[Q] What do you think of Windows 8

[tbo-art]

I was just curious about what you think about Windows 8. So I started this poll to see it in percent.
Please comment about what you think of it

 

[AdamOutler]

This is a desktop operating system. It does not belong on XDA-Developers.com

They've even said that developers will have to write different versions of their apps for ARM platform because of battery requirements. This will not run on a XDA device and it's out of place on XDA. Desktops are not personal or cellular digital assistants(XDAs).

Please add my option, I'll select it.

 

[AdamOutler]

Wait... scratch that.... Add in the "I want a Linux forum" and "I want a mac forum"

 

[AndroHero]

This is a desktop operating system. It does not belong on XDA-Developers.com

They've even said that developers will have to write different versions of their apps for ARM platform because of battery requirements. This will not run on a XDA device and it's out of place on XDA. Desktops are not personal or cellular digital assistants(XDAs).

Please add my option, I'll select it.

Wait... scratch that.... Add in the "I want a Linux forum" and "I want a mac forum"

Stop acting like a troll and get a life. First you need to educate yourself about what XDA are all about. second before running your mouth like a child, research Microsoft's roadmap. Microsoft intend to merge there desktop and mobile operating systems by windows 9 or 10. By then there will be no windows phone. Just one unified platform. Furthermore you already know that Microsoft have added support for ARM architecture already into windows 8, which will allow the OS to be ported to a number of mobile devices. Not just tablets.

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Desktops are not personal or cellular digital assistants(XDAs)

XDA Developers have nothing to do with personal digital assistants. When the community was founded as a HTC development forum. The first device the admins got hold of was an 02 UK HTC Device. Back then the O2 HTC devices were branded XDA. Hence the name........

 

[AdamOutler]

Stop acting like a troll and get a life. First you need to educate yourself about what XDA are all about. second before running your mouth like a child, research Microsoft's roadmap. Microsoft intend to merge there desktop and mobile operating systems by windows 9 or 10. By then there will be no windows phone. Just one unified platform. Furthermore you already know that Microsoft have added support for ARM architecture already into windows 8, which will allow the OS to be ported to a number of mobile devices. Not just tablets.

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XDA Developers have nothing to do with personal digital assistants. When the community was founded as a HTC development forum. The first device the admins got hold of was an 02 UK HTC Device. Back then the O2 HTC devices were branded XDA. Hence the name........

Yep.. cross digital assistant. XDA.

A desktop operating system has nothing to do with a digital assistant.

 

[TKG26]

I installed it on my 3 year old netbook yesterday... Its a preview but its not a great one. Not much works...

What did work:
-IE10
-Control panel
-Desktop tile
-Internet tile
-resize tile move tiles delete tiles
-windows 7 desktop is very much there.
-UI metro? IS basically just skinned over windows7. I have no experience with windows7 so i dont know how close it is.


Did not work:
-most of the tiles that looked fun
-resolution was locked at 800x600
- no options to change resolution
-no microsoft updates. it was there but obviously does not connect to updates
-limited wallpaper.

My netbook is obviously very very minimum spec so the expreince was very slow and sluggish..

I could mouse click to simulate some finger gestures.


Re-installed XP about an hour later
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[bulletproof1013]

reinstalled xp why not linux? , the only reason i use windows is , because one of the programs as a mechanic needs windows on my laptop(techstream). anything other than that i use linux.

this is my opinion, please do not treat it as a flame/troll post

to each his own.

 

[cp0020]

absolutely no issues here. everything works and work awesome! microsoft updates works and they just released 6 updated today that make it even better i honestly love it... im tired of the same old boring crap

 

[elcapo24682]

reinstalled xp why not linux? , the only reason i use windows is , because one of the programs as a mechanic needs windows on my laptop(techstream). anything other than that i use linux.

this is my opinion, please do not treat it as a flame/troll post

to each his own.

linux lunatics need not apply

 

[Meticode]

I like it and I think it'll only get better. I like what Microsoft is doing, because I feel eventually most of peoples' main computers will end up being touch-based tablets anyway. And the one thing that's kept me from purchasing a tablet is not being able to play with a full operating system. While I feel Windows 8 won't be totally full, I think it'll fall between something like iOS and Android and a full windows operating system to where it integrates well on a tablet.

I do feel they need to change some things up on the regular desktop/explorer experience is it feels more well with the Metro theme.

I'm still waiting for things like Windows Media Player tiles and such that update songs.

 

[dazza9075]

I have to say i am supprised that this sub forum is on here just now, yes Win8 Will run on ARM but it doesnt now, and to my knowledge there isnt any available win8 OS that will just yet.

I have no doubt that at some point we wil have access to the ARM Windows OS and that development will begin in porting it in to our devices, but it is somewhat early to be talking about it, it might be even easier than we think, given that MS has a long tradition of dumping gigabytes of drivers on its install disks

Still, it does no harm so theres no point ranting on about it, just a wee bit supprised its up so early, is someone getting a bit too excited perhaps?

 

[Nebucatnetzer]

I'm not sure if I could use it as a desktop system but as a tablet OS could it work.

I would like to buy a tablet because I like the idea and the portability of them. My problem with the at the moment available tablets is that they are big phones.

With Win8 we could have a "big" OS on a tablet (I know there are Win7 tablets but they are not really good) and that could be really interesting.

I can't vote at the moment because I don't like what I have to choose. "Could be interesting" would be the right answer for me.

 

[khrisstyan]

Stop saying it does not belong or it is to early for xda whe don't know nothing what windows 8 can do until the final release.. maybe all will be verry surprized

 

[tbo-art]

I'm not sure if I could use it as a desktop system but as a tablet OS could it work.

I would like to buy a tablet because I like the idea and the portability of them. My problem with the at the moment available tablets is that they are big phones.

With Win8 we could have a "big" OS on a tablet (I know there are Win7 tablets but they are not really good) and that could be really interesting.

I can't vote at the moment because I don't like what I have to choose. "Could be interesting" would be the right answer for me.

You can vote now too!
I have added Could be interesting...

 

[jasonsauces]

I think it's pretty cool.

 

[dakommonklod]

I installed it on my MacBook Pro {under Parallels 7} and I can't seem to get the internet settings to work, it doesn't read the wireless card and I have failed to get the applications to open {Sudoku et al}

 

[domineus]

I installed it on my MacBook Pro {under Parallels 7} and I can't seem to get the internet settings to work, it doesn't read the wireless card and I have failed to get the applications to open {Sudoku et al}

Some of the html5 apps don't work
as for parallels not sure

 

[tbo-art]

I installed it on my MacBook Pro {under Parallels 7} and I can't seem to get the internet settings to work, it doesn't read the wireless card and I have failed to get the applications to open {Sudoku et al}

Try it on Virtualbox. Maybe that will work.

 

[dazza9075]

To be honest, from what ive read of Win8 it all sounds very good, Metro aside that is, i quite like metro from a tablet point of view but thats about as far as ive gotten with it

It would be ubber cool if they can "clone" a desktop display to a tablet, it would make for an ultimate remote control for a media centre oh and allow computers to be media centre extenders

yeah i know various remote desktop clients are out there but none of them (correct me if im wrong) will also display videos and give the same level of UI response, it needs a hodgepodge of 3rd party tools to get it working and even then with a laggy control.

 

[ABu33]

I think its beautiful