Why do they make us to learn something new and forget what we have already learned each computer we get? I have been dealing with computers since the early 70’s so I suppose that if you just came into computers these pieces of crap are all you know and seem good. I hated XP and now I wish I could put it on my new puter. When you get older you hate each generation pulling the rug out form under you and laugh at you when you fall on your face. You really have no history of computers. So what is UI? Why is it necessary to change things every time a new kid comes into power?
Checked out a few Tosibas at BB a few weeks ago. Even there mid line “L” series computers has a very spongy keyboard, to much flex for my liking.
Actually, it is very simple to figure out.
And, Windows 8 is actually simpler to figure out than someone who starts out new with Windows 7 or XP.
The UI, or user interface, is simpler than what you found on Windows before, and, if you’re brand new to computers, and you started using Windows 8, you’d probably start wondering why people did things the old way with XP and Win7. It’s that much simpler and intuitive.
But, perhaps it is hard for old dogs to learn new tricks, but the tricks in Windows 8 are not that hard. IN fact, it’s a lot easier to use Windows 8 than learning how to use a new smartphone you’ve never used before, yet people don’t complain as much when they pick up a new smartphone.
BTW, I’ve been around computers since the late 1960s, starting out with the IBM mainframes, and I also worked with just about every mainframe and mini-computer that there was. I learned them all and learning new things wasn’t as much a chore as a challenge to want to learn new things.
I’m all for simplicity, and to me, the way Windows 8 does things, is the way it should’ve been from the beginning. The problem from the beginning is that, people didn’t have touch screens which required the new OS and the simplicity of the new “UI”.
It’s all a matter of tastes, and the willingness to put in a bit of time to learn some new things or new ways.