I will not be buying Windows 8...

Originally Posted by tanzanos

If it were not for Classic Shell I would have stayed with Win xp. Classic shell has made win 7 functional enough for me to use but I miss the excellent XP search filters and Classic menu option.

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Win 7 search is a JOKE! Search filters only work on the generic folders and not on my folders.

I hear ya ... you might give FileSearchEX a try ... it's getting there.

Regarding Windows 8 ... I think it will be awesome on tablets, which as you've stated further down, is what it is all about. Windows 7 will be around for another 10 years; I'll be good for creative/productive types who use 24" displays and the like.

That is simply not true. A primary design goal w/ Win8 was to have an OS that served multiple devices, phones, tablets AND PCS & laptops.

The truth is Windows8 works very nicely on non-touch, conventional computers.

That is not being said or even, implied, @ all. ( "PC users can stay with Win7". )

Cheers,
Drew

We shall stick with win7 and see how many PC users adopt this FISHER PRICE designed OS! My PC is too valuable to turn it into a smart phone!

Just a taste of the current flavor of the Microsoft Kool-Aid.

"Windows 8 is a bold new bet, and it's a generational change in Windows," said Antoine Leblond, corporate vice president of Windows Web Services. "Windows 8 first and foremost is a better Windows than Windows 7."

You can choose to believe that or not.

Leblond said Windows 7 is the last in a line of OSes that began with Windows 95, designed primarily for desktop PCs that are always connected to a power source and act as the main repository for users' applications, data and content.
On the other hand, Windows 8 is designed for the world's shift to mobile devices that run on batteries and to applications and content that live dispersed in a variety of web sites and must be constantly available.

SOURCE: Microsoft tries to promote Windows 8 without hurting Windows 7 sales | ITworld

I have played with the thing since the beginning. The CP version worked very well but the RT version has some bugs. Nevertheless, I can easily navigate in Windows8 and have no trouble doing what I want to do. My problem is different: Where is the beef ?? -

I really do not see anything new and exciting (for the desktop user) that would incent me to spend money on the thing. So why change.

There is no obligation to change, be it in October or sometime down the road. There may well come a time for various people to be on Win8 just cus the cycle continues or something makes it timely or inevitable (1st computer or need a new 1).

Though, 8 is easy & convenient to use & on the surface much seems similar to the past. There's some 'neat' stuff, feature-wise, about it but, much of the good/better stuff is under-the-covers & technical stuff. There are performance benefits reaped from this but, nothing says one must change immediately.

Cheers,
Drew

I dont like Windows8 either.Its too junky for me.Im stayind with 7.

There is, certainly, not obligation to move to Windows8, @ this time. But, would you, please, define "junky"; very curious/interested to know what you mean by that.

Cheers,
Drew

I cannot explain it fully,Drew just doesnt appeal to me