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December 12th, 2012, 10:09 GMT · By

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Mother Tries Windows 8 for the First Time – Video

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We don’t know about you, but we’re quickly getting tired of all these clips trying to show everyone that Windows 8 is actually a confusing operating system.

Here’s another clip published on YouTube that shows us a mother, apparently a Windows XP user, trying Windows 8 for the first time.

Of course, she gets stuck on the Start Screen and doesn’t know how to close a Modern app, but that’s not at all a surprise given the fact that she doesn’t even know what operating system she’s using on a regular basis.

According to the video description, she has only used Windows XP with the classic Windows 95 theme, so listening to her criticizing Windows 8 is actually a bit funny. Watch the clip and let us know what you think using the comment box after the jump.

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Comment #1 by: FairGo on 12 Dec 2012, 10:57 UTC reply to this comment

Sounds like she totally stupid and doesn't know anything. She should give up computer altogether.

Comment #1.1 by: LeeB on 16 Dec 2012, 17:13 GMT

Maybe if the kid hadn't set out do make his mother look stupid and told her slowly what to do, not yapping things at her and laughing at her, it might have gone smoother. She likes her computer that she has now, who cares?


Comment #2 by: darthrevab13 on 12 Dec 2012, 15:24 UTC reply to this comment

Even my 7 year old cousin can do better


Comment #3 by: thor on 12 Dec 2012, 20:03 UTC reply to this comment

Yeah! I'm tired of people trying to understand the nonundestandable. You can't undestand Win8 simply 'cause noone can. It's just so stuuuuuupid! Go get youself an Android, girl! It's cheaper AND easier!


Comment #4 by: Tarun Juneja on 13 Dec 2012, 11:37 UTC reply to this comment

windows 8 is simply beautiful and we need beautiful mind to get that...not a 100 years old mum


Comment #5 by: 12padams on 03 Jan 2013, 13:18 UTC reply to this comment

That youtube channel has the mother testing a bunch of operating systems... Over 15 as of now. They basically perform the same tasks using different operating systems and see which operating system has the most intuitive interface. Windows 8 was one of the most difficult however it was not the worst operating system they tried. According to their video series windows 8 is the 4th worst operating system they have tried. Worse than windows 8 was MS-DOS, Arch Linux and Microsoft BOB. It's interesting to see that that mother could use other non-Microsoft operating systems better than windows 8 even though she is a dedicated windows user.

I love windows 8 on a tablet but its awful on a desktop computer with a keyboard and mouse.

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