Windows 8 Customer Preview

[mr friendly guy]

Good thing I got my new computer with windows 7 and didn't wait for windows 8 to arrive like my dad suggested, after taking the advice from board members in a previous thread. I do plan to get a Lenovo Yoga which converts from an ultrabook to a tablet, which is windows based. So Windows 8 should work well for the tablet mode. I only plan to use a few office applications, listen to music, watch videos and use it as a reader for CBR/CBZ and some PDF files. So windows 8 should work fine there.

[xthetenth]

I'm trying it out on a laptop which doesn't have much at all installed on it (it's a working computer with an ssd) and I don't think I've been able to come up with a single complaint yet. The start screen is so much better for my purposes than the start menu it boggles the mind. Rather than a list of six or so programs that never includes what I actually want and is relatively space constrained in the lower left corner, I get a nice full screen display that includes everything on my computer. It's never a matter of having to go hunting, what I want is going to be there. The big tiles for everything make being on a touchpad a whole hell of a lot more bearable, as well. I've actually started using the windows key. That's one thing about 8, it works brilliantly with keyboard shortcuts. It also boots unbelievably fast. I can shut down the computer with little more thought than I would when locking my phone's screen. Sure it's different, but everything works as well if not significantly better for me.