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Reviews of Microsoft Windows 8

Testseek.com have collected 240 expert reviews of the Microsoft Windows 8 and the average rating is 74%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Microsoft Windows 8.
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The editors liked

  • Metro redesign actually makes Desktop way more pleasant
  • Two-display support is pretty solid
  • And useful for mixing Metro with desktop
  • Real gestures on Windows. That work
  • The Metro Start screen is an awesome dashboard/app drawer
  • Free streamed music th
  • Adds a tiled
  • Clean Start Menu to Windows 8
  • Can customize with shortcuts and apps to your specific workflow
  • Significantly better than the Windows 8 dashboard
  • Attractive
  • Touch-friendly interface
  • Tightly integrated with cloud
  • Compelling search feature
  • Fast boots
  • Slick Bing apps
  • Faster boot times
  • Two-in-one operating system—both tablet and PC
  • Excellent touch input
  • App store for easily finding
  • Installing
  • And updating apps
  • New IE10 browser is fast and compatible
  • Better multi-monitor support
  • Low price compared with previous Windows releases
  • More informative task manager and file transfer dialogs
  • New
  • Improved file system
  • Easier recovery from system problems
  • Better integration with the cloud
  • Faster boot times. Twoinone operating systemboth tablet and PC. Excellent touch input. App store for easily finding
  • And updating apps. New IE10 browser is fast and compatible. Better multimonitor support. Low price compared with previous Wind
  • Great OS to upgrade to
  • Excellent pricing
  • Tons of improvements across every facet of the OS
  • Win8 UI is solid
  • Easy to use
  • Overall design is more conducive for professional use
  • Great for gaming
  • Plays vast majority of games perfectly
  • 's review of the Surface RT tablet. In short
  • Microsoft will need to clearly explain that Windows RT is a mobile OS that shares the same skin as Windows 8
  • But is not a fully capable PC. It cannot run the same desktop programs as full Windows 8
  • Only apps
  • Very touch-friendly and unique new user interface design that's sure to translate well to both very large screens and smaller tablet screens
  • Easy and fast one-handed task switching
  • Touch screen controls are accessible by swiping the screen edges for v
  • Touch-optimised UI works well on tablets
  • Wealth of built-in apps
  • Reset and recovery tools
  • Very stable
  • Several great improvements versus Windows 7
  • Better performance and faster bootup
  • Cheap upgrade offers
  • Good usability for powerusers
  • Lots of new schortcuts
  • Better security
  • Great for systems with touchscreens
  • Better multiscreen support
  • Works well on tablets
  • Traditional PCs
  • Deep integration with SkyDrive
  • Xbox
  • Free music streaming
  • Improved multi-monitor support
  • Solid and stable OS. Performance onpar or better than Windows 7. The traditional desktop receives a healthy dose of enhancements. Metro is visually appealing and should work really well on touchscreens. Upgrade price is attractive and extends all the way

The editors didn't like

  • Advertisement
  • Limited selection of Metro apps in the Windows Store
  • Simple actions in Metro apps
  • Like searching
  • Can be deceptively hard to complete
  • Metro apps can be visually confusing when multitasking
  • Laptop touchpads don't make the most sense
  • Som
  • Nothing
  • Competing interfaces lead to confusion
  • Few Windows 8 apps for now
  • No Start menu
  • Umer apps—People
  • For social network contacts
  • Photos
  • Mail
  • Messaging
  • Calendar
  • And Video
  • Xbox Music—a free streaming music service similar to Spotify
  • Storage Spaces—Lets you easily use multiple drives as one large virtual pool of storage
  • ISO mounting
  • The OS can now make a disc image file appear as a drive
  • You'll get all this and more for a mere $39
  • 99 upgrade from Windows XP and later
  • An
  • The missing Start menu will drive some people nuts
  • Overly aggressive when it comes to selling apps and content
  • Some aspects of the OS are unnecessarily confusing
  • Unfamiliar and sometimes unintuitive interface navigation. Few tablet apps compared with competing platforms. Two separate control panels and browsers could cause confusion
  • Some functions are scattered
  • Win8 versus Win7 line is very strict
  • Laptops with small/poor trackpads will suffer immensely
  • Upgrading proves far easier that setting Win8 up brand new
  • People easily frustrated by change will have problems here
  • Windows Store is still relatively low on apps. Ambiguity between x86 and Windows Store apps in Microsoft messaging and when pinned on Start Screen. Windows 8 will take effort to get used to
  • And not all users want to learn a new operating system and inter
  •  Significant learning curve
  • Reduced discoverability of features (many commands are hidden in edge menus)
  • Windows RT version does not support traditional desktop applications due to the processor architecture it runs on
  • UI does not yet support navigatio
  • Modern UI a major upheaval
  • Legacy applications are confined to desktop
  • Microsoft risks alienating desktop/laptop users
  • No boottodesktop setting
  • No builtin option to return the Start Menu
  • Weird location of shutdown/restart buttons
  • Poor multitasking with Modern UI and desktop
  • DV Hardware awards Windows 8 with a 8.75/10 an
  • Steep learning curve
  • Frustrating to use with a mouse
  • Limited selection in Windows Store
  • Metro and the desktop have been forced to coexist and it shows. UI changes can add to confusion. No Start button makes no sense. OS has yet to prove itself on the tablet market with further hardware and software support.

