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I've checked the other related threads, but I still feel the need for this to get further discussion on this matter and to be able to tell at a quick glance which OS is preferred, hence the the poll.
I'm still sticking to Windows 7 and don't plan on upgrading.
I have friends that have Windows 7 and they ask me if they should upgrade to 8. I tell them no, windows 7 is going to be like XP and stay around a long time. But, since I was coming from XP x64 to a new OS. I decided to try out the Release Preview version and liked it, so I bought 8 pro instead. It is the full version (OEM)(System Builders). Amazon had it for 125.00 instead of Newegg's 139.99. So, I got it from Amazon.I'm still sticking to Windows 7 and don't plan on upgrading.
I'm still sticking to Windows 7 and don't plan on upgrading.
Eh, you can't really say if it is an improvement or not if you haven't used it for an extended period of time. I've had it on my desktop for about 3 months, and I can say, hands down, it's better. It's faster, mounting .ISOs is native, and Metro is actually not the devil incarnate like everyone makes it out to be.
Here's a screenshot of my start screen. All my main programs are right there for me to click. If I want some other programs, I press start and start typing, just like I did on Windows 7.
Now, I'm not saying to go out and buy a new copy for $100, but if you can get it cheap enough, I say go for it.
Whats the sense in having wallpaper if all the icons take up the space with all the boxes around the icons? Microsoft didn't think that through.
I never use any of the apps that take up the screen. This is not a requirement in any of the programs.I think the only thing I don't like is the two user interfaces, some applications will run in one and not the other. Not to mention IE 10 Metro won't handle everything the IE 10 Desktop will. I think Metro is nice but what Microsoft should have done is kind of like what can be done in Linux where when you log into your desktop you choose the desktop. Kind of like if I was running Ubuntu Unity and I installed the cinnamon desktop when I log in I could choose which one, plus this would give MS great feed back on which desktop users truly prefer by measuring the time spent in each session.
Yeah, I do wish it was like OS X where they're just the icon, but oh well.Whats the sense in having wallpaper if all the icons take up the space with all the boxes around the icons? Microsoft didn't think that through.
Yeah, you can only have the stock wallpapers. I use win8startcustomizer and it works just fine.Tell me if I am wrong but by default you can't use anything other then the stock wallpapers in Metro without using a mod. So in a sense MS did think it through, give you less options to customize so there for you cannot mess up the operating system.
I think it has sold less than Vista.
Windows Blue will be the Windows 7 as Windows Vista is to WIndows 8.
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Yea, but look where it was coming from, people want to upgrade from xp. From 2001 to 2007 for xp. Then when Vista popped up and in most cases was a "DUD". They created Windows 7. And then Windows 8 popped out a couple of yrs later behind a great OS, no wonder it is having troubles selling.Yeah but Windows Vista had horrible performance where as Windows 8 does not. Windows Blue is not going to be the thing that will fix it, it will offer more customization, improved Kernel and some bug fixes but I doubt it will fix anything. People want to be able to run one desktop and preferably a traditional one. Metro is great where it is, and that is on RT devices but not for a desktop.
Yeah and your right Vista has out sold Windows 8, Apple Mac sales have been up though.