Windows 8 adoption at 2.79%, not growing as fast as Windows 7

[Kibaruk]

Is anyone else as confused as I am when reading this post??? The guy says the Windows 8 UI is horrible at the same time he says Windows 7 and Windows 8 are basically the same thing. So if I am interpreting his words correctly he is saying that the UI can be overlooked all together when comparing operating systems. That...it's irrelevant. Do I interpret your words correctly?

It's funny.

Windows 8 is not all that different from Windows 7 but the Windows 8 UI is horrible. Okay, now how many hours a day do people have to use the UI. 15 seconds a day? No, wait thats the boot time on a system with an SSD. Ummm, 15 minutes a day with the UI?? No, that doesn't sound right. Hmmm. I think I have figured it out. Unless there is a way to completely "bypass" the operating system UI I am thinking that people spend a lot of time using the UI of an operating system. If you don't spend much time using the UI of an operating system, do me a favor. Go out and buy yourself a tablet, any tablet, from any company, I don't care who. Because all your doing is killing the future of Windows by sending Microsoft a signal that says, "I really don't care about the UI. All I care about is my apps".

The only reason you probably won't get it is because the UI is horrible huh? LOL. You say that like you feel guilty and need even more reasons not to purchase.

"Yeah, I hate the Windows 8 UI (that I have no choice but to use) but I have to upgrade to Windows 8 so I can be hip and cool. So unless somebody gives me even more reasons not to upgrade to Windows 8 other than the lowly fact that the ****ing UI sucks a rosy red titty I am going to upgrade because I have ADD and begin to foam at the mouth if I have to wait too long for my operating system to boot. No, I won't let the pathetic, horrible, UI in Windows 8 stop ME from booting up 3 nanoseconds faster. Booyah!!!"

If YOU do not consider the pathetic, retarded, chimpanzee, in-your-face, UI in Windows 8 enough of a reason alone to deter you from upgrading to Windows 8 on a desktop than you either:
1. Dont spend enough time in the UI to care about it
or
2. You are a simpleton who uses Windows 8 to watch YouTube videos and report to everybody the last time you wiped your nose on FaceBook(because we all really care).

Moral of this story is this. Once again I say, If you fall into either of the two categories above, please do me a favor. Go buy yourself a tablet. And skip the desktop all together. Thank You.

And if you upgraded to Windows 8 and immediately brought back your start menu with a 3rd party utility I have one question for you. Why didn't you just buy a tablet? Or if you couldn't give up your start menu, why did you upgrade at all? Oh yeah....I forgot..."IT BOOTS FASTER!!!!".

I see you writting a lot, yet you don't make sense at all. Please stop, we do understand you are some kind of fanboy and you really don't like windows 8, yet you keep speaking in plural as if you represent a mass of people who are as dissapointed and angry at microsoft as you are... might you be a disgruntled microsoft employee?

I'm sorry and this is the first time I'll use this kind of language, but you don't need to be a ****ing ******* to express yourself.

That being said, back to topic.

https://www.techspot.com/review/561-windows8-vs-windows7/

There you can find benchmarks on performance of a machine using W7 and W8, so there might be a small difference but notebook users will surely welcome that small difference (Yes, when you are using a notebook and you need to move you're probably going to need to poweroff and on a couple of times per day, when your notebook is not that great, for it to boot in half a minute makes a whole difference when you need to search for something in particular and then boot off).

MY BIG PROBLEM, is how users WITH windows 8 will downgrade to windows 7, that is -like my friend who am replying- a totally biased and "I heard this and heard that about windows 8", or simply those "who changed my desktop! I can't find my computer icon!!" (You know, those who call you every couple of weeks because their internet is "too slow").

What is NOT THE PROBLEM, people happy with windows 7 who won't upgrade to 8 (Again, for those a bit slow that won't read, NOT THE PROBLEM).

Someone told something about powerusers loosing time in Windows 8 because you have to make "too many clicks"... powerusers don't use the mouse mate and in that regard, in my experience you can find everything even faster in windows 8.

Again, *******s, fanboys and microsoft disgruntled employees refrain from comments, please.

 

[TheBigFatClown]

Is anyone else as confused as I am when reading this post??? The guy says the Windows 8 UI is horrible at the same time he says Windows 7 and Windows 8 are basically the same thing. So if I am interpreting his words correctly he is saying that the UI can be overlooked all together when comparing operating systems. That...it's irrelevant. Do I interpret your words correctly?

It's funny.

