Tell jcap to post his desk, and post yours too! [JCAP POST YOUR DESK]

[Futzy]

i almost care enough to reply

[Amit]

Why defend if you don't tell us what's so good about it to make you switch from W7 to W8. There has to be a reason other than pretty tile shifting.

[JackalStomper]

its NEW and supports ARMS. I have two arms so this is great news!

[arbiter901]

If you actually like/don't mind Windows 8, what exactly do you like about it?

I actually sat down for about a week trying to use Windows 8 ONLY. The shit was so useless and unfriendly, everything I wanted to do took longer than it should of. The entire thing is a convoluted mess IMO.

^
Its suppose to be more user friendly not for me though.
It turned out to be the entire opposite from user friendly for me. The ARM version is kinda useless if they're gonna cripple it the way its heading.

[Futzy]

its NEW and supports ARMS. I have two arms so this is great news!

same

[Cortexian]

Let me re-phrase: Why would you want it on a desktop PC? What benefits does it provide over Windows 7?

[Futzy]

The desktop exists exactly as it does in W7, with the enhancements that you would expect from upgrading an OS. eg a long needed improvement on the task manager, storage spaces, a damn nice improvement to the file copy utility with a performance graph and the ability to pause transfers, as well as better time calculations, the system performance footprint has been reduced to use less RAM and services, marginally better multi monitor support, boot time is much better, native ISO mounting, quick access to advanced OS tools by right clicking the bottom left corner (stuff that was listed on the right of the W7 start menu and much more) and generally better optimizations over W7.

If you're getting held up on Metro: "you're holding it wrong." Use it as you did the start menu. Nothing in my workflow is hampered by it and I feel that it making use of my 2560x1440 screen is better than the hugely outdated start menu style lists.

[Amit]

It just takes so fucking long to find anything using metro. It's a goddamn mess! The rest of the OS I have no issue with besides the gay colour schemes.

[Warsaw]

The desktop exists exactly as it does in W7, with the enhancements that you would expect from upgrading an OS. eg a long needed improvement on the task manager, storage spaces, a damn nice improvement to the file copy utility with a performance graph and the ability to pause transfers, as well as better time calculations, the system performance footprint has been reduced to use less RAM and services, marginally better multi monitor support, boot time is much better, native ISO mounting, quick access to advanced OS tools by right clicking the bottom left corner (stuff that was listed on the right of the W7 start menu and much more) and generally better optimizations over W7.

If you're getting held up on Metro: "you're holding it wrong." Use it as you did the start menu. Nothing in my workflow is hampered by it and I feel that it making use of my 2560x1440 screen is better than the hugely outdated start menu style lists.

Well and good, but is it worth the price they are charging? Has Windows ever been worth the price they charge for an upgrade? I would say arguably no, and I would say even less so with this iteration. I would, at most, shell out $75 for an upgrade to Windows 8 and it has to be the Pro version. And I'm being optimistic.

That said, while WP7 is very intuitive, I do not find that to be the case with Windows 8.

[Futzy]

I payed $20 for Vista. I payed $10 for W7. I payed nothing for the W8 beta. If I wanted W7 on my computer I would have had to buy another W7 license. Why would I do that when I can use W8 for free now and pay as little as $20 in a year or so? Who is stupid enough to walk in to best buy and buy a boxed copy of Windows?