QUOTE(andrekua2 @ Dec 6 2013, 08:01 PM)
I only used it for short moment and my opinion remains the same as when I installed Win8 into my Acer 1825PTZ tablet. Microsoft ruin the whole experience. It is simple and utterly unusable. You can see why people rush to sell their W700, P3, Surface, for example. I suspect its gonna be worse with 8" models.
Microsoft really need to start deciding to implement two modes, not having it co-exist, especially in smaller form factor tablet. The big Metro UI are only useful for simple stuffs like surfing, playing games, launching apps, checking mails for example. However, when it comes to the need to change simple setting, you still need to go into Control Panel. The control panel that comes with Metro UI is just simple quite useless.
Just for example, I cant change the default search provider when launching IE from Metro UI. I need to goto desktop mode where everything is so tiny and hard to click. I need to go into IE settings, and then Manage Addons in order to change it. How do you think this make you feel Windows8 is likeable as a touch device? To adjust to bigger text size, you also need to go into Desktop mode control panel to do so.
I think the whole Windows 8.1 as being a huge upgrade is overhyped. It is still a pretty neat device to have, when you are on the go, no doubt about that, especially if you really need X86 compatibility. Other than that, this again proved why Windows is losing ground yet again, given how much Android tablets like Note 10.1 (2014) had advance once again. Microsoft is only saved by our own overly reliant on X86.
Yup, desktop mode is not easy to use with touch interface alone. There are a few things can make it easier though.
1. As someone else has already point out, use a virtual onscreen mouse:
http://www.lovesummertrue.com/touchmousepo...n-us/index.html2. If you have a smartphone, a ipad or an Android tablet, you can use it as a mouse/keyboard input device for Windows. Try app such as Unified Remote:
http://www.unifiedremote.com/3. Of course, you can always get bluetooth keyboard/mouse combo, or even those bluetooth mini keyboard. But those are costly instead of the free methods above.
4. Finally, get a USB hub and connect wired keyboard/mouse!
Dec 7 2013, 07:57 PM
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I tested my new W4, super smooth...............awesome keyboard responsive
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