Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-30602727-20140827000707/@comment-24684900-20141001034354

-Momoiro-Saru- wrote: @Purpled: I know, right? Just as I've finally settled into using W7 and almost getting it to a level of non-annoyance (still slow as heck to boot up my computer, and it's pretty much clean of any malware), they put out Windows 8 the 2nd. I'm not feeling this at all... and considering there used to be a time where everyone would scramble for the newest Windows OS as soon as possible. Those days are long gone. XD

Sad that updates make me nervous rather than excited, though. I already wasn't too much thrilled with the feel for 8, having used it on my friend's computer when it first came out, so I'm kind of wary of this new one... it seems like there's way too much focus on looks with extra bells and whistles rather than functionality, power, and speed when it comes to OS's these days. Had enough issues with Aero Theme on for W7, it seems the only reliable theme I can count on to work is the Classic. As long as they keep that in tact, I can definitely live without all those extras. XP I agree with Windows 8 being more about looks. Windows 8.1 helped a bit, but it still didn't fix the main problem with functionality (metro and desktop being completely different OS's that did not mix well). It does have it's improvements over Windows XP though. A better search system  for one *glares at the search dog*.

I'm still optimistic about Windows 10 despite Windows 8. It seems like Microsoft has been listening since pretty much all the things they've shown in the video have been improvements to what I've had problems with 8.1. And seeing how the design has the same feel to it, I can only hope that now that they've gotten a look that they're comfortable with, they'll focus more on the functionality of the OS. But who knows, maybe it'll just be another Windows 8...