if you already have windows 7, don't bother - there's not [I]enough [/I]improvements to justify a 7->8 purchase
if not, then windows 8 is the way to go, there's no reason to go out of your way to get win7
for the start menu [I]mega controversy[/I] issue, use the taskbar to pin anything you'd need on hand all the time, and then use metro like a really big second desktop - the amount of time you'll save (or lose) is going to be a fraction of a second max so it doesnt even matter! lol
[editline]28th December 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=GiGaBiTe;43331242]You turn what I said:
The only people that [B]I've met[/B] that like it are children (because of flashy eye candy) and the hipster types (for reasons unknown.)
Into what you want you want to believe I said:
The only people that like it are children (because of flashy eye candy) and the hipster types (for reasons unknown.)
And I still post informative stuff, you and everyone else are just too caught up on my personal opinions and experiences to know better.[/QUOTE]
i'm glad you've had your hand of personal windows 8 adventures but please don't generalize it into an entire population
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[QUOTE=Juniez;43332193]for the start menu [I]mega controversy[/I] issue, use the taskbar to pin anything you'd need on hand all the time, and then use metro like a really big second desktop - the amount of time you'll save (or lose) is going to be a fraction of a second max[/QUOTE]
Yeah if you don't use taskbar pinning to pin stuff like your browser, Explorer, and other frequently used programs you're doing it wrong period.
No.
You should upgrade to Windows 8.1, not 8.
[QUOTE=GiGaBiTe;43331242]And here's my desktop:
[thumb]http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/4374/uhci.png[/thumb]
I can have my neatly alphabetized list of commonly used programs tucked away in a menu that uses ~3.6% of my workspace, and less than 0.5% when closed. It doesn't obscure my workspace and I can have it open while still being able to see what I'm doing. I can also group applications in whatever order I want and I don't have to use sub-folders either.
Metro on the other hand takes up 100% of the screen and obscures the entire workspace while open. It's also extremely space inefficient. I could fit all of those applications on your metro screen in the same 3.6% of space in my start menu.[/quote]
You're grasping at straws. You will not need to maintain focus on Hammer while navigating Start. Hell, you shouldn't even need to pay attention to anything else then hammer. Metro is faster, cleaner and fits more stuff.
If you hate Metro that much, upgrade to Windows 8 and use some software that gives you your Start Menu back. It will have the Windows 7 feel but you will benefit from the perks of running Windows 8(Performance/Speed Increase etc.)
[QUOTE=GiGaBiTe;43331242]Work? No, I own it. And I'm not going force a product down a customers throat just because you said so. If a potential customer comes to me and says "I hate X and want to use Y solution", I'm not going to find reasons to defend X when it wastes both of our time and makes me lose a customer/money.[/quote]
I never told you to shove a product down their throats, you're twisting my words there mate. I'm just trying to save your buisness.
And I doubt you run a Computer Repair Shop if you can spend a ton of time arguing on an internet forum and making maps in hammer.
[QUOTE=GiGaBiTe;43331242]And I still post informative stuff, you and everyone else are just too caught up on my personal opinions and experiences to know better.[/QUOTE]
You're sole purpose in this topic is to voice your opinion(Miss informed, by the way.) Just to cause a shitstorm, then when we call you out on it you twist our words and try to make us look like the bad guys. We have already posted all the facts about Windows 8 and why it's better. You're just to arrogant to realize it.
[QUOTE=nikomo;43332257]No.
You should upgrade to Windows 8.1, not 8.[/QUOTE]
Windows 8.1 is a free [b]update[/b] to Windows 8.
Okay, I'm going to ignore the entire dumb argument, and say this:
If you're with Windows 7 and can stay with Windows 7 without buying anything, don't upgrade. It's not worth it.
However (being metaphorical here), if you're in a store, and see Windows 7 and Windows 8, go for Windows 8. Windows 8 is definitely an upgrade. Any issues with Metro can be ignored [I]without any additional software,[/I] save for the general start screen, which imo, I never used.
Bottom line: if you have to buy a new OS, for the full price, but Windows 8.
I have to echo that sentiment. I enjoyed Windows 8 when I got to play with it, but the upgrade is simply too expensive for me right now.
[QUOTE=LegndNikko;43336885]Okay, I'm going to ignore the entire dumb argument, and say this:
If you're with Windows 7 and can stay with Windows 7 without buying anything, don't upgrade. It's not worth it.
However (being metaphorical here), if you're in a store, and see Windows 7 and Windows 8, go for Windows 8. Windows 8 is definitely an upgrade. Any issues with Metro can be ignored [I]without any additional software,[/I] save for the general start screen, which imo, I never used.
Bottom line: if you have to buy a new OS, for the full price, but Windows 8.[/QUOTE]
Just the performance increase alone from Windows 7 to Windows 8 is worth the upgrade.
Upgrade to 8.1
[QUOTE=ejonkou;43336914]Just the performance increase alone from Windows 7 to Windows 8 is worth the upgrade.[/QUOTE]
Jumping from 7 to 8, I don't really think it's worth the $100 price tag.
If you have windows xp, windows 8 is the way to go.
If you have windows 7, windows 8 is the not way to go. But what I did was start a computer completely from ground up + installed w8
[QUOTE=Fat White Lump;43332109]Space inefficient? The start screen at 1080p can show 126 applications at once, the start menu can only show 22. I don't know what you're doing on Windows but when I use it and want to open an application, I click my start button, click on the app I want to open and use it. I don't open the start menu and go "shit man, look at all of this useless extra screen real estate." You can't do anything with the extra space because you can't interact with other applications while the start menu is open.[/QUOTE]
actually you can make w7 have like 66 and above but it's disorganized and looks like shit
the start menu's really just completely inferior outside of preference.
I'd like to add that Microsoft killed a lot of compatibility with older wireless hardware in Windows 8. I haven't been able to find a decent dongle that works with it. Cisco still hasn't put out 8 or 8.1 drivers, so that means no Cisco or Linksys. Netgear's intermittent. I'm having to use an Airport Express as a wireless adapter because nobody makes anything that works well with it.
[QUOTE=woolio1;43341573]I'd like to add that Microsoft killed a lot of compatibility with older wireless hardware in Windows 8. I haven't been able to find a decent dongle that works with it. Cisco still hasn't put out 8 or 8.1 drivers, so that means no Cisco or Linksys. Netgear's intermittent. I'm having to use an Airport Express as a wireless adapter because nobody makes anything that works well with it.[/QUOTE]
I've plugged a variety of unbranded wireless cards from Amazon into win8 machines and they've all worked fine.
I can plug in my phone and use it to tether and Windows picks it up in an instant.
[QUOTE=Lexic;43342368]I've plugged a variety of unbranded wireless cards from Amazon into win8 machines and they've all worked fine.[/QUOTE]
Are you on 8 or 8.1? The wireless issues only started when they changed the stack in 8.1.
[QUOTE=woolio1;43350318]Are you on 8 or 8.1? The wireless issues only started when they changed the stack in 8.1.[/QUOTE]
That was back on 8 admittedly, but the one currently in my 8.1 machine worked without fuss when I updated.
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