More Than 3 Out of 4 Enthusiasts Reject Windows 8

unless they make a stick-sized touch pen so I can operate it from a decent distance, touchscreen is epic fail outside very-portable devices.

Heck, I'd buy a kinect-like device anytime if it could take the place of mouse and keyboard. And it's not impossible. Just that someone needs to ask Apple to "invent" it.

This thread still kickin'?

bobafetthotmail said:

.....Heck, I'd buy a kinect-like device anytime if it could take the place of mouse and keyboard. And it's not impossible. Just that someone needs to ask Apple to "invent" it.

Apple (bleh)

Way back when I had my Atari TT I had a two fisted approach, trackball at my left hand, the Atari two-button mouse plugged into it, at my right and I could do every thing on that old machine faster than I do now, lasso, cut & paste and insert etc. I wish the trackball, like the current aftermarket Logitech series
were the standard, rather than the mouse but then, I'm an old fart.

mjf said:

whs said:

As Windows 8's defenders point out, the OS is usable -- as long as you endure a short learning curve. The problem is, many users gave Metro only a brief look and dismissed Win8 without a second thought

That is a lot of BS. I have used Windows 8 for more than a year and wrote made more than a dozen Windows 8 tutorials - but I still don't like it.

As long as they keep that touchscreen UI in it, I am not going to use it on my desktop. I use Linux Mint instead.

I like a man who speaks his mind in our current "precious" world.

A friend had touchscreen enabled on his 7 premade and soon disabled it. He couldn't stand reaching out to the screen for every little thing. For smaller hand held type devices tablet and other you generally don't mind it there for the basics like checking mail or looking up a price for something at a shopping site. But for constant use in everyday multitasking on a desktop it's a dead end alley! For point and click with the mouse the Metro or Modern doesn't cut it to begin with on the desktop with large cumbersome tiles over the traditional type guis found with just about every OS except for the Andriod and other portable guis. The lack of the windowed mode option as you would see with every previous version as well as seen with each of the other main players is another "time consuming waste" employed in 8. That became another common option removed from 8 along with removing MC and dvd/video playback support to cheapen the OS down explaining the initial $40 price tag. Eventually what would interest most would be someone coming up with a totally new OS that runs MS apps without actually being Windows but not simply another distro using Wine either. Someone open source or other could see a desktop platform retained while then offering a more viable alternative to what would be generally Windows users without swapping out for a fast substitute that generally wouldn't offer any native support for the market full of Windows softwares. Now for Steam they could smell the foul scent of what was coming when deciding to push into the Linux side of life for game players to see be able to run all of their favorite titles on the other OS knowing the trend MS was pursuing. If MS continues to venture away from the desktop to cloud or pushing Metro type online subscription people will be looking for a new alternative rather fast to replace one former desktop OS for another where they can still run what they want on a desktop they can set up the way they want it!

The only app I ever launch is the weather app because that one is really nice.

I think many prefer the I/O type capability of Windows 7 and for many desktop users it makes Windows 8 look like a big mistake. I think it could have been overcome if MS made W7 type features a setting option.
They may be some breed of new users who could like the touch and swipe I/O depending on what they us their desktop/laptop for. Put having to reach your arm out to the screen is a physiotherapist/orthopedic surgeons dream for new clients.
I mentioned it once before but touch pads could change the scene for "swipe" users.
Logitech Wireless Rechargeable Touchpad T650 Review - Watch CNET's Video Review

Still it's not for me. Maybe MS watched too many Ironman movies - you know his holographic touch and swipe interface.

Moving your hand, arm, and shoulder to do things on a desktop or laptop touch screen compared to a small movement of a mouse and pushing a button just don't add up. I can see Workers Comp going sky hight with carpel tunnel syndrome of the upper body.
I can see a room full of touch screen users. It would look like a bunch of people doing touch screen Kata's while sitting.
How would one eat finger food and work let alone a pizza.