Windows 7 vs Windows 8

[Dolby]

I don't want to get too much into the specifics of each - but I've had Windows 7 for years and happy.

Someone has given me a copy of Windows 8 and thinking of using it. I know when they launched 8, many preferred 7 - but has that changed?

 

[Rickster]

Wouldn't install 8 even if my life depended on it.

 

[marine1]

Don't do it. Windows 8 is worse than vista or millenium

 

[Dolby]

That's what I was afraid of

 

[SirFooK'nG]

Dont do it .... not worth it. I got 8 on my laptop. Nothing special to see here....

 

[LaraC]

Don't listen to these hypocrites, if it is Windows 8.1 do it.

 

[Dolby]

Isn't 8.1 an update to 8 - no payment or anything?
So I need to go 7 > 8 > 8.1 ?

 

[PsyWulf]

Truth be told,it's much ado about nothing

Personal experience my old desktops run much faster on 8.1
I however did disable the Tiled start in favor of Windows 7's start menu (classicshell.net)

 

[techead]

dont bother.

 

[SirFooK'nG]

Ya, tiles on a pc is doff. Fine for a tablet... +1 for classicshell. And 8.1 is just a service pack.

 

[AfricanTech]

Truth be told,it's much ado about nothing

Personal experience my old desktops run much faster on 8.1
I however did disable the Tiled start in favor of Windows 7's start menu (classicshell.net)

This

Ignore the doom and gloomers - win 8.1 is fast, stable and will breathe new life into even 3 year old hardware.

It's no ME or Vista

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

Don't do it. Windows 8 is worse than vista or millenium

very true, its as if they took all the controls of a car and in a dartboard fashion threw them any which way they can.

hoping windows 9 is better

 

[Rickster]

Don't listen to these hypocrites, if it is Windows 8.1 do it.

/giggles

How are we being hypocrites?

 

[Dolby]

Not an easy choice, I see :/

I thought I'd have all 'no' ala Windows Vista or all 'yes' ala Windows 7

 

[SirFooK'nG]

This

Ignore the doom and gloomers - win 8.1 is fast, stable and will breathe new life into even 3 year old hardware.

It's no ME or Vista

I run win 7 & win 8.1, both PC's have SSD's. I see no difference in any performance. Thus why I never bothered to upgrade my desktop, which is my gaming PC.

If my PC had complete failure of some sort, and I had to reload because of said failure, then I would put 8 on. But to re-install all my software & games just to say I have windows 8 now ... hell no.

 

[Rickster]

Not an easy choice, I see :/

I thought I'd have all 'no' ala Windows Vista or all 'yes' ala Windows 7

Install it on a VM and see for yourself.

 

[rubber_otter]

Wouldn't install 8 even if my life depended on it.

I actually disagree. Was in the same boat until I actually took the plunge. Startup is sub-15 seconds, it updated to 8.1 within a day, games load faster and play better. I would highly recommend it.

 

[AfricanTech]

I run win 7 & win 8.1, both PC's have SSD's. I see no difference in any performance. Thus why I never bothered to upgrade my desktop, which is my gaming PC.

On a none SSD machine the difference is remarkable.

My old win 7 laptop got a new lease on life when I put 8.1 on it. 'Twas remarkable

And yes, it's apples and apples - the win7 was a clean install that I used for a few days before hosing and installing 8.1

 

[AfricanTech]

Don't do it. Windows 8 is worse than vista or millenium

Respectfully , that's a load of horse manure.

8.1 is no ME or Vista

Oh, and I'm fairly agnostic when it comes to operating systems - Linux, iOS, windows, - whatever works for you is what you should use.

 

[kayvee]

Software.