EPTIf you spend all of your time upgrading your software, instead of using it, you won't get any work done. I learned that the hard way
Windows 7 will not die out any time soon.
What OS do you use on your pc? windows 7 or 8? - Page 2
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Sverigevader
Sweden388 Posts
If you spend all of your time upgrading your software, instead of using it, you won't get any work done. I learned that the hard way Windows 7 will not die out any time soon. | ||
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Ropid
Germany3557 Posts
Windows 8 File History saved my butt a few times. That's hourly backups for files. You can browse all old versions of the files (though the UI for that is pretty crappy). I could revert stupid mistakes I made, overwriting files etc. It was definitely worth it to choose 8 over 7 because of the time I saved from that feature. The boot times are not really faster with 8. You can start something like a web-browser pretty early after boot, but everything you've scheduled to run at start up will still be doing stuff at that point and might get in the way. I don't really like anything about Windows 7 or 8. Both work alright, but there's nothing about either that I would say is great, and there are things that are annoying and features that are missing. Both are "meh" to me. Spending the full price to switch from one to the other is surely stupid. | ||
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WonnaPlay
Netherlands912 Posts
On October 14 2013 23:15 Ropid wrote: Windows 8 File History saved my butt a few times. That's hourly backups for files. You can browse all old versions of the files (though the UI for that is pretty crappy). I could revert stupid mistakes I made, overwriting files etc. It was definitely worth it to choose 8 over 7 because of the time I saved from that feature. That is not a function that is new to Windows 8. Windows 7 already has this. I think the automatic backup is once a day or something, but you can adjust those settings to w/e you want. | ||
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Nich
397 Posts
and i know people doesn't like the metro screen, but most of the time you are not looking at that screen, just treat it as a full screen start button, if you don't have your windows 7 start menu on screen half of the time, you probably won't see the metro screen as much as people suggest. i have to admit that windows 8 is not as user friendly as Microsoft think it is, but if u are experience with windows and knows some shortcuts(win+d & win-e), you should not have problem operating a windows 8 machine. if u feel comfortable with 7 just get 7, if you are unable to get 7 and hesitating the get 8, it is not as bad as people are portraying it | ||
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Ropid
Germany3557 Posts
On October 14 2013 23:21 WonnaPlay wrote: That is not a function that is new to Windows 8. Windows 7 already has this. I think the automatic backup is once a day or something, but you can adjust those settings to w/e you want. Nope, it's something new. Windows 8 has Windows 7 system images, Windows 7 backups of files, and that new File History stuff. It searches through the libraries you have defined in the File Explorer and saves changes. It does this hourly. It works alright even if let loose on dozens of gigabytes of files (I only tried this on an SSD). | ||
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semantics
10040 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 :/ It's possible he means current games, windows 8 uses a different WDDM and DXGI which can effect performance on the rendering end as well as cpu bound areas, while also windows 8 handles threaded tasks better as well. On October 14 2013 22:31 Drake wrote: in the start of windows 8 no one wanted to buy it, so they rly sold it for 10€ ^^ now its like 80 like everything else so you missed your time 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 They sold it for 15USD i guess it was 10€ then but they sold it for that price for those who bought windows 7 like 1 year before windows 8. But in reality all you had to do was lie a bit and say you bought a new computer with windows 7 in the last year to get the discount. | ||
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Mackem
United Kingdom470 Posts
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Eisregen
Germany967 Posts
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rawb
United States252 Posts
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Ropid
Germany3557 Posts
On October 15 2013 00:47 rawb wrote: I use windows 8. Don't have any problems with it. Probably going to get 8.1 if they keep a low-cost, yearly update cycle. It's a free update. It won't be automatic through Windows Update so it's not quite a service pack. It will supposedly be available in the app store or something. | ||
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JustPassingBy
10776 Posts
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omisa
United States494 Posts
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semantics
10040 Posts
On October 15 2013 00:47 rawb wrote: I use windows 8. Don't have any problems with it. Probably going to get 8.1 if they keep a low-cost, yearly update cycle. Windows 8.1 is free to those with windows 8 already... | ||
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rawb
United States252 Posts
 Hopefully further incremental versions are free or similarly priced to Mac OS. | ||
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d00p
711 Posts
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Shield
Bulgaria4824 Posts
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peidongyang
Canada2084 Posts
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MidnightZL
Sweden203 Posts
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IMKR
United States378 Posts
On October 14 2013 17:11 skyR wrote: OEM are for builders and and upgrade is essentially the same thing. Does this mean that if I am buying a new copy of an OS for a new pc I just buy the OEM version? Is that the regular one? | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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