Real users have no clue how to use Windows 8

[MichaelMcGuire]

//"Seven months on and Pirillo has decided to do a follow-up experiment, only this time he took Windows 8 on the streets and asked a random selection of people to try and use it. Again, the end result was one of confusion, questions as to why it was so complex, and of course, everyone was looking for the Start Menu and Taskbar."//



http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-pick/real-users-have-no-clue-how-to-use-windows-8-20121017/

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[kooljerk666]

1. our whole house is still on XP.........

and LINUX is next, I quit video games so who needs windoze$$$?

[MichaelMcGuire]

3. One PC (Windows 7) and a few laptops running Ubuntu 12.04.

Some stuff I like doing on a PC other times, I prefer the Linux (Ubuntu) much more user friendly. But I don't understand what MS was thinking?

[Spider Jerusalem]

12. Look at Unity and GNOME 3

that's what MS was thinking

[MichaelMcGuire]

5. Games are coming along now for Linux. But most use Wine for gaming.

[kooljerk666]

25. I was a designer/draftsman & now my hands hurt too much to play........

I still have not finished F.E.A.R. 1.0 & IT is gettin on 10 years old.

Last time I watched a linux install it went smooth as silk & sound & hi res graphics worked right out of the
box.

[MichaelMcGuire]

26. I'm playing too much Tekkit to play anything else!

Been thinking of downloading TF2

[awoke_in_2003]

15. iMac with OSX and Ubuntu here...

who needs anything else?

[The Revolution]

2. Windows 8

Maybe I'm just more of a tech person, but I had the Windows 8 interface figured out in probably a matter of seconds. It's really not that difficult.

[MichaelMcGuire]

4. "Maybe I'm just more of a tech person" It is possible

[WinkyDink]

7. Yes, you are. I'd say "interface" was the clue.

[tridim]

6. Yes, the video is selling something.

Nice try though.

[Berlum]

8. It's unanimous: Thank gawd for Mac

[PD Turk]

17. word

[Logical]

20. Lol, you fan boys crack me up. Like a cult!

[War Horse]

9. It's very easy to use once you've figured out the basics

But it's very counterintuitive to win users. I consider myself a very experienced pc user, but it took me a while to get the hang of the preview/beta.

[MichaelMcGuire]

11. It will depend on whether users want to put up with the learning curve.

As the video shows. Personally I get more and more turned off by having to go through that process.

[War Horse]

18. I hear ya. It's a half-assed PC OS

Probably good on a phone or tablet.

I'll pick up a copy for my vista laptop (recently bought a pc w/win7, so it's dirt cheap) and configure it to run with basic win7 features. Sure hope it's more stable than the beta, though...

[Spider Jerusalem]

10. Long run, for tablet devices and touchscreens? Probably a winner.

For laptops and desktops? A loser. But tablets and touchscreens are the future of the operating system market, so Microsoft is focusing there. It's the same thing the GNOME Foundation (behind the GNOME desktop for Unix-like operating systems) and Canonical (of Ubuntu Linux) have done with GNOME 3 and Unity, respectively. They represent a major departure from the traditional desktop paradigm in ways that a lot of people find confusing and unnecessary, and have proven to be very polarising among users (with Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux, throwing a hissy fit and saying "Fuck GNOME, I'm off to XFCE"...but Linus has form, he chucked his toys out of the pram and switched to GNOME when KDE4 replaced KDE3).

[MichaelMcGuire]

13. Yes

I remember the reaction to Unity with Ubuntu. Didn't bother me personally but. I thought W7 was the best or maybe XP as the highlight of MS.

[Spider Jerusalem]

16. Windows 7 is hands down the best combination of OS and UI Microsoft's ever come up with

and I think based on what I've seen that Win 8 is NOT a step forward in that regard. (Not for me personally, I'll be sticking with 7...and dual-booting Ubuntu).

[MichaelMcGuire]

19. Nice set-up

Best of both worlds really. Used to dual boot but the Windows XP stopped working and when I updated Ubuntu I just used all the disk.

[War Horse]

24. I agree, Win7 really is good

MS has a history of releasing a couple of crappy OSs between each really good one

[caraher]

14. Actually, this reminds me of my first encounter with the Mac

(Or actually, the Lisa...) I was pretty much at a loss with no command line back in 1984. Eventually I got the hang of it

I'm not sure whether this will be the same kind of story; on some level I'm sure it's usable.

[MichaelMcGuire]

22. Only time will tell.

[LittlestStar]

21. I am still trying to figure out 7. Truly.

[MichaelMcGuire]

23. It's the settings that still get me. Hunting for the icon, that used to be in that folder

but now is in here! Don't get me started on the newer ms offices either.

[Tommykun]

27. I'm a long-time PC tech...

And I've had hands on experience in the beta for this OS... Don't get me wrong, I think the OS will be great for mobile devices, but on a desktop or laptop, Windows 7 will still be superior.

Yes, you can toggle between the touch-friendly interface or a more traditional one. However, much like Windows Vista, it's a large departure from the "comfort zone" that most users are familiar with. Gamers will probably stick with 7 due to knowing that it is very friendly to older games. Windows 8, the verdict is still out on that.

I'll wait til the first service pack comes out and I may try it out then, but as for now I'm happy with my Win7/OSX combo.

[tessar]

28. Everyone hated XP when it came out

Once the Surface type hybrids and the new Nokia 920 (blows away the iphone) are released it will be a a game changer.
Personally I would keep Win 7 on the desktop unless I was going to get either one of those items.

[Dash87]

29. Loser for sure. Is it not intended for desktops?

That's the only thing I can surmise. Otherwise, why would someone want a smart phone interface on their desktop? That makes no sense.