Aesthetically, Windows 7 is much nicer. I don't get the new sold color look.
Aesthetically, Windows 8 is the best-looking desktop OS I've seen, including any Windows, Linux and Mac OS variation.
Aesthetically, Windows 7 is much nicer. I don't get the new sold color look.
Aesthetically, Windows 8 is the best-looking desktop OS I've seen, including any Windows, Linux and Mac OS variation.
Who the heck decided that the old boxy windows that harkens from the days of 95 are better looking then the smooth rotundness of windows in xp , vista, and 7? I hate to say it but these gradient-less, 2D, square windows look like a version of windows 95 gone horribly wrong. How can you even keep a straight face when you say it looks better then vista or 7?
Maybe I was spoiled by vista but 8 looks like a step back 10+ years.
Few ever get round corners right. Even Apple's are only ok-ish, on Apple's own hardware. Vista tried to be pretty at a time when glass and gloss impressed people. 8 is trying to be crisp and clean with design cues from signage, a more mature approach even if implementation could be better.
Prettier != better.
You don't need to shut down apps. They're not really running, and Windows will close them automatically if it needs the resources. And if you really want them gone, you can push alt+F4, same as always.
Metro not being useful for desktop at this point isn't really a problem, since the desktop works great for desktop. I can use my tablet in Metro mode when I'm out, and then dock it to full mouse/keyboard/monitor when I'm home and use the desktop.
You don't need to shut down apps. They're not really running, and Windows will close them automatically if it needs the resources. And if you really want them gone, you can push alt+F4, same as always.
You can work around the task manager issue by toggling "always on top".
In terms of good visuals, I'm specifically referring to the desktop.
There are always those few bad programs which don't suspend like they should, ofc with the very controlled environment metro runs in I suppose that's less likely.
I also don't like the fact that 8 defaults to metro when launching a program which has a metro "version". There needs to be an option that forces every program to default to desktop.
And I really hate the "hot" edges of the screen, it's got junk jumping out at the worst moments, so I turned them off...with 3rd party software because M$ didn't make it apparent how to do so otherwise. Those touch gestures are such a load of crap when you exclusively use a mouse.
You have no idea how often I had to open the task manager to kill freezed games or even flash player. Without it I'd probably had to reboot the pc.
First, it boots twice as fast as 7. That is something you don't really think about until you actually see it happen, and realize all of the time you are saving.
As a power user I also like the new features in win8 Pro compared to win7 home premium.