A friend of mine who works in Windows shared this link with me from CNN Money. It’s honestly a general thing from most investors and tech blogs to analyze the latest and greatest tech from companies.
Having used Windows 8 from the beginning of the first public release to the MSDN release to OEM version I have opinions on Windows 8. The biggest problem that I have is some device drivers do not work properly.
Some examples? Windows Phone Zune wireless syncing, Samsung Updater software, Windows software to make bootable USB drives (Windows 7 version).
But the majority of these complaints about 3 clicks to 4 clicks to shut down are nonsense, RTM uses 3 clicks, settings->power->(shutdown, sleep, restart). I’m going to take the role of someone who has a desktop computer (mind you I have never used Windows 8 with touch), I know there is a power button on my computer, I can press that button and turn my computer off into hibernate mode. Most people get that feeling they want to shut the computer off completely, it’s something we are used to since the age of dinosaurs. But there is not that I can see wrong with hibernating the computer, the optimizations and performance is truly native and as a once avid pc gamer I will not be tweaking anything to improve my performance.
The honest concern I have as someone who has family that is a lot less than “tech-savvy”, is the adaptation to the new interface. IT professionals complain about the different look and feel on Windows 8 from the perspective of their non-tech users but ultimately this a huge paradigm shift from desktop+laptop to desktop+laptop+touch. This is a huge milestone for Microsoft and to be an early adapter puts one ahead of the curve. The more that this interface appears through out one’s day the more that one becomes less afraid of the change and more comfortable with the new feel.
Sure it’s going to be rough and people will complain about change but perseverance is a driving factor to success and as long as Microsoft stands behind the decisions they will be successful. Granted that is a big claim and I’m not including a bunch of other factors like partners, clients, and consumer choice. But ultimately the first two must be willing to support the rationale as well to be successful. The latter may not matter so much if we consider other companies like Apple. People buy their products regardless of quality, ethics, or competition.
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