I have been using Windows 8 on my primary laptop for about 30 days now, and have been very pleased with the experience.<\/p>\n
I am a semi-typical knowledge worker \/\u00a0 technology consultant who travels a lot.\u00a0\u00a0 My office is wherever I can find a small desk area and an internet connection.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 My laptop is configure in a way that I have several Virtual Machines working at the same time, one for the corporate image, another for my personal use (with Windows 8 and Office 2013) and one for a bit of fun and dev.work, (Ubuntu 12.04)<\/p>\n
It took me\u00a0 a bit to get\u00a0use-to the new interface, but once I got the idea,\u00a0 it was smooth sailing.<\/p>\n
Part of my goal was to look at how application \/ drivers and device compatibility was going to impact my migration process.\u00a0\u00a0 Pleased to report that I have found no application, device\u00a0or driver compatibility issues.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This has been a big surprise, as so much of my work has been focused on these topics in the past few years, migrating people to Windows 7. (I am pretty sure you are aware how involved this has been! )<\/p>\n
I have to admit, that the primary UI interface has been the desktop. \u00a0Metro works fine, but I just have not found it very useful on my keyboard-mouse laptop.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I have missed the Start Button a bit but not as much as I thought I would.\u00a0 Just a matter of getting used to doing things slightly different..<\/p>\n
Things I Like:<\/p>\n
Things I do not use or yet \u201cget\u201d :<\/p>\n
One last thing:\u00a0 I can\u2019t use Snip to take a picture of\u00a0 a region if the Metro interface.\u00a0 Checked the Microsoft App Store, and was not able to find anything to do screen shorts of it.. Anyone knows of a suitable replacement\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 Do you know?<\/p>\n
Look forward to the official release in late October, and the tablet experience \u2013 Some cool devices coming out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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