--- title: Windows 8 Reviews meta_title: 'Windows 8 Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 579 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Windows 8 works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 3.7 review_count: 579 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-07-07' parent_category: name: IT Infrastructure url: https://www.g2.com/categories/it-infrastructure --- # Windows 8 Reviews **Vendor:** Microsoft **Category:** [Operating Systems](https://www.g2.com/categories/operating-system) **Average Rating:** 3.7/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 579 ## About Windows 8 Windows 8 is an operating system developed by Microsoft, released in October 2012, designed to provide a modern and dynamic user experience across various devices, including desktops, laptops, and tablets. It introduced a new user interface with live tiles, offering real-time updates and a more interactive experience. The system also featured the Windows Store, enabling users to download and install a wide range of applications. Key Features and Functionality: - Modern User Interface: Incorporates live tiles that display real-time information, enhancing user engagement. - Windows Store: Provides access to a vast array of applications, facilitating easy download and installation. - Enhanced Connectivity: Improved networking technologies and power management for better connectivity and device availability. - Touch and Gesture Support: Optimized for touch-enabled devices, offering a more natural and intuitive user experience. - App Packaging and Deployment: Enables developers to produce, consume, or interact with app packages, streamlining the development process. Primary Value and User Solutions: Windows 8 aimed to bridge the gap between traditional computing and the growing demand for mobile and touch-enabled devices. By introducing a unified interface and enhancing app accessibility through the Windows Store, it provided users with a versatile platform suitable for both work and entertainment. The system's focus on connectivity and power efficiency addressed the needs of modern users seeking seamless integration across multiple devices. ## Windows 8 Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users enjoy the **speed and responsiveness** of Windows 8, noting significant performance improvements over previous versions. (18 reviews) - Users value the **ease of use** in Windows 8, enjoying its intuitive design and streamlined functionality for productivity. (13 reviews) - Users enjoy the **touch-friendly interface** of Windows 8, making it ideal for tablets and hybrid devices. (10 reviews) - Users find Windows 8 to be **very user-friendly** , appreciating its quick learning curve and straightforward design. (10 reviews) - Users enjoy the **innovative tile-based Start Screen** of Windows 8, enhancing the user experience with real-time updates. (9 reviews) - New Features (6 reviews) - Reliability (6 reviews) - App Ecosystem (5 reviews) - Easy Navigation (5 reviews) - Easy Setup (5 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users find the **unfriendly interface** of Windows 8 frustrating due to its touch-centric design and clunky transitions. (14 reviews) - Users find Windows 8 to have **usage difficulty** , citing confusing navigation and hidden buttons that complicate tasks. (11 reviews) - Users are frustrated by the **removal of the traditional Start menu** , finding Windows 8 unintuitive and confusing for casual users. (10 reviews) - Users experience **compatibility issues** with Windows 8, particularly with iPhones and other Microsoft document versions. (6 reviews) - Users find the **poor UI/UX** of Windows 8 to be confusing and unintuitive, complicating basic tasks and navigation. (6 reviews) - Users frequently find the **interface confusing** , especially due to the removal of the traditional Start menu and the tablet-style design. (5 reviews) - Limited Apps/Store (4 reviews) - Users frequently experience **performance issues** with Windows 8, noting slow speeds and frequent bugs affecting usability. (4 reviews) - Outdated Technology (3 reviews) - System Crashes (3 reviews) ## Windows 8 Reviews ### 1. Using windows 8 is a great operating system but i found lack in traditional start menu in windows 8 **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 30, 2023 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** I most like the new tile-based in windows 8 and it helps me to get quick access to my frequently used apps. **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** The most I dislike most is the lack of a traditional start menu, which I find it difficult to find and open my apps. **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** One of the business solutions was integrating with cloud services. The operating system was designed to integrate with cloud services like OneDrive, which made is so easy to access and sync files with my colleagues. ### 2. Best Windows 8 **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Aaditya Partap S. | Software Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 13, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** Windows 8 comes with the all new features like metro start to run applications. It also have window store where you can download apps. It also supports tablet version as well. It also has touch interface which allows you to run so many touch commands. The interface is really interactive and gives you all new experience. **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** Windows 8 still comes with the traditional desktop. Users needs to get used to the Windows 8. And moreover the good apps on windows store are paid. It has two modes like metro mode and desktop mode which can be confusing for few users. It does not have much upgrade as compared to Windows 7. **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is solving the problem to use multiple apps through windows store. Many problems got fixed and you can have a better OS experience. Storage spaces is the feature which solves storage problems by pooling hard drives and access data across them. ### 3. An OS with Good Interface with Touch Support **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Himanshu S. | Legal Associate, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 24, 2023 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** Windows 8's touch-optimized interface, made it easier to navigate and easily operate the system, along with its integrated cloud support of OneDrive made files remotely accessible. **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** Limited compatibility with software like Adobe Xd, Illustrator, and Photoshop, moreover Microsoft Store in OS is not able to download and install apps due to version incompatibility