Microsoft Top 5 Reasons That Prove Why Windows 8 Sucks

[dcs18]

Make a case: Why should I upgrade?

Now, that's exactly the issue - we do not expect you to upgrade or to downgrade. Please continue to use Windows 7 / 8 / Vista / XP / Linux or anything else. We only respect your level of competence and refuse to criticize your choice.

All that we're saying is reciprocate and stop hammering the false propaganda.

[Nomad]

Looks more like Windows vista's cousin or uncle

[Gabben]

I used over a week 6-8 hours/day but i can't like it. Very-very annoying on a notebook with touchpad and i don't see the point to use it on a non-touchscreen device. When Vista was released i could like it immediately expect the UAC popups but it was a decent OS. I loved Win 7 when it was only in beta release. Windows 8? Skip it.

[insanedown58]

I have used it on an ancient PC and for the time being I loved it. The only real problem I had with 8 was it didn't support the resolution on my card. As far as everything else goes, it can keep me entertained for a week. Then again, I have only used it for 3 Days on 8 Hours per day (24 Hours) so I can't say that its the only thing I hate.

[ffi]

After getting the Samsung 840 PRO.. there is no difference in boot time.

The only thing I want from windows 8 is the great windows task manager.. It's was fantastic :hug: !

I have the older 830 series SSD and I can tell you windows 8 boots up a hell of a lot faster than windows 7

[jtmulc]

Make a case: Why should I upgrade?

Now, that's exactly the issue - we do not expect you to upgrade or to downgrade. Please continue to use Windows 7 / 8 / Vista / XP / Linux or anything else. We only respect your level of competence and refuse to criticize your choice.

All that we're saying is reciprocate and stop hammering the false propaganda.

That doesn't answer the question. I can make a clear case why I should run Windows 7 over XP. 7 has better 64 bit support over XP64. It can handle more ram than XP. It has native SSD support. The Pro version comes with XP mode for anything that won't run under 7.

I have a licensed copy of 7 and a licensed copy of 8. Either one should install just fine on my system. Sell me using Windows 8.

[dcs18]

Make a case: Why should I upgrade?

Now, that's exactly the issue - we do not expect you to upgrade or to downgrade. Please continue to use Windows 7 / 8 / Vista / XP / Linux or anything else. We only respect your level of competence and refuse to criticize your choice.

All that we're saying is reciprocate and stop hammering the false propaganda.

That doesn't answer the question. I can make a clear case why I should run Windows 7 over XP. 7 has better 64 bit support over XP64. It can handle more ram than XP. It has native SSD support. The Pro version comes with XP mode for anything that won't run under 7.

I have a licensed copy of 7 and a licensed copy of 8. Either one should install just fine on my system. Sell me using Windows 8.

It does not need to answer the question - this thread is not about the pet peeves of Windows 7.

If you have problems that you're incapable of solving by yourself or need advice - open a new thread, by all means (all the best.).

[dcs18]

1. There’s no Start Button and the Tile Interface is Irritating
One can always employ some alternate Start Menu utility - free ones are also available. If the tile interface is irritating - just stop using using it (banish it out of your sight.) Who is forcing you to use it - it can be disabled and even destructed permanently.

There are 2 actionables here:-
One can either act like a vissha the n00b and lament, whine, crib, criticize, be jealous and swear at the lovely OS that others are flashing around
or
One can possess one's very own customized Start Menu which has now evolved to greater heights than the original one:-

Here's how my Start Menu looks:-

[dcs18]

fl0ppy stay out of the way - stay on topic (today I'm mad.) ciao!!! ;)

[just1acc]

Well except speed, I don't see any reason to upgrade to windows 8 from windows 7, as a desktop user.

1. Tweaks to get start menu back.

2. Tweak to disable metro and metro apps.

3. Tweak to disable charm bar etc.

After you solve this you'll get a FASTER WINDOWS 7 with bonus driver/software compatibility issues.

But, those 'Windows 8 is a crap' threads are nothing but making excuses to console yourself. No one is forcing anyone to use windows 8, stop whining.

Me? Windows 8 may be faster, but I'm faster with Windows 7.

Peace.

[dcs18]

2. Windows 8 sucks with the mouse on a desktop PC

You no longer need to crucify your poor mouse (remember we strangulated the Tile Interface, in my earlier post.)

3. Very Limited App count

True - but did you forget most of us disabled it (some even permanently.)

