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[Aegis Kleais]

Metro is Microsoft's way of hopping on the bandwagon, trying to make it seem to users who are used to mobile-style navigation that "A Windows operating system can be as easy to use as that".

Mobile UI is perfect for tablets and mobile phones. I'm fine with a UI change for desktop PC's, but moving it towards mobile designs is a step backwards.

[SVK Puskin]

win7 x64, no doubt

[LegendaryAtlas5000]

Short:

WIN7 x64 ftw!

WIN8 SUCKSSSSS!(for pc at the moment)

[Vashts1985]

Win7.

its the new XP

[soulfire]

I have to agree win 98 was good but I dissagreee that win 95 was all it was cracked up to be. i remember having to reinstall it after certain amount of time.. Was it xp after 98 and then ME? and vista?

[Long Draw]

I believe it was 95, 98, ME, XP, Vista, 7 and soon 8. By the way, I am probably one of the more qualified to speak about the Win 8 since I am working as a contract representative on behalf of Intel and Microsoft inside Best Buy and Costco. The fact is, if you prefer an interface that favors tablet/mobile design, then Win 8 is for you. No question there. BUT! If you are someone who is a more advanced user, like myself, utilizing your computer for web design, graphic editing, movie editing, programming in multiple languages (I know 15 different computer languages), game testing/playing and watching movies/listening to music... then stick with Win 7. You're going to save yourself considerable aggravation from having to relearn how to do exactly the same thing you've been doing, but with the new "Metro" or app block-style interface. And yes, I did use app in the description intentionally there because Win 8 is Microsoft's attempt to streamline multiple platforms under a single OS.

[Miscatonic]

Volthorne, on 09 May 2012 - 11:46 AM, said:

Proof you're wrong: '95 and '98. Both were so very clean and fairly fast.
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Don'd forget about Win 98 SE.

Long Draw, on 10 May 2012 - 09:49 PM, said:

I believe it was 95, 98, ME, XP, Vista, 7 and soon 8. [...]

As a matter of fact between 98 and ME was Windows 2000.

[Sarah Dalrymple]

Right now, go with Win7, and give Microsoft a year or two to get all the bugs out of Win8. I upgrade my OS AFTER the stable release has been out for a year, and even with Vista, I didn't have any problems with it working.

[Black Mamba]

Windows 7 64bit, because I've been using it for over 2 years now and I have no complaints.

[Sougokami]

I'm currently a Mac user (yes, I know, flame away), but I've used Windows from '95 through XP, and now I have Windows 7 on Bootcamp. I haven't tried 8, but it's been my experience that about every other Windows edition is good, the one in-between is trash. That being said, 7 is the best Windows OS I've tried.

[Ralkir]

I have a preview copy of Win 8 and have been playing around with it.

It's not really that bad, just a bit more tedious to find your way around (until you make yourself some shortcuts). I've also found the tiles have made the desktop almost completely redundant. If you aren't a heavy tablet user, I don't really see any advantage to it over win 7.

I'd go with Win 7 64bit, since it will feel more familiar moving from XP than if you tried to jump straight into Win 8

[Kaemon]

I honestly can't remember the last time I've blue screened Server 2008...err...windows 7 (oh wait, Sysinternals is telling me last year...once).

I have 700ish servers in the process of making the slow, painful transition from win2K3 to win2K8 and about 3x that many PCs going from XP SP3 to Win7 (scratch that, they're going from XP to the recycling company, and the new desktops are going to Win7).

Stay away from the 32bit version of Windows7 (home basic), I'd probably stay away from the premium version as well (why blow the cash? there are better things to spend the moolah on), but it is the first decent OS since 98.

Windows 8 makes me angry, I don't want your crappy marketing ploys on my desktop without the easy ability to remove all of it.

IIS 8 makes me very angry (although the SSL management looks interesting), if I see that UI crap on Server 8 I'm going to ignore it until it goes away (which will most likely be the next OS version).

That being said, the meeting I'm in is stuff with people who want to look important, all trying to take notes on their windows phones and ipads, tapping away one finger at a time.

Bahahaha...suckers!

[Rattlehead NZ]

Dr DOS 3.0 !!!

Seriously Windows 7 64Bit. It has the patches and the support.

Like what I did with windows XP, Use it until you can't play the games you can't live without and then change. That way you give the new operating system a chance to have its bugs fixed and it's guts ripped out (Windows 8).

[Muhanoid]

It is really really hard to hang-up win 7 (i am using x86 version, yes i am a slow-slow poke).
In my experience (games, coding (some), video encoding and the most common stuff done on any PC) Win 7 holds up to its price. Though, compared to 98 and XP, search engine is really weird. Never could get it working properly, so literally memorized locations of everything i have.

Other than stupid search, no complains what so ever.
Few bugs, maybe, yea, but nothing that can't be fixed within an hour (max) of googling and fixing.
Interface can be changed to way you want it to be. Even if it is 98th look (which i use).

[Mikro]

Well I made my choice I'm stuck on windows 8 cp till it's final release because Microsoft invalid dated my older activation keys for previous windows 7 I couldn't re-install windows 7 so right now I'm stuck with windows 8

[HilaryPL]

Windows 8 has been created ... lightly.
It can not be normally used on a computer without a touch screen, and even with this system before it is sucked. Why? Since the basic functions have been mixed so that the ergonomics of this system is far away.
Linux FTW!

[Vulpesveritas]

HilaryPL, on 24 May 2012 - 07:05 AM, said:

Windows 8 has been created ... lightly.
It can not be normally used on a computer without a touch screen, and even with this system before it is sucked. Why? Since the basic functions have been mixed so that the ergonomics of this system is far away.
Linux FTW!

On a bright side, it is such a light operating system that people are complaining that it boots too fast on an SSD.
http://www.hardocp.c...st_to_interrupt

Edited by Vulpesveritas, 24 May 2012 - 07:50 AM.

[Canzara]

Win7 X64 hands down.
I for one tried the consumer preview and it made me decide I will probably never ever want windows 8. Just using it, feels like I should become a heroin addict and kill some brain cells so I can be stupid enough to appreciate it.
I tried using a 3rd party software to get my beloved start menu back, which worked but just a PITA because metro always wants to hide it and be more important.
I ran it for ONE day. I used to beta test OS's back when they paid us for it. I still beta test for a couple of anitvirus companies as well so I'm quite accustomed to bugs and working out problems, but windows 8 was just a problem, PERIOD! After one day of constant crashes and bugs I went back to Win7 never to return to win8.

[TheFreeman]

Windows 7. Enough said.

[Tyzh]

ChalybsUmbra, on 08 May 2012 - 03:50 PM, said:

Just because PC users have to use move their mouses to corners instead of clicking icons, we think we're getting short-handed here. What arrogance. What ignorance.

The only arrogance I see is calling people ignorant for having control scheme preferences.