issues, **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Accessibility of files over the internet with its built-in support for the cloud was helpful for us. ### 4. Easy to use **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mounica T. | Onboarding Specialist, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 17, 2023 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** best ui upgrade and easy to install and operate. **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** hangs sometimes when using graphic tools **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** easy to use, good ui ### 5. WINDOWS 8 REVIEW **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 15, 2023 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** It is easy to go to my documents since you just have to scroll **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** It makes me confused with its colorful interface. **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Efficiency in accessing documents or apps. ### 6. One of the Best Winodws Ever used **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** IMRAN I. | Senior Network and Security Specialist, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 01, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** It is one of the best products of Microsoft, very user friendly easy to use and lots of features, its desktop was awesome and the start items were great, also it was compatible with almost everything **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** Sometimes Bluetooth becomes unresponsive,that was an issue with windows 8 also, the shared GPU was consumed a lot. Other than these things everything was great in this window **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** I used it for personal as well as for business, previous windows were not so much user friendly also they were having alot of bugs, with windows 8 stability user firendly done wonders for us ### 7. Windows 8 Review **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Vijay K. | Senior Software Engineer, Information Technology and Services, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 18, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** Better performance than Windows 7, new look, and fast processing. Quick boot-up and customized menu with new icons. WiFI, Bluetooth connection got upgraded, Windows Insider program option for the users. Full screen, metro apps, touch support, Windows Store availability, easily accessible on Tablets, new Internet Explorer, comes with SkyDrive connectivity, improved search bar, Settings option is simplified, Quick Access toolbar, Integrated social apps. **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** Start Menu got disappeared. Some of the themes are not supported. The toolbar got modified and lack some features. The Bootloader can be improved. Management of devices does not meet the expectation. **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Windows 8 is very promising if you use it for any business purpose. Easy task management and multiple window support. Improved productivity without lagging much. It has lots of social apps pre-installed that help connects with friends and co-workers. ### 8. Best as compare to previous OS windows 7 or vista **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Amar A. | Software Quality Assurance Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 03, 2023 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** Presentation & GUI that totally failed in vista & for windows 7 was not good enough **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** Still need to implement the start button. **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** GUI is good with lots of features; drive security is improved. Microsoft introduced a new edge browser along with IE that removes the limitations of previous IE. ### 9. Windows 8 was a huge change. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Akshay S. | Unity 3d Developer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 07, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** The UI was very attractive and and was a huge change looking at windows 7 or xp windows 8 had a very attractive Ui and settings and file explorer. **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** Some games and softwares had trouble running in the new windows and some drivers was also gad problems. **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** It have Simpler Ui so that i could found any settings or i can search anything using the start menu. ### 10. User experience **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** george k. | Computer Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 13, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** The graphics of windows 8 is nice to use and it's well organized It's user friendly and allows automatic installation of printers and other plug and play devices **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** The window defender is poor Virus can easily get access to it and currput your files Most softwares and very supportive of windows 8 operating system and that Always crashing **Recommendations to others considering Windows 8:** It's easy to use only if u have a computer knowledge before **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** It's an operating system and it helps me install software on my Pc and also give me a user experience and also drivers are easier to get There is printer installation ### 11. Best Operating System available with a GUI and ease of use **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** arpit a. | Senior Software Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 23, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** Huge changes that were done as part of Windows 7 release, that made User experience a little bit annoying and more complex than previous simpler versions, were removed from in Windows 8. The simplicity and ease-of-use that comes with Windows is restored. **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** Tile-based User interface - I prefer the traditional windows view and i do not like this tile-based interface Search option - The simpler earlier way to search was replaced with a different kind of search on the tiles screen The escape to both the cons mentioned above was available by switching to traditional windows view instead of the tiles UI **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** It boots faster than previous versions of Windows and has great recovery and syncing mechanisms. These allow me to get my work done faster and in a more efficient way. ### 12. It's a good operating system! **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Md Ashfak S. | Web Developer