Is it just me, or does Windows 8 really blow.

I just don't understand why they would remove the start menu!

This is what we get to look forward to!

http://www.coffeecup.com/files/forums/win81.png

http://www.coffeecup.com/files/forums/win82.png

I am going to hate it for a while. Because I am one that NEVER looks at my Desktop... My second monitor is the only desktop I see... I do not like icons on it either.

Computers are moving closer to what phones have. Apps.

I may grow to love it. But I will keep Windows 7 until they stop offering updates!

I still prefer XP. It is by far the best OS they have ever put out.

Agreed. What's worse, consider the Win 8 UEFI nightmare, as detailed at http://www.coffeecup.com/forums/the-break-room/another-hd-bites-the-dust/?post_id=196889#post196889.

How unfortunate that Apple and Android have stimulated Microsoft to produce such dreck. This is a huge gamble for Microsoft's traditional OS business. If not for the pension funds that would be wiped out along the way, I'd be glad to watch The Big M utterly crash & burn.

Congratulations! Moving CoffeeCup's stuff to MAC OS looks like a prescient move! It's not too late to also support Linux either. (hint, Hint, HINT, HINT, HINT, H I N T)

Scott said
hear hear to that. I only hope that you get some control of the system. If it is your computer, why should an operating system decide if a program is suitable. I had the devils own job turning that off in Vista. That made a difference though. I am still fuming over the change to the autorun.inf system so for XP I have my own autoplay. I also agree with you SirAGE who wants to mess up a clean desktop, The operating system should have its own inbuilt hotkey system you shouldn't keep having to add utilities to shore up holes that Windows leaves.

I have a beta of Win8 on parallels, and I have got sort of used to it. But I don't like it. Had a hard time finding Control panel, for starters. And those colours!

My understanding is Win8 is intended for the world where all our human machine interfaces is with a touch screen. We can however all hope that win8 is the new zune

I am planning to upgrade a client, but gag! {smiley gagging}

I am quiet happy with win7 and no plans to change for now. They will first get all the bugs out of win8 and then develop win9 to be better then win8

If they had any sense, Win9 would be the reincarnation of XP