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[Dot Matrix]

xWhiplash, on 03 December 2012 - 13:56, said:

Um yes it is, for a lot of us. How is Windows 8 more productive than Windows 7?

What's changed in Windows 8, compared to Windows 7, that makes it unusable? I still have an app launcher, I still have apps, and I still have a file explorer. I still use Windows 8 with many of my old habits. Windows 8 did not require me to change a thing, and I still use it they way it was out of the box.

[xWhiplash]

Dot Matrix, on 03 December 2012 - 14:28, said:

What's changed in Windows 8, compared to Windows 7, that makes it unusable? I still have an app launcher, I still have apps, and I still have a file explorer. I still use Windows 8 with many of my old habits. Windows 8 did not require me to change a thing, and I still use it they way it was out of the box.

I have already told you that these hidden menus make the way I did things in the past unusable without Start8 or registry tweaks.

[Dot Matrix]

xWhiplash, on 03 December 2012 - 14:59, said:

I have already told you that these hidden menus make the way I did things in the past unusable without Start8 or registry tweaks.

There's always been hidden menus in any OS you use. Not sure why that's any different now.

[Relativity_17]

Isn't the Start menu a hidden menu?

[Dot Matrix]

Relativity_17, on 03 December 2012 - 15:05, said:

Isn't the Start menu a hidden menu?

And any right click menus you'll find all over the OS and various apps.

[xWhiplash]

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There's always been hidden menus in any OS you use. Not sure why that's any different now.

Relativity_17, on 03 December 2012 - 15:05, said:

Isn't the Start menu a hidden menu?

Sigh......You need to click to bring it. You do not need to click to bring up the charms bar, unless I have a special edition? I activate the Hint when I do one thing, then I activate the whole bar when I move my mouse to do something else on the right side of the screen.

The start menu just does not magically appear when I hover over the button.

[moloko]

I do hope these do well as competition is good for everyone. This will help make faster upgrades to android and ipad devices. I have only played with Win8 a little bit on display but it does seem interesting with the touch screen on a PC/ laptop.

[Tuishimi]

I am still enjoying Windows 8! Haven't looked back since February. Once I got used to using keyboard shortcuts my life in general became easier (LOL!)... and W8 is a cinch. That being said, I am primarily a desktop user and don't flip between metro and desktop apps.

[NinjaGinger]

I cant dispute the 40 million but I can ask how many of the 40 million are on desktop PC's and of those, how many went back to 7? I think that shall give a better picture. Don't forget, it is also a tablet and phone system, isn't it ?

[Wakers]

Windows 8 Pro won't function on most tablets or Phones. Windows Phone 8 is a separate program.

[BajiRav]

NinjaGinger, on 03 December 2012 - 16:26, said:

I cant dispute the 40 million but I can ask how many of the 40 million are on desktop PC's and of those, how many went back to 7? I think that shall give a better picture. Don't forget, it is also a tablet and phone system, isn't it ?

All Windows come with a downgrade license. If you bought Windows 8 for $40 and went back to Windows 7 - it's you loss. Microsoft still made their money and can count it as a sale.

[Dashel]

PGHammer, on 03 December 2012 - 14:03, said:

That's the REAL anger out in the general marketplace among the technical set - tablets are influencing the rest of computing, and they would rather it didn't.

Hey, even the broken clock is right twice a day. (I kid)

[Order_66]

siah1214, on 03 December 2012 - 04:47, said:

The only source is Microsoft

Thanks, that clarifies my suspicions.

[Growled]

NinjaGinger, on 03 December 2012 - 16:26, said:

I cant dispute the 40 million but I can ask how many of the 40 million are on desktop PC's and of those, how many went back to 7? I think that shall give a better picture. Don't forget, it is also a tablet and phone system, isn't it ?

I bought it and have went back to 7. But I count as a sale.

[+ozzy76]

Growled, on 04 December 2012 - 01:09, said:

I bought it and have went back to 7. But I count as a sale.

Which is why sales rarely tell the full story.