I switched to it when my main Windows 7 machine crapped out. I've had no major problems with it. It seems to be a little snappier than Windows 7 in general. The howling you hear from the press about it being a horrible failure, etc., is mostly talk IMHO. These are the same people in the press who freaked out over the Start button when it was first introduced.
The one thing I actually like about the start screen is the ability to create groups and then re-order the groups. I have a modeling group, texturing/painting group, animation/rendering group, and so on. Just make sure to get the Pro version. AFAIK the standard version is missing a bunch of networking stuff you need. -Paul On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 6:41 AM, Ben Houston <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been running Windows 8 since August. The main downsides are: > > - I tend to find applications to run by hitting start and typing in > their application names, it is just faster than trying to find > applications in the new "Start Screen". I used to usually use the > mouse to find items in the start menu, but its just too hard now. > - Printer drivers -- if you have an old printer it may not work with > Windows 8, specifically 3 year old Brother printers that are perfectly > fine otherwise. This is by far the most annoying thing about Windows > 8. > - There are two versions of many applications (both Desktop and Metro) > that appear to be mostly the same except that they are different and > run different, this got me initially: > http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/983-73-versions-chrome-windows > - Windows Explorer (the file manager) tends to crash much more often > than on Windows 7 - a couple times at a week - but it restarts pretty > quickly and automatically. > > Besides the annoyances above, it otherwise works for me in all of my > daily tasks. > > Best regards, > Ben Houston > > > > > On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 6:02 AM, Ben Beckett <[email protected]> wrote: > > Before the end of the year I hear it cheep, has any one switch is it any > > good > > > > Any thoughts > > Thanks > > Ben > > > > -- > Best regards, > Ben Houston > Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom > http://Exocortex.com - Passionate CG Software Professionals. >
