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Windows 7: "Windows 8 Survey: Half Who Have Tried the OS Wouldn't Recommend It"
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09 Mar 2012
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Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit In a house with a cat trying to kill me |
"Windows 8 Survey: Half Who Have Tried the OS Wouldn't Recommend It"
Looks like the biggest hurdle for the new OS is going to be the Metro interface. Quote: The most controversial aspect of Microsoft's new OS is the Metro interface. Fewer than half of the 2900 readers who answered our survey about the Consumer Preview said they were satisfied with the new interface. Quote: Some respondents praised the interface as fun and innovative.
"It takes some getting used to, but once you've learned it, it is easier to use, faster, more intuitive, and easy to customize," one respondent said. "It's shaping up to be not only the most radically different Windows ever, but also the best. We aren't in Kansas anymore, Toto."
"I am blown away. The PC just became fun to use again," another fan said.
But Metro's critics were sometimes scathing.
"I hate the new user interface and the lack of a Start button," one said. "The OS feels like it was designed for the tablet, with the desktop PC as a complete afterthought. Windows 8 will be the new Windows Vista."
"Windows 8 straddles the fence between being a touchscreen OS and a desktop OS, and anyone who's straddled a fence before knows it's rather uncomfortable," another detractor said. Read More: Windows 8 Survey: Half Who Have Tried the OS Wouldn't Recommend It | PCWorld | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Hell oh Well
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo 2.93GHz
Memory Not much with my ADHD
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4350
Monitor(s) Displays I have one...It's bright. A 19 inch CRT actually.
Keyboard It's 10 years old and amazingly still works
Mouse Same deal with the mouse, 10 yrs old, if it ain't broke...
Case Don't get on my case...man :D
Cooling I have an Air Conditioner & Diet Pepsi
Hard Drives 250 GB Main Drive, 2 - 1 TB Externals, various FD's.
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09 Mar 2012
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#2 | |
Windows 8 Pro Standish, Lancashire, England |
I keep booting it up and trying, but I just cant find the slightest bit of love for it and the server version may well turn me to linux. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number doofenshmirtz evil incorporated
OS Windows 8 Pro
CPU Intel Core i7-3970X Extreme Edition
Motherboard ASRock X79 EXTREME11
Memory 32GB (8x4GB) Corsair DDR3 Dominator Platinum
Graphics Card 2x 3GB EVGA GTX 660 Ti Superclocked+
Sound Card Creative
Monitor(s) Displays 3 x27" Dell & 2 x 23" Dell
Screen Resolution 3 @ 2560x1440 & 2 @ 1920x1080
Keyboard Microsoft Ergononic 7000
Mouse Logitech Performance MX
PSU 1500W ThermalTake Toughpower
Case Thermaltake Level 10 GT
Cooling Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler
Hard Drives 240GB Intel 520 Series, 2.5" SSD, SATA III
Intel X25-M SSD - 160GB
Internet Speed 34 Mb/s ADSL2+ (Bonded)
Antivirus Windows Defender, Malwarebytes Pro
Browser Firefox
Other Info WinTV NovaTD
HP CP1515n Color Laser
Sony BD-5300S-0B Blu-ray Writer
Microsoft LifeCam Cinema
APC 750i Smart UPS
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09 Mar 2012
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#3 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate AMD64 Sydney, Nova Scotia |
I took that survey and I fall into the 50% that wouldn't recommend it. Not in its present state on a none touch screen device. If I'm going to be forced to use the Metro interface on a desktop PC you can count me out. I wonder if they'll offer downgrade rights to Windows 7 on a PC sold with Windows 8.  | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built
OS Windows 7 Ultimate AMD64
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
Motherboard Asus M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
Memory 8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
Graphics Card BFG NVIDIA Geforce 220GT 1 Gig DDR2 PCIe
Sound Card VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays 2 x 19" I-INC AG191D TFT Flat Panel
Screen Resolution 1280x1024 x 2
Keyboard Logitech Internet 600
Mouse Logitech Wireless Trackman Wheel
PSU Retail Plus 465 Watt
Case Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
Cooling Stock heatsink and fan
Hard Drives 500 Gig WesternDigital SATA-300 Drive
Internet Speed 80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser Internet Explorer 10
Other Info HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
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09 Mar 2012
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#4 | |
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I'm in the 2nd camp who don't like the interface. I've played with it, and have 0 interest in it. 
