Windows 8 - Your Thoughts and Opinions

[Elston87]

So, after fighting with the blasted OS after it had corrupted and completely screwed up my computer's MBR, I decided to make this thread.

After regaining control of that problematic situation, I just decided to throw the damn thing on VirtualBox. It's still the same fresh installer that Windows 7 had, but it comes with an "improved" on-screen keyboard. Big whoop...

After getting past the boot install and moved on to the account configuration, my head started to amass an opinion very quickly about Windows 8; this is not going to be good...

Picked my color scheme (yippee '-_-'), synchronized the OS with my Windows Live account (the Hell is this about, even though you don't have to), and finished up configuring, I was greeted by the new Start screen. Man, has my jaw never dropped in such utter disappointment in my life...

I could not believe that Microsoft is actually going on with this idea with the "Metro" scheme of things and using "apps". A computer already has applications~ thank you. I guess they are trying to appeal to the stereotypes of today in whom have used nothing but their cell phones and tablets (apologies for any offenses done, but I have a very strong grudge against mobile devices).

I completely dislike the "Metro" style scheme entirely; that needs to be done away. This is a damn computer that I want to use, not a 23" tablet (or cell phone for that matter). The "Ribbon UI" is actually rather neat, so I wouldn't mind moving on up with that in the next version of Windows, but all of these other changes? No thanks; I don't want to "open an app" to get to my desktop.

So, after my ranting, what is your opinion of Windows 8? You now know mine; I'll be sticking with Windows 7 for a long time (I stuck with Windows XP for eight years, so there's no way in Hell that Windows 7 is being dropped by me anytime soon)...

[MizuMikomi]

*Remembers he has Windows 8 Consumer Preview on his second partition*

I REALLY need to get around to uninstalling that piece of crap.
Thanks for reminding me ~

I hate the Metro UI, horrible idea.
HOWEVER! They are trying to appeal to the mainstream market, meaning this redesign will sit well with a lot of people who are turned off by the idea of using a computer. Since unfortunately, people like that do exist.

[Prinapocalypse]

Seeing as I just built a new computer with Windows 7, I won't have to think about this for a long time thankfully.

I don't care for pretty much everything I've seen of Windows 8, but I'm guessing Microsoft will build Windows 9 after in a more traditional format and I'll be able to avoid it entirely anyway.

[Ringwraith]

Yeah, 7 is by far the best version of Windows so far really, and 8 does look like they're just trying to make your computer a smartphone. Haven't tried it myself so can't anything about specifics though.
Although the fact they're bundling Games For Winarrgh and Internet Explorer with it sucks, as you can't actually remove them, and it's the kind of thing which they've actually been taken to court over and had it made into law that they couldn't make IE irremovable from their operating systems, although that particular one expired some years ago.

[Elston87]

it's the kind of thing which they've actually been taken to court over and had it made into law that they couldn't make IE irremovable from their operating systems, although that particular one expired some years ago.

I believe that was the integration of Internet Explorer with Windows 95B, Windows 98, and Windows 98SE. Indeed, there was dispute...

Just ask Nathan @ ToastyTech what he thinks of IE...