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Valve CEO: “Windows 8 is a catastrophe for everyone in the PC space”

Gabe Newell, the CEO of Valve, is an ex-Microsoft employee who worked there for thirteen years. Apparently there are still hard feelings between the two because Newell has just raged against...

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Blizzard Entertainment chimes in on the “Windows 8 is a catastrophe”...

You know that Gabe Newell “Windows 8 is a catastrophe” outburst dotTech posted about earlier? Yeah, well, Blizzard Entertainment, the company that brings us gaming titles such as World of Warcraft,...

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User interface expert says Windows 8 is less user-friendly than other...

Giants from gaming industry have already expressed their dislike of Windows 8 (and Windows 8 Store). Add Raluca Budiu, User Experience Specialist at Nielsen Norman Group, to the list of naysayers. In...

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We have another Windows 8 hater — the developer of Minecraft

Valve hates Windows 8, Blizzard Entertainment isn’t very enthusiastic about Windows 8, and a user interface expert feels Windows 8 is a “cognitive burden” on people. Who else is a Windows 8 naysayer?...

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Many manufacturers are “overwhelmingly negative” about Windows 8, according...

There is enough Windows 8 hate to go around. Apparently Asian manufacturers are in the same boat. Topeka Capital analyst Brian White recently traveled Asia meeting with various Asian manufacturers, at...

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Only 33% of businesses will upgrade to Windows 8, according to survey

Not liking Windows 8? You aren’t the only one. And it seems individual consumers aren’t the only ones unhappy with Windows 8. According to  the Wall Street Journal, a survey by Forrester Research...

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Experiment shows “normal people” are frustrated and confused by Windows 8

Had enough Windows 8 hate to go around? Too bad, ’cause here comes more. Self-professed geek Chris Pirillo, best known for founding the website Lockergnome, took to the streets to see how “normal...

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“Windows 8 is the end of Windows”, says CEO of Salesforce

Marc Benioff is the CEO of Salesforce, a company that pioneered cloud-based CRM and is considered one of the leaders in today’s cloud computing market. Benioff is also the latest person to vent...

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Another user interface expert doesn’t like Windows 8, says users are “thrown...

Had enough Windows 8 hate to digest? Too bad, ’cause here comes more. Jakob Nielsen, a user interface expert at Nielsen Norman Group who has been working with user interfaces for years, conducted a...

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Windows 8 isn’t as bad as expected, if user-submitted product reviews are to...

Most tech pundits have given a negative outlook to Windows 8, primarily due to its touch-optimized interface on keyboard and mouse PCs. Great, we know how techies feel about Windows 8. How about real...

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Majority of people won’t upgrade for Windows 8 but do think it is safer than...

Do you use avast!, either the free version or their paid offerings? If so, last month you probably were prompted with popups asking you to take part in a Windows 8 survey Avast was conducting. Well...

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Google and Bing autocomplete show how much people dislike Windows 8

Google and Bing both have an ‘autocomplete’ feature that attempts to predict what you want to search for. The predictions provided by Google and Bing depend on two factors: what other users searched...

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Usability expert deems Windows 8 as “weak, terrible, and disappointing”

After the unveiling of Windows 8, there has always been the question of whether or not Microsoft could successfully create an essentially all-new form of Windows that is both fresh stylistically but...

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The perfect revenge: installing Windows 8 on someone’s PC [Comic]

Time and time and time and time (and time) again we have heard about experts and regular people alike attesting to the fact that Windows 8 sucks for non-touch, traditional PC users. And how Windows 7...

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Dell warned Microsoft that Windows 8 and Windows RT naming scheme is confusing

I’d like to start with a short breakdown of  the current Windows 8 offerings: Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Enterprise, and Windows RT. The first three are compatible with Intel chipsets while...

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This hilarious video explains why Windows 8 sucks [Video]

Windows 8 has been out for a few months now. In that time, it has won over some people and distanced others. Brian Boyko is clearly in the latter group because he has created a bloody hilarious video...

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Samsung executive feels “Windows 8 is no better than Windows Vista”, calls...

It has been a very long time since we last heard some Windows 8 hate. (And by “very long time” I mean at least a few days.) However, thanks to Samsung’s head of memory division Dong-Soo Jun, now e...

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People “miss” Start Menu in Windows 8 and Microsoft made “flawed” decisions,...

Ready for some more Windows 8 hate? Here it comes! Bob O’Donnell, Program VP of Clients and Displays and “responsible for tracking the latest and most important hardware developments that impact PCs,...

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How to fix Windows 8 [Image]

All you people that hate Windows 8 will enjoy this one.

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Computer manufacturers claim Windows 8 “handed over millions of customers to...

There is no shortage of Windows 8 hate, especially not from OEMs (computer manufacturers) who build Windows PCs. In fact, the hate may be deeper than some may realize. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes of ZDNet...

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“My computer came with an anti-theft sticker” [Image]

Apparently people hate Windows 8 so much that a Windows 8 sticker on a laptop deters thieves.

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Another Windows 8 fail [Image]

The screen resolution on this Windows 8 machine is "too low" to run Music.

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