THE WINDOWS 8 METRO USER INTERFACE
Installed the Release Preview as a dual boot last Saturday. For the last couple days I’ve had major problems with it not shutting down or restarting. Not much online help with the issue, although it appears I’m not alone in having the problem. I’m leaving it installed but not doing anything further with it. I’m tired of pulling the plug and battery just to get my laptop shut down.
Or not.
If Microsoft persists with making Metro UI the primary interface for PCs and also refuses to add back the Start Menu to the REAL desktop, then I predict an epic failure for Microsoft. It will be so bad it’s going to make Vista look like a work of genius.
Be prepared to short MS stock and those dependent upon PCs for a large percentage of their profits.
Let's not talk about that awful Office 2010 ribbon, shall we?
Windows 8 is gross.. I’ve tried it and find it horrible. I’ll keep win 7 going as long as possible and switch to Macs - love my air book.
How freaking, freaking ugly. Ugh!
Doubtful it’s what I’m looking for.
I’m running full Enterprise version Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 Datacenter version on several dozen machines now, and I love it!
Practical and modern, fast, reliable (haven’t had a crash yet - since install on Aug 16 and Sep 4, respectively).
The Start Page (formerly known as Metro) can be modified and any program, application, administrative tool, control panel and associated item, etc can be put there for instant access.
My monitors are all HP 22” Touch screens, beautiful but I have one big, big problem: The Bezel is too deep and my finger too large to activate the pixels that do the swipe commands, so I have to use the mouse. If you’re going to go to touch screens, make sure they have no bezel, just a smooth surface like a tablet.
Windows 8 can do Hyper-V!!! I actually have virtual machines running on it that are themselves running Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Server 2012, and Red Hat Linux Fedora 17. I have 16GB of RAM and a six-core processor on my main machine—wish I could add more RAM but I am maxxed out. This OS and Machine is a Geek’s dream machine. Ultimate developer and tester of all things.