Windows 8, Land of the Lost 3
Today, I helped an acquaintance set up her new Windows 8 computer.
I now have a first-hand understanding of why Windows 8 has failed in the marketplace.
It is a dog, a kludge, a monstrosity. Essential features, such as the command line (to do simple things like a ping command to test an internet connection) are hidden many fathoms deep.
I had to do a web search to find out how to reboot the computer, for Pete’s sake.
It is no surprise that Steve Ballmer is out of a job. Every decision he made was wrong.
April 5, 2014 at 8:23 pm
Hiding the command line is probably a good idea. Most people think a command line is what a major says to a private in the Army.
April 5, 2014 at 8:23 pm
(That should read “Army.”)
Fixed.
April 7, 2014 at 9:56 pm
Yeah, maybe. The Windows command line is limited at best. In previous versions of Windows, start–>run->”cmd” would open a terminal. In v. 8, finding “run” is an ordeal.
Nevertheless, a ping is the easiest way to test a network connection. And a tracert tells you where a connection is failing.