Qustion about Windows 8

[FOBolous]

i admit. i was reluctant to buy a new PC, and was actually thinking about buying a Mac, because of all the bad reviews Windows 8 got. but i was forced to use it because my sister gave me a new laptop as a Christmas gift. and to be honest, i LOVE Windows 8. is it a little confusing confusing when i first got it? yes...as is anything new and unfamiliar. but once i figured it out, my experience with Windows 8 is better than my experience with any other Windows before it.

and I have never had a PC that booted of this fast before. windows 8 literally boots right up as soon as you press the power button. there's no loading screen or anything. it literally goes straight to the login screen.

and windows 8 gives you a lot more ways to customize and personalize it than any windows before it. when i first got it, it took me more than an hour to set up not because it really takes that long to set up but because of all the different ways you can customize it.

[crazyru]

I hope I can find a cheap upgrade somewhere.

My dad is buying his girl a laptop for christmas. I only looked for pc's with win 8 installed. Haven't messed with it yet, but it looks pretty awesome.

Win 7 IMO was awesome. On XP levels.

[crazyru]

Besides the fanboydom of Apple users is ridiculous. No matter what Windows does, they'll always feel Mac is superior, when in reality, it isn't.

[monkeyboy]

I have always been tempted to use windows 8 but the deal breaker for me is that I cant multi task one app takes up the whole screen I like seening 3 programs on one screen.

[crazyru]

I have always been tempted to use windows 8 but the deal breaker for me is that I cant multi task one app takes up the whole screen I like seening 3 programs on one screen.

you can go back to classic windows with one click..... the windows 8 theme, is just that a theme.

[FOBolous]

I have always been tempted to use windows 8 but the deal breaker for me is that I cant multi task one app takes up the whole screen I like seening 3 programs on one screen.

that's not true. i'm using Windows 8 right now, and i'm using Google Chrome and Skype app at the same time. at the moment, i am typing this post while video chatting at the same time. also with Windows 8, you can adjust how much of the screen each app takes up. so if you're going to buy something with windows 8, i suggest you to buy something with as big of a screen as possible.

[monkeyboy]

that's not true. i'm using Windows 8 right now, and i'm using Google Chrome and Skype app at the same time. at the moment, i am typing this post while video chatting at the same time. also with Windows 8, you can adjust how much of the screen each app takes up. so if you're going to buy something with windows 8, i suggest you to buy something with as big of a screen as possible.

I know you can run several app in the background but can you like physically see both of the screen side by side everytime I use it I click on a app and it takes up the whole screen. Are you running them in the desktop or in the start screen with all the tiles.

[FOBolous]

I know you can run several app in the background but can you like physically see both of the screen side by side everytime I use it I click on a app and it takes up the whole screen. Are you running them in the desktop or in the start screen with all the tiles.

yes that's what i mean. i physically see both of the screen side by side and i can adjust how much the screen each app or software takes up. and i'm running them on BOTH the desktop and the start screen.

it's very easy to do this...open an app...let's say skype or the chrome brower in Windows 8 mode. move your mouse to the very top of the screen and the arrow should turn into a hand. once it turns into a hand, left click, and while you're still left clicking...move the mouse to change how the app/window is positioned. after you do that, a grey bar should appear and you can use the grey bar to adjust how much of the screen the app/window takes up. this is what my screen look like right now:

http://i48.tinypic.com/vpvym9.jpg

see how i have skype on the right with Chrome taking up most of my screen?

[mikekhelxD]

Because people don't like change.

I personally haven't tried win 8 and i've already decided to install win 7 if I do get one. There is something about windows that you don't want to change. I want every path to be the same so I don't have to waste my time clicking and clicking trying to find that one thing. It was hard for me to move on from XP a while back. I then got used to win7.

[FOBolous]

Because people don't like change.

I personally haven't tried win 8 and i've already decided to install win 7 if I do get one. There is something about windows that you don't want to change. I want every path to be the same so I don't have to waste my time clicking and clicking trying to find that one thing. It was hard for me to move on from XP a while back. I then got used to win7.

you can choose between classic windows and new UII windows. instead of the old pop up menu when you press "start," start in windows 8 takes you to the new windows and its there were all your programs and apps are at. i switch between the two because there are some things that i prefer to do on classic windows and some things i prefer to do on the new windows.

[dbroncos78087]

Honestly because its not Windows 7. Win7 has been such a massive success, both home and corporate, that Win8 can only go downhill if it doesn't knock the ball out of the park.

[Nymfan87]

I don't like the interface at all. I just don't see what the benefit of windows 8 is.

[Iansnightout]

I don't like the interface at all. I just don't see what the benefit of windows 8 is.

Agree.

I hate the tiles thing.

I'll probably be going to Mac when I need a new computer.

[dbroncos78087]

Agree.

I hate the tiles thing.

I'll probably be going to Mac when I need a new computer.

Microsoft is betting the farm on touch screen computers taking off but they are probably going to lose that bet. The novelty of them as warn off and (this is purely my opinion) no one wants a touch screen bigger than a tablet. People don't get desktops because they want to be able to touch the screen to manipulate things.

So the RT version of Win8 will have a much better chance of succeeding for that reason than the full version of Win8.

[Nymfan87]

Microsoft is betting the farm on touch screen computers taking off but they are probably going to lose that bet. The novelty of them as warn off and (this is purely my opinion) no one wants a touch screen bigger than a tablet. People don't get desktops because they want to be able to touch the screen to manipulate things.

So the RT version of Win8 will have a much better chance of succeeding for that reason than the full version of Win8.

I actually own a tablet PC from my days as an engineering major (was required), and I NEVER use the tablet feature of it. It's just not convenient.