The laptop I got has Windows 8...I was not happy with it. At all. I hate that stupid tile screen.
Over the summer, my boss got a new computer for bookkeeping and it has 8.1 on it. I do the bookkeeping, so I am the main one that has to deal with it. It took forever to get Quickbooks to work right because of how Windows 8.1 is set up to do stuff. Having to give permissions to share files or something like that. I can't remember exactly now. It took me forever to deal with that..and then with the fact that the certain files for Quickbooks had to be saved to a User folder and not just on the C drive like we did with the old computer. I would get the file updated at first, and all seemed good, but then when I tried to get back into the file, I was told I didn't have permission to open it. It was very frustrating.
My boss had to update other programs to newer versions so that everything would work in them. Then, even when I got the programs installed, I couldn't find them to start them. Nothing went to that stupid tile screen..it didn't go to the desktop. It was ridiculous. I finally figured out how to get the icons I need on the desktop, but it took entirely too long to do. We stay at the desktop and avoid that tile screen unless absolutely have to go there..like to reboot and install updates. I don't have as much trouble overall with it now, but every so often, it does something weird again.
I would much rather have Windows 7 back. My computer, and the bookkeeping computer at work, is not a smartphone. They don't even have touchscreens. Even if they did, I wouldn't like that stupid tile screen. I wouldn't even like the tiles on a smartphone. I just don't like it.
