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Well I ran up my first Win 8 PC for a business environment ( training ? what training ? )
Geez, they've managed to hide the real controls down a deep hole this time but it's still XP\Win 7 underneath all the fancy doodahs on top.
This was a 64 bit version and it failed to take McAfee Antivirus install, incompatible but ther must be another version out there. IN our case it will cause some conflicts in our business policies as specified by HO but that is an internal thing.
From a business perspective it fails in some areas with legacy applications in usability. I hate to say it but businesses have a long term view on this for both user training and efficiencies so new is not necessarily best.
The 'start' page looks a bit cheap and bling for my tastes but you can get to a more business looking option BUT I was not impressed with the mouse\corner access to applications. It was hesitant and dropped off if the mouse moved too much or out of a narrow zone. I see most businesses\users adding desktop links to their high use applications.
From a support point of view it will take a bit of getting used to with finding all the tweaks and setup options. And I was just getting to grips with win 7 !
I may give it 12 months and upgrarde the new home Media PC I bought afew months back. It has an upgrade option as part of the deal. Also about to replace my big desktop at home. I would prefer that to be Win 7 at this point in time.
My perception at this point is that it is aimed and the home non PC literate user, push a button, get a result bit like a coffee machine. I suppose that is the trend really but business wise IMHO a PC still needs to be a PC first and foremost.
Score 7/10 for now...
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