Quote: Originally Posted by z3r010  I keep booting it up and trying, but I just cant find the slightest bit of love for it and the server version may well turn me to linux. The vast majority of my servers are already Linux. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self-Built in July 2009
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU Intel Q9550 2.83Ghz OC'd to 3.40Ghz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R rev. 1.1, F12 BIOS
Memory 8GB G.Skill PI DDR2-800, 4-4-4-12 timings
Graphics Card EVGA 1280MB Nvidia GeForce GTX570
Sound Card Realtek ALC899A 8 channel onboard audio
Monitor(s) Displays 23" Acer x233H
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard ABS M1 Mechanical
Mouse Logitech G9 Laser Mouse
PSU Corsair 620HX modular
Case Antec P182
Cooling stock
Hard Drives Intel X25-M 80GB Gen 2 SSD
Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black, 32MB cache. WD1001FALS
Internet Speed 15/2 cable modem
Other Info Windows and Linux enthusiast. Logitech G35 Headset.
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09 Mar 2012
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#5 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit In a house with a cat trying to kill me |
What I'm curious about is, will they offer the "Windows classic" interface option that you can revert to, as they have in the past? I think it would be a mistake for them to exclude that option. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Hell oh Well
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo 2.93GHz
Memory Not much with my ADHD
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4350
Monitor(s) Displays I have one...It's bright. A 19 inch CRT actually.
Keyboard It's 10 years old and amazingly still works
Mouse Same deal with the mouse, 10 yrs old, if it ain't broke...
Case Don't get on my case...man :D
Cooling I have an Air Conditioner & Diet Pepsi
Hard Drives 250 GB Main Drive, 2 - 1 TB Externals, various FD's.
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09 Mar 2012
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#6 | |
Windows 8 Pro Standish, Lancashire, England |
I did hope that the server version would have the start button and menu,I was pretty disappointed when I loaded it up to find it was Windows 8 server kindergarten edition.   | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number doofenshmirtz evil incorporated
OS Windows 8 Pro
CPU Intel Core i7-3970X Extreme Edition
Motherboard ASRock X79 EXTREME11
Memory 32GB (8x4GB) Corsair DDR3 Dominator Platinum
Graphics Card 2x 3GB EVGA GTX 660 Ti Superclocked+
Sound Card Creative
Monitor(s) Displays 3 x27" Dell & 2 x 23" Dell
Screen Resolution 3 @ 2560x1440 & 2 @ 1920x1080
Keyboard Microsoft Ergononic 7000
Mouse Logitech Performance MX
PSU 1500W ThermalTake Toughpower
Case Thermaltake Level 10 GT
Cooling Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler
Hard Drives 240GB Intel 520 Series, 2.5" SSD, SATA III
Intel X25-M SSD - 160GB
Internet Speed 34 Mb/s ADSL2+ (Bonded)
Antivirus Windows Defender, Malwarebytes Pro
Browser Firefox
Other Info WinTV NovaTD
HP CP1515n Color Laser
Sony BD-5300S-0B Blu-ray Writer
Microsoft LifeCam Cinema
APC 750i Smart UPS
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09 Mar 2012
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#7 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate AMD64 Sydney, Nova Scotia |
Hopefully, the current lock into the Metro interface is only to get feedback on it. If they let you switch out now it would be hard for Microsoft to know who was actually using it. By locking you in, they get feedback, good or bad is still better than non. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built
OS Windows 7 Ultimate AMD64
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
Motherboard Asus M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
Memory 8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
Graphics Card BFG NVIDIA Geforce 220GT 1 Gig DDR2 PCIe
Sound Card VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays 2 x 19" I-INC AG191D TFT Flat Panel
Screen Resolution 1280x1024 x 2
Keyboard Logitech Internet 600
Mouse Logitech Wireless Trackman Wheel
PSU Retail Plus 465 Watt
Case Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
Cooling Stock heatsink and fan
Hard Drives 500 Gig WesternDigital SATA-300 Drive
Internet Speed 80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser Internet Explorer 10
Other Info HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
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09 Mar 2012
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#8 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (64 bit), Windows XP SP3, Linux Mint 14 MATE (64 bit) Adelaide |
The trouble is ...
