[criley2]

I get the same thing from geeks on Reddit regarding Windows 8. Usually a fair bit of nasty language clears up any /r/HailCorporate connotations.

It's so sad to see people who, on one hand will wax poetic on the subject of rationality and open mindedness,will turn around and join a tech bandwagon with no real reason and certainly no real knowledge.

Win8 is better than 7, even if you hate Metro. Objectively, statistically, the OS is more performant than 7.

Of course, openminded geeks never let data and stats get in the way of the anti-ms bandwagon. I'm sure they'll come around for the next windows, "because Windows is good every other release, donchaknow"!

[microtonal]

I get the same thing from geeks on Reddit regarding Windows 8.

Yeah, some people seem to be so blinded by hate towards Microsoft (yes, they behaved notoriously bad), that they can only judge whatever comes out of Microsoft based on that.

I like what they are doing with Windows Phone, Skydrive, Outlook.com, and web-based Office (and I am a UNIX user). But any such comment is usually with by vile reactions.

Yes, you may not like Microsoft and object to using their product because of their moral behavior (ironically, they seem to be one of the least walled-garden-ish company these days). But can we at least judge their products by their technical merit?

[sesqu]

> I like what they are doing with Windows Phone, Skydrive, Outlook.com, and web-based Office

I don't. It's entirely possible that you confound the company-directed hate with the product-directed hate, simply because you have neither.

[300bps]

Which model of Windows Phone did you own? How long did you use it? How big of a SkyDrive did you own? Did you use Outlook.com or Hosted Exchange/Office 365?

For me, I'm very happy with my Lumia 928, 125 GB SkyDrive and the 400+ users I set up on Office 365 love the email system and web based Office.

[Samuel_Michon]

Sorry, but after trying Windows 8 for three weeks, I had to go back to Windows 7. The experience was just too frustrating. I'll try again when Windows 8.1 comes out.

[criley2]

Without the use of software like Start8, I admit that the UX experience would be inferior to Win7, even including the greatly improved SSD and overall performance.

With the use of something like Start8 (or 8.1), the experience is largely identical and the extra performance and improved ui (task manager, etc) become highlights.