So Microsoft officially released the official version of their next operating system Windows 8 yesterday. Anyone upgrade yet or going to upgrade? I had installed on a spare machine the Release Preview and messed with it for a little bit, however I am still on the fence about installing the official release on my PC at home because I love Windows 7. My friend went out first thing yesterday and bought a retail copy and installed it. He actually likes it and praises it which is strange because if there is anything to complain about he will. Sure the lack of start menu and the tablet UI interface is dumb on a non-touch device like a desktop, but I guess it does not take too long to get used to or so he says. Chances are eventually I will upgrade, I hear it is easy to upgrade from 7 to 8 and it keeps all your programs and files too which is good.
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Windows 8 Released
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I'm still on Windows XP. Runs good on my old machines, and I live by the old adage that if it ain't broke, don't fix it! 
I may install it on the old laptop with Windows Vista. The newer laptop is Windows 7 and have no problems with it, unlike, Vista, which I have never been too happy with.
I like my new computer's interface better than I did xp. XP's didn't really do anything for me. But I think the whole "64 bit" deal is a little slower in actual performance than 32. I loaded some of my old projects when i worked in xp on Fl studio into windows 7. Digital clipping. Of course now they're working on making a "64 bit" version. I have to figure out how to "optimize" my performance, it could be a little better considering all this extra power I supposedly have. meh, when I find time I'll figure it out.
Been Beta testing it since before it was finished , i really like it , i can honestly say that in the year and a half I have had it installed , it has gone through a lot of changes , but the end product is pretty good , some hardware compatibility from the start as obviously not every MFG has had time or access to make drivers , but for the most part 7 drivers worked and the ones that didn't have now caught up. No blue screens, it is optimized for tablets and touch screens but works flawlessly with my desktop, worked great with my DAW hardware and software as well. over all pretty happy with it
I have yet to hear a reason to be interested. I'm highly familiar with tablets and smartphones, and have no desire to use that kind of interface on a PC. Unless one has a large touch-screen PC monitor and likes constantly taking their hands off the keyboard and poking the screen (something which I would avoid at all costs based on ergonomics) I have not heard any reason to use it.
So far, this screen layout sounds to me like the wrong interface on the wrong tool. On a tablet or phone, I can see it...not on a desktop PC.
Win7 is a solid, stable OS that does everything I have asked of it. I'll keep listening as more info is available, but so far I hear nothing compelling - or even interesting.
So far, this screen layout sounds to me like the wrong interface on the wrong tool. On a tablet or phone, I can see it...not on a desktop PC.
Win7 is a solid, stable OS that does everything I have asked of it. I'll keep listening as more info is available, but so far I hear nothing compelling - or even interesting.
How does Win7 fare on an older (e.g., 5 year old) PC? Mine is fully loaded in terms of memory, but is probably some sort of single core Pentium clone.
I'm running Win7 on a 5 or 6 year old HP laptop - works great, very stable, much better wireless management than XP. No apparent slowdown in processing.
I've been able to leave Win7 running for weeks between re-boots on my desktops...that never worked on XP. It's a stable system.
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I'm still on Windows XP. Runs good on my old machines, and I live by the old adage that if it ain't broke, don't fix it!
I was at Yale New Haven Hospital a couple months ago, and the whole place is still run on XP.
Our hospital is all XP too. Desktops, tablets, laptops. We'll probably still be on XP after EoL.
-Mike
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I always like to wait for at least the first service pack to be released before upgrading an OS. Also, as others have said, I haven't heard a really compelling reason to switch.
The upgrade from XP to Win 7 was definitely worth it IMHO; more stable and access to more physical memory, etc.
The upgrade from XP to Win 7 was definitely worth it IMHO; more stable and access to more physical memory, etc.
I've been running two XP computers for years without a reboot, except for when the power goes out.
I prefer the network management in XP to Windows 7.
Also Windows 8 works with a traditional keyboard and mouse.
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Yes it does work with a mouse and keyboard, but from everything I have read about it, it seems that it is much better suited for a touch screen. All reviews say its clumsy when using a mouse and keyboard.
I'm sticking with my 64 bit version of Vista. I never understood the animosity towards it. I find it to be every bit as stable, fast and easy to use as Windows 7
Vista was fine after SP1. 7 is nice. Just put 8 on my 2-yr old, non-touchscreen laptop, and would agree with the consensus that it definitely doesn't offer much of an advantage, especially over 7. I don't find it clumsy, though. Just different. Once you get the hang of it, no big, and that doesn't take all that long.
Nicest thing so far - 7 second boot. They FINALLY figured out to load all the extra apps and such *after* the login stuff.
Nicest thing so far - 7 second boot. They FINALLY figured out to load all the extra apps and such *after* the login stuff.
Yeah, Vista was fine after SP1 (however, there were initially some problems with SP1). I also believe that some of the problems with Vista were because it was being sold in some stores with hardware that was not up to snuff, like 256MB RAM for instance.
Been using Win8 on my laptop for a few months now, and have been running it in a VM since it's been available in beta. I quite like it. Once you find Win+X, Win+Q and Win+I, life becomes pretty great with it. I have my start screen setup perfectly for my work flow and most common apps. When I want to launch something, I just press the windows key and click the tile. No more digging through a start menu list and submenus to find what I am looking for. Win+Q then if it's not right on the first screen, just start typing to get my app. Don't even need to lay a hand on my mouse. The live tiles are pretty awesome too.
Gaming performance is UP from Windows 7. Overall performance is up, actually as well. Boot time on the same hardware as Win7 is noticeably faster. The new task manager and copy interfaces are sweet. Being able to pause a file copy is a nice touch. The charms menus are awesome as well.
Funny enough, a lot of the complaints I'm hearing on the web (and here) are the same when we switched from Win95 to WinXP, and then again from XP to Vista. Eventually people will get over themselves and adapt, or stay in the stone ages. For me, I like being on the cutting edge, and my job kind of demands that I know my way around the new stuff. So I install it, use it and learn it. Definitely had a learning curve about it, but about the only time I can remember that an OS didn't really have one was from Vista to 7. And yes, it may be more suited to touch style input, but it works amazingly well on traditional input methods too.
Gaming performance is UP from Windows 7. Overall performance is up, actually as well. Boot time on the same hardware as Win7 is noticeably faster. The new task manager and copy interfaces are sweet. Being able to pause a file copy is a nice touch. The charms menus are awesome as well.
Funny enough, a lot of the complaints I'm hearing on the web (and here) are the same when we switched from Win95 to WinXP, and then again from XP to Vista. Eventually people will get over themselves and adapt, or stay in the stone ages. For me, I like being on the cutting edge, and my job kind of demands that I know my way around the new stuff. So I install it, use it and learn it. Definitely had a learning curve about it, but about the only time I can remember that an OS didn't really have one was from Vista to 7. And yes, it may be more suited to touch style input, but it works amazingly well on traditional input methods too.
