Windows 8 wasn’t great but 8.1 was. Smooth like Windows 7. And with Classic Start Menu you didn’t have to deal with or use Metro screen from 8 / 8.1 too.
bruhgubgub
As a kid I loved how this looked but my laptop was too slow to do anything on it
Even-Smell7867
You too are young. I bought WindowsME day 1 and refused to let it beat me.
Yelebear
I liked it at first. I thought it was cool. After about a week I’ve grown to hate it.
OrangeKefir
Windows 8 was a really stupid idea. Hated that crap.
DiscoKeule
If you hate the usual windows try it on a surface RT! That’s a Arm chip. It’s a paperweight lol
touchmuhtots
It does suck tho
Sufficient-Candy-211
we’re just not gonna talk about vista right?
danivus
Those using 8 as an example of the worst Windows must also be very young.
Pimpwerx
98 and earlier were buggy. That makes them the worst. A stable OS with just a bunch of dumb MS decisions in it isn’t that big of a deal. The most you have to do now is disable stuff. But no worries about your box crashing doing even the lightest work.
DrStasis
Upgrading my Inspiron Duo to Windows 8 is one of my favorite experiences.
DaBingJam
I thought windows 3.1 was fine for what it was back in the Dos days. I thought Windows 95 sucked as it crashed all the time.
I liked 98, xp, and 7 probably the most.
I think Windows 11 does suck though not my favorite by any means 10 is/was much better.
fersnake
xp, 7 and 10 are the goat.
i remember installing 8 and the second i saw that awful start screen i installed startisback i believe it was xD
Naive-Assignment4218
Windows 8 would’ve been fire on handhelds.
chipface
Windows 8 was actually pretty decent if you installed Classic Shell or Start8.
Un4giv3n-madmonk
I would take 8 over 11 honestly.
Start screen was fine by me ran on second display caused me no issues.
That said … you could run 7 for the entire service life of 8 with 7 getting security updates.
hlm601
Oh to be young and not seen, ME, Vista, Windows 8, Windows RT. Bless there cotton socks. Although at least those fun times didn’t have Microsoft forcing an on-line account and unwanted app ads.
ssssSSSBOOM
Hissssss. This was bad, but try windows8 on a surface. Hell.
EmperorThor
its not THE worst, its the 2nd Worst, maybe 3rd if you ever had the misfortune of ME. But there is no good reason why after all these years we continue to go backwards.
SheerFe4r
Ill take 8 over 11 any day tbh
zsoltjuhos
Lies, windows released only Xp, 7 and 10… dunno what Vista and 8 is
kingk1teman
You young whippersnappers have no idea of the horrors of Windows Millennium Edition & 98 First Edition.
ME destroyed 2 new hard drives of mine.
SuperSaiyanIR
I still have my old family laptop with Windows 8, it didn’t see much use then especially since we were coming from Windows 7.
W7 and W_XP basically the only good versions, everything else has kinda sucked major balls
Randommaggy
With classic shell replacing the start menu, it was peak Windows.
Karekter_Nem
Microsoft needs to bring this back as an option. I get they designed this for tablets and it’s fun to hate on it, but it would be nice to use something like this for my HTPC so I can navigate it with a controller. Sure, I can use a keyboard and mouse, but those suck while on a sofa. Controller is just more comfortable.
Hexagon37
I remember using computers for years beforehand with the normal windows layout.
Bought my first ever laptop and it was this weird trashy layout and I had no idea why and then one day it just went away (idk if I was aware I updated windows to get rid of it) it was like some weird blip in the timeline
sirjoey150
I remember being eight or trying to figure out how to get to mini clip and raging because this was so confusing
Jumpy_Army889
W11 has been a really smooth sailing for me without any issues at all. XP was the best, Lets forget about vista, 7 was really good. 10 was a pain in the ass with constant issues.
MotivationGaShinderu
I liked it. Classic shell restored old start for regular use and I had all my games pinned to the big menu with custom borders I made (still have them somewhere too lol).
