My association with Windows 8 began when I bought myself a Lumia 620 phone. While the interface on the phone works really great, I would not say that it is really the case with using Windows 8 on a PC. I recently got myself with laptop with Windows 8 operating system and now I am seriously thinking of re-installing the OS. First of all, there is no Start button. So people who are used to the button on the bottom left corner of the screen are definitely going to miss it. The entire front screen is cluttered with various apps. The look and feel of the screen comes out as if you are using a phone. There is a separate app/ window for the desktop, which you need to click to take you to the desktop. On the desktop, there are no buttons called My Computer etc and these need to be created as short cuts to create some of sort of look and feel like the previous versions of Windows.
It is also very difficult to actually shut down the machine. The easiest way to do is use Windows key + L. This will lock the PC and then you can choose a small icon on the right of the screen to shut down the system. The other way to shut the system down is to take the mouse all the way to the right and wait for menu to open up. When I did that for the first time, I was very surprised to find the Control Panel over there. Since there is no Start/Menu button, the entire OS is very difficult to operate (I feel). While I am still discovering new ways to use this system, within one week of use I have a feeling that I need to change the OS and go back to Windows 7 which was a much much better OS.
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I agree AV. That was tge first thing that i did too. Moved back to Windows 7. Windows 8 is a great mobile OS, but for all the people who have been used to the start menu button, this is definitely not a great OS. Microsoft cant expect us to forget the start menu that they have been offering for ages and get used to Windows 8 so easily. Hopefully with the next OS they will give the Start menu back.
However you can still choose to get the start menu in windows 8, but buying the app from Star Dock.
LOL. I am no techy nor a writer. I am just an ordinary consumer who enjoys using Windows 8. I agree that it’s a bit difficult to use at first but when you get the hang of it, you’ll definitely find it better and faster. I just don’t get how stupid people can get… P.S Windows 8 is far from being perfect, well, no OS actually is.. And as with other new operating system, getting used to the platform is just a norm. Windows 8.1 is coming soon! Stop the bitching.
Hi Jake, I am just expressing my opinion on the Windows 8. From a consumer perspective, I don’t want to get something which is going to put me off using that thing and that’s my entire issue is with Windows 8. It does not make me feel like using the laptop again and again. I have a desktop and a laptop and more often than not, I am using my desktop which has Windows 7 compared to Windows 8.