Testseek.com have collected 240 expert reviews of the Microsoft Windows 8 and the average rating is 74%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Microsoft Windows 8.
April 2014
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240 Reviews
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Faster boot times. Twoinone operating systemboth tablet and PC. Excellent touch input. App store for easily finding, installing, and updating apps. New IE10 browser is fast and compatible. Better multimonitor support. Low price compared with previous Wind
Unfamiliar and sometimes unintuitive interface navigation. Few tablet apps compared with competing platforms. Two separate control panels and browsers could cause confusion
Windows 8 is a bold innovation, melding the worlds of tablets and PCs. Its excellent touch input, an app store, and better performance are compelling, but the changes will be too drastic for some and as a completely new product, a few rough edges remain....
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Published: 2012-10-25, Author: James , review by: gadgetreview.com
Great OS to upgrade to, Excellent pricing, Tons of improvements across every facet of the OS, Win8 UI is solid, easy to use, Overall design is more conducive for professional use, Great for gaming; plays vast majority of games perfectly
Some functions are scattered; Win8 versus Win7 line is very strict, Laptops with small/poor trackpads will suffer immensely, Upgrading proves far easier that setting Win8 up brand new, People easily frustrated by change will have problems here
Get itAs with Windows 7 and all previous iterations of any operating system, Windows 8 features a plethora of enhancements and updates that would take far more words than this review already has to list, let alone explain. Just the improvements to how a...
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Published: 2012-10-25, Author: Don , review by: tomshardware.com
Abstract: We already know that the look and feel of Windows 8 is very different from Windows 7. But once you fire up your favorite title, does Microsoft's latest affect your experience? We test 10 games and talk to one of the company's SDEs to answer that question....
Abstract: Analisar um sistema operacional é uma empreitada peculiar, porque as pessoas não usam sistemas operacionais. Elas usam aplicativos, e o sistema deve ser o mais transparente possível, servido apenas como um trampolim para eles. E com o uso cada vez maior d...
Abstract: Für Nörgler ist das neue Bedienkonzept von Windows 8 ein gefundenen Fressen: zu bunt, zu unflexibel, zu fingeroptimiert. Doch auch wenn der Schritt von Microsoft radikal erscheinen mag, so war er doch nötig. Aber ging der Schritt in die richtige Richtung ...
Metro redesign actually makes Desktop way more pleasant, Two-display support is pretty solid, and useful for mixing Metro with desktop, Real gestures on Windows. That work, The Metro Start screen is an awesome dashboard/app drawer, Free streamed music th
Advertisement, Limited selection of Metro apps in the Windows Store, Simple actions in Metro apps, like searching, can be deceptively hard to complete, Metro apps can be visually confusing when multitasking, Laptop touchpads don't make the most sense, Som
Many of you wont have a choice. This is the operating system that will come pre-installed on your PC for the foreseeable future. And thats a good thing! If youre thinking about upgrading, well, that means you actually care about this thing. And if you...
Published: 2012-10-25, Author: Peter , review by: arstechnica.com
Abstract: After months of anticipation, Windows 8 is here. It launches today and goes on sale globally tomorrow. For the last year and a half, we've tracked its progress across three betas and the final release, exploring the ins and outs of Microsoft's most ambiti...
Many of you won't have a choice. This is the operating system that will come pre-installed on your PC for the foreseeable future. And that's a good thing! If you're thinking about upgrading, well, that means you actually care about this thing. And if you...
Many of you wont have a choice. This is the operating system that will come pre-installed on your PC for the foreseeable future. And thats a good thing! If youre thinking about upgrading, well, that means you actually care about this thing. And if you...
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Published: 2012-10-25, Author: Andreas , review by: hardwareluxx.de
Probleme unter Windows 8: Doch nicht alles lief glatt. Nicht immer hatte dies mit dem Spiel als solches zu tun. So scheint offenbar gerade der Microsoft-Dienst Windows Live so seine Schwierigkeiten zu haben. Wurde dieser z.B. in DIRT 3 aktiviert, konnt...
