I never used Win8.
That said, freepers like you post such vitriolic hate and lies re: Win 8.1 while posting adorations of apple. Not unlike the swooners that praise comrade obamatollah.
My post simply stated that Win8.1 boots direct to the desktop and the speed is MUCH faster than Win7 as well as being faaar more stable than 7.
Again, 1-click gets Win8.1 to boot to the desktop and you never need to see the Start “tile” menu screen.
If you choose not to upgrade to a better OS in Win8.1 that’s fine....but stop the trashing of a superior product.
Chill out, dude!
1. Is incompatible with Dial Up Internet. The Morons at MS just put out a 900MB update. If you can't download it? T.S. no more updates for you. As of yet no Disk Release available for that update either. Why no disk if the consumer is willing to pay S&H?
2. Commands that were once easy and took seconds now require the user to seek work arounds because MS eliminated most Right Click/Left Click options in dealing with files.
3. If you don't like WINDERS CLOUD too bad it too is mandatory it seems. These sort of programs stink for those on metered usage.
4. Important setting purposely hidden in obscure places sending user on hunt the settings game.
5. The right side of the screen Settings window is annoying. When you need to use the stupid thing it won't pop up. When you are trying to do other task like scroll it won't go away.
6. The Browser seems to be hostile to using Windows instead of TABS. All my Tab Labels say "Waiting for...." instead of site name So it's a quesing game. Using Windows fixes that but more than 3-4 windows open crashes the Browser FREQUENTLY.
Overall as a customer who has used WEB TV, W/98, W/ME, & W/XP, with very few complaints I give Winders 8 a "0" or "F" rating in all categories. The security may be great but big deal because it is an annoying PITA OS. It's a Tablet OS cheapskates at MS tried to turn into a Desktop/Laptop OS with no thought whatsoever as to compatibility or being functional. It should have been pulled from the market by the fourth month and an official corporate apology made.
Winders 8 has more GB's in Upgrades and Patches than XP did in it's lifetime. Whty? To fix MS Corps design Boo Boo's. This is the worst MS release ever. Enough so that one should even think about LINUX since the training curve takes days anyway. If I owned a business and had to switch to W-8 I'd be pissed at the loss of time involved in "adapting" to W 8. Stay Away.