Tmccreight
Vista exists
Svedorovski
I still member the nokia windows phone
jakkals82567
As a kid windows was windows. Be it XP, 7 or 8 I was just ballin’ playing games and dicking around on windows movie maker. Life was a dream
NEVER85
Those saying Windows 8 is the worst must also be very young.
Mooky_Stank
I worked at an office supply store when 8 came out and people lost their damn minds. They were coming in constantly complaining about it and wanting us to roll back their PCs that could only use 8. Then 8.1 came out and they all wanted that and it really felt like unearned business. It felt gross to make money off of it, even if I didn’t actually make money. I’ve used many versions of windows and only had my own personal experience with how frustrating they could be, but that was my first glimpse into everyone else being pissed off at Microsoft.
PartPrisonPartHome
This thing saved my PC after I updated from Windows XP. Windows 8 (not 8.1) worked a much faster 😀
theh0tt0pic
Me was legit the worse. People said 10 was bad at first too, how many people said “I’ll give up 7 with cold dead hands” lol. It’s every cycle man. Lol
IknowRedstone
Windows 8 is where they started to remove features
LexTheGayOtter
Windows kinda had a reputation for every other operating system being hot garbage since at least the 2000s lol. They make a new OS thats garbage then they release a new one based heavily on that OS later
ME to XP
Vista to 7
8 to 10
11 to ???
The reason 11 is worse than the others is by the time the last good OS went EOL, the new good one was out but that doesn’t seem like its going to be the case
planedrop
Windows 11 is actually really good.
I still fucking hate it, but it’s good at it’s core. Microsoft just needs to stop with the nonsense and bloat and focus on stability again.
Also worth noting Windows 8.1 was actually really good at it’s core, the UI was trash, but it was damn stable.
ostrieto17
I actually enjoyed the start menu being tiles and have been using that function ever since, I just put everything I need there and my desktop is free of clutter but that’s just me I know it’s all subjective.
Thewaltham
Those saying 8 is the worst windows must be also very young.
Right?
Right…?
Slazagna
I don’t understand the win 8 start screen hate. It is quite literally just a full screen start menu that functions almost exactly like a win 10 or 11 start menu functionally. You can pin / remove whatever stiff you want to it, create groups, or search / open an all apps screen.
People are literally upset over *checks notes, “fullscreen”.
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Windows 8 wasn’t great but 8.1 was. Smooth like Windows 7. And with Classic Start Menu you didn’t have to deal with or use Metro screen from 8 / 8.1 too.
As a kid I loved how this looked but my laptop was too slow to do anything on it
You too are young. I bought WindowsME day 1 and refused to let it beat me.
I liked it at first. I thought it was cool. After about a week I’ve grown to hate it.
Windows 8 was a really stupid idea. Hated that crap.
If you hate the usual windows try it on a surface RT! That’s a Arm chip. It’s a paperweight lol
It does suck tho
we’re just not gonna talk about vista right?
Those using 8 as an example of the worst Windows must also be very young.
98 and earlier were buggy. That makes them the worst. A stable OS with just a bunch of dumb MS decisions in it isn’t that big of a deal. The most you have to do now is disable stuff. But no worries about your box crashing doing even the lightest work.
Upgrading my Inspiron Duo to Windows 8 is one of my favorite experiences.
I thought windows 3.1 was fine for what it was back in the Dos days. I thought Windows 95 sucked as it crashed all the time.
I liked 98, xp, and 7 probably the most.
I think Windows 11 does suck though not my favorite by any means 10 is/was much better.
xp, 7 and 10 are the goat.
i remember installing 8 and the second i saw that awful start screen i installed startisback i believe it was xD
Windows 8 would’ve been fire on handhelds.
Windows 8 was actually pretty decent if you installed Classic Shell or Start8.
I would take 8 over 11 honestly.
Start screen was fine by me ran on second display caused me no issues.
That said … you could run 7 for the entire service life of 8 with 7 getting security updates.
