 JohnInSJPremium
join:2003-09-22
San Jose, CA
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| win8 for work, mini review... Yep, we're on 8. Here's what I've found I had to do on an upgrade from 7 to 8 on a lenovo t420s, 8 (now 16) GB ram, 160GB SSD.
First, enjoy those fastboots, because you'll turn 'em off as soon as you find your HD space is gone baby gone,
You'll also tone down that pagefile.sys to a fixed (smaller) size, if you have lots of ram.
Win8 decided it needed to set aside 8gb for the hibernate file and 8gb for the pagefile for me after install. Um. 16GB of SSD is about 25% of my free space, how about I just sit thru the boot mkay?
Anyway, that aside it was just a quick hunt for a few driver updates (Lenovo "beta" drivers, yikes) and a rollback of the wifi driver windows update gave me, killing my wifi, and this thing is pretty slick.
Likes - charms and taskbars and hotspots on all the monitors (I run with three when docked)
Tiles/The UI formerly called Metro - normal desktop use, it's just a big fugly start menu. On login I do find I spend a few minutes there (email and my other cloud content is configured same as my desktop silo apps) getting an overview of calendar, headlines, etc... kinda like I would on my phone, only I can drill in if I need to and it's someone usable...
Then I go desktop, and other than that I only see MetStart when I need to fire up an app that isn't pinned to the the taskbar (rare, but not zero)
Dislikes - none really. The plan new UI is plain. Glass is gone. I can live with it.
So, sure. It works fine. Learn Windows-C to do charms. Windows-D to go desktop. Windows to open MetStart (the new ui, whatever it is called now...) otherwise pretend its a flatter version of Windows 7. Even the flatness grows on you.
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 CudniLa Merma - VigiladoPremium,MVM
join:2003-12-20
Someshire
kudos:13 | I use daily XP, Win7 and Win8. I don't find difficult to move between either of the 3 so a simple choice preference of Win8 as the most modern overall of the 3 versions.
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 SoonerAlPremium,MVM
join:2002-07-23
Norman, OK
kudos:5 | reply to JohnInSJ
I had Windows 8 running on a G60-447CL notebook but took it off and went back to Windows 7 after two long days. I never could get the machine to come out of hibernate correctly. It would simply hang at a black screen with lots, or so it seemed, disc activity but unresponsive to any keyboard entry or mouse clicks. It was just too frustrating.
I'll wait for a new Surface tablet, or touch screen computer, before I jump back into the Windows 8 environment...
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Im testing the enterprise RTM in VMware workstation 8 on a Sony VAIO SE laptop.
I'm running it full screen at 1920x1080 so it looks native.
What I can't stand is in the new start screen or any metro apps, you still can't click the mouse and drag to scroll. I feel like I should be able to do that, like if I'm using a tablet I would put my finger down and swipe.
So no swiping. I do realize at least in the start screen and some metro apps, the mouse wheel does horizontal scroll, but why not a simple click and drag / flick gesture?
Also it took me forever to figure out how to tweet in any of the windows store twitter apps. Finally got two tweets out using MetroTweet and it was not very intuitive. Major disconnect when clicking on links (switches to full screen IE)... and then you have to try to figure out how to get back to Metro Tweet.
I think for a tablet the UI makes sense, but I'm just not getting used to it on a non-touchscreen laptop (or desktop). I don't feel productive without a desktop and the ability to have multiple app windows side by side. |
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 digitalfuturSees More Than ShownPremium
join:2000-07-15
BurlingtonON
kudos:2 | reply to JohnInSJ
In a work environment, the vast majority of users use icons to launch apps, or use links saved in a browser. As long as the Win8 image used by the company maintains this functionality, e.g. using tiles instead if icons, and the changes are properly communicated, Windows 8 can be a non-issue.
Power users, both at home and at work, will always figure out whatever customization is required for their own way of using the PC.
A touch mouse will take care of users who want swipe functionality on a desktop.
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 WiFiguruTo infinity... and beyondPremium
join:2005-06-21
CLMTCAXF | reply to JohnInSJ
I'm running Windows 8 at home and at work.
LOVE IT.
I've already learned how to navigate around very quickly. I feel that w8 is a big step up fron w7 |
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