I just bought a laptop over Christmas because the price was too good to pass up on. I don't really need a laptop, but you know... Buy now think later.
It's a Haswell i5 with FULL 1080p IPS touch display and an actual decent keyboard. It came with Windows 8 (upgradeable to 8.1) so this was my first experience with it.
I have to say out of the box it's not hard to learn at all. Everything is very customizable and the layout is great. Metro/modern is not as bad as people make it out to be. Tiles are simple to organize, settings are easy to access, default apps like maps is quite nice. No start menu? Big deal. I rarely use that in Windows 7.
The computer boots very fast and it's using a 5400rpm drive, although there is a mSATA slot where I will be putting an SSD later. Everything overall is very snappy.
I also find myself using the touchscreen often even though this laptop has a good keyboard and decent trackpad.
I really cannot find any faults with the OS. I would say it is more enjoyable with a touch screen but I could use it with a real mouse and keyboard.
It's a Haswell i5 with FULL 1080p IPS touch display and an actual decent keyboard. It came with Windows 8 (upgradeable to 8.1) so this was my first experience with it.
I have to say out of the box it's not hard to learn at all. Everything is very customizable and the layout is great. Metro/modern is not as bad as people make it out to be. Tiles are simple to organize, settings are easy to access, default apps like maps is quite nice. No start menu? Big deal. I rarely use that in Windows 7.
The computer boots very fast and it's using a 5400rpm drive, although there is a mSATA slot where I will be putting an SSD later. Everything overall is very snappy.
I also find myself using the touchscreen often even though this laptop has a good keyboard and decent trackpad.
I really cannot find any faults with the OS. I would say it is more enjoyable with a touch screen but I could use it with a real mouse and keyboard.