@ Ben: Finding apps by tapping the start button and start typing will
still work for W8.
I did the same as Paul, and make groups with the most used apps at the
beginning of the screen.
So far all apps work just fine, and missing drivers isn't a Windows
thing, but like with Vista, IMHO manufacturers screwing up again.
Rob
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On 10-12-2012 13:50, Paul Griswold wrote:
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]
<mailto:[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]
<mailto:[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
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