I stuck Win 8 on my old box (file server here we come!) just to see what was what. I really wanted to like this OS. Like really, really wanted to like it. Gizmodo seemed rather positive about it. The little videos I've seen here and there were kinda neat.
Then I starting messing with it. Whoo boy. I like the look. Its clean and colorful. Seems peppy too. Everything snaps around nicely. Then I tried to restart the box. Erm. Where is the Start menu? I couldn't find anything in either 'squares' mode or vanilla desktop mode (there is nothing in the lower left corner in desktop mode. if you hover over it, the button to put it back in squares mode comes up.) After this frustration, I couldn't be bothered to monkey with it anymore. I'm willing to concede that this was mostly ignorance on my part. But the fact that it was so darn frustrating to get something simple like that done really put me off. As an aside, I ended up hitting the Power button on the computer case itself and this worked. Go figure. I dunno. I'm still hoping beyond hope. On Thursday, June 7, 2012 2:54:35 PM UTC-4, cwpreston wrote: > > > http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2012/06/windows_8_microsoft_s_radical_operating_system_redesign_will_aggravate_you_to_no_end_.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/theuniquegeek/-/Ut5t7oVXr2cJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
