????Windows 8的成長之痛將會讓微軟（Microsoft）已經(jīng)縮水的市場價值雪上加霜,。公司已經(jīng)把所有的賭注壓在了這款操作系統(tǒng)、Surface平板電腦和冠名Windows的智能手機上,。不過用戶對此反應(yīng)冷淡,，更新系統(tǒng)的人也寥寥無幾。因此微軟有可能很快要就Windows 8發(fā)布一系列尷尬而又毫無價值的致歉,。

????Windows 8上市僅僅三周,，便已經(jīng)產(chǎn)生了至少兩位受害者。一個是Windows部門總裁史蒂芬?辛諾夫斯基,，另一個便是筆者嶄新的聯(lián)想（Lenovo）筆記本Z580,。

????我不是第一個在Windows 7系統(tǒng)升級到Windows 8的過程中遇到問題的人。許多用戶已經(jīng)在Twitter和Facebook等社交媒體上宣泄了他們的失望之情,。不少人稱他們的系統(tǒng)在升級后已經(jīng)徹底崩潰了,。某用戶在自己的“高端”電腦上安裝了全新的操作系統(tǒng)之后,，發(fā)現(xiàn)了一大堆錯誤和問題,，他對此進行了嚴厲抨擊：“你們發(fā)布得太早了，我知道你們正在晝夜趕工,，彌補這些問題,。但是我現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)沒有可用的電腦了,，不能用Steam游戲平臺，不能用Office辦公軟件,，準(zhǔn)確地說,，是什么都不能用了?！?/p>

????實際上這個用戶的抱怨已經(jīng)非常禮貌了,，大多數(shù)人都因為顯而易見的原因而爆了粗口。與此同時,，那些成功安裝Windows 8的用戶則發(fā)現(xiàn)程序（微軟似乎創(chuàng)造性地把它們稱作“應(yīng)用”）一直崩潰,。另一些人還發(fā)現(xiàn)他們的核心驅(qū)動不能同時兼容Windows 7和Windows 8——這意味著他們電腦的一部分組件無法使用，比如音頻設(shè)備和無線網(wǎng)卡,。很多升級系統(tǒng)的用戶都希望全新的優(yōu)秀功能會讓他們感到驚喜,。結(jié)果呢？滿心期待變成了滿腔怒火,。這真是讓人無比沮喪,。

????接下來是我的個人經(jīng)驗。我雖然不是科技博客寫手,，不過確實對使用電腦有一些心得,。幾個月前我測試過Windows 8的開發(fā)者版本，灰心地發(fā)現(xiàn)這個版本在Windows 7的基礎(chǔ)上做了一些看似華麗,、實則無用的升級,。許多程序都不能按照我的想法運行，一些驅(qū)動程序也無法響應(yīng)電腦指令,。不過這是測試版——這種情況也在意料之中,。

????為了不落后于潮流，我決定在Windows 8發(fā)布的時候升級我的電腦,，還天真地認為微軟已經(jīng)把所有大的問題都解決了,。天哪，我真是想得太美好了,。第一次嘗試安裝時,，我就發(fā)現(xiàn)我的觸摸板和屏幕調(diào)光器無法正常工作。聲音質(zhì)量參差不齊,，屏幕也不斷閃爍,。

????我訪問了聯(lián)想的網(wǎng)站，重新安裝了電腦中許多驅(qū)動程序的Windows 8版本,，顯然微軟的系統(tǒng)不附帶這些,。不過我的下載進程很快就終止了，因為下載軟件的安裝程序——沒錯,，安裝程序——與Windows 8不兼容,。于是我只能手動地,、一個個地下載所有的驅(qū)動程序。

????Windows 8's growing pains could deliver a major blow to Microsoft's already dwindling market value. The company has bet the farm on the success of its new operating system as well as its new Surface tablet and Windows-branded smartphones. But with a lukewarm reception by users and sporadic issues with system migration, it's possible that Microsoft may soon have to make a lot of awkward, value-destroying apologies about Windows 8.

????It has been just three weeks since the launch of Windows 8 and the new operating system has claimed at least two victims: 1) Steven Sinofsky, the head of the Windows division at Microsoft and 2) the, Z580, my relatively new Lenovo laptop.

????I'm not the first person to have issues migrating from Windows 7 to Windows 8. A number of users have taken to social media outlets like Twitter and Facebook to vent their frustration. Many report that their systems have completely crashed as a result of the upgrade. One user went on a diatribe about how, after he installed the new operating system on a "high-end" computer, he found numerous errors and problems, noting "You guys released too early, and I know you are working around the clock to fix issues. But now I'm a man without a functional computer, without Steam, without Office, without even an ability to run ANYTHING correctly."

????That was actually one of the more polite complaints – the vast majority contained expletives, for obvious reasons. Meanwhile, those that have successfully installed Windows 8 have found that programs, (which Microsoft, creatively, seem to call "apps" now), consistently crash. Others are reporting that key drivers are not compatible between Windows 7 and Windows 8 -- meaning that parts of their computer simply aren't working, like the audio or the wireless card. This is extremely frustrating because in an upgrade users want to be "wowed" by all the new cool functions, but instead, many are getting angry.

????Then there is my personal experience. While I am not a tech blogger, I do know my way around a PC. I tested out the developer's version of Windows 8 a few months ago and I was dismayed to see a flashy but overall inefficient upgrade of Windows 7. Programs didn't work as well as I wanted them to, if at all, and some drivers were not talking to the computer. But it was a beta version – this was to be expected.

????Never to be behind the curve, I decided to upgrade my personal computer when Windows 8 was released to consumers, naively thinking that the company had resolved all the big issues. Boy, was I in for a ride. On my first attempt to install, I found that simple things like my touchpad and screen dimmer didn't work properly. The audio was spotty and my screen flickered on and off.

????I went to the Lenovo website where I began to reinstall the Windows 8 version of many of my drivers, which apparently Microsoft (MSFT) didn't pick up. But when I went to download them I was prevented from doing so because the installer – yes, the installer – for the downloads was not compatible with Windows 8. I then had to manually download every one of the drivers, one-by-one.