I’m kinda wonder why don’t they just make computer and tablet embedded systems with maybe at least 8GB SSD soldered in the motherboard to load firmware instead of OS, another SSD or hard disk for programs and data storage? Maybe computer devices will run lot faster?
I'm not aware of any business who'd want to give the workers a huge tablet with no "Start" button and no way to launch applications except by typing their name on a special screen. How many common folks remember names of the software that they run daily? They just click on icons that are in a certain place, and a familiar interface shows up. I personally don't know the names of 90% of stuff that is on my computer. Why should I remember arcane names that software developers assign to their products? I have what I need on the desktop and in the start menu, arranged as I want it to be. Win8's Start screen is a mile-long pale shadow of these two essential launchers, and it is minimally customizable.
I can get around Win8 if I must. But first I am professionally working with computers, and second I have the OS modified to restore the Start button and to get rid of the awful Start screen. You cannot expect that from a mom and pop business because they can't, and you cannot expect that from a Fortune $n business because they don't need to - they have downgrade rights, and Win7 is all that they will ever need for the nearest decade.
If I need a new PC for the business and I cannot buy one with Windows 7, I will put it together from parts instead. TigerDirect sells Win7 Home Premium for $99 and Pro for $139. And if MS pulls that stock, it should blame only itself for the aftermath. None of our accountants, who are not exactly spring chickens, are willing or ready to learn the new tablet UI of Win8 (not that it is any good in the first place.)
I bought a new laptop last week hoping to get in before secure boot was implemented, no such luck, it had win8 on it, I went into bios and disabled secure boot, and it still would not let me install Ubuntu or Win7, so I took it back to Frys, told them why and they had no problems exchanging it for the LAST LAPTOP they had with win7 on it. There were literally hundreds of laptops and desktops being returned because of Windows8. The desktop people for the most part opted to build their own after this, So much so that they were just about out of cases when I got there. no such luck with a Laptop though. This will not end very well for Manufacturer’s, and maybe people will wake up to how inferior Windows really is. I actually have been encouraging people to go buy new computer, and then RETURN it the next day, making sure to tell the store that it is because of WINDOWS 8 and the inability to put your own software on a piece of equipment YOU OWN. Why the manufacturers went along with this farce is beyond me, if it was me, I probably would have told Microsoft OK, and then turn around and offer All Computers with NO SOFTWARE at all, just a cd for drivers to be used on ANY software you wish to install. Start forcing the people to BUY Microsoft and watch what happens, as long as it is included people will use it, but give them a choice and Windows is GONE.
ps. What software do you think virtually every Webserver runs?? LINUX!! WHY?? Because it is absolutely SECURE, unlike WINDOWS.
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Hear, hear.