With the best Start Menu in town at your disposal who would want Apps.

4. Multitasking has taken a hit

Touch-screen Users can have the best of both the world by assigning a hot-key for the Start Screen (I prefer to use Windows 8 exactly how others use Windows 7 - zero deviation on functions and looks.)

Windows 8 doesn’t offer very good multitasking capabilities. There’s Snap mode, which allows users to users to dock apps side by side on the display in a fixed ratio. This could be blissfully liberating for

Android and iOS users, but what about the hardcore Windows users? We’re all used to consuming two-three multiple windows at the same time, and this new features seriously limits multitasking and is a complete waste of space as well. This is mainly because every app runs in full screen mode in Windows 8. Be prepared, performing basic tasks might become a cumbersome process for you.

Hardcore Windows User!!! :huh:

You cannot figure out how to manage multiple windows at the same time - you sound more like an infertile porn star.

[jtmulc]

Article: 5 Reasons Windows 8 is Shit

Poster A: Writer has their head up their arse.

Me: OK, I'm game. What's great in 8?

Poster B: We don't care what you run, just don't spread propaganda.

Me: ??? That makes no sense.

It does not need to answer the question - this thread is not about the pet peeves of Windows 7.

If you have problems that you're incapable of solving by yourself or need advice - open a new thread, by all means (all the best.).

Not asking about 7, not having any problems (except trying to figure out where you're coming from), just asking what's great in 8. This is pertinent to the topic at hand, as it would serve to refute the copy/pasted points the author of the article made. You clearly enjoy using the product. That's wonderful. Tell me about it. If I heard something other than the same whines and grumbles about it, I might like it too. I seek a positive testimonial from someone with actual experience using Windows 8 to counterpose the same old bitching and moaning put forth in the article.

[dcs18]

@ jtmulc

I'm game joining you on a new thread about Windows 8 on a constructive front. I was actually working on a nice tutorial on Windows 8 when that scum of society vissha crashed the party with his bitching behavior. Told my self, that tutorial was going to serve a selfish death - blame that on vissha, the n00b.

I have a mind to make a thread dedicated to him and his bloopers where members can congregate and perform a gang-bang.

[vissha]

Why all are blaming me for no reason. I'm just sharing news and nothing else. Most of my Windows 8 posts/topics are just shared from sites and not my opiunione.

@dcs18:
Please stop hurting me. Please read the whole post before blaming the person who posted. It may be shared/their own views.

I received no less than 17 calls just last week alone asking me to send someone out to remove Windows 8 from newly purchased hardware and install Windows 7 as a replacement OS.

I manage systems - for a living, myself (but, I never have had to cut such a sorry figure.) Have already reformatted dozens of Windows 8.

When Customers pay me a visit for a Windows 7 reformat, they leave the usual crisp & clear instructions - no Windows 8, please. I, anyways go ahead and invariably reformat their system into . . . . . . . . . . . . Windows 8 (but without disclosing, at delivery that their system is not Windows 7 . . . . . . . not yet.) In the meanwhile, they're left wondering at the sudden enhancement in speed and responsiveness of the newly reformatted OS.

After a few days, I inform them that the system they're using is Windows 8. Never have I ever received a single call asking for a downgrade to Windows 7. The day that happens I shall need to acknowledge that I'm not good at my job.

Anybody else here, who is into system-management and receiving calls from Customers for a revert back to Windows 7, needs to understand that it's not the Customers' failing, it's not the Customers who were incompetent at tweaking and skinning their Windows 8.

>Admittedly more than half of these customers were over the age of 50+ and stated that they simply couldn't get to grips with the new interface and wanted to use something that was more familiar to them and had no interest in learning the new features of Windows 8.

I think the low sales of Windows 8 so far are simply down to the fact people are quite rightly thinking "why change?"

Customer are by and large, n00bs - the masses are asses (thank God for that or else my business would've gone to the dogs.)

If Customers wont adapt to change-management (across any age) that's good and hey, that's great - that's business, for me.

However, if I cannot adopt change-management into my own computing life and if I cannot make Windows 8 my slave and if I cannot learn how to configure Windows 8 to the exact likeness of Windows 7, I do not deserve to be in this awesome business - I'm then, destined to go down on my knees to Bill Gates, bowing my head down low and whispering into his groin; that one word . . . . . . 'Master.'

