[Valinorum]

I'd suggest you to stick with win 7 then upgrade to 8 later.

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Rule of thumb for Windows is only use every other version of it that comes out.

98 was good, ME was not
XP was good, Vista was not.
7 is good, 8 most likely won't be.

You will want to get the version of windows after 8.

Also, Windows 8 is basically 7 with some touchscreen additions, not much else, so it isn't worth the money for the normal user that doesn't have a touchscreen.

What Fenor said is so true windows 8 will be a flop just like win me and vista seems like its a pattern

[LATIN]

Rule of thumb for Windows is only use every other version of it that comes out.

98 was good, ME was not
XP was good, Vista was not.
7 is good, 8 most likely won't be.

You will want to get the version of windows after 8.

Also, Windows 8 is basically 7 with some touchscreen additions, not much else, so it isn't worth the money for the normal user that doesn't have a touchscreen.

What Fenor said is so true windows 8 will be a flop just like win me and vista seems like its a pattern

[rshaffer61]

Wow I'm just astonished at the reviews. I have been using Win8 since beta release and it is much faster then Win7. Sure the Metro interface does nothing for pc users without a touch screen and the almighty Start button is missing. The latter can be resolved with a simple add on program call ViStart.
Metro well that is not going away especially since Microsoft has implemented coding in the final release to keep folks from bypassing it.
Once I got use to the extra mouse click with Metro it isn't all that bad. Honestly I don't use it once I get to my desktop anyway so I never give it a second thought.
IMHO Win8 actually improves on Win7 with the exception of the two issues I have mentioned.

[zep516]

Hi,

Here's an interesting quote from another user on another forum I participate in.

I had to call MS for help with my Office Home and Student 2010. While we were waiting for the connection to my computer I asked him about W 8 and for what it is worth here is what he said. It is more of a special edition for use by laptop and tablets and desktops. He said the next OS after that will have the start button and reg OS like we usually get. I really hope that is true.

For what it's worth.

Joe

[rshaffer61]

He said the next OS after that will have the start button and reg OS like we usually get. I really hope that is true.

A 5 second download of ViStart takes care of the start button issue in Win8. Now Metro that one isn't going away and actually is being reinforced in the Retail final coming out in Oct as I stated in my last post. If everyone is going to wait for the next OS remember it could be 3 years before that happens even in Beta form.

[wannabe1]

I'll run Windows 8 on my laptop, albeit reluctantly.

I'll wait for the next operating system for my desktop.

[rshaffer61]

IMHO there should have been another version for those of us that do not have touch screens. Metro is worthless in my opinion but like I said it is just a extra click or two then it is back to windows desktop.