Windows 8 users?

[sirch345]

What's your opinion of Windows 8 now you've been using it for a while?

Being new to Windows 8 myself, do you find you get problems with Windows updates not installing? I've only had the one update not install so far, after numerous attempts, but I'm wondering if this is a common thing with Windows 8, with it still being relatively new.
I'm beginning to wonder if I should have stuck to my original plan and gone with Windows 7 instead, which is supported until 2020.

Chris.

[Flatline]

I don't have the desktop version but I do have a windows phone 8, really like it

New update for desktop out in October

http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/micr ... lease-date

[sirch345]

Cheers Flatline for your reply I was beginning to feel all lonely on my own

I'm feeling a lot happier with W8 now, I'm glad now a took a chance. Thanks for the link on W8.1, I knew it was meant to be coming out officially in October, but didn't now the exact date.

Chris.

[Virt]

I'll be joining you soon, my laptop that arrives on saturday is rocking W8! Your frustrations will be shared I am sure, although this is a high end laptop. Who knows?

Is that Windows Blue then, in the link? I heard something about updating windows 8 to windows blue the other month, I'm guessing that's just another name for 8.1?

[sirch345]

Yes W8.1 is W/Blue.

That will be good to have someone of your young age showing us what we've missed Young Virt

Chris.

[Virt]

Don't be so sure I'm getting my friend who uses W8 to teach me how to use it.. She's absolutely useless with computers so I'm really scraping the bottom of the barrel

[sirch345]

Click on the Desktop tile once it's fired up, then it doesn't look so alien more like what you're used to,

Chris.

[Virt]

I'll make sure to remember that Thanks

I think I'm just going to have to get used to having a decent set up before the OS though. Never had anything with more than integrated graphics and a dual-core

[sirch345]

This is what I get at start-up, note desktop tile is bottom left:-



This is the Desktop, it doesn't look that different does it



Chris.

[Virt]

Looks somewhat similar, never recall having Rossi as my background though

That looks bearable to deal with. I'm assuming you use the windows key to get back to the other screen then? I normally use that instead of the start button anyway so I could probably make do

[lloydie]

This is what I get at start-up, note desktop tile is bottom left:-



This is the Desktop, it doesn't look that different does it



Chris.

I don't like that :-( I'm still a fan of xp .
But in time I guess I will have to change .
My note book is starting to show its age now and I've just finished backing it up just in case !
I think I will put one on the Xmas list for Santa :-)

[Virt]

I don't like that :-( I'm still a fan of xp .
But in time I guess I will have to change .
My note book is starting to show its age now and I've just finished backing it up just in case !
I think I will put one on the Xmas list for Santa :-)

Have some fun. You know you want to

[lloydie]

MSI GE60 0NC-622UK Gaming Laptop 15.6" Core i7 3630QM Windows 8 Laptop with Killer Gaming LAN ....
i under stand , laptop the rest is .

how much id rather buy hi comp pistons and put a down payment on some cams !!!
i got my note book free 6 years ago with a phone contract lol.
its good for ebay and here and for some cheeky downloads thats all i need one for .

[VTRDark]

I don't like that :-( I'm still a fan of xp .

I'm liking the desktop picture. But what concerns me is all this talk about Blue that is bound to introduce problems.

(:-})

[Flatline]

The link I gave you is Trustedreviews.co.uk

Plenty of up to date info, really worth visiting often

Windows blue was the working title which is now 8.1