#Windows you suck.
“Microsoft’s Do-Over Finally Installed In More Machines Than Original Screw-Up Is.”
I do like 8.1 better than 8.0, not as if that says very much. I was ticked that I had to go through the store though, I would have been happier with media or an ISO because if I blow a disk, I will have to repeat the process and it was no quick upgrade.
For your TECH Ping list.
First: Win 8 Second: Win 8.1 Third: Win 8.1 UpdateThe third iteration on Win 8 isn't bad. Less tile world, more Win 7 like interface. It's really not half bad. But it's certainly not Win 7.
We finally switched from XP SP3 to Win 8.1. It was a bitch to get all the programs transferred over. However I did use the mess to upgrade to all the current versions in those programs, the biggest one being to Office 2010 (I have multiple machines and will not pay for single usage with 2013). I had to start using Live Mail instead of Outlook Express. So far I am not disappointed although it is a learning curve to use it.
I would give Win 8.1 a 9 out of 10 rating. Probably that is affected by the change in screens and usage. Give me six months and that number will go up.
I do not use the “Start” screen, the IPad wannabe. I have designed my desktop to function basically like the one with XP.
AND HERE IS A WARNING, especially for those of you on a metered Internet usage. We are on a satellite ISP living 70 miles from the nearest Starbucks. When I started the conversion I thought my usage was high because of the upgrading, downloading e-mail storage, etc. It was not. We almost blew our monthly allotment that first month. I discovered that even when we did not use the new machine our usage was going up. There are several on-line, real time do-hickeys on the “Start” screen, including finance, sports, news, etc. They were constantly downloading when the machine was on, even though we were using the desktop and not the “Start” screen. With two new computers we were sucking stuff from the Internet like crazy.
I placed those functions in disabled mode and have had no problem since.
Welcome to the new world.
I’ve had 8.1 for a couple of weeks, spent most of that time trying to make it do what I want done.
I'm sticking with Windows 7 until Microsoft does something to resolve the dichotomy between the Windows 7 UI and the Windows 8 Modern touchscreen UI.
Oddly the article almost totally ignores the popularity of Windows 7
never mind, I should have read onward
I plan to downgrade (overwrite) an 8.1 installation with 7. The 8.x native shell is a PITA, and not worth the trouble. I’ll wait for 9 which ?promises? traditional navigation.
I switched over to Linux when XP quit being supported. I’ll not be going back to Windows.
So far I’m very pleased.
No opinion based on experience here. But, I was yakking with my BIL, and he just got a Win 8.1 laptop. He was so annoyed with software incompatibilities that he sent it back for one running W7. He didn’t complain about the OS itself; just that he didn’t think he should be required to upgrade Office 2007 because it was incompatible with Win 8.1. I was actually surprised to hear that MS hadn’t maintained compatibility.
Microsoft announced no Start button (a real one) until at least April 2015.....
The designer of Windows 8 and the CEO were both fired so what does the new ceo do? Doubles down on stupid.
Microsoft was no help at all solving the problem, in fact kind of arrogant in saying it was not their problem.
Solved it myself, it is a problem they created btw.
All and all Win 8.1 is faster than Win 7 and pretty good, however Microsoft is still a bunch of a-holes.
So I should upgrade? I’ve been avoiding it.
Piled higher and deeper!