Personally, I'd never want my Customer to learn and to adapt - call me selfish, if you will (I'll choose to interpret that as astute.)

What dcs18 said is cheating. We must satisfy the needs of the customer and not just make some changes using tools and show it as Win7. Its totally illegal too. Don't teach people your cheap ideas. If your customers didn't like what you did, they might sue you.

Please everyone, don't take dcs18 as example and cheat your favourable customers. Be True to Everyone.

[dcs18]

You're inciting the people, here and spreading misinformation - the same crap over & over again (you keep hammering the Users of Windows 8 on their heads repeatedly with these baseless news.) You want everyone to believe such utter crap written by unknown Outsiders - have you ever presented the substantiation of these claims as I have comprehensively proven through my screenshots. You don't want the people to believe their co-members who narrate from their personal experiences.

It's because of you that I decided not to publish my tutorial. It's you who made RocketMan shed his sheep's clothing and bare his wolverine fangs. I'm thoroughly pissed off, vissha and honestly lost the zest - the enthu to sign in, here and share with the people.

I've now grown into a selfish bastard. :frusty:

[vissha]

You're inciting the people, here and spreading misinformation - the same crap over & over again (you keep hammering the Users of Windows 8 on their heads repeatedly with these baseless news.) You want everyone to believe such utter crap written by unknown Outsiders - have you ever presented the substantiation of these claims as I have comprehensively proven through my screenshots. You don't want the people to believe their co-members who narrate from their personal experiences.

I'm not posting the same thing. Just check the original date of posting in the source site. Don't just say i'm repeating. These are facts happening around everyday and not old news.

[dcs18]

What dcs18 said is cheating. We must satisfy the needs of the customer and not just make some changes using tools and show it as Win7. Its totally illegal too. Don't teach people your cheap ideas. If your customers didn't like what you did, they might sue you.

Please everyone, don't take dcs18 as example and cheat your favourable customers. Be True to Everyone.

Can you kindly explain how I'm cheating my Customers - am I not eventually disclosing it!!!

I'm not posting the same thing. Just check the original date of posting in the source site. Don't just say i'm repeating. These are facts happening around everyday and not old news.

I'm not referring to the date, source or even Author - of course, you're publishing the very same news like a hypocrite!!!

Where's the substantiation of the facts?

[Marik]

i think he might be talking, and I'm gonna take a wild guess here, that you're not presenting windows 8 the proper way?

windows 8 doesn't have a start menu, so installing an app that brings it back and the present it to the customer can be seen as a ploy to get said customer intrigued into buying it.

i think he's expecting you to tell it like it is :doctor:

"why doesn't it have a start menu" - pay for it

"why does it have two interfaces" - deal with it

something like that? :unsure:

anyways, have you seen just how much attention we're giving this OS through these type of threads? :tehe:

[dcs18]

"why doesn't it have a start menu" - pay for it

anyways, have you seen just how much attention we're giving this OS through these type of threads? :tehe:

Classic Shell is free - has great features (better than a few of the paid Start Menu utilities.) This fact does not get into his shrimp-size brain.

anyways, have you seen just how much attention we're giving this OS through these type of threads? :tehe:

That's really good for everyone - I sincerely believe in that. This fact will never get into his shrimp-size brain.

[child]

Win 8 is for new era but start before its time. Not every person likes changes in the world but except this truth.

compare DOS with Windows 3.1, Compare Win3.1 to Win98, Compare Win98 to XP, Comapre WinXP to Win7 same as Compare Win7 to Win8.... every time world goes a step forward.....

Its not easy to change youself if you envolve too much with the older one but it happens ... Win 8 is a good step (even it is not good as it can be) and in future you may find its better version.

It is just my opinion and every one have right to disagree with me :argue:

[just1acc]

One thing for sure, "Windoze 8 sucks" threads must die. There is no valuable information left about the 'sucking' (cons) points of Windows 8.

I reverted back to windows 7 because 8 was not worthy. Personal choice.

Now let keep them who liked it, enjoying it. Whining don't contribute anything at all. Only ruins the forum environment. The more people 'll use Win 8, the more chance to get proper activation fix, proper hack to make it usable for desktop users. ;)

[dcs18]

i think he might be talking, and I'm gonna take a wild guess here, that you're not presenting windows 8 the proper way?

windows 8 doesn't have a start menu, so installing an app that brings it back and the present it to the customer can be seen as a ploy to get said customer intrigued into buying it.

i think he's expecting you to tell it like it is :doctor:

"why doesn't it have a start menu" - pay for it

"why does it have two interfaces" - deal with it

something like that? :unsure:

Hey, I just read your post, once again and realized I misunderstood - you're referring to the cheating part, OK!!!

