Jon L Posted December 22, 2012 Report 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
TMoney Posted December 22, 2012 Report Posted December 22, 2012 That one extra click to launch the desktop is just too much, eh? Quote
Dusty Chalk Posted December 22, 2012 Report Posted December 22, 2012 It's not just that, it's just not intuitive. Quote
acidbasement Posted December 22, 2012 Report 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
Dusty Chalk Posted December 22, 2012 Report 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
morphsci Posted December 22, 2012 Report 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
TMoney Posted December 22, 2012 Report 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
skullguise Posted December 22, 2012 Report 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
acidbasement Posted December 22, 2012 Report 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
Salt Peanuts Posted December 22, 2012 Report 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
aardvark baguette Posted December 22, 2012 Report Posted December 22, 2012 shell out to DOS, pussy Quote
guzziguy Posted December 22, 2012 Report 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
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