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Windows 8 Usage Growing, But Still Behind Windows Vista

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Windows 8 isn't really an upgrade over 7, and with Metro, people do not want to change to that "confusing" GUI.

I think the hate for Windows 8 is justified to a point, yes metro is terrible for the desktop PC, but the operating system itself is fantastic. I needed a new Windows license so I got Windows 8 when it released and the first thing I installed was Start8, it's like I never left Windows 7, and it's faster with some nice improvements without a single issue(for me at least).

What really is shocking is that people still use Vista.
 
[citation][nom]edogawa[/nom]What really is shocking is that people still use Vista.[/citation]

Vista SP2 with the Platform Update isn't that bad, far better than the vanilla Vista.

People seem to have forgotten vanilla Windows xp's compatibility horrors at launch, or the overall Windows Mistake Edition failboat.
 
At this rate, it *may* overtake XP in a fifty years or so ^.^

Suck it up MS, Win8 is failsauce, just dump it and get us Win9 already, or else fix it so we can get rid of metro if we want(built in, not some lame thirdparty program, the actual Start Bar)....
 
windows 8 actually isn't that bad. I upgraded from windows 7 cause I got win 8 for 70 USD, thought why not? I can sell it for more than what I bought it for if it's bad.

anyways, it boots 3 times faster, it's snappier, more secure, and the metro UI, while not intuitive at start, lets me move icons I don't want on my desktop to somewhere other than folders.
 
I see Windows 8 really taking off once Leap motion\Kinect 2\Gesture devices are released and showcased. While touchscreens are all the fad for portable devices, the chocolate or pb&j smear on my screen is less than desirable. Smudges aside, when you have a stationary device would you prefer to walk up and touch it, or just wave your hand at it?

They (microsoft) should have held back on Metro until it (and its ecosystem) were truly ready. In forcing people to use an immature Metro, it has left a bad taste in many of their mouths. If they had made this the default, but optional startup screen everyone would have been happy. Windows phone 8, windows 8, kinect 2 for pc, and xbox (720) should have all been released back to back to keep momentum and customer visibility. I think Microsoft missed a couple opportunities here.

Sometimes to save your castle, you have to burn a few bridges. Microsoft has been unwilling to commit to this and is paying the price. As a tablet, the Nexus 7 / kindle fire / ipad mini are all at a price point that Microsoft and its hardware partners refuse to compete in. This imo has caused slow adoption for Windows 8 tablets. The original MSRP of $200 for windows RT tablets would have blown the market open for Microsoft. Again opportunity missed, but this one was more costly.

The curtain is far from closed when it comes to Windows 8, but its certainly off to a less than stellar opening act.
 
[citation][nom]CarolKarine[/nom]windows 8 actually isn't that bad. I upgraded from windows 7 cause I got win 8 for 70 USD, thought why not? I can sell it for more than what I bought it for if it's bad.anyways, it boots 3 times faster, it's snappier, more secure, and the metro UI, while not intuitive at start, lets me move icons I don't want on my desktop to somewhere other than folders.[/citation]

Yeah I think it's great other than the UI, but Start8 fixes that. It feels like another incremental upgrade really.
 
8 is too much like the Vista release and too soon after 7. The UI is way too ugly and even though you can change 8 to be and look like 7 too many people already are past the point of liking 8 or getting it. Most will keep 7 as long as possible much like they did with XP. It just works.
 
[citation][nom]A Bad Day[/nom]Vista SP2 with the Platform Update isn't that bad, far better than the vanilla Vista.People seem to have forgotten vanilla Windows xp's compatibility horrors at launch, or the overall Windows Mistake Edition failboat.[/citation]

I personally never had Vista issues at all (no bad drivers to cause BSODs, had enough RAM), but it got a bad rep early on and it wouldn't let go.
 
Give it up, fanboys. Vista had 4.5% market share after 5 months, while Windows 8 has only 3.17% even with the entire Xmas shopping season which Vista didn't have.

Microsoft needs to learn about the customer-vendor relationship, namely that they have to conform to what we want, not vice versa.
 
Still don't understand the hate for the metro start screen on desktops.

I find it extremely useful as it means I can have access to all my applications ordered in the way I like at the click of a button while keeping my desktop free of icons which means I don't have to try and flick between multiple open applications to get to the desktop or otherwise go through folders in the start menu.
Its just more efficient for me to have a what is basically a start menu that fills the entire screen.
 
If MS doesn't implement a "boot in desktop" option in Windows blue, I would consider it irrefutable proof that they do not listen to customers complaints and don't give a fuck about them.
 
Still don't understand the hate for the metro start screen on desktops.
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No matter how useful it is, people want the choice of using it or not. When something is shoved down your throat, you can either swallow it or spit it out. Those people (including myself), are the latter.
 
I installed 8 fresh, then installed Linux Mint on another partition. I've had multiple hardware issues, I still can't get the rear speakers to work, though Windows indicates it sees them, and software issues like fonts becoming illegible. Microsoft techs blame the hardware of course, but in Linux? The graphics are sharper and I haven't had a single driver or configuration issue, everything autodetected and has just worked.

I assumed Microsoft was abandoning the desktop in favor of tablets, and my experience with this "OS" has convinced me of that. It's like running an old version of Linux where half the hardware didn't have proper drivers. If you haven't bought 8 already, I really don't see a compelling reason to.
 
... everybody i know downgrades, i mean, upgrades to Win7... the longest, that someone used WinH8, waz 3 weeks... and hated it...
 
When windows xp runs out of support, a lot of those people will prob end up migrating to windows 7. so I expect a nice jump in windows 7 market share once that happens. Microsoft just has to face the fact that people aren't buying windows 8 even when they basicly gave it away with the promotion of 14.99 upgrade it didn't help.
 
XP still retains 39% of the installed OS. Is Microsoft going to be able to leave that large a population unprotected starting next year?
I hope that some government official concerned with cyber security is conteplating millions of unpatched computers come next April.
 
Well Microsoft really outdid themselves when trying to top windows ME.

Microsoft is one of the few companies that understands that it is important when making a crappy OS, to make an OS seem functional while at the same time failing to do anything functional (and not because it is not capable, but it is just so horribly inefficient in navigation and other elements that getting actual work done will be the last thing on your mind.

 
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