and Social Media Marketer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 18, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** Modern design, fast loading time, and the free virus guard were the best things that I liked most about windows 8. **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** Windows stopped providing any updates and customer support to it. That's why I moved to windows 10. **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Windows 8 was solving the main issue of running a computer. It makes things easy and I was able to be more productive through it. ### 13. A good all around operating system and platform **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Accounting | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 04, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** It is intuitive and easy to use. If you are familiar with the windows family of servers, windows 8 is a very similar product and does not require a lot of time to get up and running. **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** It is a bit dated at this stage so you might want to consider a more recent version with the latest productivity and security features you would expect in a modern OS. **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Running Microsoft windows applications such as office, IIS and being able to develop and test web applications running on the .Net framework. We did not want to retrain staff on a non-windows solution. ### 14. Colorful and easy to use, designed and optimized for touch sensitive laptops. **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Dip Jyoti S. | Online Trainee, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 06, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** It is a fancy and colorful User interface specifically optimized for touch Tablet-PC. It has a different UI compared to all Windows OS. It is very much similar to Andriod. The application's icon is modern, the animation is up to date, has pre-installed antivirus security for 1 year. Any devices that have windows 7 compatibility can run windows 8. It supports NFCs for payment and has a shorter boot time. **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** Windows 8 is full of bugs and takes a longer time to load applications. Switching between applications is very difficult, and not very use-friendly causing confusion to users. It is a slow Operating system because there are many things extra that are not needed like there is a desktop background and a home background which don't make sense. The Alt+Tab keyboard function is missing which makes it difficult to swap applications, difficult for multitask. The RAM management is very poor, and there are many problems of "not responding to situations". The predecessor OS windows XP was much better optimized. Beauty outside, ugly inside. **Recommendations to others considering Windows 8:** If you are not in professional fields like Development and Coding, and you want to buy touch devices then windows 8 is best. **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Java programming, HTML, Paint and MS Office and video conferencing. I was a beginner at that time doing basic Computer learning which is why I didn't face problems with Multitasking, Matlab and development. Young users love Windows 8 because it is fancy and colorful, but after using it for 1-2 years it would feel boring and irritating to use. ### 15. Not as good as windows 10 in my opinion but ok **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Lia P. | Licensed Realtor, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 30, 2021 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** You can pin programs to the start menu which is a cool updated feature. The layout is alright overall. **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** Its pretty much not possible to minimize the windows you are using or roll up the screen either. Definitely a con. **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Organizing my pc is a bit easier than before but I definitely still like windows 10 more ### 16. Operating System **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** pradeep j. | Practice Lead/ Project Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 02, 2023 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** Nice Interface More userfriendly then previous version **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** Was consuming more memory as bootup space **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** more userfriendly than earlier versions. ### 17. Used but not like it **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ankit L. | Geologist, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 04, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** It's a good try but it was not good OS, But this OS introduced how an OS can be flipped from what it is right now. It gave us new UI of copy/paste and window explorer. **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** I lost several time in the options in this OS. I couldn't find the applications in the OS. This was a sudden change in UI so older system got hanged as mine. But overall this was good step. **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** It gave me new UI experience which we always expect from the updates and some of its part was good as file manager and options and not so much but start menu tiles. ### 18. Operating system that didn't last long as it had many issues after W7 **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Elias P. | Especialista en Software y Aplicaciones, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 23, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** It was just the change in their appearance to a more dynamic one than what had been managed previously. **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** It is very slow, even with the commonly installed applications, and it was showing a lot of blue screens. **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Windows Explorer has definitely become more useful and looks great. ### 19. Very intuitive and easy to use touch screen type interface for OS **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Muhammad A. | Strategic Sourcing Specialist, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 12, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** Very intuitive and easy-to-use interface. Especially for touch-screen-type systems. The previous version of Windows, that is, Windows 7 was not that user-friendly for touchscreen-type systems. It was more of suitable for with-mouse operations. **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** The only thing that I have disliked in Windows 8 is that its stability is comparably low when compared to Windows 7. For the same Microsoft has given free upgrade to Windows 10. **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Windows 8 has helped me in meeting all my business and personal needs for an operating system. It is a complete package for any home / business personal computer user. ### 20. This OS is unstable and has bugs **Rating:** 1.