Microsoft has made available a consumer preview version of its upcoming Windows 8 operating system that you can try out. The OS caught my eye because the tile-like user interface appears radically different from the boring old reiterations of Windows 3.1 — with minor tweaks that irritatingly require getting used to after every upgrade. This looks like it’s worth it. It incorporates a touch interface and striking colors, and it will be equally at home on tablets as on PCs. The app concept is included, as is immersive Web without grubby screen borders.
I found the Interface annoying and clumsy, more appropriate for a tablet with a touch screen not a desktop or laptop.
Hopefully the final shipped version will be nothing like like the preview at least for the desktop....no start button..really(sigh).
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And Now for Something Completely Different: Taking the Windows 8 Plunge
Posted by: Patrick Nelson March 16, 2012 05:00 AMMicrosoft has made available a consumer preview version of its upcoming Windows 8 operating system that you can try out. The OS caught my eye because the tile-like user interface appears radically different from the boring old reiterations of Windows 3.1 — with minor tweaks that irritatingly require getting used to after every upgrade. This looks like it’s worth it. It incorporates a touch interface and striking colors, and it will be equally at home on tablets as on PCs. The app concept is included, as is immersive Web without grubby screen borders.
Hopefully the final shipped version will be nothing like like the preview at least for the desktop....no start button..really(sigh).