You are not quoting my words; pls take the obliterating flowers out of you ear and eyes, so you can GET I pasted data from outside sources. Did those data echo my own first hand conclusions about the OS. which I SAID CLEARLY? Indeed they did! But I only even went to look for such AFTER. Over a YEAR after.
And, when you are out of gas, which face it, you are now, doing Yo Mama and trying to crash the boards (no pun intended but I just smiled anyhow) speaks desperation and don earn respect/credibility cept if U R a Blood or a Crip, and they are all about desperation anyhow.
Bet U R better than that. Just manifest health and elegance and say "I stand corrected." Course, that might make you have to rethink yr signature.
No I understand it just fine. Microsoft needs a cross platform OS so that they can break into the mobile phone and tablet markets. Unfortunately Microsoft is once again late to the party because Android and iOS have a strong foothold already.I think you guys are missing the point,Win8/8.1 is about a new modern hybrid OS that can accomodate any hardware, you can use it like I do with just a mouse and keyboard or touch etc ,down to you so your choice,desktop OS of the old days is becoming a relic with the old design,it also has a lot more modern competition,desktop PC users are no longer the main kid on the block whether you like it or not.
It's no longer about liking or disliking but about going in a new modern direction for Microsoft,sort of like how hardware goes in a different direction and sooner or later changes.
We all embrace changes in hardware , software is just as much a part of that,pretty sure the old desktop UI days are very much numbered for the future so that leaves you with either accepting the new direction or going over to the competiton etc..
End of the day PC desktop users should be use to all this,its been happening for decades,DOS,Win3.0 etc are all relics of the past.
Revamp was long overdue,how are guys really surprised?..I was not,I also expect things to change and get revamped again down the road.
I look back at my old DOS 6.22 days or even Sinclair ZX/Commodore 64 for those old guys here and think how things have moved in different directions ,regardless its nothing new.
One old happy PC user here.
No I understand it just fine. Microsoft needs a cross platform OS so that they can break into the mobile phone and tablet markets. Unfortunately Microsoft is once again late to the party because Android and iOS have a strong foothold already.
No I understand it just fine. Microsoft needs a cross platform OS so that they can break into the mobile phone and tablet markets. Unfortunately Microsoft is once again late to the party because Android and iOS have a strong foothold already.
Thats fine I guess but usually when a big company is late in getting into a certain market they tend to half ass the products they are trying to push in order to get them out faster.
Honestly I don't find Win8/8.1 bad at all. I find it really easy to use once you get used to it but there is a learning curve. I just make stupid blanket statements about it like on the previous pages because people are so passionate about a product that many of them haven't even used.
I think you guys are missing the point,Win8/8.1 is about a new modern hybrid OS that can accomodate any hardware, you can use it like I do with just a mouse and keyboard or touch etc ,down to you so your choice,desktop OS of the old days is becoming a relic with the old design,it also has a lot more modern competition,desktop PC users are no longer the main kid on the block whether you like it or not.
It's no longer about liking or disliking but about going in a new modern direction for Microsoft,sort of like how hardware goes in a different direction and sooner or later changes.
We all embrace changes in hardware , software is just as much a part of that,pretty sure the old desktop UI days are very much numbered for the future so that leaves you with either accepting the new direction or going over to the competiton etc..
End of the day PC desktop users should be use to all this,its been happening for decades,DOS,Win3.0 etc are all relics of the past.
Revamp was long overdue,how are guys really surprised?..I was not,I also expect things to change and get revamped again down the road.
I look back at my old DOS 6.22 days or even Sinclair ZX/Commodore 64 for those old guys here and think how things have moved in different directions ,regardless its nothing new.
One old happy PC user here.
I always thought it was both but more their hardware side being a bit more more late to the party,when Win8 was released they did not really have a lot of tablets out unlike the competition,obviously now they can concentrate on both hardware tablet side and Win9 down the road.
Every OS has some sort of learning curve,Win8 being their first hybrid OS you can argue had a little more then normal, to be expected due to previous operating systems by Microsoft being desktop only.
I also think any person now should accept things will change quite often in modern times,disliking and liking is normal but we should all accept companies will do whats in their best interest ,progress and changes comes in many forms, whether its hardware or software it waits for no-one.
Forgive me, but you are missing something nuclear and foundational: Capitalism, when it is manifesting its true potential, centers on the CONSUMER RULING THE MARKETPLACE and so, deciding what succeeds and what fails. Not business running smoke and mirrors and spending a fortune on slick TV and print spots, trying to create dissatisfaction in malleable humans with this week's model to foster lust for next weeks model.
That is the healthy heart of the Capitalism model. WE the consumers, are posed to be THE DECIDERS. But that depends always on discerning consumers who are behind the wheel of their vehicles and not in the back seat or the trunk.
How many times have I found myself posting right here: do not become an unwitting slave to commerce? All slavery is The Worst.
To be fair somebody has to be late to the party,as for being late you have to ask Microsoft why they waited so long,end of the day its just another new area where they can focus on to try and compete against the competition etc...
You are missing the point,you are not forced ,was I forced to use WinME?...no I was not,end of the day consumers buy what they want,but that does not take away the fact that companies will always act in their best interest and make changes etc when they think its best for them.
What is best for business---ANY business, is to BUILD A BETTER MOUSETRAP. Not a newer mousetrap, a BETTER mousetrap.
That, is precisely what MS missed here. And predictably, they are paying the price.
just install StartIsBack and it's exactly like Windows 7good lord. i just got my sister a laptop for christmas and in process of setting it up. this is my first experience with windows 8.1, coming from using windows 7 the last few years. it's totally unintuitive and hard to figure out having never used it before. what the hell was MS smoking when they created this OS? How did they expect computer illiterate people to transition from windows 7 to something like this?
I still cant even figure out how to multi task yet without always going back to the full start screen. instead of chugging along and installing apps for my sis im trying to figure out how this all works.
this is really sad...
just install StartIsBack and it's exactly like Windows 7
i guess, but the point i think i was trying to make was that the average user shouldnt have to install a third party app to the OS work, they should have a positive experience right out of the box.
i guess, but the point i think i was trying to make was that the average user shouldnt have to install a third party app to the OS work, they should have a positive experience right out of the box.
EXACTLY. The funny thing is, 8.1 can work/look like 7 and you NEVER have to even see "start". (Eg. by installing "classing shell").
Why MS chose to deliberately screw over desktop users is beyond me. Because support for mobile/touch does NOT automatically mean needing to spit in desktop user's face.
They even had A SECOND chance with 8.1...they had all the complains...and still only made a half-ass solution with 8.1
Uhh..let me guess...because without the ugly abomination which "start" is....8.1/8 would look just like a slightly "enhanced" 7....so they are unable to sell it as a "new" OS ??? (my 8.1 now looks and feels like 7 as well..hard to tell it even IS an entirely new OS)