re: Windows 7 vs Windows 8.1

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don't know who bonstonker is either

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Never heard his name before this thread.

Neither have I. Apparently I need to suck his cock now.

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Exactly why I install classic shell.. Start menu is pretty much identical to 7..if you're already on 7 stay there.. I have no use for the tiles either

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This^

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Can't be serious, you have 48k posts.

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This right here. The dude's been recognized in national media outlets for his LSU football hype videos.

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Now you do.

Bonstonker's Youtube Channel

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That takes 32gigs of RAM..?

Windows 8 sucks balls. Microsoft never considers the end user, especially the business user, when designing crap like that.

That's why they're caving and returning to the familiar start menu in the next version.

Win8 is great for pads, not so great for folks who have to use a desktop or laptop without a touchscreen.

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Windows 8 sucks balls. Microsoft never considers the end user, especially the business user, when designing crap like that.

That's why they're caving and returning to the familiar start menu in the next version.

Win8 is great for pads, not so great for folks who have to use a desktop or laptop without a touchscreen.

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IMO, you're just wrong. Windows 8 is much easier and faster to use than Windows 7. The Start Menu is slower and takes longer to accomplish any task. Learn some shortcuts (primarily keyboard), and you will see why the Start Menu is obsolete.

Hitting the windows key and typing the name of your application or setting you want to see if much faster than using the mouse to click on start, then applications, then administrator tools, etc.

You can also still use the windows key + R to open the Run command box.

Which is easier:

1. Start Menu -> searching for Remote Desktop
2. Windows Key -> typing Remote Desktop (or mstsc if you wish)
3. Windows Key + R -> typing mstsc

The Start Menu will almost always be the least efficient, more difficult, and slowest way to do things as a user. The fact that people are used to Windows XP does not make Windows 8 suck. And, the fact that Vista sucked doesn't mean Windows 8 sucks. It really is much easier to be an IT professional since I've been using Windows 8.1.

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So place a bunch of tiles on my desktop that I don't want

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you don't even have to look at the tiles, ever. go to the desktop. right click the taskbar, click properties. go to the Navigation tab. Set all of those options how you would like.

I never use the Tiles, and I never look at it. My PC boots directly to desktop. Plus, some of those popup menus can be turned off with a simple unchecking or checking of a box. It really isn't that hard.

I am not wrong about the Start Menu. Functionally it is slower and less efficient. Just because you haven't learned how to use Windows 8.1 doesn't mean it isn't better than XP and/or Windows 7. It is easily much easier to use than both.

Microsoft has done a terrible job of explaining to people how to use it. They should have had commercials explaining to people how you can easily find the apps you are looking for by pressing the windows key and then just typing, instead of having to dig around the start menu.

Frick, they should've done this prior to getting rid of the Start Menu. Leave it there for 3-5 years while you educate people on how to search for apps more efficiently, then you could kill it once you've convinced everyone it is useless.

I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree. Forcing the tiles menu was a mistake. But, they've fixed that with 8.1 and you can now easily avoid that by booting directly to the desktop. Other than that, they've been pretty much on point with their OS changes.

Windows 8.1 is the best desktop/tablet Operating System that exists today. And, I say that from my Macbook Pro and I'm about to go jump on the iPad for my lunch break.