Windows 8 is not all that different from Windows 7 but the Windows 8 UI is horrible. Okay, now how many hours a day do people have to use the UI. 15 seconds a day? No, wait thats the boot time on a system with an SSD. Ummm, 15 minutes a day with the UI?? No, that doesn't sound right. Hmmm. I think I have figured it out. Unless there is a way to completely "bypass" the operating system UI I am thinking that people spend a lot of time using the UI of an operating system. If you don't spend much time using the UI of an operating system, do me a favor. Go out and buy yourself a tablet, any tablet, from any company, I don't care who. Because all your doing is killing the future of Windows by sending Microsoft a signal that says, "I really don't care about the UI. All I care about is my apps".

The only reason you probably won't get it is because the UI is horrible huh? LOL. You say that like you feel guilty and need even more reasons not to purchase.

"Yeah, I hate the Windows 8 UI (that I have no choice but to use) but I have to upgrade to Windows 8 so I can be hip and cool. So unless somebody gives me even more reasons not to upgrade to Windows 8 other than the lowly fact that the ****ing UI sucks a rosy red titty I am going to upgrade because I have ADD and begin to foam at the mouth if I have to wait too long for my operating system to boot. No, I won't let the pathetic, horrible, UI in Windows 8 stop ME from booting up 3 nanoseconds faster. Booyah!!!"

If YOU do not consider the pathetic, retarded, chimpanzee, in-your-face, UI in Windows 8 enough of a reason alone to deter you from upgrading to Windows 8 on a desktop than you either:
1. Dont spend enough time in the UI to care about it
or
2. You are a simpleton who uses Windows 8 to watch YouTube videos and report to everybody the last time you wiped your nose on FaceBook(because we all really care).

Moral of this story is this. Once again I say, If you fall into either of the two categories above, please do me a favor. Go buy yourself a tablet. And skip the desktop all together. Thank You.

And if you upgraded to Windows 8 and immediately brought back your start menu with a 3rd party utility I have one question for you. Why didn't you just buy a tablet? Or if you couldn't give up your start menu, why did you upgrade at all? Oh yeah....I forgot..."IT BOOTS FASTER!!!!".

I see you writting a lot, yet you don't make sense at all. Please stop, we do understand you are some kind of fanboy and you really don't like windows 8, yet you keep speaking in plural as if you represent a mass of people who are as dissapointed and angry at microsoft as you are... might you be a disgruntled microsoft employee?

I'm sorry and this is the first time I'll use this kind of language, but you don't need to be a ****ing ******* to express yourself.

That being said, back to topic.

https://www.techspot.com/review/561-windows8-vs-windows7/

There you can find benchmarks on performance of a machine using W7 and W8, so there might be a small difference but notebook users will surely welcome that small difference (Yes, when you are using a notebook and you need to move you're probably going to need to poweroff and on a couple of times per day, when your notebook is not that great, for it to boot in half a minute makes a whole difference when you need to search for something in particular and then boot off).

MY BIG PROBLEM, is how users WITH windows 8 will downgrade to windows 7, that is -like my friend who am replying- a totally biased and "I heard this and heard that about windows 8", or simply those "who changed my desktop! I can't find my computer icon!!" (You know, those who call you every couple of weeks because their internet is "too slow").

What is NOT THE PROBLEM, people happy with windows 7 who won't upgrade to 8 (Again, for those a bit slow that won't read, NOT THE PROBLEM).

Someone told something about powerusers loosing time in Windows 8 because you have to make "too many clicks"... powerusers don't use the mouse mate and in that regard, in my experience you can find everything even faster in windows 8.

Again, *******s, fanboys and microsoft disgruntled employees refrain from comments, please.

So let me see if I can interpret your whole rant correctly. "I love Windows 8 because I have a crappy old laptop and Windows 8 boots faster on it. So please stop bashing the pathetic UI of Windows 8 because I have a crappy laptop and I need Windows 8."

Is that about the core thrust of your dictator-like rant?

I am sorry if I have made anyone cry but the truth hurts sometimes. Windows 8 sucks. If you got a crappy laptop there are oodles and oodles of different Linux distributions that are specifically tailored to run very efficiently on older hardware. You could have installed that if you want to hold onto your aging hardware.

Microsoft probably doesn't want you standing up for them. If the best reason you got to offer for upgrading to Windows 8 is that it runs on crappy outdated hardware, your probably not going to help them make any new sales. Of course it does sound like a match made in heaven. Pair up a ***** laptop with a ***** Windows 8 license and it's complete nirvana. LOL. Well, at least for some people it is. Good for you.

 

[EXCellR8]

I don't mind 8 at this point since I use it at work often, but I won't move a 7 machine to it...

at first I jumped on the hate bandwagon, but I sort of jumped off once I realized how superficial my own gripes were. at the end of the day it's not really that bad and does what it needs to.

