Switch from Windows 7 to Windows 8.1 - Worth it?

Aty

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Jan 27, 2011

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• Feb 10, 2014

• #81

I'm not gonna upgrade to 8.1 anytime soon, I'm happy with 7.

 

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pgaoroagnloeid

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Aug 11, 2008

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• Feb 11, 2014

• #82

Acclaim said:

Let's put it this way: Let's imagine world war III starts, everyone dies of hunger and Justin Bieber, Hitler and Michael Moore share the presidency of the world.... Still better than win 8.1

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Son of a bitch that is one hell of a statement!

I tried using it and gave up quickly!

Transitioning from Windows 7 to a Mac was much easier than Windows 7 to 8 in my opinion.

 

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TrustMeImLying

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Feb 11, 2014

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• Feb 11, 2014

• #83

If you like Windows 7 and you're happy with it, why do you even consider upgrading? Windows 8 is a better option only on touchscreen devices IMO.

 

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Mry1337

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Apr 16, 2013

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• Feb 11, 2014

• #84

"If you like Windows 7 and you're happy with it, why do you even consider upgrading? Windows 8 is a better option only on touchscreen devices IMO."

+1

Win 8 is made with touchscreens in mind and as few users have it its pretty useless compare to Win7 at this stage.

 

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Yaack

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Oct 17, 2013

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• Feb 11, 2014

• #85

I wouldn't make the switch unless you have a touchscreen. Otherwise, it'll make things a bit more convenient but not enough to be worth the hassle or expense, in my opinion.

I used Win 8 for a year on my old laptop. It provided a few new tools and switching between programs was a bit more convenient, but nothing major. The screen shattered and I spent three weeks using my hub's laptop with Win 7 -- not a big change. He bought me a new laptop a few days ago (thank you, sweetie!) ... I'm using the touchscreen a lot more than I thought I would, and Windows 8.1 is turning out to be a lot more functional because of it.

 

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Mooncake

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Jan 22, 2014

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• Feb 12, 2014

• #86

For people who says windows 8 sucks. Can you care to explain why? As kinlee explained, you can set your windows 8 to desktop mode and it will feel the same as windows 7. Used windows 7 and 8 with no complaints.

I'm a mac user though!

 

asap1

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Mar 25, 2013

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• Feb 12, 2014

• #87

I would not recommend upgrading, I have windows 8 and just use the normal windows 7 features

 

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• Feb 12, 2014

• #88

If you are not one of the people who can't stand the start screen and Metro apps, the performance and feature enhancements are unbeatable in 8.1. Go for it!

 

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prosystems

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Jan 29, 2014

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• Feb 12, 2014

• #89

I think Windows 8.1 is better for touch although I used Win7 with touch capable devices for a while and never had any issues. I have noticed more registry errors on Win 8.1 than I ever had on Win7 but I think that may be simply due to software, not the OS. Win7 never gave me any real issues and I have had a few already with Win 8.1. ThinkingWin 8.1 is like Vista, an unpaid beta phase for the next MS OS.