Windows 8 - should I upgrade to it?

Download Vmware player , not hard to use play with it a bit in their , im going to upgrade probably its nice and fast , Metro looks cool but it does have Aero ( windows vista/7 desktop) you can re add the start button on aero too even tho alot of people are saying you can not.

Install Linux. It's FREE

[link to www.ubuntu.com]

If your laptop isn't touch enabled I don't see the benefit of Win8

GLP geeks pls chime in

I used windows 8 just fine with my touchpad , you do NOT have to use metro you can use the new "aero"

Linux is good but you have to learn terminals and as of yet its not for gaming and such

Its probably might stop alot of malware also , most of these viruses people get are written in VB6 they are half ass free clients nuubs use and i HEAR its not supported properly and the other reason is .net frame has to be installed by the user instead of already on the machine alot of malware need this also but it doesnt mean that you wont get them, its just might cut down.

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Thanks for the responses so far - keep them coming!

I'm partial to mint [link to www.linuxmint.com]

OP why do you use Windows?

Np and like i said watch alot of tutorials and maybe get a trial version and play with it, i liked it just w8ing for SP1

Linux is nice just not for gaming @_@

I can see it being great on a tablet or other touchscreen device.

As a desktop OS, it does seem a bit quicker than Windows 7. Once I log in, I go straight to the Desktop mode anyway... so it's almost identical to what I'm used to. I do somewhat miss the quickness of clicking the Start orb to open my most commonly used programs, but I'm getting used to it.

The only thing I really use the "Metro" interface for is playing solitaire or minesweeper :)

EDIT: Almost forgot... the new Task Manager is wonderful.

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thank you OP

You can get your start button back i did

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Oh fu$k no...

I did it and im a power user...

Would be great on a tablet, but not for a pc or laptop.

Thanks god, I didn't do my pc

Yeah, I read about some options... but I don't mind adapting. It's the 'fooooture' after all!

I used the beta test version for several months then installed the $40 downloadable upgrade a few days ago. I is a little faster since the OS is better optimized for multiple processors and it has other tweeks but you won't "see" a lot of difference between 8 and 7 other than a little bit of speed and smoothness.

Bill gets another $40 so maybe he won't go broke any time soon!

haha true i still need it at times tho

Windows 95 - Good
Windows ME - Bad
Windows XP - Good
Win Vista - Bad
Windows 7 - Good
Windows 8 - ?

I can see a patern.

I've been in this industry since before MS-DOS.. I've experienced everything is the OS field. Even if my company that I was working wasn't interested (if they were they paid for the software!), I did it on my own.

I currently have machines at home that run Fedora, a couple running Ubuntu (my kids laptops).. however I have to admit my primary two machines are Windows 7 (that is the area that pays the bills for me). I have 4 machines at work with Windows 8 Pro and two with Windows 8 Enterprise recently installed. Aside from a faster boot into the desktop, there has been NO speed increases that we observed. Look at tomshardware.com for comparisons as well.

The previously known interface called Metro is a pain in the ass. Click on an image, and it launches some new video thingy.. no buttons to exit. Hit escape... nothing. Hit the Windows key and it goes away, but guess what - the program is still running with your picture on it (took a bit to figure that out) - meaning resources taken. No direct way to get to control panel. Its like that with audio, video, still images, etc, etc. You want to run an app that isn't linked or have an icon on your desktop? It took a search to find out that you have to Windows Key + R to do it.

Oh, and it continually pulls info from the web bullshit. Hey, I new Istanbul's weather.. I guess that helped me. In my opinion, stick with Windows 7.

You left out:
Win 3.0
Win 3.11
Win 98
Win 2000

You're missing Windows 98 in there, which was great.

And Vista was terrible at launch, then became decent over time (it's reputation never really recovered, though).

8 seems good so far, just different. No blue screens, no driver issues whatsoever. Certainly better than I was expecting.

Move your mouse into the lower-left corner (where you'd click to get to Start screen) and right-click to get a menu with some "power user" staples (Control Panel, Computer Management, Event Viewer, Command Prompt, etc).

I think any speed increases would be more apparent on high resource programs like AutoCAD and other graphics intensive programs making use of multiprocessor threads.

Well i have used windows NT also, i was just pointing out that every other release is not so good. I will wait 6 months and test in virtualbox before installing.

that and go to metro and start typing "control panel"

Yeah.. found that Windows Key + X gave you the "power user" menu. The problem is, it isn't intuitive in directing one to where they want to go. I have to evaluate deploying this thing on over 1000 stations across all the continents with users ranging from experienced and resourceful to barely able to check email.... not looking good for Windows 8 so far with this consideration.

That's an awful lot of work, though. Right-click is super quick... faster than Win7 even.

Yep, I can see it being an issue for some. There are definitely a lot of little quirks and tricks that you'd either have to look up or find by accident.

Sounds like they need Android tablets instead of PC's.