After installing Start8, and completely ignoring the Metro UI, I was pretty happy with Windows 8.
Windows 8.1, though, has introduced a whole lot of new problems: Out of memory messages from games (when having lots of memory free), sleep mode not working, etc. And many drivers are still not available for Windows 8.1.
I don't play on the surface because really, I've got a beefy pc on 7 for that so really I wouldn't care about that, the lack of disc drive also means I'm not playing any of the disc based games I already own.
So really...
Dafuq are you talking about.. 8.1 is the best os I've ever touched ESPECIALLY because I own a Pro. The os was built for this type of machine. Are you sure you know how to use it?
Why don't you tell us what your major gripes are about the os so we can tell you how you are using it incorrectly.
From a 2008 mbp to a surface pro2 I can tell you it's not that massive of an upgrade thanks to Ws8's UI that is really not intuitive in the least.
If you wanna do some kind of file management, the stylus/touchscreen combo is more a chore to use than anything.
Can't find addbloc for ie10 that wouldn't be a pb if chrome didn't suck so much (and really why would I want to use ie?).
Snap feature is limited to 2 apps so that pretty useless in the end.
the desktop environment is not tailored for such a small screen anyway.
the metro part of the OS is not bad to use with the surface pro 2
the regular/desktop part is downright useless without a mouse
Without the keyboard it's even worse, you have to bring it up manually each and every time you do something and it use half the screen estate, not 40% or 20%, really 50% :/
oh and random crashes when openning some stuffs from the store (msft apps at that).
And no I'm not paying for the privilege of owning a new fancy mouse because they couldn't make their system better suited to stylus users.
I do know however that once the power cover come out, it'll be a downright better experience (if my so doesn't use it all the time -_-)
I like my surface pro2 a lot.
Like a whole fucking lot.
It's literally my new main computer once I manage to get everything set up (give me a break, busy schedule) and running (btw adt doesn't install nearly as well as on 7...)
My so is an artist and is in love with the stylus/touchscreen so much she's planning on taking the next iteration for herself just because.
But the OS is really something I could do without.
the search function would be of any use if I didn't already have everything I want readily accessible.
Wasn't much of a start button user to begin with I don't miss it that much.
I would have a massively better experience too if the user agent used in all my browsers were set to mobile or something too.
