Jon L Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 (edited) EOSD1426 by drjlo1, on FlickrThe 13.3" Vaio Ultrabook certainly looks great and is very portable (compared to the 15.6" Asus), which is why I bought it. But after messing around with Windows 8, I just could NOT stand it. Bypassing Win 8 by installing "Skip Metro Suite" and "Classic Shell" is highly recommended. Edited December 22, 2012 by Jon L 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMoney Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 That one extra click to launch the desktop is just too much, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 It's not just that, it's just not intuitive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbasement Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 I miss XP. My newish notebook has Win 7, and it's slower to do most tasks than my old WinXP laptop, because the OS is so bloated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 If you go to the speedtest.net site, there's a link for something called TuneUp Utilities -- it actually is pretty good to the point where I bought my own copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphsci Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 I actually like Win 7. IMHO it is the best Windows version since NT. XP was so sensitive to malware that it was a joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robm321 Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 7 was the best for me too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 7 was the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMoney Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 I've been using 8 since the prereleases and I really don't see what all the fuss is about. If you don't like the tile interface, it just takes one click on the "desktop" button to make it go away. As for not having a start menu, the functionality is easily replaced by just hitting the windows key and typing the first few letters of what you are looking for. Is it intuitive? Not really, but if you put in a few hours to learn it its very hard to understand what the ZOMG-WIN8-IZ-TURRIBLE fuss is all about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullguise Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 UI "intuitiveness" varies by person, so I'm not surprised there's a range of reactions. Just playing with a Win 8 tablet at a store for about 10 minutes, I was picking up the concepts well enough; but I still prefer the older interface. I HAVE heard about some 3rd party programs that are having issues installing or running in 8; but that's not s surprise either.... I also prefer Win 7, have done some things (probably some of what the Tuneup Utilities do, though not likely as much) to make it more streamlined. I find the combination of strength & stability to be very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbasement Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 I actually like Win 7. IMHO it is the best Windows version since NT. XP was so sensitive to malware that it was a joke.Guess I've just been lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 Is it intuitive? Not really, but if you put in a few hours to learn it its very hard to understand what the ZOMG-WIN8-IZ-TURRIBLE fuss is all about. You just answered your own question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark baguette Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 shell out to DOS, pussy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzziguy Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 If you go to the speedtest.net site, there's a link for something called TuneUp Utilities -- it actually is pretty good to the point where I bought my own copy. Right now they are having a Christmas sale of 60% off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 Aye, that's what I paid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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