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Anthony M. | Desktop Support, Information Technology and Services, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 28, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** One of the features I like about this operating system is the interface and how it is designed. I even like how easily you can access the start menu features and tools. Another feature I like is if you have a touch screen computer it's even easier to swipe and get to your applications. **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** One feature I dislike is how difficult it can be to access the tiles and applications. In Windows 7 and 10 all you have to do is do a left click on the window in order to access the Start Menu. **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** There aren't that many problems Windows 8 solved. The company has only used it for a short period of time. One thing I would say is the operating system is buggy and many errors during the imaging process. ### 21. WIndows with No Haters - WIndows 8 **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 29, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** Windows 8 was having many great features compared to the windows older Versions: - It was having a very Smooth UI and is easy to use by the User. - Also The Installation Process was pretty smooth and was having faster reboot time. - many New apps have been installed in the WIndows for the Music and Other Activities - Windows 8 theme was totally DIfferent from the WIndows 7 theme. **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** - It Provides too many small Updates which sometimes is like a headache. - Here the Driver Support is also very bad. - Sometimes it lags while installation of the Softwares. **Recommendations to others considering Windows 8:** Nowadays many New Versions have come Inthe market but if you PC doesn't support these new versions you can go for the WIndows 8 without even thinking. **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have used WIndows 8 dor about 1 year and was happy with the Experaince, Being an Student it has solved many problems for me Like : Studying Searching for Study Materials on the Internet etc. ### 22. Window OS **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mazhar H. | ICT Solution Delivery Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 27, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** Improved Interface, Customize the Start screen and especially boot to desktop Security options are improved **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** Built for Tablet also but not as good as others **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Increasing speed and performance are good benefit. Security and compatibility are also plus ### 23. Windows 8 was not as polished and mature as Windows. **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mohammad I. | Network Security Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 01, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** They launched it with different interface, still it was mix up, means many liked and many disliked it. **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** That tiles interface was tough to operate and sometimes finding the option to shut down was very hard. **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** This is the operating system used company wide for the users productivity purpose. ### 24. Good Efficient OS **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Aweem A. | Backend Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 18, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** The User Interface and Processing of OS is amazing **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** The start pannel UI can be optimized like removal of extra tabs suggestion **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** its a very helpful for any new user of OS and pretty light and functional ### 25. Standard Software for Beginners **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** 20-456 VIDYASAGAR D. | Student, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 24, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** Excellent GUI,Icons are visible and Start button to access apps **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** Less download speed and Starting problem **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** By GUI features easily access by icons and saved so much time ### 26. A great server to work with **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Marieli R. | Assistente jurídico, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 14, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** The ease of integration and using the resources. **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** What bothers a little is that sometimes it freezes **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is used as the base of the computer ### 27. Windows 8 Review **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Amber D. | Driver Support Agent, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 13, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** I love being able to rearrange folders and files seamlessly. It works with all major browsers which is a huge plus. The notifications and lock screen is great as well to be able to work with. I really love how many capabilities it has. **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** Sometimes the speed can be a bit slow and the system operates very slow. Sometimes the interface is confusing, especially if you are a new user. Not a lot of apps are available for free either. **Recommendations to others considering Windows 8:** I wish the system had a different interface. Also wish the system would move a bit faster in speed. **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is easy to use and is user-friendly. This is especially important for people who aren't tech savvy. It not terribly confusing to figure out the system and start using it. ### 28. Windows 8 review **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ayush M. | Software Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 15, 2021 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** The things I like the best is 1. Speedy boot time 2. The Stability 3. High Performance 4. Bug Free 5. Innovative & dynamic desktop **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** UI is something that can be enhanced a bit. Explorer.exe does its own thing Creating multiple shortcut copies of same files The blue screen of death is usual Unclear text Aviation error **Recommendations to others considering Windows 8:** I strongly recommend folks out there to use Windows 8 in their daily uses. It' s working very smoothly with all the features that a user needs. One can also use it for professional as well as personal uses. **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am working professional, so I am working on a client based project which is using a windows 8 environment. Basically I am using the command prompt features of windows to solve the load balancing issues of the project. ### 29. Yes, it is new technology but it was completely replaced by Microsoft Windows 10 and 11 OS. