So yeah, I bought a new laptop and I got it in yesterday. I'm typing on it right now actually!
I decided in a laptop over a desktop because I need the portability for school and I do find that my friends and I all end up playing our PC games in the same room through LAN. It's just easier and it'll run games from the past few years. Like it does New Vegas on high settings, it won't do anything super intensive but it'll do what I want for it.
Anyway, it comes with Windows 8, which I didn't touch until now.
It's... eh?
Like I don't really get it, it's not horrible it's just not as ergonomic. Like I don't use any of the features and I find myself using the desktop versions of apps over the Windows 8 versions of apps. Like the dedicated Skype app is just not as good as the regular Skype app, plus I usually use Skype to either text chat with people while I'm doing other things on the computer or voice chat for a game. So the Windows app is kinda useless.
The Start menu is just less organized and harder to find things. I'm just not big on it. It seems very touch-focused but this laptop doesn't have a touchscreen. So...
Like it's not unworkable but it just seems counterproductive.
As for the laptop, it's light, it's pretty ergonomic but the touchpad is a bit too rough feeling for me. It's got this matte on it instead of a glass and the left and right clicks are too small.
I'm glad with the purchase though, this should keep me happy for a while.
I decided in a laptop over a desktop because I need the portability for school and I do find that my friends and I all end up playing our PC games in the same room through LAN. It's just easier and it'll run games from the past few years. Like it does New Vegas on high settings, it won't do anything super intensive but it'll do what I want for it.
Anyway, it comes with Windows 8, which I didn't touch until now.
It's... eh?
Like I don't really get it, it's not horrible it's just not as ergonomic. Like I don't use any of the features and I find myself using the desktop versions of apps over the Windows 8 versions of apps. Like the dedicated Skype app is just not as good as the regular Skype app, plus I usually use Skype to either text chat with people while I'm doing other things on the computer or voice chat for a game. So the Windows app is kinda useless.
The Start menu is just less organized and harder to find things. I'm just not big on it. It seems very touch-focused but this laptop doesn't have a touchscreen. So...
Like it's not unworkable but it just seems counterproductive.
As for the laptop, it's light, it's pretty ergonomic but the touchpad is a bit too rough feeling for me. It's got this matte on it instead of a glass and the left and right clicks are too small.
I'm glad with the purchase though, this should keep me happy for a while.
