Windows 8 for people who hate the Metro UI

Lucero_2

Too bad that most laptops bought new will now have Windows 8 on them. If you want to be (or are someone) that needs to support that as an IT fix it guy, it's best to get on it now.

prowla

Lucero wrote: »

It pains me to say it, as I was massively unimpressed with W8 when at BETA, but it is a superior OS. It will take some time for corporate integration but for home users (especially power home users or those with many PCs at home) it's much more feature rich than W7.

What features is it rich in?

The majority of complaints seem to be about features that have been taken out.

penrhyn

I too would like to know what these new features are over W7.
Starter for 10, It boots quicker, end of.

Lum

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Features_new_to_Windows_8

penrhyn

To which the answer is Vienna.

Lucero_2

Well, for starters, there's Apps. I've getting quite fond of them. Storage Pools, fantastic addition, especially for people who like to stream to other devices. Hyper V, great for spinning up old games or apps, or trying out other software. In fact, I can't think of anything in W7 that's missing from W8.

It's very sad when people can't embrace change. I just picture 50+ somethings trying to use their laptop in frustration, i.e., my parents

mart44

Lucero wrote: »

It's very sad when people can't embrace change. I just picture 50+ somethings trying to use their laptop in frustration, i.e., my parents

Some of us might do better than you think.

prowla

Lucero wrote: »

It's very sad when people can't embrace change. I just picture 50+ somethings trying to use their laptop in frustration, i.e., my parents

I like change, but only when it's for the better.

Lucero_2

prowla wrote: »

I like change, but only when it's for the better.

So you should like W8 as its certainly not for the worse!!

prowla

Lucero wrote: »

So you should like W8 as its certainly not for the worse!!

It certainly is for the worse.

Regarding your perceived improvements:

• For shared storage, a NAS is way superior to it residing on one computer. You can get an OS-independent wireless NAS that can be accessed be a selection of computers and hand-helds.
• Hyper-V is Microsoft's attempt to get into the market by rebadging their virtualization product. VMware, which is not tied to a particular version of the underlying host OS, or even a particular OS, or even an OS at all, is a superior and more mature product.

Regarding not being able to think of what's missing, just take a look in this and the other threads. In fact the premise of this thread is that you can get add-ons to reinstate some of the things that are missing.

The bottom line is that Windows 8 looks old-fashioned; "retro" can be cool if done properly, but Windows 8 doesn't cut the mustard. And don't forget that Microsoft let the product manager go - even they weren't impressed. They are going to have to market like hell to breath life into this release.