Windows 8 released for all to try

[Ailantd]

Originally Posted by yakaddict

Lets just be honest, this is not progress, its retarded. It does not look better. Adding tiles as a desktop that a computer from 2002 could have run does not look good, and the search feature is worthless. It now takes about 5 steps rather than two to pull up the control panel, and accessing my pictures and folders also takes more work. I cant really search for files and applications instantly like in 7, etc etc. Instead of fixing the problems with 7 and leaving the metro UI as an option for tablets (which is actually a genius idea) they have tried to integrate it into a desktop UI (which is impossible). In its current state windows 8 is no more than a brilliant idea gone wrong in every conceivable way. And they still havent added in multiple desktops. The ONLY feature windows 7 was lacking to make it compete directly and on the same terms with mac and linux. I really do hope they manage to integrate this into a functional system within the next year, or even better, add an option to remove the stupid UI overlay completely during installation, but in its current state I think this picture is required:

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[Voyager]

Originally Posted by zipper

I was perusing a Windows publication the other day and in it they described Win8 as being a contemporary of Win7, not a replacement. Win8 sounded to me like it was basically Win7 but with an entirely new UI to take advantage of all the new portable hardware out there.

Doesn't sound to me like anything the typical home desktop user is going to feel compelled to buy.

Windows 7 is scheduled to sunset in 2015. Either that means MS is planning on releasing a new OS in 2 years, replacing Windows 7 with Windows 8, or extending the sunset.