Windows 8 Build 8250 Eval - Windows 8 stinks

[N1LAF]

I am running the evaluation build of Windows 8, Build 8250, and if this is anything like what Windows 8 is suppose to be - they can have it, the OS down right sucks!!

Opened the New Internet Explorer 10, went full screen, no way to window or close the program. Had to CTRL ALT DEL to bring up task manager and kill the task.

No way to select programs. After running/killing IE10, the tiles are gone, I have Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer on the task bar, but no way of selecting programs.

I did a download from IE10, have no idea where the file went (reminds me of the older MAC's). Opened Windows Explorer, and found the file under Download. I rather have Firefox, where I have the option to "Save As" dialog box as well as default folder.

To fix most of Microsoft deficiencies and stupidity, download and install classic shell.
http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/index.html

You have a choice on what menu style for the [Start Button] it will create for you. Many customizations to restore what Microsoft thought you don't use/need.

I installed and setup so a left click opens to Windows classic Start Menu (You can choose Classic, Win XP, Vista, or Win 7), and middle button gives me the Metro front panel, that I could not get back to from Windows native interface.

[N1LAF]

Some applications run full screen, and hitting the "Windows key" closes the application.

No icon for Wordpad found, but using search on Windows Explorer found Wordpad.exe, copied as short cut to desktop, run, and it ran as you would expect.

Again, classic shell will help make Windows 8 Usable, and also helps Windows 7 OS as well.

[n6hcm]

windows 8 is not windows 7 or windows xp. it is windows vista--not so much in the resources way as it is in the user interface way. they're trying to break from the past and not really succeeding.

your download is probably in c:\users\username\downloads but i can't verify since i'm too lazy to get up and power up the windows 8 system i created but don't use.

if you have to install "classic shell" then there really isn't a point to install windows 8.

[WØTKX]

Nobody ever got fired for hating Microsoft. ;)

[X-Rated]

I am running the evaluation build of Windows 8, Build 8250, and if this is anything like what Windows 8 is suppose to be - they can have it, the OS down right sucks!...

Ah. You do have popular support on this. It goes in natural cycles. Win 95 sucks. Win 98 good. Win ME sucks. Win XP good. Win Vista sucks. Win 7 good. Now we have Win 8.

[KB3LAZ]

windows 8 is not windows 7 or windows xp. it is windows vista--not so much in the resources way as it is in the user interface way. they're trying to break from the past and not really succeeding.

your download is probably in c:\users\username\downloads but i can't verify since i'm too lazy to get up and power up the windows 8 system i created but don't use.

if you have to install "classic shell" then there really isn't a point to install windows 8.

Yep but if you buy new, chances are it will have win 8. You can still get 7 machines but they are starting to disappear. I was looking at a bad ass netbook for my new travel like lifestyle. 8 gig ram, 750g HD, and decent integrated graphics. Tested out a friends and it will even play some older MMO's and FPS at right around 18FPS. Not great but playable. The setback, I hated win 8. Meh, in time one gets used to things, much like I got used to win 7.

Though, I bought a new watch rather than the PC. :P PC would have been cheaper. I needed a new watch more. o0 (Not really but it sure is sexy.)

[KC2UGV]

windows 8 is not windows 7 or windows xp. it is windows vista--not so much in the resources way as it is in the user interface way. they're trying to break from the past and not really succeeding.

your download is probably in c:\users\username\downloads but i can't verify since i'm too lazy to get up and power up the windows 8 system i created but don't use.

if you have to install "classic shell" then there really isn't a point to install windows 8.

They're not trying to break from the past. They're trying to return to it. Windows 1.1: No tiled windows, most everything full screen

[K0RGR]

I put Win 8 on my netbook just before I destroyed it, and it actually seemed to run better than Win7 - didn't even complain about my device drivers. I am not wild about the new interface, and it has to log into Windoze something on the net before it lets me do anything - I guess they have to try to catch up to Android and Google that way - it's much slower than Android that way, and having to use a password on a device that really doesn't need one is annoying. I don't know yet what happens if it can't connect to the 'net - maybe it explodes.

Anyway, I destroyed my Asus netbook trying to upgrade the puny memory, which is why I upgraded to Windoze 8 in the first place, so I guess I won't get any more Win 8 lessons for a while, unless I manage to somehow fix the mangled battery connector and battery. Grrrrrrrrr... I'm back using a Sony that doesn't like to be around RF, and is almost as slow as the Asus.

[N1LAF]

Holiday season sales of personal computers fell for the first time in more than five years, according to tech industry tracker IDC, as Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating system failed to excite buyers and many instead opted for tablet devices and smartphones.

The slump caps a miserable year for PC makers such as Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo and Dell , which saw the first annual decline for more than a decade with no immediate signs of relief.

http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/te...ears-1B7931427

No surprise here

[NQ6U]

Holiday season sales of personal computers fell for the first time in more than five years, according to tech industry tracker IDC, as Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating system failed to excite buyers and many instead opted for tablet devices and smartphones. [...]

No surprise here

Nope, not to anyone who's been paying attention, anyhow.

Desktop computers have pretty much been relegated to business use, home users largely moved to laptops over the past five years or so and now even those are giving way to tablets. Given the way that the majority of people use a computer at home (e-mail and Web surfing), a tablet makes a lot more sense. I need a little more computing horsepower than a tablet provides so I'll probably stick with a laptop but should the XYL's laptop ever become irreparable, an iPad with an add-on keyboard would suit her just fine.