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ketan C. | IT Administrator, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 25, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** Live Tile, Setting Panel, Live Tile-based Theme, Microsoft play store access **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** in windows 8 I most dislike is absence of a start menu, the lengthy shutdown process **Recommendations to others considering Windows 8:** i do recommend windows 10 instead of windows 8, because windows 10 is more easy to install and use and it also has a start menu which is most useful feature of Microsoft windows **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** actually i was comfortable with windows 7 and don't have any problem with it, this is just a new version of windows that looked and performed batter then earlier version of windows ### 30. Not so well, I prefer windows 10 **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Wesley B. | Quality and Research Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 23, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** It's better than windows 7, close to windows 10 but there is some bugs that needs to be fix. It's a working OS, there is many features, works the most softwares that I used on windows XP and 7. **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** Needs to fix many bugs, some softwares are uncompetitive, but is a good operational system. However I prefer the windows 10 and now I am thinking about trying the 11. **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Using for personal and professional matters. My company just upgraded from windows 7 to 8 and it was a lot of changes, some goods and some bads. I used for a while in my personal but I changed to 10. ### 31. First Windows with an identity of its own **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Raisal A. | Junior Business Analyst, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 11, 2021 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** Compared to Windows 7, windows 8 was a huge change in the os platform from Microsoft Windows. One of the main advantage of windows 8 was that Microsoft in tie up with nokia a mobile manufacturer, Windows 8 was made accessible for their devices of nokia lumia range and it was a huge hit at the smartphone industry. **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** Start page of the windows 8 is overcrowded by the way the app list is shown, it has been taken care by the windows 10 ,now the start page looks more cleaner **Recommendations to others considering Windows 8:** It's a must recommended upgrade if you're using windows 7 or lower **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Easy to use, easy to understand. Same billing and documentation softwares can be used in every computers all-round the state, because of the windows 8 compatibility. Better virus scanning from Windows defender compared to 3rd part antivirus softwares. Easy to access data from the server from anywhere the country. ### 32. Window 8 front is very friendly **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 05, 2023 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** Its friendly feature and the front end used in window software **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** We are observing services issues as compared to window 10 **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** It's very easy to use and portable ### 33. Very User Friendly **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Amanda C. | Administrative Office Technician, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 14, 2021 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** Windows has always been more user friendly than OS, in my opinion. And Windows 8 is no exception. Since the update it has been very easy to use. The onedrive is a nice alternative to apple's cloud. Just very easy to use, not too different than previous versions. **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** The only thing I didn't like was that it automatically saved everything to the onedrive, it didn't give me an option whether I wanted to do that or not before it did. So that got full quickly, when I really didn't need everything saved on there. I went back and corrected it later, but I don't think it should automatically do that without a prompting of whether you want that or not. **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Just easy to use. I use Windows for work everyday and its very simple and I appreciate that. ### 34. Windows 8 review **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Automotive | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 27, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** The interface of windows 8 is very good as compare to windows 7 and ease of accessing items in windows 8 is also very easy as compare to the previous versions of windows. **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** There is nothing much i dislike about windows 8 . AS ALL the things are good in windows like ease of doing things is also very good.Like more apps will be helpful. **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Windows 8 come with latest technology so windows 8 is fast i can do my work fast , quick and more precisely secondly the apps are very helpfull in windows which i am using ### 35. Windows 8 **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nomagugu V. | Recruitment Consultant, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 20, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** I appreciate that I can still create new folders, download applications, rearrange the contents of my computer, and it works with all major browsers. Windows 8 is, in my opinion, a vastly superior operating system to previous versions. **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** I detest having to spend time learning all of the new features. On tablets and smaller devices, they work significantly better than on laptops. Swiping through the live tiles to find a certain feature I want to use is tough for me, especially that my the smartphone does not have a touchscreen. **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** I find that Windows 8 benefits me since the apps and programs I use the most are arranged in a bar that runs across the bottom of the screen, making things easier for me. It also features a cleaner, more modern look that makes finding files and programs easier. Because pinning programs to the screen does not change the desktop background, I can simply locate whatever I need to use. ### 36. Windows 8 Review **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Harsha S. | Senior System Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 03, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** 1). The UI of the Windows 8 was really good and its a major upgrade compared to older versions. 