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IMKR
United States378 Posts
and why? also did it come with it or did you choose to upgrade to that choice? Im using windows 7 on my laptop cuz that was the OS with it but i love windows 7. Im curious with this because if i build a pc, i want windows 7 but im afraid that it will die out soon. but i hate the way windows 8 is. | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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IMKR
United States378 Posts
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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IMKR
United States378 Posts
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
I like Windows 7, but I hear Win 8 makes games run better or faster, is it significant enough? | ||
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Evire
Norway198 Posts
On October 14 2013 16:42 skyR wrote: Windows 8 because it was like $10. Better than Windows 7 but Windows is still shit. $10 really? Where? I'm still using windows 7 because of better driver support for my CPU cooler, but I'm looking to get win8.1 in the future | ||
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IMKR
United States378 Posts
and like with windows xp and vista it died out, (since windows 7 is already a better version i can see why) and im wondering if future software will require windows 8 and above (assuming next OS in windows comes out and i hate that one too) EDIT: oh wow haha, i read that windows 8 for $10 as in he got it for $10 less. well dam, if i can find windows 8 for $10 ill definitly go for that over windows 7 lol | ||
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IMKR
United States378 Posts
is there any clean new ones thats used for installing the OS onto a pc that has no OS installed at it all? (or can i just use these anyways) from my understanding, one that has "upgrade" in it is for when you already have a OS and you want to override it with a new one. and OEM is for people that builds the PC and plan on selling it. (correct)? like PC companies or an individual looking to sell the pc they made after installing OS. | ||
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Mysticesper
United States1183 Posts
For 99% of the people out there, that isn't much of a reason to "need" windows 8.1 over what you have now. It's purely cosmetic & some performance upgrades. I suppose another reason is for metro applications. XP is problematic due to new drivers & SATA support on install (though I assume custom installers fix that), but again, that is over 10 years old. You should be fine with win7 for another 5-10 years. | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
OEM are for builders and and upgrade is essentially the same thing. I hope you realize that Windows 8 comes on all PCs because it's the latest... it doesn't mean that previous Windows support got dropped. Very few software is going to require a certain operating system. DX11.2 is exclusive to Windows 8.1 if that means anything to you... Windows 8 also has native USB 3.0 support whereas 7 does not. | ||
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Rollin
Australia1552 Posts
On October 14 2013 16:58 Torte de Lini wrote: How do I get Windows 8 for 10$? I like Windows 7, but I hear Win 8 makes games run better or faster, is it significant enough? That's not possible. Regardless, my friend has windows 8 and has trouble running most games not released in the last year, it's so bad that I had to install a winxp virtual machine for some of his older games that run on win 7 fine :/ | ||
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Czarnodziej
Poland624 Posts
On October 14 2013 17:11 skyR wrote: Windows 8 also has native USB 3.0 support whereas 7 does not. Sadly these windows drivers are pretty bad, so I strongly recommend to install the drivers from your mainboard/usb controller manufacturer. | ||
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Czarnodziej
Poland624 Posts
On October 14 2013 18:20 Rollin wrote: That's not possible. Regardless, my friend has windows 8 and has trouble running most games not released in the last year, it's so bad that I had to install a winxp virtual machine for some of his older games that run on win 7 fine :/ Either these games are pretty obscure or your friend is not tech savvy enough to figure it out. I never had problems with software in Win8. | ||
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WonnaPlay
Netherlands912 Posts
Windows 8 is NOT an improvement on Windows 7, except that it significantly works better with tablets and touch-screen interactable systems. In most Business environments Windows 7 is still the main OS, and the next phase of migrations will come with the new windows after that. IMO Windows 8 is just an expansion on Windows 7 with more support for tablets. I'm actually amazed that a blue poster prefers Windows 8 over Windows 7 :o  Edit : Yes the start up might be a little faster on Windows 8, but the compatibility with applications is significantly worse | ||
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Scorch
Austria3371 Posts
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Targe
United Kingdom14103 Posts
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Drake
Germany6146 Posts
i still use 7 cause 8 is crap (good for tablets, but my eyes kill me atfer 10 minutes on pc with it) and to the usb 3.0 support ... a driver of 50kb isnt that hard to install xDDDDD | ||
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Crypdos
Netherlands110 Posts
You really don't want Windows 8... trust me. | ||
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