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[Carfax83]

--Native ISO mounting
--File transfer pausing
--Better Task Manager
--Better File Explorer
--Windows Store Apps (ie, Netflix or Youtube) are significantly more power-efficient than running them in a normal web browser.
--Fully integrated Skydrive
--Generally more efficient with performance and power

There, a bunch of ways Windows 8 is better than Windows 7. :thumbsup:

Wait a sec, I remember arguing with you once about the merits of Windows 8 over Windows 7.. Had a change of mind?

Or am I confusing you with someone else?

 

[Mastercommander]

Windows 8 is amazing

Even in general use it feels snappier than Windows 7

I use Metro as a better Start menu than the original Start menu. I never liked those unwieldy menus. I do miss the beauty of the Win7 start button, not the menu, and the button is returning in 8.1

I also got it for $15. Lul!

 

[Red Hawk]

Wait a sec, I remember arguing with you once about the merits of Windows 8 over Windows 7.. Had a change of mind?

Or am I confusing you with someone else?

That was probably someone else.

 

[XiandreX]

--Native ISO mounting
--File transfer pausing
--Better Task Manager
--Better File Explorer
--Windows Store Apps (ie, Netflix or Youtube) are significantly more power-efficient than running them in a normal web browser.
--Fully integrated Skydrive
--Generally more efficient with performance and power

There, a bunch of ways Windows 8 is better than Windows 7. :thumbsup:

Visual differences aside.... Windows 8 is clearly better and with 8.1 is going to get even better. I get peoples loyalty to Windows 7, most of us love it.. but not moving forward is silly when the hard proof of the improvements is everywhere.

 

[BallaTheFeared]

Most of the seven hold outs were probably also XP hold outs, and most of them probably weren't early adopters of XP but rather waited for several services packs to unterrible the OS.

XP still has almost as much market share as seven, and seven has been out for a long time and was a much better OS from day 1.

I don't pretend to understand people, but as they get older it's clear people tend to like to stick with what they know.

 

[Bobisuruncle54]

I used Windows 8 on a laptop recently and it was the most clunky, ill thought through GUI I've ever used. For desktop use, Windows 95's GUI is superior.

Having metro on top of the actual OS as some kind of idiot proof playpen is just an insult to anyone who wants to actually get some work done or even for general use. There is absolutely no reason why the metro interface is superior to the taskbar with icons, nor why it should be a layer on top of the actual OS. Full screen apps? Completely unnecessary on a desktop system. Is metro probably good to use on tablets? Absolutely, with keyboard and mouse though? It just slows productivity down and puts more clicks in front of functionality that I use on a regular basis.

It is a tablet UI through and through - designed for an environment where screen real-estate is at a premium and UI elements need to be large enough to press with your fingers.

In its desperate attempt to penetrate the mobile market, Microsoft has chosen to ignore small but useful steps towards a more streamlined desktop OS, which is a shame because some features such as file transfers and the new task manager are really powerful, and something I would love to have in W7.

I'll only ever buy W8 if I can never have to use the metro user(less) interface at all. Is this what W8.1 brings to the table?

 

[flopper]

Windows 8 is amazing

Even in general use it feels snappier than Windows 7

I use Metro as a better Start menu than the original Start menu. I never liked those unwieldy menus. I do miss the beauty of the Win7 start button, not the menu, and the button is returning in 8.1

I also got it for $15. Lul!

win 8 for $30 with the recent 13.11 runs beta flawlessly now.
the fixes they done helped with crashes also.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Well there are those of us that despise having a touch interface forced onto us in a desktop environment. I can't even describe how much I hate using Windows 8. And the fact that Microsoft artificially limited DX11.2 to Windows 8.1 is complete and utter BS.

When you can bypass it entirely and never ever see it....

Look guys/gals...Win8 has both a touch based interface and the regular desktop inside. It's not "touch based UI". It has that option for people who want to use it and it's not terrible either. Read that again...option. So yeah use the desktop all the time and you won't even know there are changes except things work better.

 

[stahlhart]

If you want to discuss Windows 7 versus Windows 8, do so in Operating Systems.
-- stahlhart