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Apart from metro, what are the advantages in having Win8 instead of Win7 in a non-touch PC? /Just curious

by rkwz 15y ago

esolyt 15y ago
You are expected to use metro, at least some elements of it, on desktop too.
tomflack 15y ago
There are a lot of changes to little things; Windows 8 brings a proper 3g/4g manager. Or you can tell it certain wireless networks are "limited" and it won't download updates when connected to them. Lots of little things like that. All these little things mean I'll probably switch to Windows 8 as my main OS when it comes out, but figure out a way to disable Metro completely. In using it for all my work for two days now, I have spent the entire dreading accidently launching something metro related - it simply gets in the way of my workflow, and does nothing to help it.
freehunter 15y ago
I actually feel like I can move the mouse less. I can do more on the keyboard and just use the scroll wheel on the mouse. Scrolling the mouse on the start screen scrolls it sideways. This was unexpected to me, but it works well. The start screen feels like desktop gadgets done right. Being a WP7 user, I like having all the information I need right on the start screen and updated continuously, it's nice to finally have it on the desktop. Beware that some of the apps crash. A lot. Microsoft Music in particular.
bradford 15y ago
(disclaimer, I'm a MS employee). some advantages: * Hyper-V support(http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/09/07/bringing-hyper-v-to-windows-8.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/09/07/bringing-hyper...). * Refreshing to a clean state without reinstallation. (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/01/04/refresh-and-reset-your-pc.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/01/04/refresh-and-re...) * Better support for large disks.(http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/11/29/enabling-large-disks-and-large-sectors-in-windows-8.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/11/29/enabling-large...) * Easier setup(http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/11/21/improving-the-setup-experience.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/11/21/improving-the-...) * Less restarts after updating.(http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/11/14/minimizing-restarts-after-automatic-updating-in-windows-update.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/11/14/minimizing-res...) * A task manager which I certainly like much better.(http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/10/13/the-windows-8-task-manager.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/10/13/the-windows-8-...) * Reduced memory consumption(http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/10/07/reducing-runtime-memory-in-windows-8.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/10/07/reducing-runti...). * Better malware protection(http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/09/15/protecting-you-from-malware.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/09/15/protecting-you...)

Apart from metro, what are the advantages in having Win8 instead of Win7 in a non-touch PC? /Just curious

by rkwz 15y ago

Apart from metro, what are the advantages in having Win8 instead of Win7 in a non-touch PC? /Just curious

esolyt 15y ago

You are expected to use metro, at least some elements of it, on desktop too.

tomflack 15y ago

There are a lot of changes to little things; Windows 8 brings a proper 3g/4g manager. Or you can tell it certain wireless networks are "limited" and it won't download updates when connected to them. Lots of little things like that. All these little things mean I'll probably switch to Windows 8 as my main OS when it comes out, but figure out a way to disable Metro completely. In using it for all my work for two days now, I have spent the entire dreading accidently launching something metro related - it simply gets in the way of my workflow, and does nothing to help it.

freehunter 15y ago

I actually feel like I can move the mouse less. I can do more on the keyboard and just use the scroll wheel on the mouse. Scrolling the mouse on the start screen scrolls it sideways. This was unexpected to me, but it works well. The start screen feels like desktop gadgets done right. Being a WP7 user, I like having all the information I need right on the start screen and updated continuously, it's nice to finally have it on the desktop. Beware that some of the apps crash. A lot. Microsoft Music in particular.

bradford 15y ago

(disclaimer, I'm a MS employee). some advantages: * Hyper-V support(http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/09/07/bringing-hyper-v-to-windows-8.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/09/07/bringing-hyper...). * Refreshing to a clean state without reinstallation. (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/01/04/refresh-and-reset-your-pc.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/01/04/refresh-and-re...) * Better support for large disks.(http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/11/29/enabling-large-disks-and-large-sectors-in-windows-8.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/11/29/enabling-large...) * Easier setup(http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/11/21/improving-the-setup-experience.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/11/21/improving-the-...) * Less restarts after updating.(http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/11/14/minimizing-restarts-after-automatic-updating-in-windows-update.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/11/14/minimizing-res...) * A task manager which I certainly like much better.(http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/10/13/the-windows-8-task-manager.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/10/13/the-windows-8-...) * Reduced memory consumption(http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/10/07/reducing-runtime-memory-in-windows-8.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/10/07/reducing-runti...). * Better malware protection(http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/09/15/protecting-you-from-malware.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/09/15/protecting-you...)