Out of Pod Experience

Not even comparable. iOS is a device operating system, android is a regular computer operating system. Apple did that thinking their users were too dumb to manage their own battery life, bottom line.

On android they usually learn, it's either that or recharge every couple hours. Works for me, my N7 can be sleeping but then wake up to let me know I need to add another skill to my que, or that a contract is waiting for my attention, can sleep for days w/o recharging. Apple makes things easy but harder at the same time.
Windows 8... you just cant fix stupid. I only get every other release of Windows, in step with their bad - good - bad - good release history.

Sigh, Multiple versions like that is bad too m'kay microsoft?

Just make one for Desktops/Laptops and one ARM version for phones/tablets.

I think touchscreen even on a laptop is very dumb and unintuitive. A large trackpad is way better then touch on a laptop.

Thats not true, i actually LIKED DOS i absolutely HATE windows 8, its been the first operating system in over 20 years, i've actually been passionate about...

passionate at how utterly bad it is!

Maybe thats why they called it "Windows Hate"

Not saying PCs are dying but I do know someone that sold their laptop because the smartphone did everything he needed it to do and never bothered to use it. I think we might be seeing more of this in the future but there will always be PCs around.

Well I guess we will get to see what Windows 9 is about here in April, hopefully they fixed their mistakes.

I would prefer DOS came back.

Computers were way cooler when stupid people couldn't use them.

I work on computers for a living, and I installed Windows 8 on one of my systems at my shop to learn how to operate it. (I bought it with the $40 upgrade available for the first few months). Using tricks I've read online, and reviving a few tricks of my own I can use it fairly good now. I still prefer Windows 7, but Windows 8 is tolerable now.

When I first used Windows 8, when I couldn't find the Control panel, I spent a few minutes online and found, essentially a, "Dummy's Guide for people upgrading to Windows 8". A nice read, and after about 15 minutes I had figured out where most everything was.

Humm!

After the experience of one of my colleague’s wife. I will be removing Windows 8 (8.1) from a 5th machine!

As described by colleague!

She bought a new laptop as she was fed up sharing the Windows 7 PC!

Got it home and after following the 3 to 4 pictures of how to put the battery in and turn it on she was presented with Windows 8 (End of all documentation other than warranties etc..)

After 1 hour she was back down the store to ask them what the £$%^!!!

With husband watching, after 1 more hour, with 12 of the staff all having a go and even a few customers. She was shown how to get to the desktop approx. every other reboot.

She took it home and tried get some email, after another couple of hours it was back down the store again. This time the Store Manager contacted one of their head office technical guys!

Over the phone he eventually concluded that Windows 8 had been wrongly set up (By person or persons unknown) and hadn't the foggiest on how to get any emails!

In the end the manager suggested they take it back and install Windows 8.1 for them as 'that would make act like Windows 7'.
So they gave the laptop back and after a week they got a call to say 8.1 was now on.

They collected it!

Email now half works they can see emails but cannot send or delete them!

Next they tried installing the Microsoft Office she bought the same time as the laptop!

After 4 evenings they got it as far as being able to open parts of Office by searching for files and then seeing if they were they where the executable parts. As it seems Office had announced that it had installed, but they could not find hide nor hair of Tiles or Icons to make anything work.

That is when my colleague contacted me. As they did not trust the store any more!

They are going to be purchasing a Windows 7 disc this weekend!

Even if my colleague's description is OTT!

I really think Microsoft has really found a great way to put the average person in the street off anything Microsoft!

It just scares me what going to happen to pc gaming if windows 9 is another failure.

Gonna have some serious compatibility issues to whatever everyone switches to after the windows.... Curse you DirectX!!!!!

I remember this well, they also tried to sue some guy who made his own drivers to get Creative cards working on Vista. This is the reason I now buy Asus soundcards.