Cheap Windows 8

[AtW]

I really like the new ribbon interface for Explorer.

You also like Vectra cars - I rest my case.

[AtW]

It not only looks wrong on a wide screen but when I have a reference manual or tutorial PDF open I usually want a couple more windows open so that I can bash in commands and see results.

Windows has always been about MULTIPLE Windows.

It's obvious really - going back to single app per screen (DOS style) is ok for mobiles, but it's totally NOT ok for PCs where people got used to multitasking and a bit of freedom provided by large screen, full size keyboard etc.

If Win 8 booted into new desktop with Start button and optional Metro tulip for mobile devices then it would be possible to stomach it, but the choiced forced by Microsoft only cause resentment in those users who even care to bother about upgrading their PC - it's totally wrong timing to release such tulip of OS.

Stay tuned for Win 9 release in 2014 (2015 at the latest).

[d000hg]

Just got a new laptop with Windows 8. Its bloody awful, do not you think?

no.

[Durbs]

no.

WDS

[mos]

WDS

SU

[CheeseSlice]

To me Win8 is a hardware refresh OS rather than an upgrade OS.
If you're a laptop user and spend time travelling or in meetings, check out the new touchscreen ultrabooks coming from the likes of Lenovo and Sony Vaio. The convertibles are looking really nice and are the next major evolution of portable PCs IMO.

Got my eye on a Lenovo Yoga 13 at the moment, but I'm waiting until the summer for more convertibles to come out. I want to get something with more connectivity options such as VGA and ethernet ports that are essential to working at various clientco's.

I'm also looking forward to sitting in meeting rooms with a tablet that you can actually do productive work on, making the usual 'look at me' iPad users look a bunch of amateurs.

[Sysman]

The convertibles are looking really nice and are the next major evolution of portable PCs IMO.

If the operation of the Dell Dell XPS 12 convertible is really as seamless as portrayed in the video at the bottom of this page, then I can definitely see the advantage.

The XPS 12 shares a hardware feature with the Microsoft Surface tablet that really improves the Windows 8 user experience: a recessed Windows home button below the screen. Press it and the display swaps between the traditional desktop and the Modern tile-based UI no matter which way the screen is facing.

[jonathancook12]

I don't like Win 8 as well, get back my pc to win 7 in a week