Windows 8 - will you be upgrading?

I'm staying on Mac for now.
If this one will break down, then i will buy a "normal" PC & put Ubuntu on it.
Ubuntu is almost the same then Mac OSX.

 

Windows 7 on my desktop as windows 8 seems not practical at all. Windows 8 on my netbook as it seems to run a hell lot faster and smoother. I know that I cant use the apps on my netbook so i dowload the automatic update live tile apps such as 'BBC news mobile' then just view the major news without clicking on the actual app itself.

 

Ill still be using it. Iv got it on my pc now. Think ill just be using it for internet and gaming. It dont look wright to use other things on it like office.

 

I probably won't upgrade. Microsoft for some reason thinks its ok to force metro on users when they are used to the start menu for so long. At this point i'm still confused on how to shutdown windows 8 a different way lol, most of the time i used ctrl + alt + delete and use the shutdown option. There should be at least an option to use metro or not.

I currently dual-boot ubuntu 12.04 & windows 7.

 

That really bugs me too, on Windows 7 i just hit Start > Sleep with the mouse and the PC sleeps. To do it correctly in Windows 8 you have to move the mouse over the right screen, move it about without moving too far off the edge and click random menus to find sleep / shutdown.. or CTRL + ALT + DEL as you say.

Its the little things like that which bug me a lot from the point of a PC user, its not that i cant adapt to change, i just feel the change been offered here is a lot less inefficient and disruptive.

 

Missed abit out You go to the right. Wait for menu to pop out sideways. Go to the gear looking icon then click on power then shutdown.

 

Mountain Lion! Silly Windows 8, I shall never upgrade!

 

Im staying with windows 7 it lets you get more done and i just prefer it on my desktops and laptops plus i like the start menu and its easier to find things but if i ever got a windows tablet such as the surface i would prefer windows 8

 

There is a small difference between Windows 7 and 8 that being on Windows 8 allows you to sometimes push out a few more frames on games (for the most part) but other than that it's about the same besides 8 being a pain in the ass to navigate. Definitely not worth the upgrade in my opinion.

 

When's Windows 9 coming out? I have used the release candidate and wasn't very impressed with the Metro UI as a desktop environment. I can see it being useful for tablets and Phones with touch screens etc. Sticking with Win 7 for now.

 

a virus on my computer forced me to start "a new beginning"
now I installed windows 7 and well ,I dont like it....
if windows 8 is worse,then I dont know.
how about mac or linux?

 

Well I hated Windows 8 when I tried it...so I'm going to stick with Windows 7 and LinuxMint (MATE)

 

I will be within time.

Hm, no it isn't. You're like, comparing apples to oranges.

 

Now that i've gotten more used to Windows 8. I know if I right click on an AVI video while i'm on the dashboard. It will give me the option play to Xbox 360 (If smartglass is enabled). What makes this feature so good though, is that the PC is not the tool for playback. It streams it to the Xbox and then the Xbox is what transcodes it, leaving the strain off the PCs CPU. Since i'm still running on a really low end PC (Hoping to change this next week or so) it enables me to still use the PC if I am streaming something to the Xbox 360.

 

Yeah, it's been pretty handy (for the past few hours that i've known about it). It also plays every AVI video i've tried so far without any video errors. Trying from a flashdrive using the same videos, some wouldn't play and the video would blotch every once and awhile, though I've yet to get this effect from Smartglass. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to play MKV which is a big disappointment.

 

windows 8 deactivates upon hardware changes,just found this out it deactivates upon a significant hardware change EG new cpu gpu ram pci hard drive