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Thread ID: 129253	2013-02-13 03:09:00	Windows 8	Richard (739)	PC World Chat

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
1327835	2013-02-14 02:10:00	It's fine as far as I'm concerned, for the better part it "gets out of the way" and I use the "Classic Desktop" or whatever you wanna call it. Can't stand the tiles, they're ugly as hell, but I never go near them so it's not an issue. Aside from that it's faster than Win7 and things like the Task Manager improvements along with the Copy / Paste dialog box improvements, it's fine for me :)	Chilling_Silence (9)
1327836	2013-02-16 07:57:00	I have a dual boot set up and honestly hardly ever use 8. I just find it frustrating without touch and as a clicker don' t like being forced back to the keyboard to do things. I also don't get why they make it so awkward to close apps you are not using. There are a lot of improvements I like but the new interface isn't one of them. curious to know why you want to close apps you are not using. I assume you are talking about the new Windows Store apps. Windows 8 manages this in the background, they suspend when they're not in use	nmercer (3899)
1327837	2013-02-16 08:08:00	I have a dual boot set up and honestly hardly ever use 8. I just find it frustrating without touch and as a clicker don' t like being forced back to the keyboard to do things. I also don't get why they make it so awkward to close apps you are not using. There are a lot of improvements I like but the new interface isn't one of them. If you are referring to apps that dont have the X top right, its easy, They work along the lines of a touch screen all you do is move your mouse pointer to anywhere along the top of the screen, when it turns to a hand, left click and hold,then Drag it to the bottom of the screen the screen - as you start to drag the app/screen shrinks, then when down the bottom it closes. Takes longer to write and read the above instructions than doing it. As long as your mouse is not set to a Slooooooooooow speed, its a simple flick once you get used to it. As an example, this PC, pointer from top to bottom of screen is roughly 15mm mouse movement.	wainuitech (129)
1327838	2013-02-16 08:37:00	I have installed Windows 8 on my laptop where it works well. I have the Classic Start Menu installed and I am happy with it. I have attempted to install Windows 8 on my desktop but it keeps spitting it out. The installation goes through almost to the end then stops, unloads the Windows 8 installation before reinstalling Windows 7. I suspect it could be a driver/hardware problem.	Bobh (5192)
1327839	2013-02-16 08:55:00	After working with various windows 8 computers for a while & seeing how people are using them, I have to say it is not that bad. I am in no rush to upgrade from Windows 7, but when I next upgrade my computer I will probably use Windows 8. The metro/modern interface is ugly as hell and some things don't work quite like I would expect them to, but they have made improvements in a lot of areas & added some handy new features. For most consumers, the 2 biggest problems are they can't play farmville in Metro IE10 & they need to invest a lot of time & effort into learning how their new computer works. Businesses I understand sticking with Windows 7, and even recommend they do so. There is still so much legacy software floating around. Chrome has a metro mode you can activate, but I prefer to work in the desktop part of the OS. There is some talk of this being the new Vista, but I think this is more Office 2007 vs Office 2010 than Win Vista vs Win 7 - it is a decent system with some things that could be done better & in the next version, they will be done better.	Greven (91)
1327840	2013-02-18 05:45:00	I can't really tell from that post if you like Win8 or not	Greven (91)
1327841	2013-02-18 07:32:00	It looks like a lot of people on the MS answers site, are getting a 0x0000003b stop error (ntoskrnl.exe being the cause) in Win8 for some reason. Altho it looks like most of the systems are new. So, I wouldn't be surprised if its something that's pre-installed (like Nortons). Or bloatware that's been installed. One guy noticed that Win8 doesnt like Chrome. Someone uninstalled a lot of ASUS bloatware. It looked like it fixed the crashing. Another one crashes with firefox, it worked fine with IE. I had the same crash when I dual booted with Win7. I decided to wipe Win8 and go back to Win7. It's been fine since. So, I would say its a bug in Win8 (since it doesn't matter if Win8 was pre-installed, or if it's on a computer you built yourself), you can get this stop error, if you install Win8	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1327842	2013-02-18 07:48:00	Windows 8 is fine with Chrome? It's the first thing I install!	Chilling_Silence (9)
1327843	2013-02-18 07:49:00	Chrome on Windows 8 is fine on Mum's computer...	pcuser42 (130)
1327844	2013-02-18 08:03:00	Its no big deal. How many of you are still driving model T's? The change is not that significant. If you can't work out most things in half an hour you should go back to paper and pencil.	wotz (335)
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