2). Introuduction of new apps in the store that are compatible with Windows 8 made things easier for many users. 3). Notifications, Lock screen and Multitasking were excellent. **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** Not so good with desktops. Many of the good apps on the store are paid apps. **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** 1). The new start menu with tiles is beautiful. 2). It would just work beautifully on a touchscreen device 3). Windows marketplace, something that windows was missing. 4). Works on a wide range of hardware 5). Built in cloud sync and backup ### 37. Windows 8 experience- pros and cons **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** SHIVAM G. | Associate Developer - Frontend , Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 11, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** The clean and smooth UI and newly features added.The user experience is good but sometimes window lags and take time to open applications , futher versions are more good to use and easy to handle. **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** Its no so good with desktop and also many of the good apps in playstore are either not available or are paid.The product should enhance like its further came versions. **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** It has fast boost time and dual monitor support. The networking capabilities are good. ### 38. Ease of work and fast accessibility. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Piyush G. | Senior Software Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 27, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** Search functionality is the best feature **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** there is Nothing to be dislike about the **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Ease of access ### 39. One OS across multiple different devices **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Monika K. | Software engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 22, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** Same OS can run on laptop, desktop, tablet or mobile phone. it has super cool features like new keyboard shortcuts, picture passwords. **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** They don't have free version, also not the most secured compared to other OS, booting time is more **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Helping people for general purpose, we can use this to build desktop applications, video editing tools ### 40. User Friendly and Intuitive **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ankit P. | Software Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 12, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** The best thing about Windows 8 is the pretty smooth installation and a faster boot time compared to the previous version of windows. The synchronization with Microsoft Account is something that we, as a user, find very useful. **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** Sometimes the overall experience seems confusing with given options. The fullscreen start menu seems annoying sometimes. Everything from the control panel is now in settings. Also, most of the apps are not available freely. **Recommendations to others considering Windows 8:** Just go for it! You are are going to love the overall experience. **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** First thing, I like the overall experience of Windows 8. Windows 7 was slow. Also, the elegant Interface of the Windows 8 makes it look so good that even older devices are looking like new. Another thing is, the synchronization with OneDrive is excellent. It gives a smooth experience of accessing your files on all your devices. Also, while transferring files, previously, there was no option to pause the transfer, but now with Windows 8, you can do it too. ### 41. Windows 8 **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** MOHAMMED M. | Analyst, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 18, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** I like interface of windows 8. And also it is faster compare to lower OS windows. It has 64bit window which quite compatabel to get various software to be installed properly. **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** In windows 8 I don't like to have OS updates which is always slower down the OS. And it has less bit rate which is about 30fps. **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have solve the problem realted to internet amd wifi connection which is not operated properly in windows 8 so I have figured our about this and solved it. ### 42. Attractive but not good **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Akhil . | Trainee, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 08, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** The key highlight of Windows 8 is the start menu. Just amazing and very beautiful. All the apps are shown as tiles. The tiles are resizable and alive. They change with time. Overall UI has also changed from previous version of Windows i.e., Windows 7. Explorer looks different, control panel has changed. New apps are available for music and pictures. **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** 1. Support for drivers is terrible. 2. Adding new devices mostly gets stuck. 3. Lots of bugs and software installation issues. 4. Stuck on boot multiple times. 5. Everything is new hence tricky for regular users to complete their usual stuff. 6. Multiple time explore is blank. **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** 1. Studying. 2. Gaming. 3. Photo and Video editing. 4. Working with Microsoft office applications. 5. Networking. 6. Browsing the internet. 