Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
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Made the schoolboy error of replacing my 10 year old PC last weekend. Checked the spec, that effortlessly surpassed anything I've had for home use before. Which admittedly wouldn't be all that difficult. Barely paid attention to the blurb that it had Windows 8 pre-installed.
Schoolboy error as it turns out. Windows 8 is seriously shit. Did a quick Google and my fears were confirmed: ' MIT professor Philip Greenspun handed Windows 8 one of its most damning reviews yet earlier this week, calling the new operating system a “Christmas gift for someone you hate.” Greenspun panned almost every aspect of Microsoft’s new software, noting that Microsoft had four years to study Android and more than five to examine iOS, but still couldn’t build a usable tablet experience.... “Suppose that you are an expert user of Windows NT/XP/Vista/7, an expert user of an iPad, and an expert user of an Android phone… you will have no idea how to use Windows 8,” Greenspun wrote.
And he's 100% correct. The thing is ridiculous. Serious question: would my wizzy new PC - Intel Inside! - continue to work if I installed Windows XP over the top of Windows 8? Or should I just try turning it off and on again? Or hitting it with a hammer? Well?
Schoolboy error as it turns out. Windows 8 is seriously shit. Did a quick Google and my fears were confirmed: ' MIT professor Philip Greenspun handed Windows 8 one of its most damning reviews yet earlier this week, calling the new operating system a “Christmas gift for someone you hate.” Greenspun panned almost every aspect of Microsoft’s new software, noting that Microsoft had four years to study Android and more than five to examine iOS, but still couldn’t build a usable tablet experience.... “Suppose that you are an expert user of Windows NT/XP/Vista/7, an expert user of an iPad, and an expert user of an Android phone… you will have no idea how to use Windows 8,” Greenspun wrote.
And he's 100% correct. The thing is ridiculous. Serious question: would my wizzy new PC - Intel Inside! - continue to work if I installed Windows XP over the top of Windows 8? Or should I just try turning it off and on again? Or hitting it with a hammer? Well?