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Originally Posted by howyoudoin
What exactly was objectively wrong with Windows 8?
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A LOT of things.
I am used to various different user interfaces, having used all versions of Windows, some commercial Unix-like systems, FreeBSD and various desktop environments on several Linux distributions (from twm, various tilled window managers, various fast and low-feature window managers to various generations of KDE and Gnome). *None* of those ever pissed me off as much as Windows 8 did. Metro interface, having to go through "charms" to configure simpe things. Jarring switching between metro and non-metro interface, having to install hacks to get simple things like proper start menu ...
I had to Google (!!!) how to switch off computer using mouse. Couldn't find it in two days. I know ... I could have googled it up in two minutes, I wanted to know how long it would take me to find out.
One of things that was bothering me was ugly angular windows decorations that couldn't be changed, another was the highly in-intuitive user interface in the Internet Expolrer that started in Metro mode by default ... .
The main thing was that the metro interface was rammed down our collective throats because Microsoft needed to push their agenda in mobile computing.
I have purchased this notebook almost three years ago with Windows 8 pre-installed. After several weeks of use I updated the windows to Mint Linux - that was the original plan, I just wanted to make myself familiar with Windows 8, because I expected that many users that I support would be using that sooner or later.
My original plan was to install Linux as the main system and the legal Windows 8 that came with the notebook to the Wirtual machine. I disliked the W8 so much, I didn't bother. The serial number is baked into BIOS and there is no sticker at the bottom of the computer. And it requires UEFI ...
Recently I retrieved the serial number from the BIOS (*) and I am going to try to set up Windows 10 in a virtual machine on this computer. In the last two and a half years I have updated RAM and slow spinning disk to SSD so it should have enough horsepower to run Windows 10.
At work I am going to wait with update from Windows 7 for at least half a year. It is a work tool and I need to be sure what to expect after update. I will probably use the opportunity to ask for a new SSD, so I can have a spare disk with running system to swap in case I run into problems.
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