I concur with Peter. I think "work flow" suffers with the Metro/Modern
interface as it takes more mouse actions to accomplish the same tasks
with Win7. I primarily work with the desktop and using Start8
(http://www.stardock.com/products/start8/) to recapture the Win7 "look
and feel" helps a lot.
Tim Ellison
On 4/17/2013 9:30 PM, Peter G. Viscarola wrote:
<quote>
Any satisfied Windows 8 users out there with and without a touchscreen?
The consensus (and sales) indicate a level of dissatisfaction, or is it just
due to tablets?
</quote>
I use Windows 8 every day on a desktop machine (no touch) and I also use it on
a Surface Pro (touch screen).
I like both just fine.
In general, for "work" tasks on my desktop machine I spend 99% of my time on
the desktop. I'm in Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Visual Studio, a command prompt window,
or in a browser. I find very little difference from Windows 7. By the way, my general
manager who isn't a techno geek in any way and just wants to get work done... HE spends
almost all his day in Word and Outlook agrees. We upgraded him to Windows 8 from Windows
XP basically just to annoy him... but, much to our disappointment, he seems to like
Windows 8 just fine (after we reluctantly showed him a few tips).
I travel with a Surface Pro, because it's both small and very light. I
*really* like poking at menus and icons. On the Surface, I spend 90% of my
time on the desktop... but I find I really like the touch interface.
I WILL admit, the tiled Metro/Modern interface is sort of a pain in the neck and you have to
"work around" it more than "use it for work." But given that I spend almost
all my time on the desktop ignoring it... it's no real problem. But it is definitely not a
positive.
Peter
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