Windows 8 Consumer Preview

[A Link In Time]

I can't help but wonder, though, if Windows 8 will be on a laptop or tablet. Probably something more of a tablet since it's touchscreen.

Windows 8 will be on all the interfaces you'd expect and certainly not limited to those. Of course, it will find its way to desktops and smartphones as well.

That being said, I'm still using Windows XP and am overall very pleased with it.

A product of an era with exceptional albeit peculiar tech longevity.

So, hopefully Microsoft would break that pattern with Windows 8.

Indeed. I'd argue the pattern was broken once before by Windows 98 and 2000 although my Internet in that bygone age prevented me from making a fair assessment of those operating system.

 

[A Link In Time]

Now that the Windows 8 Consumer Preview is available, I would love to hear people's thoughts on it.

 

[TheMasterSword]

Now that the Windows 8 Consumer Preview is available, I would love to hear people's thoughts on it.

Are you using it? Just wondering, and I still don't like it

 

[dazzsheil]

Are you just not old enough to remember Vista or what?

Vista was a complete flop.

As regards to 8,I don't care.I use OSX 10.7 Lion

 

[Pokemon]

Windows 8 IS the Windows NT/ME of this era. Just saying.

 

[nonoitall]

Metro was pretty cumbersome for me to use on a large monitor on the desktop. And due to the "secure" boot issue on ARM tablets, I can't really say I'm a supporter there either.

 

[Joshz0rs]

No, just no.... Windows 8 sucks. (Personally, I'm not a Windows fan at all [and don't mistake me as a Mac fan, because that would also be a false accusation])
I've tried Windows 8 out, and it seems like MS is making it another Vista... I mean really, getting rid of the Start Orb/Menu... And making it so you cannot disable Metro and just use the desktop? That's a very low move for MS... If they don't give those options back, then the product will likely be a huge failure in terms of selling.
If I HAD to use Windows, I'd rather use Windows 7.

 

[CCG <3 Zelda]

Why are they trying to turn our computers into smart Phones?