Windows 8.... What do you think ?

Upgrading to Windows 8 ?

  • Yes, For Sure !

    Votes: 39 33.3%

  • No, Never Win 7 Is Still Best !

    Votes: 34 29.1%

  • Maybe, I'll Give Final Decision on Oct 26 !

    Votes: 44 37.6%
  • Total voters
    117
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marvelousprashant

marvelousprashant

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Not much difference visually. For that matter Aero Glass present in RP has been removed from RTM. It is the only visual change you will notice

However RTM is definitely a better experience. RP was so problematic that I removed it after 2-3 days. For me all metro apps weren't working in RP. Also I was having issues with slow internet connection and occasional graphics driver crashes
 
rahul_c

rahul_c

Journeyman
Can anyone tell me how to exit windows or go back when in the "new start menu"?

Oh I figured it out, you have to go to the apps title bar somewhere in middle and drag it to the bottom of screen. Its pretty cool!
 
marvelousprashant

marvelousprashant

Cyborg Agent
@rahul. dragging an app from top to bottom will exit. Dragging from top to right or left will let you squeeze the app in a pane. This mode is really useful. It lets you multi task between two metro or a metro and non metro app
 
reniarahim1

reniarahim1

Youngling
This is valid for pc's bought after june 2012 i guess. for other upgrades it will be around 2.5k.
 
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vickybat

vickybat

I am the night...I am...
Win 8 is not just about a UI upgrade from win 7. The kernel is modified and includes efficient scheduling logic which will benefit multicore processors with faster execution times.

Win 8 is said to understand modern cpu architectures like bulldozer/piledriver better and differentiate between a core and a module thus assigning instructions efficiently. Even hyper threaded
intel cpu's will benefit. Technically, its superior to win 7 and not just visually.
 
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amalasarin

Right off the assembly line
Maybe it would take a while before we get used to it. It's a matter of preferences. Well, unlike Facebook, you still have the "right" or the authority to upgrade according to your preferences :p

Interface-wise it looks cool to me :)
 
R

Ruben

Broken In
pranav0091 said:
The boot time is all i see. But it uses hibernate mode to increase boot performance. Not worth upgrading IMO, will probably resultin decrease in productivity of non touch users.
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Nah....It really is fast in booting..it took just 6 secs on my PC..whereas win 7 takes about 11 seconds.....

marvelousprashant said:
Not much difference visually. For that matter Aero Glass present in RP has been removed from RTM. It is the only visual change you will notice

However RTM is definitely a better experience. RP was so problematic that I removed it after 2-3 days. For me all metro apps weren't working in RP. Also I was having issues with slow internet connection and occasional graphics driver crashes
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Yeah the RTM is good because its the final version dude......and the metro ui is "not just a smal change"...many people got bored of the start menu so its a innovative change from Microsoft.Also you cannot rule out improved security and also powerful features like storage pooling which removes drive storage limitations by utilising space from the hard disk dynamically; not predetermined permanently like Win 7 and previous OS's....
 
rahul_c

rahul_c

Journeyman
I am using it and after a while you get used to the not having start menu, it is in no way slower than windows 7. I really love the new task manager & copy progress bar(it has pause!).
 
topgear

topgear

Super Moderator
Staff member
can't say about mobile platform specialty smart phones but at-least for me on desktop/laptop/netbooks windows 8 has no use .. actually the new Metro Interface is pretty clumsy and no I won't upgrade to win 8 unless they are thinking of making some major UI change.
 
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