Windows Blue Build Leaked, Produces Screens, Joy

[VRocker88]

People still bashing Windows 8 i see... they should really try the OS for a few days and learn the new stuff!
I prefer Windows 8 to Windows 7, Win7 just feels old to me now (plus i keep trying to open the friggin charms menu). I use Win8 on my main PC, laptop and work PC (which i requested!), will soon have a Win8 tablet too.

Once you learn the ways around Windows 8 and the hotkeys it actually works faster than Windows 7 when it comes to productivity. Plus the multi-monitor support for the desktop is really nice (finally multiple taskbars!). Oh and multiple 'metro' apps for multiple monitors will be in the Blue update, this was confirmed on another site.

People should really try Windows 8 and go into it not expecting the same old stuff as Windows 7 since it isn't like that. The performance increases in Win8 are too good to ignore so if you're only reason for not going to Win8 is the 'lack of a start button' then get your head out of your ass. Yes corners may be a bit silly to work with at first but clicking a corner actually works faster than having to stop at an actual button (throw the mouse across the desk, click, start appears, type the app name, smack enter, yay!).
If you really think Windows 8 NEEDS touch then go invest in a Leap next month when they release

 

[stephenkendrick]

It's all about choice. I fully support all Windows 8 fans' choice to use and enjoy TIFKAM. I applaud the internal enhancements in Windows 8. But I can not and will not forgive the removal of choice that Windows 8 stands for (yes, stands for. Microsoft adamantly refuse to return choice to any users of previous versions, but tells them they're using it wrong - sound familiar)?

I, like so many others, have used many versions of Windows, Mac OS, Linux and even Unix. I choose to use Windows. Windows 7 to be precise. Many of my friends and colleagues also choose Windows 7. ALL of them use it in different ways to me - some in really annoying ways (minimised task bar, no recently used items on Start menu etc). But they have choice. I have the choice to change how I use my UI. Hell, one of my colleagues still uses a DOS-based text editor in a command prompt window, and more power to her.

Windows 8 removes most of the choices I (and my friends and colleagues) made. Not all of them. But enough of them to ensure I (and we) can not be comfortable with Windows 8. I tried. But the net result of all the Windows 8 changes is to offer me nothing compelling to mitigate the losses of choice, and they are manifold.

TIFKAM is not a useful, productive environment. Ignoring the lack of productive apps, the constraints ensure that it can not be useful. Two apps max, on a 30 inch screen? Four with Windows Blue (reportedly)? Fixed screen allocations per app in two/four app mode? No hierarchy on the Start screen? Jarring FULL screen Start screen? Charms? Very poor multi-monitor support? Extreme waste of screen real-estate due to the need to support 8-80" screens? I'm sorry, this truly is a media consumption UI, not a productive UI.

So I will cherish my Windows 7 licenses and build my own PCs into the future (only old stock and second hand PCs can be found for sale with Windows 7 now). Windows 8 is not a workstation OS. Shame, really. As someone else said, it was a good run.