 

[TheBigFatClown]

I don't mind 8 at this point since I use it at work often, but I won't move a 7 machine to it...

at first I jumped on the hate bandwagon, but I sort of jumped off once I realized how superficial my own gripes were. at the end of the day it's not really that bad and does what it needs to.

Funny, Windows 7 kinda does what it needs to as well. So whats your point? Upgrade to Windows 8 in spite of the fact that it has a ***** UI because it does what it needs to? LOL. Okay. I'll go order my Windows 8 license. Thanks for opening my eyes.

 

[EXCellR8]

I think you need to work on your reading comprehension. Or I do... where did I recommend anyone to get 8?

Also, shouldn't you be at school working on your shadow boxes and finger paintings?

 

[Guest]

Windows 8 is not a replacement for Windows 7...

It is meant for the mobile market, not PC's... also, what does Windows 8 offer, that Windows 7 doesn't? Also... why upgrade to Windows 8..? If you love Windows 8... have you been using it on a PC, and have you used a PC for 20 years..?

Windows 8 is a downgrade for me, because it does not allow me to operate my DEASKTOP working area like it did for Windows98. Windows 8 does nothing but help DRM...

 

[Kibaruk]

I think you need to work on your reading comprehension. Or I do... where did I recommend anyone to get 8?

Also, shouldn't you be at school working on your shadow boxes and finger paintings?

That ^, the guy is clearly mentally impared, already proven that if left alone he won't go away... and I'm the one ranting

I still feel windows 8 is an improve over 7, after esceptically testing it on the notebook I upgraded my main rig, to this date I can't find any reason to go back to 7 as some have.

EDIT: I even CAPPED the main idea... still won't read it and thinking everything is a rant, OMG.

 

[Guest]

I did the upgrade on my main desktop at home. Seriously thinking it would be an nice upgrade. Now I know it is just to compliment to the RT tablet version that MS released this for the PC.

Lot of stuff isn't working, at times I get blue-screens where on win7 never!
Metro isn't working as it should, lots of bugs, things that do not work or can not connect. No more transparent borders! ( yes I still love it and need it in some apps) Disabling Aero ok, but removing it.. really!?

Metro is an joke, it's nothing like I was hoping it would be. Its just lame, no visual effect of note.
Seriously, I just do not use it. I have it all setup, got the apps, but don't use it at all! Great for you RT users. I do own some Android devices, but somehow that works.
This main system is on an big monitor an coupled with an beamer. Metro should to be great in this setup, but it does nothing. It's just not flexible enough for power users or MS veterans.

It also does not boot faster on my Quad Core system. Its even slower then on win7 when starting from cold. I always use hibernate in win7 and even this is slower in 8 although its an new hybrid thingy.

And I really, really hate this windows 8 metro theme.I looked fine to start with, something different, but I want transparent borders instead of the annoying gray in the back that you can not change. For instance, I use an tv app with transparent border that have video effects on the back which looks cool on the wall, now its just gray an flat... old, crappy.

I will have to hack my system files to get something resembling or buy an theming app when one appears. Disappointing.

I understand that Aero doesn't work on the RT tablets, visually, but that really is not my problem. All this poha about Metro and its just an layer, an app. The user experience isn't integrated in to the OS, the code may be, the experience isn't.

Windows 8 is no upgrade, its an big patch and update, an RT update. It's still Vista but flatter.
Faster? Well there's no eye candy so there you go. Although its an 'little' bit faster in 3D apps..

All in all, they made me pay for something that should be for free, namely the Metro infrastructure they make money on and I find lame.

What we did get:
an upgrade like XP to Vista? Nop, an big patch that doesn't feel complete, lots of system applets that still look like window 95, no transparency( to speed up the system..) apps that do not work correct or at all, MS Update that freeze!, BSOD's, slower boot, sleep that BOSD's when woke up and all the imperfections of win7 an Apple freaks that laugh happily. Oyes we have an ribbon, an an new copy applet that can be paused (which I do like) I paud for Pro but it looks like basic.

"Some systems are for work, some for play others to enjoy."

All in all I am an windows fan sinds win 1.0

Thank you. My chest is lighter now.

 

[cliffordcooley]

I still feel windows 8 is an improve over 7

It may be, but not from my view point.

 

[Mantrhax]

Fail

Windows 8 will fall in oblivion soon enough...its made for a limited kind of people...the new one will put it in shadows for good

 

[Kibaruk]

Fail

Windows 8 will fall in oblivion soon enough...its made for a limited kind of people...the new one will put it in shadows for good

Yes, you sir make an excelent argument!