Originally Posted By: sslechta
Wow! Amazed at all the Win8 haters. It's not that bad! It's essentially Win7 with the metro screen and lack of start button. Operating-wise it's just as robust as Win7. No issues at all.

Is this really a lack of understanding of Win OSs? I realize it's a pain to do software upgrades or reinstalls but I've NEVER had an issue with my music software or drivers due to an OS.


don't underestimate the effect those differences can have on one's ability to be productive. I bought my win 8 laptop just before a gig. Time was tight, had to copy all my music stuff to it... Trying to accomplish ANYTHING without the start button and the menu it always provided was enough to make me wish I had bought win 8.

When you used to know how to find the cheese, and somebody redesigns the maze, it tends to make the mice frustrated.

Once I got a start button and could find stuff again, I'd have to agree it works about like win 7, maybe better. But their original intent was to force us down a road most of us don't want to go. If not for the 3rd party start buttons, a lot of us would have gone back to win 7 instead of adapting.


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