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| Thread ID: 127310 | 2012-10-16 20:26:00 | Windows 8 Gets "Overwhelmingly Negative" Response from Vendors, Expectations Plummet | Trev (427) | PC World Chat |
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| 1307176 | 2012-10-16 23:22:00 | A lot of people don't like things to change radically all at once, we really need to wait until windows 8 is out and in use for while before the real verdict will be in. I did personally think the new GUI was ugly to look at and was hoping it could be customised a little, smaller tiles would be a start I don't see the need to fill my 27" screen up with so few tiles. True on the first bit, I'm waiting for the calls -- How The hell do I <insert what ever remark> :D As for the tile sizes and rest, you can resize them - You can also dump off any you dont want. They will still be available, simply right click any blank part of the start menu, then bottom right "all Apps" and there they are. As for tile sizes - mines "tidy" ( kind of) see Pic's below, from a 22" screen, only has the ones I use all the time, the others are available from all Apps. Theres Standard, and really Small - trouble with the Really small, is they dont stay that size when clicked, they revert back to standard. 43994400 |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1307177 | 2012-10-17 01:37:00 | Metro might be fine for touchscreen tablets and maybe TVs. But desktops and office work and gaming make the majority of Windows users, where Metro is just plain stupid and I expect will do little more than piss people off. I can imagine businesses would prefer even Vista over Windows 8, can't see them leaving Windows 7 any time soon. I hope Valve make good headway with Steam on Linux and pave the way for other game studios and software developers, I would love to reduce my reliance on Windows as much as possible considering the idiotic direction it's going in. Sysadmins are going to love it, too: semiaccurate.com |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1307178 | 2012-10-17 02:12:00 | Why not just have the desktop autoload on startup (easy) and then just use Metro as a full-screen Start menu? | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1307179 | 2012-10-17 02:41:00 | Why not just have the desktop autoload on startup (easy) and then just use Metro as a full-screen Start menu? Because a normal start menu is better |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1307180 | 2012-10-17 02:42:00 | +1 Agent | Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1307181 | 2012-10-17 02:42:00 | Because a normal start menu is better I dunno, the Start Screen is a lot more customisable... | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1307182 | 2012-10-17 03:35:00 | I normally dive headlong into new MS OSes and try to find the good in them, but this time around I'm sticking to Win7 and office 2010 as long as possible. :2cents: | wratterus (105) | ||
| 1307183 | 2012-10-17 03:54:00 | Yeah i have to agree Wratt, especially here at work. the one good thing i have heard is boot time from SSDs is very fast in Win8 but have yet to see this personally. I cannot see how this is going to make me anymore efficient at my job as any programs i want to run are straight under the windows button as they are the programs i use all the time. Any programs i dont use get filtered down the list |
Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1307184 | 2012-10-17 04:55:00 | Yeah i have to agree Wratt, especially here at work. the one good thing i have heard is boot time from SSDs is very fast in Win8 but have yet to see this personally. I cannot see how this is going to make me anymore efficient at my job as any programs i want to run are straight under the windows button as they are the programs i use all the time. Any programs i dont use get filtered down the list See my post earlier. My Win8 was very fast booting up etc with an SSD when I first installed it but now, after only a few weeks, you would think I was running a normal HDD as it takes much longer to boot now. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 1307185 | 2012-10-17 05:17:00 | Yeah i have to agree Wratt, especially here at work. the one good thing i have heard is boot time from SSDs is very fast in Win8 but have yet to see this personally. I cannot see how this is going to make me anymore efficient at my job as any programs i want to run are straight under the windows button as they are the programs i use all the time. Any programs i dont use get filtered down the list Any program can be pinned to the start screen, ones that are used all the time can be made available, including networked locations ( servers, folders on servers etc) When you install a program no matter what it is, it will automatically load to the start screen. The ones you dont want can be removed and are then available under all apps ( right click the start screen - bottom right - All Apps) Theres no time difference to access the start menu compared to W7, with W7 you click start, all programs or they are in the list, with windows 8 press the windows key on the KB, and there they are. Personally I'm not yet decided fully, Windows 8 is running faster than 7 on this PC, but on my office PC running windows 7, I have Rocket Dock, where all the day to day programs are located. Windows 8 will work nice on Tablets and touch screens, been hounding my suppliers today for Lenovo or Asus Tablets running W8 with the intel CPU's which will have the full OS under the start screen like the desktops, not the RT version. He almost got convinced to send me the guff, but nooooooooooooooonot till next week when they are allowed to --Damn ;) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
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