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| Thread ID: 127282 | 2012-10-15 04:49:00 | I wonder if I should upgrade to Win8 | jcr1 (893) | Press F1 |
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| 1306916 | 2012-10-15 08:43:00 | It is efficient and is the first windows that will run better on the current hardware than the one it replaces. Second. ;) |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1306917 | 2012-10-15 09:40:00 | Nz$49.99 is the online upgrade price available Friday week This gets you pro with media centre key Fwiw TechNet is licensed for evaluation only, not production Great feedback on you guys are enjoying Win 8 btw cheers Nathan |
nmercer (3899) | ||
| 1306918 | 2012-10-15 19:11:00 | They're releasing the upgrade at a very reasonable price, compared to releases of previous versions, which used to be in the hundreds rather than the 10's. This makes it all the more compelling to "go for it". And download the upgrades too. I guess buying the full install DVD might be a different thing? |
jcr1 (893) | ||
| 1306919 | 2012-10-15 19:49:00 | They're releasing the upgrade at a very reasonable price, compared to releases of previous versions, which used to be in the hundreds rather than the 10's. This makes it all the more compelling to "go for it". And download the upgrades too. I guess buying the full install DVD might be a different thing? Yep, it'll cost more. Just a side question here, if I was to get the upgrade to win8, would my MS word 2010 work on it? |
Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1306920 | 2012-10-15 19:51:00 | Yep, it'll cost more. Just a side question here, if I was to get the upgrade to win8, would my MS word 2010 work on it? There's a point. Would my Office 2003 work? |
jcr1 (893) | ||
| 1306921 | 2012-10-15 19:52:00 | I have some doubts that a fresh install of W8 will be faster on the same hardware than a fresh install of W7. My W7 was nice and brisk... until a few years of patches and updates were added. The same patch chaos will soon descend on W8 users too, which in my opinion renders the whole upgrade cycle as just a waste of effort. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1306922 | 2012-10-15 20:01:00 | I have some doubts that a fresh install of W8 will be faster on the same hardware than a fresh install of W7. My W7 was nice and brisk... until a few years of patches and updates were added. The same patch chaos will soon descend on W8 users too, which in my opinion renders the whole upgrade cycle as just a waste of effort. Then we'll need Win9:groan: |
jcr1 (893) | ||
| 1306923 | 2012-10-15 20:22:00 | I have some doubts that a fresh install of W8 will be faster on the same hardware than a fresh install of W7. From Personal experience - Windows 8 Was noticeably faster. I did a fresh install of Windows 7, put in the Graphic Drivers, NO updates from MS or any other place. Then wiped the drive soon after and did the same with Windows 8. Windows 8 was faster, booted quicker, had more of a "snap" to it. All on the same hardware, so it was a good comparison. On the Media Center, which has the preview edition, its REALLY noticeably faster, boots to something usable in a fraction of the time. Just timed it, it takes 45 seconds from completely off to fully running. The first 30 seconds it shows the BIOS screen, detecting drives etc (does this on any OS) once it gets to loading the OS, W8 takes 15 Seconds. Windows 7 or XP takes at least 1+ minute to load the OS. Another thing I tried the other day - Windows To Go -- That loads reasonably quick as well considering its running from a USB External Drive. You do sometimes get an obvious message ( well it seems obvious ) when booting from an external Drive : 4394 |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1306924 | 2012-10-15 22:16:00 | Yep, it'll cost more. Just a side question here, if I was to get the upgrade to win8, would my MS word 2010 work on it? Yes. Using Office 2010 on Windows 8 right now and it works fine :) If Windows 7 can run Office 2003, Windows 8 should be able to as well. |
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