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Originally Posted by Graham
That's exactly it. My wife wants her 'icons' to be arranged in a specific order, but when we drag a new one in to the home screen they all jump about. Every time. And dragging with touch is a nightmare, more than half the time you accidentally start the application. Using the mouse is easier, but it's not an interface built for a mouse.
I'd go straight for start key followed by typing, but my wife doesn't like that. Much of the frustration is coming from her wanting things a specific way - within the metro interface - but it's all jumping around.
She's been installing her Office software - the ones she owns, not the demo versions supplied - but is at a dead end trying to link email and contacts to the apps on the home screen. I think we'll just unpin them and she can go straight back into Outlook 2007. The problems may stem from an issue with her Windows Live account not being the email address she wants. I don't know. I've not had enough time to get to grips with it.
We've watched the Microsoft intro to Windows 8. We've read the supplied Dell version of Windows 8 for Dummies. I've been working in IT for 15 years...
I'm sure it will just take time and throwing out preconceptions, but this is not intuitive.
Windows 8 feels, at this point, as though it is two completely separate interfaces interfering with each other. You breathe a sigh of relief when you're back in the familiar desktop. But it isn't. It's like there's a tablet interface running at the same time and you need to be dealing with programs and apps separately.
Doubtless we'll get used to it, and I can see that launching things via Metro is no slower than before, but for now it just feels awkward to have your whole screen replaced by a different UI when navigating.
Graham
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Something I don't quite understand here. If you don't want to deal with the Metro UI, then you really never see it again after starting up the machine and pressing the "Desktop" icon, except when opening programs you don't have desktop shortcuts for. Even then it is much faster opening programs this way instead of going through the menu tree if your mouse has a wheel. You don't have to use Metro apps at all --- I personally don't use any of them on my PC. I want to have as many windows open as possible, not just two.
What is different from Windows 7 when actually using Windows 8 on the desktop (except that Windows 8 is much speedier and I can get to all settings much more quickly via the sidebar)?
There is a tablet interface and I use it on my Surface RT, but on my PC I virtually forget it is there. For programs I use often I use shortcuts. Now, is it worth upgrading to from Windows 7? Probably not. It is a faster Windows 7 with a tablet interface that can be called up for those that want it or need it -- but that stays hidden for those who don't.
But to go out of your way to buy a new PC with Windows 7 instead of Windows 8 -- that makes no sense. As for the setup, we upgraded my wife's PC (she is a total technophobe) and after installing the programs she needs she was ready to go. No need to spend another 2 minutes to set anything up.