Windows 8

[imisky]

install classic shell onto it to bring back the start menu. windows 8.1 will add it back in...but until then classic shell is the only other option if you dont like their modern UI "metro" once you install classic shell, it'll bring it back to win7 usability but you gain the win8 speed of boot and resource management.

[ponokareefer]

Originally Posted by imisky

install classic shell onto it to bring back the start menu. windows 8.1 will add it back in...but until then classic shell is the only other option if you dont like their modern UI "metro" once you install classic shell, it'll bring it back to win7 usability but you gain the win8 speed of boot and resource management.

This is what solved my issues with Windows 8. Works just about the same as Windows 7 now.

[imisky]

ponokareefer - glad it helped

I'm having a hard time seeing why people dislike Win8 so much. Enterprise level stuff has become a total hassle..thats another topic all together with Win7/8.. but for everyday use Win8 is much better than Win7. Resource management is much better, boot speed is much better (with a SSD my bootup time is under 5 seconds).

If you have a start menu, such as classic shell I cant see much difference from Win7. Now if you like WinXP over 7 I will say nothing about that but Win8 has better overall experience than Win7 so if you alrdy have 7 going to 8 can only benefit you. The only issue I had with win8 when it first came out was driver issues, but now that its been out for a while most product manufactures has fixed up driver issues.