I voted "No" for all the reasons I've been giving in other threads. I wrote a review of the Developer Preview and have the Consumer Preview installed on my Laptop.
As it is Windows 8 works like a badly glued together of Metro for touchscreens and an updated Windows 7. The kernel improvements are very welcome, such as the improved boot times, file copy operations, etc. Some are just annoying such as the unnecessary ribbon in the explorer while Windows 7 has it right, but the reason I won't be buying is that this is conceptually flawed and still needs a lot of work, which I presume will be done in time for Windows 9.
If they don't bring the Start Menu back and integrate the Metro applications with the Windows x86 environment (i.e.: Metro applications not needing their own sidebar / taskbar and being able to reside on the taskbar just like any other application, and having a proper API that can detect when being used on a desktop or in 'Desktop mode' and provide a close button just like any other Windows application), then I won't buy it. I prefer to buy an extra copy of Windows 7 until the release Windows 9. They are using desktop users as guinea pigs to kickstart their tablet and smartphone sales and I don't like feeling disrespected like this.
The OS is annoying and not efficient to use as it is. Some simple things as shutting down the computer now take twice the amount of clicks to get done just because they decided to mess around with the UI. Using fullscreen applications on a multitasking desktop or laptop is an aberration and expecting people to use keyboard shortcuts or use the mouse like a touch control interface is not intuitive at all. With Windows 7 you have visual cues and there is a balanced use between keyboard and mouse, with Windows 8 they are trying to make the mistake "one size fits all".
Anybody who has been using Microsoft OSes for some years will tell you that this is not ready. The amount of changes in the interface from the Developer Preview to the Consumer Preview alone clearly shows that conceptually this Metro + Windows bonding is still far from being ready. Just look at what happened with gadgets: with Windows Vista you have to have them on the sidebar, with Windows 7 Microsoft got rid of the sidebar and you can now run them wherever you want on the desktop. It's the same with Windows 8: the Metro apps have to reside in their own environment and on their own sidebar / taskbar on the desktop, instead of the general taskbar. This alone tells that they have not yet sucessfully merged the two Operating Systems that are clashing together in Windows 8.
Edited by tpi2007 - 4/3/12 at 7:45am
As it is Windows 8 works like a badly glued together of Metro for touchscreens and an updated Windows 7. The kernel improvements are very welcome, such as the improved boot times, file copy operations, etc. Some are just annoying such as the unnecessary ribbon in the explorer while Windows 7 has it right, but the reason I won't be buying is that this is conceptually flawed and still needs a lot of work, which I presume will be done in time for Windows 9.
If they don't bring the Start Menu back and integrate the Metro applications with the Windows x86 environment (i.e.: Metro applications not needing their own sidebar / taskbar and being able to reside on the taskbar just like any other application, and having a proper API that can detect when being used on a desktop or in 'Desktop mode' and provide a close button just like any other Windows application), then I won't buy it. I prefer to buy an extra copy of Windows 7 until the release Windows 9. They are using desktop users as guinea pigs to kickstart their tablet and smartphone sales and I don't like feeling disrespected like this.
The OS is annoying and not efficient to use as it is. Some simple things as shutting down the computer now take twice the amount of clicks to get done just because they decided to mess around with the UI. Using fullscreen applications on a multitasking desktop or laptop is an aberration and expecting people to use keyboard shortcuts or use the mouse like a touch control interface is not intuitive at all. With Windows 7 you have visual cues and there is a balanced use between keyboard and mouse, with Windows 8 they are trying to make the mistake "one size fits all".
Anybody who has been using Microsoft OSes for some years will tell you that this is not ready. The amount of changes in the interface from the Developer Preview to the Consumer Preview alone clearly shows that conceptually this Metro + Windows bonding is still far from being ready. Just look at what happened with gadgets: with Windows Vista you have to have them on the sidebar, with Windows 7 Microsoft got rid of the sidebar and you can now run them wherever you want on the desktop. It's the same with Windows 8: the Metro apps have to reside in their own environment and on their own sidebar / taskbar on the desktop, instead of the general taskbar. This alone tells that they have not yet sucessfully merged the two Operating Systems that are clashing together in Windows 8.
Edited by tpi2007 - 4/3/12 at 7:45am
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