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Thread ID: 127763	2012-11-12 07:41:00	Is Win8 worth the change ?	cowboy stu (7021)	Press F1

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1312120	2012-11-12 09:21:00	If you were running Vista then I would say "Yes." Vista was just a total disaster and moving to Win8 make your machine run so much better without needing a hardware upgrade. Yea, don't think Vista had quite finished 'cooking' when it was released but XP was so outdated that it was necessary. So everyone upgraded to Vista, realised it was utter crap so had to upgrade to Windows 7 which is actually pretty good. Now comes Windows 8 but everyone is still happy with Win 7 :) hmm	WarNox (8772)
1312121	2012-11-12 09:35:00	thanks Waitech may give that a go ... so if i install to a diff partition or external drive ? Personally I have always installed and suggest on another HDD for testing (Unplug original first), so you don't have to worry about partitioning, then if you don't like it simply plug back in the original HDD. It always pays to back up / image the original drive first if on a different partition, just in case something goes wrong. I have installed to a USB drive, but its Via the "Windows to go" feature from within the actual install, never tried it directly to a USB drive. As you can see by BK T's post, some have a few problems, some don't. So far I have installed W8 on over 20 various PC's, only had problems with two, and both of those are older workshop PC's which the hardware is to old to run it. No idea why some have problems with drivers, never had any problems, mind you there's countless numbers of hardware/drivers Even my OLD Media Center PC runs it fine, and that all Wireless controls ( kB/Mouse) & as soon as I find it, I'll Try the Actual Media Center Remote functions -( its somewhere here in the lounge) :D	wainuitech (129)
1312122	2012-11-12 18:57:00	thanks for your thoughts. I have an upgrade for $20 to use but not sure if worth the effort ! I did that with my new laptop; took advantage of the $20 upgrade that is. I thought, "well it's a new world, so better get used to it sooner rather than later" and I quite like the challenge of something new - it's interesting. I'm quite happy with it. It took a bit of getting used to. The install went brilliantly, everything I had with win7 was there and worked. I have installed ClassicShell and it's pretty much like working with win7 now. I still have win7 on my pc though - just to cover the field; at this stage.	jcr1 (893)
1312123	2012-11-12 20:15:00	Ive put the Win8 trial on a PC I think is too slow for Vista, runs really well with 8 Is the 'upgrade' from vista & win7 a true upgrade, ie will it keep all the settings & installed programs ?? or is the upgrade more of a clean install ??	1101 (13337)
1312124	2012-11-12 20:45:00	First the original question - no not really, win 8 has some improvements and some annoyances but it offers nothing compelling over win 7 for a home desktp user. that may change in future who knows. Second this (and CyaBro's post it refers to); Yea, don't think Vista had quite finished 'cooking' when it was released but XP was so outdated that it was necessary. So everyone upgraded to Vista, realised it was utter crap so had to upgrade to Windows 7 which is actually pretty good. Now comes Windows 8 but everyone is still happy with Win 7 :) hmm Why do people persist in perpetuating this myth, Vista is fine. On release it had numerous problems which gave it a deservedly bad reputation. Compare Vista NOW with windows 7 - it's very hard to tell the difference. It is a little more resource hungry and it's version of UAC is irritating - neither of which qualify it as "Crap". On a modern PC with 4GB of RAM and a dual core processor the extra resources it uses make no noticable difference, and if UAC bugs you that much you can disable it. Like everyone else I abandoned Vista when windows 7 came out because I was fed up with the hassles and windows 7 is better, but having used Vista more recently I find very little wrong with it. It's certainly not another millenium the way some people portray it to be.	dugimodo (138)
1312125	2012-11-12 21:51:00	Why do people persist in perpetuating this myth, Vista is fine. SP1 pretty much fixed Vista. I agree that vista & 7 are pretty much the same under the hood. 7 is pretty much Vista with a new coat of paint :) Does anyone really believe that MS re-wrote the OS when they kept saying nothing wrong with it. ???? The real issue with Vista was they grossly underpowered laptops & PC's the manufactures stuck it on 1.6Ghz & 512M (or 1G) RAM : of course Vista will then run like a dog. :badpc: :badpc: This is MS's fault for making the min spec for Vista so ridiculously low, just to try sell more upgrades	1101 (13337)
1312126	2012-11-13 04:17:00	This is the time to buy a copy of Windows 8 before the full price locks in after Christmas. It is a bit of a learning curve, but so was Windows 95!	PENTIUM (426)
1312127	2012-11-13 05:01:00	thanks for all the input... will prob have a test drive soon and see where we go !	cowboy stu (7021)
1312128	2012-11-13 05:34:00	If anyone thinks windows 8 is a radical move, WAIT for Windows 9 --- Yes W9. The brown smelly stuff will really hit the round whirly thing :eek: Strong rumors, no more x86 (32bit), everything will be x64, so MANY older current programs wont work, things like older versions of Office etc. Windows 9 only have support for 64bit. In fact, Microsoft warned developers that they have only six years to ensure that all software, plug-ins and extensions are compatible with Windows 64 bits. There is the possibility of this happening with Windows 8, but the change to a complete x64 operating system means that there is absolutely no need for compatibility with existing programs in the operating system. No applications, drivers or plug-ins that exist today with 32-bit architecture, will run in this unique 64-bit platform. Full article windows-9-details-revealed-successor-of-windows-8 (lenzfire.com) Thats just one of several places claiming the same thing.	wainuitech (129)
1312129	2012-11-13 06:42:00	just when I thought I was sorted !!!!!!	cowboy stu (7021)
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