I officially hate Windows 8.

[Denninmi]

It is just hard to use. So, now I have two operating systems I didn't like, the latest Apple for iPad and W 8 on my new laptop.

[hollysmom]

1. Well,I have not seen it yet, but is it worse than Vista? n/t

[Denninmi]

3. Actually, I liked Vista and 7.

It's just so different I am lost.

[hobbit709]

29. It makes Vista look good

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Oh, my dear Denninmi...

So why on earth did you buy it?

I'd heard enough bad things about it beforehand, so I very carefully did not buy a new laptop with it. I had to go online to do that, but I got what I wanted.

Sometimes you have to dig for choices, but they are usually out there...

[Denninmi]

4. Well, you can only hide out so long.

Sooner or later you have to go with the current version.

Ok, it was a great deal at OM. Touchscreen which I now love.

You know, my dear, I just need to whine.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Whining can be very therapeutic!

I hope fervently that my laptop with Windows 7 will outlast version 8!

[Throd]

5. My wife has it on her computer. Windows 8 makes me go from normal to enraged in about 33 seconds.

[Initech]

19. Windows 8.1 is so much better.

But the thing I can't stand is that it's made for tablets and it's used on a desktop PC. I reformatted my SSD on my desktop and trying to install Windows 8 was maddening. I gave up and reloaded Windows 7 instead.

[JeffHead]

7. Just get a full version of Windows 7 and install over the top of 8

That's what the geek squad dude told me recently. Don't know how reliable this advice is but, it sounds plausible to me.

[Denninmi]

8. I wondered about that.

Would it still support the touchscreen?

[Chan790]

9. Microsoft says Yes.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/features/touch

They're touting the pairing in this article on their website as Win7 being the first WinOS to full integrate touch and multitouch. You have to buy one of the non-basic Win7s though: Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate.

[Ron Obvious]

10. Get the replacement start button

I think mine is called "startisback", and it costs only $5. With it, and with gadgets (free somewhere), you're back to Windows 7 and you never have to see that awful new interface again, not even at boot time.

I love my new laptop now.

[LisaL]

14. Where did you get it?

[Ron Obvious]

15. StartIsBack

Right here. You can try it for free for a month before forking over the cash.

The gadgets I got here. Microsoft discontinued gadgets for Windows 8 because they want us to use the new Windows 8 craplets instead. Which I refuse to do. I'm now looking for a way to kill any process associated with that new interface permanently, as it's wasting resources.

[LisaL]

17. Thanks!

[Riftaxe]

22. Classicshellview

Classic Shell View was a the free open source alternative. The latest version is available, although the source is no longer supplied, but still has the advantage of being free.

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[Ron Obvious]

23. Looks good

I'm going to have to give that one a try, thanks. My free 30 days aren't up yet anyway

[nolabear]

11. Drove me right into the arms of Mac.

I'd had nothing but PCs and needed a new laptop back in summer. Windows 8 was just bloody unworkable. And unbeknownst to me the keyboard was malfunctioning but 8 was so crazy I didn't know which was which. I like my Macbook Air a lot, though I can't believe I have to convert my documents to .doc because no one can open Mac's Pages docs. Otherwise I'm good.

[eShirl]

12. I just click on "desktop" from the start screen and proceed as if it was old-style normal Windows

this is NOTHING compared to the transition from Win 3.x to Win 95

[GoCubsGo]

21. Yep, and...

If you install Classic Shell, it'll not only give you the START button back, it can be set to boot right to the desktop. I rarely go to the "Metro" or whatever the the start screen is called.

[Dash87]

25. Would you recommend this? I don't know much about it.

I hate the Windows 8 interface with a passion. Does it give you the Windows 7 interface back?

I have Windows 7 on my gaming desktop, and I miss it so much when using my laptop.

[GoCubsGo]

26. Yes, I recommend it.

Not sure if it give you the Win7 interface back, as I've never used it. I came straight from XP. I do know that you can get the Win7 version of the START button.

You can download it here: http://www.classicshell.net/

Or, here: http://download.cnet.com/Classic-Shell/3000-2072_4-75553853.html

[Ptah]

13. 8.1 has no irony awareness.

MS Internet Explorer won't work!

[easychoice]

16. Upgrade to Windows 7

All my friends did.We did the same with Vista we just upgraded to XP,problem solved.

[kiva]

18. Bought a new laptop last summer

from Fry's and it had the dreaded 8. The salesguy gave me the name of an app that made it look like Vista but it was slow and clunky. I had to take laptop in for a minor tweak a couple of weeks later and the guy at the repair desk said they had a program they could install for $20 (sorry, don't remember what they called it). Took them less than 5 minutes and I love it - I can make my system look like Vista, 7, or XP, and no major lag time.

[jpak]

20. IT SUUUUCCCCCKKKKSSS

Why Oh Why did they have to install that shit at my workstation.

[Dash87]

24. Yeah, it's terrible. 99% of its problem is the poorly thought out interface.

What used to take one click now takes a couple, and you have to actually look for stuff. While that may seem insignificant, over time it gets fairly annoying. Also, applications are completely unorganized to the point of sheer annoyance when you aren't on the desktop. I haven't looked to see if there's a way to fix this, but even getting to notepad or calculator is extremely annoying.

Microsoft's fix of, "You can choose to boot to the desktop now" shows that they're totally clueless. That's not the problem. You can get to the desktop fairly easily. It's the other stuff that sucks.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

27. It sucketh mightily.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

28. I despise it to the bottom of my soul

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I've left numerous complaints about it at the Windows website and blog. So far, they don't seem to have realized how hated they've become with this crap. I'm hoping to install Ubuntu and kiss Windows good-bye forever. When I bought my new computer a few months ago, they wouldn't sell me one with Windows 7, which I would have taken. I asked them to install Ubuntu side-by-side with Windows 8 but three different so-called expert technicians at the computer megastore where I bought it couldn't do it and said there was something in my version of Windows 8 that prevented Ubuntu going side-by-side (I would have to wipe everything out). After months, I still can't locate anything on Windows 8. Just to call up the control panel (or anything else) I have to type that into the internal search engine. Also, a word processing program did not come with the software and that apparently has to be bought extra, much to my surprise.

[Jenoch]

30. Last year about this time I helped my 80 year old father buy a new laptop.

I kept his old one running for 8 years. No way was he going to suffer through Windows 8, they had to deinstall it. He also would not use Internet Explorer 9, it was too different than IE 8. I didn't blame him. He had no choice with his e-mail software however.

I actually long for the days of pre OS 10 Macintosh operating systems.

[tblue]

31. My hubby says it sucks too.

Another Microsoft catastrophe. As problematic as Apple's manufacturing policies are, at least its products are user friendly.

[B Calm]

32. Why didn't they just stick with windows xp?

[RebelOne]

33. Switch to a Mac.

I had PCs for years with Windows. My office got everyone Mac Minis. When my home PC crashed, I bought a Mac Mini. Easiest operating system ever.