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to build a Windows 8.1 machine at work. After 5 minutes of using it, I can honestly say I HATE it... with a passion... with extreme prejudice. No wonder this thing is failing in the market.
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Two Words: Classic Shell[^].
<voice type="Ebeneezer Scrooge"> Bah. dumb bugs </voice>
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I can't install that on an Enterprise machine where I need to test software on the "corporate" build.
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Really! Advertising no breadcrumbs like that is a feature. 
Why not go back to running Windows 3.11 if you want the retro look and feel? 
I know people are resistant to change but get real. Some changes are for the better.
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Indeed. But this isn't one of those. Get Real.
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Mike Winiberg wrote: Indeed. But this isn't one of those. Get Real.
I am being real. I use the breadcrumbs a lot to go up more than one level.
You may not. That is why they call it a personal computer.
What features do you like about Windows 8/8.1?
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best feature? Being able to downgrade to Win7!
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Steve Mayfield wrote: Being able to downgrade to Win7!
Why upgrade then if you want to stay on Windows 7?
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JimmyRopes wrote: Why upgrade then if you want to stay on Windows 7?
Because of newest and greatest and all that and then finding out it's not. I must say, I hate my windows phone, all symbols/icons, you have to remember what each symbol means and I can't. I can't go back, my old phone is gone.
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KP Lee wrote: Because of newest and greatest and all that and then finding out it's not.
The UI is brash, but that is only the facade.
Security was updated, but then why should security be important.
KP Lee wrote: I hate my windows phone, all symbols/icons, you have to remember what each symbol means and I can't.
You can always get an android or, if you have money to burn, an iPhone. Caution, they have icons also. 
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JimmyRopes
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Its a shame that people only seem to focus on the UI as a major problem (Don't even see it as a problem) and instead completely ignoring all the other massive benefits to the OS. Such as;
Better performance
Access to the latest Dev kits for WP8, W8, DX11.2 etc.
Almost all the UI is vastly superior, such as windows explorer. No Aero for performance improvements, task manager etc.
More secure than 7
Plenty of excellent tools that just don't exist in 7: such as Drive Pooling and local Hyper-V virtual machines!
Seriously, Local Hyper-V is a godlike for virtual machines and I think its terrible that hardly anyone even knows about it! I just don't see how with all these major improvements and dozens more that I haven't mentioned, how could people base their decision to nerf their computer life for the sake of having a start menu. (ClassicShell?)
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Well said.
Now that I do have a start menu in Windows 8.1 I never use it because I got used to just typing the name of the program I want to execute on the start page. It is a lot faster than navigating start button==>all programs.
Some people resist learning new ways to do things to their own detriment.
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JimmyRopes
modified 4-Mar-14 4:56am.
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crazy cause I has been doing that search on the star menu since crap Vista!!!!
I agree that we can't blame the full OS cause of the UI, since I installed Star8 I'm being comfortable I just avoid the metro UI, only problem I have at this moment is the synaptic gestures, it's a crap that it show the side menus every time I slide my finger to the left and I can't remove that gesture (trust me i tried) I'm very close to uninstall synaptic...
But I must tell, there is not to much value in win8 to really need to change from Win7, the repulsion you feel from the metro UI is stronger that the wins. (and honestly I don't see those wins, any 4 cores cpu will work the same)
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Member 4673202 wrote: crazy cause I has been doing that search on the star menu since crap Vista
I guess I am just a creature of habit and only change my behavior when forced to do it. 
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I absolutely agree! I’ve used Win 8 for about a year now & will not go back.
That said Win 8’s launch left a lot to be desired. From a UX perspective I hate the fact that you’re supposed to magically know the new gestures. Granted they make perfect sense; but it’s like I’m in the late 60’s staring at some odd device hooked to a computer that rolls round the desk with a button on top... wondering what the #*$@ is that!
I love the start screen design and I believe MS is right; it has the potential to segment average users from power users. I hope/suspect MS will start rolling out features specific to each type of user. I’d love to see a Linux styled multi-desktop feature! They can do that now without confusing average users who live on the start screen.
For the time begin the best Win 8 devices out are touch-screen laptops. Win 8 really is a transition OS. Parts of the OS work best via touch and others via keyboard & mouse/touchpad. The OS feels wrong in places if you don’t have all 3 input devices. MS has work to do to get Win 8 feeling good on a traditional desktop hardware and “desktop mode” on a tablet. I expect to see Win 8 RT and Win Phone to somehow merge.
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...and some are not! Windows 8 is the best gift Microsoft has ever given Apple. Now those on the fence have a reason to spend the few extra dollars on what also appears to be a much higher quality device without feeling vain about it.
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jcoons wrote: Windows 8 is the best gift Microsoft has ever given Apple. Now those on the fence have a reason to spend the few extra dollars on what also appears to be a much higher quality device without feeling vain about it.
You have more dollars than sense.
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Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy - it only cost a few dollars more to go first class. I spend the extra few dollars exactly because I have good sense. The feel of quality, the great performance and graphics, plus resale value (used laptops other than Apple are worth little to nothing in a few years) make Apple MacBook Pro's the best value going for a non throw away computer. I develop clinical software on my MBP that runs Windows 7 / SQL Server 2012 / and Visual Studio 2013 most of my working day. No way I would go back to non Apple laptops - at least while I have a choice.
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jcoons wrote: it only cost a few dollars more
More like twice the price.
jcoons wrote: used laptops other than Apple are worth little to nothing in a few years
Because they are old technology. Old apple laptops are old technology too but some apple evangelist will pay more than it is worth just because it is apple.
jcoons wrote: develop clinical software on my MBP that runs Windows 7 / SQL Server 2012 / and Visual Studio 2013 most of my working day
Why are you not developing on the iOS? Because it is designed for the average user who checks their email, tweets their friends, posts on Farcebook and watches videos on YouTube.
My wife is one of these and when she needed a new computer we bought a vios for about half the price if a iSomething. It does the job.
jcoons wrote: No way I would go back to non Apple laptops
Like I said before you have more dollars than sense.
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
I would agree with you but then we both would be wrong.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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Dave Kreskowiak wrote: with extreme prejudice. No wonder this thing is failing in the market.
200 Million Windows 8 licenses sold is a market failure? Wish I could fail like that. 
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Sold is not the same as "in use".
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Dave Kreskowiak wrote: Sold is not the same as "in use".
Yeah, I can see lots of companies buying Win8.1 1and replacing it with Linux or OSX
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Right idea, wrong O/S.
We buy machines and they come with a Win8 license. The first we do is scrape 'em down to bare metal and slap it with the corporate Win7 load.
That's why it's 200M licenses sold, but not in use. Considering the number of Windows machines on the planet, 200M is nothing.
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Dave Kreskowiak wrote: We buy machines and they come with a Win8 license. The first we do is scrape 'em down to bare metal and slap it with the corporate Win7 load.
..and that's cheaper than a PC without an OS? I mean including the extra work you put in.
Aight, so some companies will downgrade their desktops after buying the "special offer"; there'll also be enough that will not have a choice, whatever the reason is - lack in skills, or company-policy.
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