Raphael, Thank you for your input.While I agree with you that the easiest way to shut Windows 8 down is with a key coammnd, most end users will not know or be able to remember key coammnds and therefore I limited the method to a mouse only approach.Vista sold well, but only because it was the only option. I have downgraded tons of computers from Vista to Windows XP. The last time I worked as a part of a corporation we where looking to upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7. Not many businesses went with Vista, and not many home users liked it ether. I don’t think you really understand Windows 8. Well, let me describe why I came to this conclusion. The metro interface: It is a lot like Microsoft's Phone OS. While Android and Apple's IOS use the same OS on both phones and tablets, Microsoft does not share between the platform. Due to this, apps will not be cross platform compatible. Besides this glaring flaw, lets look at market share. Microsoft currently has a market share of phone OSes of 0.41%. () Hardly a tour-de-force. If the phone version of this interface is suffering so, why would the tablet fair any better. Additionally, we know how poorly the traditional Windows interface works with convertible laptop tablets as they where introduced in the early 2000s. Microsoft even tried then with Windows XP Tablet Edition. What would a Microsoft Tablet cost? Surely it would be Apple iPad territory due to the cost of the OS. In fact, it would be the only tablet that would have a separate OEM cost of hardware and software, therefore it could be an expensive proposition.So, as a tablet I feel this OS will fail.Moving on to the Desktop/Laptop environment.Microsoft took the best Operating System of late and added in a questionable secondary interface. This added interface takes away from Microsoft's traditions, confusing end users and unnecessarily complicating the system.Lets not kid ourselves, knowing how to reboot the computer has been a first step in troubleshooting for decades. I chose something as simple as shutting down the machine as an example of an obvious task that has been the same for over a long time. This as an example of how the Metro interface is confusing and un-intuitive. Additionally, how powerless would an end user feel when they where unable to simply shut down the computer. In short, the tablet side of the OS is a confusing and will be unwelcome to most end users. It flows into the standard computer side of the interface and will completely derail users familiar with Windows. Therefor, IT Pros and home users will not give Windows 8 in its current form a favorable view.Raphael, by all means, if you disagree with any of this, say so. We welcome your input!
Nadeepa | 24.03.2015 | 03:48 Uhr