I’ve been playing with Windows 8 on and off for nearly a week now, and here is my preliminary opinion…it stinks. I don’t like it, I won’t buy it, and when I get around to purchasing a tablet computer, it won’t be running Windows 8…at least that is how I feel right now. Here is why:
It doesn’t work very well…plain and simple…and it makes no sense to run a Metro interface on a regular computer. Several Metro apps just sit there and stare at me. After several days of trying, I got the Windows Mail App to finally work today...not sure how that happened. And that doesn’t mean it will work tomorrow. I‘ve had apps that worked one day, but not the next. Most are slow to load, although some are fine. For instance, I loaded the Kindle Metro-style app for Windows 8 and it worked well.
But last week, I loaded the Evernote Metro version and it is horrible…it works but is absolutely worthless! I’m sure they will make it better, but for now, don’t bother. The regular Evernote works normally when I switch from the Metro interface back to the desktop. I also created Metro interfaces to my favorite programs like Firefox and they work…but all they did was switch me back to my desktop interface…then run. So, Microsoft, please tell me why I need a Metro interface? The fact is I don’t. The so-called Metro tiles are nothing more than big square icons…and I’ve got plenty of those now.
The truth is that Windows 8 is made for a tablet…not a desktop. I really wanted to like it as I see what Microsoft is trying to do…and in theory it is a good idea. But it doesn’t work very well for a desktop or laptop computer user. So, I won’t be upgrading. But, all of us will have no choice later this year if we go out to buy a new computer…because that is what will be installed.
By the way, I tried to install it as a dual boot system on one of my Windows 7 computers on a newly created separate partition, but it refused to load. Said I didn’t have enough space…100GB is not enough? But they said it would run in 20GB. I tried and tried different options including a virtual drive…nothing worked…so I have officially given up that idea. There’s several hours of my life I won’t get back.
Want to see what its like for veteran Windows users trying out Windows 8 for the first time? Check out the videos included in our very first story. But there is more in here than just Windows 8, so read on. JRC
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