Windows 8 - great but empty

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I've got Windows 8 installed (still 2 months till full release) and I'm loving it and it has loads of potential, but it feels empty.

I've got all email, facebook, calendars and contacts set up and I've trawled through the hundred or 3 apps in the store for ones that are useful and that is it.

Loads of potential, but know need to wait for the Apps to arrive. When the apps arrive, it is going to be excellent.

Only annoying thing so far.... forgetting where the power button is (under settings).
 
The trouble with Windows 8 is that it is designed for touch screens - I don't want a 24" LCD on my desk with finger marks all over it. And without a touch screen the user interface seems clunky and counter-intuitive.
 
Don't see what the fuss is about the interface, it's just a different Start Menu. I quite like being able to snap metro apps to the side of the desktop too.
 
bl0at3r said:
The trouble with Windows 8 is that it is designed for touch screens - I don't want a 24" LCD on my desk with finger marks all over it. And without a touch screen the user interface seems clunky and counter-intuitive.
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It's brilliant, easier to launch program's, less wasted space and more info displayed.

I am also loving the snapped metro apps. Might upgrade my desktop tomorrow, see how twin 26" monitors work :)
 
I've got MSDN access so have access to the RTM already. It doesn't look too bad from what I've seen so far, but going to wait until there are more drivers available for it before installing (for example my Asus Xonar D2X is not yet supported, hopefully they'll release drivers soon!). How have you found software and driver compatibility so far Dale?
 
I installed the release preview on my media centre PC a couple of days ago. Empty or not it does what I need it to and seems to be slicker than the OEM Vista install from a few years back. I'll be buying it for that machine for sure.

I also have two laptops - one running the release preview and one running Win 7 X64 - both getting on quite a bit, and I'm umming and ahing whether to replace them (not sure what with) or keep them going a while longer. If I hang on to them they'll be getting Win 8 too. For £25 a piece it seems like a no brainer to me.

At first it took a while to get the hang of Metro and to work out how to get what I wanted and where to find it, but now it is a piece of cake. Metro is simply like a huge "Start" dialogue, with big, fat icons instead of a little tiny list. Press the Windows key to open it and press again to go back to the desktop.

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Joe - I did a not so usually recommended upgrade from windows 7 as it is the same underneath and it was a fine, a few apps had to be installed as they weren't supported, Microsoft security Essentials being one of them. It took 30 min in total and all settings remained.

I've got my cold boot time down to 13 seconds to login screen and that includes a he'll of a lot of software installed and 2 Microsoft SQL databases.

It's getting better every day, just no clock :s
 
bl0at3r said:
The trouble with Windows 8 is that it is designed for touch screens - I don't want a 24" LCD on my desk with finger marks all over it. And without a touch screen the user interface seems clunky and counter-intuitive.
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I thought the same until Dell announced this:

http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/30/dell-announces-xps-one-27-aio-running-w8/

Then I suddenly wanted it... A decent 27" AIO with a touchscreen, one that can be set horizontally like a drawing board... Stick a pen into the mix and ooooooohhhhh I want it...!
 
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