it is a beta and bound to change for the better when it gets released.

In what way clunky Ed? Performance?
I find it works faster and smoother on hardware which made Vista seem like it didn't want to get out of bed in the morning.
As for the two UIs being two OSes, not really. Metro and Aero UIs belong to the one OS, the Metro UI is really the new Start menu which has been changed to be mobile and touch device friendly.
Switching between the two is smooth and seamless by tapping the WinKey (Start key) on your keyboard.
When working in Aero, if it weren't for the ribbon bar in Explorer, you'd hardly know you weren't working in Windows7.

The OS has (according to engadget) recently been released in Taiwan on some HTC phones.

**Soquili** · 22 March 2012, 08:16 PM

I agree with sledger, Windows 8 runs faster on an old machine that I also have Windows 7 installed. If you don't want the full ribbon bar on Windows Explorer you can minimize the ribbon and Explorer looks very much like Windows 7.

**steve.ledger** · 22 March 2012, 08:24 PM

I like the ribbon bar

**Soquili** · 22 March 2012, 08:27 PM

It is growing on me so it is open most of the time.

**pauland** · 31 March 2012, 10:20 AM

Somebody doesn't like it..

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-sourc...-arrival/10275

**M4R5** · 04 April 2012, 10:54 PM

The main addition to the desktop environment in Windows 8 is the task bar now exists on multiple monitors, and the icons on the task bar on each monitor match up with the windows that are positioned on each monitor. I think that made sense. Apart from that, the missing Start Button and mandatory updates (in America), I think it's a lot like Windows 7 which is a good thing.