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  Published: 2012-11-26, Author: David , review by: smarthouse.com.au

  • Compatibility with existing Windows products
  • What Microsoft has done is reinforce a choice decision for consumers by driving them to Android and Apple's iOS software that they are fast becoming comfortable with.
  • This is a really bad piece of software. What appears to have been uppermost in the design process was to launch a new OS that would help Microsoft grab market share in the tablet and smartphone market where the struggling software Company is getting hamm...

 
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  Published: 2012-11-08, Author: John , review by: crn.com.au

  • This All-In-One is designed for Windows 8 and brings with it an impressive feature set and tightly integrated touch functionality....

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  Published: 2012-11-05, review by: crn.com.au

  • On the desktop side, Windows 8 feels more like a service pack than a full release. There are some great feature improvements for power users, and our test systems booted and resumed much more quickly than with previous versions, but don't expect to see an...

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  Published: 2012-10-29, review by: smh.com.au

  • Abstract:  With its innovative 'tiles' approach, Microsoft's latest OS is a huge leap forward - although it may take some getting used to. It's called Windows 8, but it might be simpler to think of it as Wind...

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  Published: 2012-10-29, review by: brisbanetimes.com.au

  • Abstract:  The Start screen, as Microsoft calls it, consists only of those big tiles, and completely replaces the desktop you first see on Windows. That old Windows desktop is still there, it's just hidden one layer down, and if you want to jump down into it there's...

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  Published: 2012-10-25, Author: Kyle , review by: gizmodo.com.au

  • Many of you won't have a choice. This is the operating system that will come pre-installed on your PC for the foreseeable future. And that's a good thing! If you're thinking about upgrading, well, that means you actually care about this thing. And if you...

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  Published: 2012-08-16, Author: Seth , review by: cnet.com.au

  • Windows 8 embraces the future wholeheartedly. Log-in and boot times are fast, the apps look gorgeous, and the Sync feature brings seamless transition between devices
  • The learning curve is steep and in-app navigation isn't obvious. There are just too many known unknowns here
  • Microsoft makes an aggressive, forward-thinking, and bold statement for the future of PCs with Windows 8, and vast security and speed improvements more than justify the $40 upgrade price....

 
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  Published: 2012-03-11, Author: Guest , review by: cravingtech.com

  • Abstract:  Note: This is a guest post written by Greg BucksinWe've seen hype and marketing, we've seen Developer Preview builds, but the Consumer Preview of Windows 8 is finally available.What's Windows 8? Well, it's either a unique device-agnostic OS that will plac...

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  Published: 2016-03-18, Author: Matt , review by: techadvisor.co.uk

  • With Windows 8 being so poorly received (despite being a pretty decent OS underneath) Windows 10 is certainly a step in the right direction. If you're eligible for the free upgrade, there's really no reason not to get it for features like Universal Apps a...

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  Published: 2015-06-22, Author: Matt , review by: techadvisor.co.uk

  • Abstract:  Windows 8 is widely available right now. If you buy a new PC or laptop it will almost certainly come with Windows 8 (actually Windows 8.1 these days). As an end user you will not know the cost of Windows 8 to your PC's manufacturer, but if you pay for an...

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