@ vissha

Just 3 quick points:-

• Some members of this forum who visit my home will testify that my Customers today will settle for nothing lower than Windows 8.
• They follow my recommendations (like the Gospel) and I provide them with a lifetime's 24/7 free maintenance service.
• Have reformatted upwards of 45 systems - if they felt cheated would I be writing away to glory or be behind bars?

[InEvX]

After getting the Samsung 840 PRO.. there is no difference in boot time.

The only thing I want from windows 8 is the great windows task manager.. It's was fantastic :hug: !

I have the older 830 series SSD and I can tell you windows 8 boots up a hell of a lot faster than windows 7

I didn't notice much of a difference.. :'(

I did have hibernation on too. Windows 8 is faster if you shut down and then press the power button. But restarts are totally different.

[shought]

I'm going out on a limb here: I don't think anyone posting over here has a shrimp-sized brain. So from now on when you're trying to insult someone please come up with something more believable...

A note for everyone: any derogative terms from this point on will result in a warning. In case you're wondering where I draw the line please try them out in a PM directed at me, I'm much more forgiving in a private message conversation than in a public forum one ;)

@dcs18

Just because you like it it doesn't mean other people will as well. There are a lot of people out there who don't appreciate the new path Windows has taken when it comes to design simply because a touch interface and a keyboard/mouse centered interface are two different things. Having the same interface cater to both of these very different needs was poor judgement on their behalf.

Of course W8 is workable, but it most definitely isn't an improvement. It's change and change takes getting used to, so maybe all of these comments and objections will disappear over time. However if you ask me people will look at W8 in a few years as they do to Vista now (only this term not in terms of reliability and compatibility, but user-interface).

Again I'm going to emphasize that this article is based on someone's opinion (which may or may not reflect the opinion of the member who posted it over here).

[xpmule]

The OS release was not needed in the first place.

Metro Apps are not needed (The ones we had before were just fine)

The window transparency was removed.. i liked it.

The flat style windows are ugly.

The default color schemes are ugly.

The shape of windows are are ugly (square)

The icons used all over are ugly (flat / monchrome)

The OS has too many new things that need to be disabled on a fresh install.

No effort was made to support the OS modding community. (we want options)

Boot times are not faster they just changed how it works.

Disabling UAC cause new problems.

Hijacking the desktop with Metro causes problems for people who already have a desktop system.

notice i didn't mention the start menu ?

many people try and pick apart or defend the OS and it always comes down to an argument about "The Button"

who cares.. there is far more issues with it that a simple start menu !

This guy sums up how i feel about it..

http://www.zdnet.com/from-windows-8-to-windows-7-why-i-downgraded-7000006922/

It's become common now that if you admit to not liking it your branded a piece of garbage and should be attacked and discredited.

far too many people don't like it for them ALL to be idiots.. the writing is on the wall.

I expect more of the same from MS.. they are only going to get worse. They knew they had Win7 so there was little risk for doing

crazy things on win 8 so win 9 will be a lot bigger of a test i think.

Kinda funny how you may or may not be able to have a negative response to something but people want to know what this is first LOL

Saying your not allowed to like dislike windows 8 is like saying your not allowed to a feel a certain way and your broken if you do.

and if you mention it out loud you should be branded a stupid ugly mean little troll just trying to cause problems and pee on peoples fun.

Bottom line is we do things different.. i for one have a HUGE amount of custom stuff and windows 8 takes a hug giant piss on all of it !

So unless someone asks me first ..how do i have WIndows setup i don't wanna here.. "I'm using it wrong" or whatever..

Windows 8 sucks because it split the community of supporters into 2 groups and this has brought out bad things in people.

It usually amounts to fanboys failing to make any effort to understand another's position and needs and attacking them based on assumptions etc

And THAT is what is wrong with Windows 8 ..too much change too quick.. causing topics across the net that enrage people and start little wars.

And their is no down side for MS they get money from ALL of us and MORE control over us while we bicker and argue with each other..

they laugh on the way to the bank.