Windows 8 seems really confusing

[Tonk]

The one saving grace about Win8, is that it's actually a fairly nice OS if you have no physical keyboard and mouse. And only then.

When i started using it I was saying the exact same thing though with start8 i'm starting to like it more than 7 on my desktop. However it's BS that non-touch laptop and desktop users need to rely on third party mods to make it work well with there setup. They just need two versions instead of trying to cram everything into one piece of software.

[Alpha]

I used it for about a week alongside my other OSes... then scraped it.  The only reason was compatibility issues - nothing I needed to work worked.  I like 8, but it really needs to have the Metro and Desktop interfaces separated.  Navigating the Metro with my laptop's touchpad was a huge pain.  I don't see how this is appropriate to run on all PCs because certain computers need to have particular interfaces in order to use them properly.  Why do you think Enlightenment has a tablet UI?  If Windows 8 was the way it was now without the Metro, had a start menu and allowed common programs to work, then I'd be using it.  Of course, nobody wants to wait a few years for that to change... so Arch Linux plz.   :birdy: :birdy: :birdy:

[Tonk]

What sort of compatibility issues was it giving you I had heard they tried to improve it further over 7.

[Tayga]

im not gonna use windows 8 untill it's used more than the previous version

[Alpha]

What sort of compatibility issues was it giving you I had heard they tried to improve it further over 7.

I was installing VDJ, Python, Visual Studio and none of them worked.  I stopped trying to install anything else, dumped it and moved to Wine.

[orwin]

Dealbreaker for me with windows 8, was the covering up the entire desktop to use the start menu...if you are working with video this is a major pain in the neck, as you are likely to miss something happening.  The other, my brand new USB 3 card won't work with it.

Went back to windows 7 and plan to stay there.

Recent stats show there are more people using linux than windows 8 right now, 7 being #1 and XP still up there at #2

Hope Microsoft is paying attention, they really need to change it and give customers what they want.
With this and the MSN mess, I'm starting to sway towards another OS in the near future if it keeps going this way.  Already trying out Linux Mint on another machine....very very nice interface.

[Selkit]

Recent stats show there are more people using linux than windows 8 right now, 7 being #1 and XP still up there at #2

Funny that you mention that, seeing as I've recently started running Ubuntu alongside 7...

[Carl Foxmarten]

Do we need to start up a Linux support thread on here too? =^.~=

[Alpha]

Do we need to start up a Linux support thread on here too? =^.~=

Yes.  ^^

[Choco]

Based on my experience with windows 8 it is well suited for tablets or computers that have a touch screen with gesture support however I personally dislike it when it's without touch and prefer 7 over it