Oh to be young and not seen, ME, Vista, Windows 8, Windows RT. Bless there cotton socks. Although at least those fun times didn’t have Microsoft forcing an on-line account and unwanted app ads.
Hissssss. This was bad, but try windows8 on a surface. Hell.
its not THE worst, its the 2nd Worst, maybe 3rd if you ever had the misfortune of ME. But there is no good reason why after all these years we continue to go backwards.
Ill take 8 over 11 any day tbh
Lies, windows released only Xp, 7 and 10… dunno what Vista and 8 is
You young whippersnappers have no idea of the horrors of Windows Millennium Edition & 98 First Edition.
ME destroyed 2 new hard drives of mine.
I still have my old family laptop with Windows 8, it didn’t see much use then especially since we were coming from Windows 7.
Windows vista:
https://preview.redd.it/1ag1qvgqx4ue1.png?width=150&format=png&auto=webp&s=75458e1801e98ebbad0f9d4ceef7f63c298699aa
W7 and W_XP basically the only good versions, everything else has kinda sucked major balls
With classic shell replacing the start menu, it was peak Windows.
Microsoft needs to bring this back as an option. I get they designed this for tablets and it’s fun to hate on it, but it would be nice to use something like this for my HTPC so I can navigate it with a controller. Sure, I can use a keyboard and mouse, but those suck while on a sofa. Controller is just more comfortable.
I remember using computers for years beforehand with the normal windows layout.
Bought my first ever laptop and it was this weird trashy layout and I had no idea why and then one day it just went away (idk if I was aware I updated windows to get rid of it) it was like some weird blip in the timeline
I remember being eight or trying to figure out how to get to mini clip and raging because this was so confusing
W11 has been a really smooth sailing for me without any issues at all. XP was the best, Lets forget about vista, 7 was really good. 10 was a pain in the ass with constant issues.
I liked it. Classic shell restored old start for regular use and I had all my games pinned to the big menu with custom borders I made (still have them somewhere too lol).
Vista exists
I still member the nokia windows phone
As a kid windows was windows. Be it XP, 7 or 8 I was just ballin’ playing games and dicking around on windows movie maker. Life was a dream
Those saying Windows 8 is the worst must also be very young.
I worked at an office supply store when 8 came out and people lost their damn minds. They were coming in constantly complaining about it and wanting us to roll back their PCs that could only use 8. Then 8.1 came out and they all wanted that and it really felt like unearned business. It felt gross to make money off of it, even if I didn’t actually make money. I’ve used many versions of windows and only had my own personal experience with how frustrating they could be, but that was my first glimpse into everyone else being pissed off at Microsoft.
This thing saved my PC after I updated from Windows XP. Windows 8 (not 8.1) worked a much faster 😀
Me was legit the worse. People said 10 was bad at first too, how many people said “I’ll give up 7 with cold dead hands” lol. It’s every cycle man. Lol
Windows 8 is where they started to remove features
Windows kinda had a reputation for every other operating system being hot garbage since at least the 2000s lol. They make a new OS thats garbage then they release a new one based heavily on that OS later
ME to XP
Vista to 7
8 to 10
11 to ???
The reason 11 is worse than the others is by the time the last good OS went EOL, the new good one was out but that doesn’t seem like its going to be the case
Windows 11 is actually really good.
I still fucking hate it, but it’s good at it’s core. Microsoft just needs to stop with the nonsense and bloat and focus on stability again.
Also worth noting Windows 8.1 was actually really good at it’s core, the UI was trash, but it was damn stable.
I actually enjoyed the start menu being tiles and have been using that function ever since, I just put everything I need there and my desktop is free of clutter but that’s just me I know it’s all subjective.
Those saying 8 is the worst windows must be also very young.
Right?
Right…?
I don’t understand the win 8 start screen hate. It is quite literally just a full screen start menu that functions almost exactly like a win 10 or 11 start menu functionally. You can pin / remove whatever stiff you want to it, create groups, or search / open an all apps screen.
People are literally upset over *checks notes, “fullscreen”.