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Oscar:
Hi i was wondering if Windows 8 is as good as 7? Keeping in mind i have neither.

Heard a few comments about this, and majority say wait until Windows 8 is all sorted out.

I need honest opinions please.

Thanks in advance

Shane:
Windows 8 has some good improvements under the hood, but their UI is so horrible I dumped 8 and went back to 7.

MS may or may not fix the 8 UI or they may just "patch" it to shut people up. But basically they want a piece of the app store pie and are going to get it one way or anther. That is the only reason for the new UI they have.

Windows 7 rocks, stick with it for now.

Shane

Oscar:
Hi Shane thank you

I hear that there is a free trial to put the user interface back to Windows previous interface?
Is the user interface the only reason you went back to 7?

What are the benefits of 8 over 7?

I have neither currently and are looking to but a new laptop.

Thanks again

Shane:
MS is going to release Windows 8.1 later this year and will be a free update for Windows 8 users. BUT we don't know what UI changes they have made, people are saying the start menu will be back but disabled by default.

Who knows. I went back to 7 because the UI was annoying and they would have to do more than give the start menu back to fix that since I was using classic shell anyways for a start menu.

Windows 8 is a little faster than 7 but it is also way easier to break because of their stupid app store lol

Oh and you cant fully turn off UAC anymore in 8 because of the app store. You have to use a reg key to fully turn off the UAC (Which I always turn off, does nothing but teach users to click ok on everything that pops up) BUT if the UAC is off you cant download and use any apps from their app store.

Annoying things like that is why I went back to 7.

Shane

Oscar:
Hi Shane thank you

UAC what does this stand for?

Would you recommend buying a Windows 7 machine while i can or purchase a Windows 7 disc?

Or possibly wait until 8 sorts it self out?

Appreciate your thoughts + you aren't a salesman for computers who try to push the latest (OK that's their job but not necessarily the correct option.

Thanks again

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