https://alinuxuser.com/tags/windows/ Recent content in Windows on alinuxuser https://alinuxuser.com/%3Clink%20or%20path%20of%20image%20for%20opengraph,%20twitter-cards%3E https://alinuxuser.com/%3Clink%20or%20path%20of%20image%20for%20opengraph,%20twitter-cards%3E Hugo en-us Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:44:00 -0500 https://alinuxuser.com/posts/2012/03/2012-03-18-windows8previewimpressions/ Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:44:00 -0500 https://alinuxuser.com/posts/2012/03/2012-03-18-windows8previewimpressions/ <p>I have started messing around with Windows 8 Consumer Preview recently. I installed it on a VM using Virtual Box. Its quite straight forward, and it worked quite well in a VM. It can be unstable to start with, needing a few restarts to boot, but once booted, its quite stable, and it works well.</p> <p>The question to me is, is it worth upgrading? As it stands, I don’t think so. I am not going to upgrade because to me it seems more like a stripped down version of Windows. There are severe limitations when using the desktop version, and all the apps don’t really add any value. It just seems to limit the functionality. I can’t imagine any business upgrading to Windows 8, considering that Windows 7 is so stable, reliable, and easy to use.</p>