Windows 8 may be the most disruptive operating system upgrade in 17 years, but the learning curve isn't as steep as some have claimed, enterprise support company PC Helps said today.
"It will be very difficult to adjust to, no doubt of that," said Joe Puckett, PC Helps' director of training. "But there are a lot of things that can be done to minimize the disruption."
Many would disagree.
Windows 8 has been knocked by reviewers, analysts and online pundits as a difficult-if-not-impossible upgrade because of its
dual, and dueling, user interfaces (UI), one that supports the touch-first, tile-style apps
formerly known as Metro, the other very similar to
Windows 7's traditional desktop.
The criticisms have been scathing at times, with analysts predicting that corporations will shun Windows 8 because of increased training time and help desk costs, and reviewers have almost universally come out against the new Start screen, the disappearance of the venerable Start button and the jarring switch between the two UIs.
