{"id":3860,"date":"2012-10-04T13:01:34","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T11:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/?p=3860"},"modified":"2012-10-03T14:06:36","modified_gmt":"2012-10-03T12:06:36","slug":"windows-8-acceptance-by-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/?p=3860","title":{"rendered":"Windows 8: Acceptance by now"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Windows 8, also known as “Metro” is about to launch in less than a month.
\nTime for some news portals to make a comparison of the pre-launch
\nacceptance. And according to that, it looks rather grim for Windows 8.
\nSo what’s the actual acceptance factor of Windows 8 compared to Seven?<\/p>\n

Windows Seven had a pre-launch acceptance level of approx 1.6% one month before the release. The current stand for Windows 8 however is only approx. 0.4% at the moment and thus one one fourth of the Windows 7 pre-installations.<\/p>\n

So let’s have a comparison chart for a 6-months time period:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Prelaunch-time<\/strong><\/td>\nWindows 7<\/strong><\/td>\nWindows 8<\/strong><\/td>\nDifference<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6 months<\/td>\n0.33%<\/td>\n0.16%<\/td>\n206%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5 months<\/td>\n0.60%<\/td>\n0.17%<\/td>\n353%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4 months<\/td>\n0.81%<\/td>\n0.20%<\/td>\n405%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3 months<\/td>\n0.95%<\/td>\n0.22%<\/td>\n432%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2 months<\/td>\n1.24%<\/td>\n0.24%<\/td>\n516%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1 month<\/td>\n1.63%<\/td>\n0.36%<\/td>\n453%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\"\"<\/a>(click to enlarge)<\/span><\/p>\n

As you can see: 2 months before the official release of the corresponding OS, Windows 7 has been installed 5 times more than actual Windows 8.<\/p>\n

According to these numbers, the acceptance of Windows 8 seems anything else than good. Most people don’t like the tablet-oriented OS desktop which is also subject to be implemented on new computers running Windows 8.<\/p>\n

Don’t get me wrong: Windows 8 has some nice features over Windows 7 but the eye is also eating with us. And if you compare Aero against the rather dull Metro window style, then there’s a clear setback. Windows 7 has a real modern touch and runs good even on rather old hardware also. For all purists, the Aero surface can be easily disabled if one likes plain window frames.<\/p>\n

I wonder why Microsoft took the decision to prescribe people how their desktop has to look like. many users like a desktop with icons on them, others prefer a squeaky-clean desktop with a categorized start menu and then there are the users who would prefer a tile-based surface where portions of information is visible.<\/p>\n

Also the same for the window design. Some prefer a crystal-like window frame that is sort of translucent and others are purists and say “let’s have Windows 95 look’n’Feel!”
\nMicrosoft would have better looked at the very successful Window 7 (in my opinion THE Windows that CAN compete with XP!) where the user can decide how his windows installation does look like! Not always does Simplicity rule over individuality.<\/p>\n

There are users who want to stick to what’s already good for them. So is my Windows 7 definitely running as long as possible as it allows me to use my computer the way I want and NOT the way, Microsoft thinks I should or would use it.<\/p>\n

Well… for now it’s too late to change anything in Windows 8 anymore as the production of the installation media is already at full speed to deliver Windows 8 at the end of October. But Microsoft would do well to listen to what customers say about the Metro surface and other design changes over Windows 7. And believe me: Many people dislike Windows 8 already.<\/p>\n

There’s a funny but striking picture for the Windows evolution:
\n\"\"it’s not difficult here what comes next… honestly!<\/p>\n

What will Microsoft do for Windows 8 lately? Maybe SP1 will bring back the classic desktop view as we know it from 7 and maybe Aero will be brought back also…<\/p>\n

What do you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Windows 8, also known as “Metro” is about to launch in less than a month. Time for some news portals to make a comparison of the pre-launch acceptance. And according to that, it looks rather grim for Windows 8. So what’s the actual acceptance factor of Windows 8 compared to Seven?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,3],"tags":[2100,1908,2102,2101,856,1513],"class_list":["post-3860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-2","category-news","tag-comparision","tag-installation","tag-pre-release","tag-table","tag-windows-7","tag-windows-8"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3860\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}