Wheelie
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I am still on the fence and trying to be balanced about my view of Windows 8. Microsoft has been "berry berry good to me" over the years.
Going from Vista or XP to Windows 7 was fairly easy. Not much changed. Even when my "senior" customers thought they'd have trouble with "change" they rarely called back with issues. But Windows 8? Wow. Completely different and totally changes the function of the computer IMHO. Very little is the same.
It is quite clear that the whole intent of the win8 platform is to move users from Google/Apple products to Microsoft products. It is an attempt to claw back users they have lost over the past several years. I do not see the entire path they've laid out yet but the intent does seem quite clear.
The problem for me personally is that I already have everything in my Google Android phone and iTunes for music. Windows 8 wants me to now change and use their e-mail, their calendar, their cloud, their photos, their music, and their messaging ... none of which do I want to switch to. I am already embedded in Google for mail, calendar, contacts, etc. If I switch to the Win 8 platform my phone (business) becomes significantly less useful. But that is just me.
But I am sure. As we speak .... millions of people ARE switching. This could be brilliant. I just do not fully understand the flow chart path they have chosen for this to work but it looks like ---> start with PC's then follow up with phones and tablets and voila! Millions and millions are on Microsoft! Microsoft desperately needs to get back into this game or they will die a slow and painful death.
For me? So far I am not comfortable with the transition. The Windows 8 interface is not to my liking at all b/c it has changed everything about the way I use a PC and is forcing me to relearn something I already know how to do. So far this seems stupid and makes me mad. It is confusing and it has also angered a few of my early adopter customers. Furthermore if one does not log in with a Windows Live account the PC is fairly useless. But who knows. The world may receive it better than me and my tiny microcosm of users.
Kudos to MS for forcing the change. Windows 8 is certainly being shoved down our collective throats now that it is being delivered on all PC's without (much) choice. It seems like everything on the shelf now has Win8 on it? Is this correct? I guess the average Joe User will knowingly or unknowingly switch?
Time will tell how this is received.
Going from Vista or XP to Windows 7 was fairly easy. Not much changed. Even when my "senior" customers thought they'd have trouble with "change" they rarely called back with issues. But Windows 8? Wow. Completely different and totally changes the function of the computer IMHO. Very little is the same.
It is quite clear that the whole intent of the win8 platform is to move users from Google/Apple products to Microsoft products. It is an attempt to claw back users they have lost over the past several years. I do not see the entire path they've laid out yet but the intent does seem quite clear.
The problem for me personally is that I already have everything in my Google Android phone and iTunes for music. Windows 8 wants me to now change and use their e-mail, their calendar, their cloud, their photos, their music, and their messaging ... none of which do I want to switch to. I am already embedded in Google for mail, calendar, contacts, etc. If I switch to the Win 8 platform my phone (business) becomes significantly less useful. But that is just me.
But I am sure. As we speak .... millions of people ARE switching. This could be brilliant. I just do not fully understand the flow chart path they have chosen for this to work but it looks like ---> start with PC's then follow up with phones and tablets and voila! Millions and millions are on Microsoft! Microsoft desperately needs to get back into this game or they will die a slow and painful death.
For me? So far I am not comfortable with the transition. The Windows 8 interface is not to my liking at all b/c it has changed everything about the way I use a PC and is forcing me to relearn something I already know how to do. So far this seems stupid and makes me mad. It is confusing and it has also angered a few of my early adopter customers. Furthermore if one does not log in with a Windows Live account the PC is fairly useless. But who knows. The world may receive it better than me and my tiny microcosm of users.
Kudos to MS for forcing the change. Windows 8 is certainly being shoved down our collective throats now that it is being delivered on all PC's without (much) choice. It seems like everything on the shelf now has Win8 on it? Is this correct? I guess the average Joe User will knowingly or unknowingly switch?
Time will tell how this is received.
