More Than 3 Out of 4 Enthusiasts Reject Windows 8

x BlueRobot said:

I don't see why it's so difficult to make two versions of the same operating system?

I doubt the mass market will care about synchronization across multiple devices. I don't know anyone my age group who owns a Windows phone, so that kinda breaks this sync doesn't it?

The mass market is mostly concerned with, how fast is my Internet and how long will it get me to get on Twitter/Facebook? Or, order some new clothes online and check my e-mails.

Absolutely right. The installer could generate a tablet UI when it senses a touch enabled screen and a traditional UI when no touch is present. They do that e.g. for disks. When they sense a zero rotation disk (SSD), they do the alignment, switch defrag off, etc.

The layman argument against it is double maintenance. But that is not such a big problem. Operating systems are structured in layers and the UI is the highest layer. The double maintenance would only apply to that layer. And that would be a small price to pay to make billions of PC users happy.

Here is the example of Android (which I happen to have handy) that shows an operating system layering and the maintenance of those different layers is usually done by different teams.

Yeah right, if MS only wanted. But they want to push their tablet UI and all the consequences down our throat. I am NOT going to participate in this game. There are plenty of other options.

Microsoft is not going to get another penny from me until they come to their senses and deliver an Operating System that is suitable for the PC.

whs said:

Yeah right, if MS only wanted. But they want to push their tablet UI and all the consequences down our throat. I am NOT going to participate in this game. There are plenty of other options.

I triead Linux Mint Mate and like it, An Experiment with Windows 7 64 & Linux Mint 64.
thanks to your leadership and tutorials. As we speak I am creating a 125GB partition on a 1.5TB drive to install Mint directly on the hard drive. I shall then set it up and tweak away.

I am glad my little tutorials help and are useful. Although I have used Linux off and on since a few years (mainly Ubuntu and Fedora), I am not a real Linux expert. But with Mint Mate, things are pretty simple. And if I don't know something, I ask at the Linux forums. These guys are also very helpful.

As I said in another post, when I see the current crop of Microsoft ads for Windows 8 (the ads with dancing school girls, a 5 year old drawing pictures that Mom plasters all over the kitchen, and so-called business people using their Surface Pros while break dancing on a conference table), I find it very difficult to take Windows 8 seriously

That all goes with the playmobile UI of Windows 8. I guess they want to attract the kindergarden kids as customers. Not very serious business behavior. I think they are doomed unless they come to their senses.

whs said:

I am glad my little tutorials help and are useful. Although I have used Linux off and on since a few years (mainly Ubuntu and Fedora), I am not a real Linux expert. But with Mint Mate, things are pretty simple. And if I don't know something, I ask at the Linux forums. These guys are also very helpful.

The info I needed came right up in the search bar in Mint I was impressed. With the success of Windows 7 who would have though we are heading this way. Other OS vendors will be laughing all the way to the bank if M$ continues this path. I am no Linux expert either but it is intuitive, something 8 is not on the desktop. It has usability.