<quote> Any satisfied Windows 8 users out there with and without a touchscreen? The consensus (and sales) indicate a level of dissatisfaction, or is it just due to tablets? </quote>
I use Windows 8 every day on a desktop machine (no touch) and I also use it on a Surface Pro (touch screen). I like both just fine. In general, for "work" tasks on my desktop machine I spend 99% of my time on the desktop. I'm in Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Visual Studio, a command prompt window, or in a browser. I find very little difference from Windows 7. By the way, my general manager who isn't a techno geek in any way and just wants to get work done... HE spends almost all his day in Word and Outlook agrees. We upgraded him to Windows 8 from Windows XP basically just to annoy him... but, much to our disappointment, he seems to like Windows 8 just fine (after we reluctantly showed him a few tips). I travel with a Surface Pro, because it's both small and very light. I *really* like poking at menus and icons. On the Surface, I spend 90% of my time on the desktop... but I find I really like the touch interface. I WILL admit, the tiled Metro/Modern interface is sort of a pain in the neck and you have to "work around" it more than "use it for work." But given that I spend almost all my time on the desktop ignoring it... it's no real problem. But it is definitely not a positive. Peter K1PGV _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software innovation and other technical SDR topics.