7. Downloading and uploading files. ### 43. WIN8 **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tafseer H. | HARDWARE ENGINEER, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 09, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** ADDON SOFTWARES WHICH ARE INBUILD . MANY DRIVERS COMPATIBLE **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** THE TURN OF OPTION IS NOT EASY IN WINDOWS 8 **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** IT IS HELPFUL IN DOCUMENTATION AND MULTITASKING IS EASY ### 44. Outdated !! - Try latest windows **Rating:** 0.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Irshad M. | Associate Technical Consultant, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 24, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** It was one of the best OS to work with, was easy to use, easy to navigate, light weight **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** Now it has been outdated, no much support provided, try updated version of windows. **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Of course it's computer and it solves all the problem which you can perform on OS. ### 45. Windows 8 - My most favorite Windows at all time **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tran P. | Cloud System Administrator, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 22, 2021 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** It's a lightweight yet very powerful and the most stable version of Windows I've ever used. Transitioning from Windows 7 with the old style of theme to a totally new look of Windows 8 gave me a great new experience **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** For Windows 8, the bad thing I didn't like was its original idea of accessing the start menu, with which we had to hover the mouse over the left corner of the desktop to have it popped up. It was resolved in Windows 8.1 **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Windows 8 brought robustness to the users, compared to its predecessors, Windows XP and Windows 7. It improved the experience of performance and rich features of Windows Explorer, device management, and networking ### 46. Windows 8 is an upgrade from 7, but was still left wanting. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Bob R. | Technician, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 17, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** The layout and start menu and being able to login with Microsoft account. **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** The Svchost.exe using a lot of processor performance. **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** The online integration services are very beneficial and logging in with Microsoft account. ### 47. As the new version of Windows came and also this window starter **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Aayush T. | Software Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 03, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** Multitasking feature is amazing in windows 8 **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** There are lot of bugs in windows 8 and also the right black bar while hovering mouse to right side **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Change the appearance of windows starter snd remove the bugs like audio setup ### 48. A bit complex **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** antony o. | Content Review Coordinator, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 30, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** Having the start button Improved speed More ways to personalize PC **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** Takes a while to get accustomed to Hard to monitor progress on updates in he background **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** By including the start button, it has made it easier to navigate ### 49. Using it daily and loving it! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sujeeth K. | Testing Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 03, 2022 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** With my office computer, we have windows eight by default. We have not updated to 10 or even 11 because it has unique touch-specific compatibility. Offers a highly new user experience than previous versions of windows. For clients with specific compatibility requirements with Windows 8, the OS comes in handy to run software engineering and project management tasks right on the OS. With the support of Tabs, Laptops, and Desktops, Windows 8 has achieved a special place in computing devices. **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** 1. The tab switching experience 2. Internet protocols and privacy protection 3. No freedom to install softwares that are running on previous versions of Windows. **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** Industry-organized applications and virtual cloud environments that only support windows 8 for their software testing and automated business processes to perform minimum requirements are significant problems that we are solving using windows 8 for our clients. ### 50. Windows 8 simplicity and effectiveness **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alberto G. | Business Intelligence System Manager and Business Analyst, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 16, 2021 **What do you like best about Windows 8?** What I like the most about windows is its simplicity when doing things either in Linux or in old windows. Many of the processes are already much simpler such as drivers, installing or uninstalling programs. The memory and process management is much more efficient in my opinion than Linux especially after forcing a process to close. Only one way to do something but that way works. It can be more or less efficient but the important thing is that it works and does what you expect it to do. **What do you dislike about Windows 8?** Disk management is slower and more cumbersome and generates a lot of unnecessary data, in my opinion. The own windows processes have to occupy a lot of space, and you cannot remove or disable them. The virus "checker" can consume many resources without giving a valid reason to run. If you want to use it as a server, it does not work very well because it has many background processes spending resources that do not serve you, or I do not consider it valid. It tends to be attacked because it is more used, which can be a problem if you store sensitive data. **What problems is Windows 8 solving and how is that benefiting you?** My operating system is for personal and daily use; it is comfortable, simple, and easy to use. I can play games, watch television, install programs, and print devices without being too complicated. 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