We had the developer preview on some machines and on one tablet performance is actually worse on the Consumer Preview. Once you realise that you should be putting all those Start Menu items on the Task Bar then you never really need the start menu itself - but I miss that bit of thinking time you get when you click on the orb and then look to see where to go next. If you think "Click on Start, Type 'Wo', press Enter for Word" then that still works using the keyboard. There will be a major training need, but I'm sure 20 minutes practice should get most people adjusted.
I really do hope they get rid of the colour scheme, after-all if someone is going to buy a £1500 ultrabook with a touch screen then they want at least some vibrant colours on it. At one point this afternoon I had 4 machines in front of me - XP, Vista, 7 and 8 - now that was confusing. It sort-of reminds me of OS/2 Warp. Mike From: Rod Trent [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 02 March 2012 17:34 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Win 8 CP - Initial thoughts? I'm still not getting it and I've been playing with it a while. Why take a failed mobile OS and make it a desktop OS? I mean, sure, I see the logic because it *could* help bolster poor mobile device sales, but... The interface reminds me of the Partridge Family bus. From: James Hill [mailto:[email protected]]<mailto:[mailto:[email protected]]> Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 5:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Win 8 CP - Initial thoughts? I didn't bother with the Dev Preview all that much but I have installed the CP and spent about an hour with it so far. I'm running it on a desktop PC so I can't comment on the touch side of things. But so far it is quite slick. Very different of course but I think the general public will like it. I'll force myself to use Metro as much as possible as I have done with various changes to the Start menu/control panel etc over the years. I usually find that I end up liking the new interface. Later today I hope to start playing around with Win 8 Server. Link for those that don't already have it :- http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/iso James. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
