Sure, the start screen for one. You can pin a lot more to the start screen than you can even see in the start menu. Right now I’ve got nearly 40 tiles on my start screen. If I decide to upgrade to a larger screen then the start screen will allow for even more tiles on a single page.
On the old start menu the All Programs list can only show you 20 items at a time no matter what size screen you use.
Windows Vista, 7, and now 8 have an excellent search engine built in. While you’re on the start screen all you have to do is type what you want and Windows will fetch it for you. There’s no search box, just start typing and the search box will pop up. Give it a try. After they added it to Vista I couldn’t live without it. It was restricted to just the space on the start menu but it runs full screen in Windows 8 so you see a ton more results.
Windows 8 starts and shuts down faster, the Task Manager has a start up tab so you can disable programs slowing down your PC when it first boots up, and the copy/move file dialog has been greatly improved.
There’s a new quick access menu that puts all the most used administrative tools only two clicks away. Put your pointer in the bottom left corner of the screen and right click to bring it up or use the keyboard shortcut Win + X.
Here’s some stuff to get you familiar with Windows 8. I noticed that Microsoft doesn’t provide a good tutorial on the new features. So when people first get started they don’t know what to do, get frustrated, then start to hate the experience.
The Missing Windows 8 Instructional Videohttp://www.hanselman.com/blog/TheMissing…
Windows 8 for Dummies Dell Pocket Editionhttp://marketing.dell.com/Global/FileLib…
50 Tips and Tricks for Windows 8http://www.techradar.com/us/news/softwar…
– Dominic
Yes, I just got it recently and I LOVE it, it keeps all my Skype, Facebook, and Twitter friends all in the messaging app. It has amazing multitask abilities and the Windows store offers very good games that offer connectivity to Xbox Live, and even if you don’t have an Xbox, you can make your own account and connect with friends who do. Some disadvantages might be that there are some tweeks, but I think they might get fixed up soon with a Windows Update.
There are some underlying core updates:
The file io system is improved in win 8.
The shutdown and startup time are faster, less so when rebooting.
It doesn’t have all the fancy graphics ui things like transparency out of the box, so it runs quicker.
A bit better driver support too ( like more devices you can just plug in and they work)
Sure, the start screen for one. You can pin a lot more to the start screen than you can even see in the start menu. Right now I’ve got nearly 40 tiles on my start screen. If I decide to upgrade to a larger screen then the start screen will allow for even more tiles on a single page.
On the old start menu the All Programs list can only show you 20 items at a time no matter what size screen you use.
Windows Vista, 7, and now 8 have an excellent search engine built in. While you’re on the start screen all you have to do is type what you want and Windows will fetch it for you. There’s no search box, just start typing and the search box will pop up. Give it a try. After they added it to Vista I couldn’t live without it. It was restricted to just the space on the start menu but it runs full screen in Windows 8 so you see a ton more results.
Windows 8 starts and shuts down faster, the Task Manager has a start up tab so you can disable programs slowing down your PC when it first boots up, and the copy/move file dialog has been greatly improved.
There’s a new quick access menu that puts all the most used administrative tools only two clicks away. Put your pointer in the bottom left corner of the screen and right click to bring it up or use the keyboard shortcut Win + X.
Here’s some stuff to get you familiar with Windows 8. I noticed that Microsoft doesn’t provide a good tutorial on the new features. So when people first get started they don’t know what to do, get frustrated, then start to hate the experience.
The Missing Windows 8 Instructional Videohttp://www.hanselman.com/blog/TheMissing…
Windows 8 for Dummies Dell Pocket Editionhttp://marketing.dell.com/Global/FileLib…
50 Tips and Tricks for Windows 8http://www.techradar.com/us/news/softwar…
– Dominic
Yes, I just got it recently and I LOVE it, it keeps all my Skype, Facebook, and Twitter friends all in the messaging app. It has amazing multitask abilities and the Windows store offers very good games that offer connectivity to Xbox Live, and even if you don’t have an Xbox, you can make your own account and connect with friends who do. Some disadvantages might be that there are some tweeks, but I think they might get fixed up soon with a Windows Update.
There are some underlying core updates:
The file io system is improved in win 8.
The shutdown and startup time are faster, less so when rebooting.
It doesn’t have all the fancy graphics ui things like transparency out of the box, so it runs quicker.
A bit better driver support too ( like more devices you can just plug in and they work)
I don’t really like it either, but if you want all of the latest windows applications i would suggest getting used to it.
u had a brand new computer with windows 8 and i hated it so bad i took the computer back and got my money back win 8 is garbage