Quote: Originally Posted by alphanumeric Hopefully, the current lock into the Metro interface is only to get feedback on it. If they let you switch out now it would be hard for Microsoft to know who was actually using it. By locking you in, they get feedback, good or bad is still better than non. The trouble is they'll only get telemetry from people who love Metro.
Everyone who hates it will just stop using W8 CP and go back to using Windows 7, so that they can get some work done (or continue to use W8 DP with the "Start Menu" hack).
MS will look at the telemetry and conclude that 100% of users love it. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number n/a
OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (64 bit), Windows XP SP3, Linux Mint 14 MATE (64 bit)
CPU AMD Phenom II x6 1055T, 2.8 GHz
Motherboard ASRock 880GMH-LE/USB3
Memory 8GB DDR3 1333 G-Skill Ares F3-1333C9D-8GAO (4GB x 2)
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD6450
Sound Card Realtek?
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung S23B350
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Mouse Wired Optical
Case Tower
Hard Drives Western Digital 1 TB (SATA), Western Digital 1.5 TB (SATA), Western Digital 2 TB (SATA)
Internet Speed DSL
Other Info Ubuntu 10.04 (64 bit) replaced with Linux Mint 14 MATE (64 bit) - 2013-01-14
RAM & Graphics Card Upgraded - 2013-01-13
Monitor Upgraded - 2012-04-20
System Upgraded - 2011-05-21, 2010-07-14
HDD Upgraded - 2010-08-11, 2011-08-24
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09 Mar 2012
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#9 | |
Windows 7 x64 Ultimate San Diego |
Heh actually, they could look at the number of people that DL it and the time they spend on it. If only 50% spend more than a few minutes, that's enough telemetry right there 
If this does one thing, hopefully it'll get us an easy "Desktop/Metro UI switch that'll make one or the other the dominant interface. I can see using both... on different hardware and in different situations. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Scratch built
OS Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
CPU i7 960
Motherboard Asus P6X58D
Memory 12 Gig Corsair Dominator
Graphics Card Nvidia 480
Sound Card Maudio Delta 44 + breakout box
Monitor(s) Displays Dell UltraSharp U2410 24in and Samsung 21 dual monitors
Screen Resolution 1920x1200 and 1280x1024
Keyboard Logitech G15 + N52 game pad
Mouse Logitech MX518
PSU Corasair TX850
Case Cooler Master HAF
Cooling Corsair H50
Hard Drives Primary: Intel X-25M G2 160G SSD
Secondary: Segate baracuda 1.0 TB
HDs in AHCI mode.
Internet Speed 15kbs down 4.5kbps up
Other Info WEI 7.6
CPU & RAM 7.6
Graphics 7.9
Hard disk 7.7
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09 Mar 2012
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#10 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Service Pack 1 Philippines |
I'm joining the bandwagon on not liking it. I'm not sure of the improvements over the DP, but I'm certainly not interested until they do something with the interface. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Own Build
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Service Pack 1
CPU AMD Athlon II x4 Propus 2.9 GHz
Motherboard ASUS M2N68 AM-PLUS
Memory Transcend 2 x 2 GB DDR2800
Graphics Card Sapphire Radeon HD 5670 1GB GDDR5
Sound Card On-board 6-Channel HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays 18' Chimei 95ND
Screen Resolution 1366 x 768
Keyboard A4tech KL-126 Backlit Keyboard
Mouse A4tech N400 Padless Mouse
PSU Generic 600W
Case Generic Transparent Side
Cooling Generic 2 x 80mm Fans (.28A side case fan)
Hard Drives 1 x 80 GB SATA 7200 RPM
1 x 500 GB SATA 7200 RPM
1 x 1 TB Western Digital MyBook Essentials
Internet Speed 2Mb/s DL, 0.9Mb/s UL
Other Info Aztech DSL5001EN
Nokia 701 Custom Firmware
1 X 32GB Documents USB
1 X 2GB Bootable USB
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