Anthony N
Well-known member
I played with Windows 8 at the microsoft store at the mall of america, it was ok. I use that very loosly. I like to play with OS's in the calm of my office. When you guys see my new layout in my other thread you'll start to see I am building an environment that'll have room to breath with windows 7 and 8 side by side.
As for the usb/fax issue, there should be a computer-less on-board option. But as I hate to say it, I'm moving away from HP more than likely, and switching to Brother.
As for windows 8, I think microsoft has a market, I mean let's be realistic here, the start menu has been around forever then all of a sudden gone, yea its gonna cuase an uproar, its a change and people fear change. Funny I say that, becuase even I do.
Aero or no aero, I don't want to see it go, but maybe it is time for a time like XP, where you have to minimise to see what's behind. And Idealy when I truely think about it, I'm not on my computer all that much. My netbook is always in fullscreen; my desktop? Why its always logged out, I use it to listen to music and talk to you guys, maybe visit a website or two, but I never see my desktop. I'm always in excel or word.
Windows 8 is portable, let's say I'm at home, my boss calls me in for a meeting on a pick order error, My windows 8 laptop and surface both have the same info on them. Surface I close it like a book and leave and have hours of battery life, the laptop... not so much, few hours of battery and hope I get through the meeting without an outlet.
That's just an example, but the feild windows 8 will succeed in is purely based on the work environment. My boss won't care about aero and the more I think about it the more I notice I set it to "frost" and forget it even exists.
If I owned a business office in an open airy environment, I'd want my employees to have surface. Then instead of a cubical their world is their office. Let's not forget Windows 8 uses windows live as a login platform so essentially I could buy 10 tablets and share them between two shifts.
Now why would I want surface? Well let's see, I (will) have a laptop, its big (good), but oh no, it get's hot, if I want to show my mom something while she's watching tv why do I want to put a warm laptop that I've been using all day in her lap or the cat is in her lap. As for the tablet? Still large but guess what no to little heat.
So you see, aero or not, it shouldn't matter, its the environment and ultimate use of the machine that should really matter. I know in the past I said I'd never give up aero, but the more I think about it the more I realize I really don't notice aero. As for drivers, windows 8 is new it isn't tame yet, and besides, it usually takes all the way to end of life before an OS is fully tame, go figure.
Bottom Line:I am bringing Windows 8 into my house and who knows, maybe when I buy my new laptop, I'll gut it and put windows 7 and 8 side by side.
That's my two cents.
As for the usb/fax issue, there should be a computer-less on-board option. But as I hate to say it, I'm moving away from HP more than likely, and switching to Brother.
As for windows 8, I think microsoft has a market, I mean let's be realistic here, the start menu has been around forever then all of a sudden gone, yea its gonna cuase an uproar, its a change and people fear change. Funny I say that, becuase even I do.
Aero or no aero, I don't want to see it go, but maybe it is time for a time like XP, where you have to minimise to see what's behind. And Idealy when I truely think about it, I'm not on my computer all that much. My netbook is always in fullscreen; my desktop? Why its always logged out, I use it to listen to music and talk to you guys, maybe visit a website or two, but I never see my desktop. I'm always in excel or word.
Windows 8 is portable, let's say I'm at home, my boss calls me in for a meeting on a pick order error, My windows 8 laptop and surface both have the same info on them. Surface I close it like a book and leave and have hours of battery life, the laptop... not so much, few hours of battery and hope I get through the meeting without an outlet.
That's just an example, but the feild windows 8 will succeed in is purely based on the work environment. My boss won't care about aero and the more I think about it the more I notice I set it to "frost" and forget it even exists.
If I owned a business office in an open airy environment, I'd want my employees to have surface. Then instead of a cubical their world is their office. Let's not forget Windows 8 uses windows live as a login platform so essentially I could buy 10 tablets and share them between two shifts.
Now why would I want surface? Well let's see, I (will) have a laptop, its big (good), but oh no, it get's hot, if I want to show my mom something while she's watching tv why do I want to put a warm laptop that I've been using all day in her lap or the cat is in her lap. As for the tablet? Still large but guess what no to little heat.
So you see, aero or not, it shouldn't matter, its the environment and ultimate use of the machine that should really matter. I know in the past I said I'd never give up aero, but the more I think about it the more I realize I really don't notice aero. As for drivers, windows 8 is new it isn't tame yet, and besides, it usually takes all the way to end of life before an OS is fully tame, go figure.
Bottom Line:I am bringing Windows 8 into my house and who knows, maybe when I buy my new laptop, I'll gut it and put windows 7 and 8 side by side.
That's my two cents.
